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Tinashe Is Hitting the Road for the Match My Freak World Tour: Here Are the Dates

The 23-show trek kicks off in October.

Tinashe

Tinashe

Raven B. Varona

Tinashe is taking her body language on the road. The singer-songwriter announced her Live Nation-produced Match My Freak World Tour on Tuesday (Aug. 6).

The pop and R&B star’s 23-date trek is set to kick off on Oct. 14 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif., before making its way to major market stops including Phoenix, Atlanta, Nashville, D.C., Chicago, Brooklyn, Seattle, Montreal, Toronto and more before wrapping up at the Ace of Spades in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 25. The announcement of the tour comes just ahead of the arrival of the “Slumber Party” singer’s seventh album, Quantum Baby.


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Though Tinashe has announced only North American tour dates thus far, the tour poster teases that dates for Asia, the U.K., Australia and Europe are “coming soon.”

Verizon customers will have a first shot at tickets for select shows via the exclusive presale, which runs from 2 p.m. ET Aug. 6 to 10 p.m. local Aug. 8. The Live Nation and Ticketmaster presales will kick off Wednesday (Aug. 7) at 10 a.m. local time, wrapping up at 10 p.m. local time Thursday (Aug. 8).

General onsale begins on Tinashe’s website at 10 a.m. local time Friday (Aug. 9).

For fans who are looking for more than just concert tickets, VIP packages will include access to the soundcheck, an exclusive performance, special merch, early entry, premium tickets and more. These packages will be available via Live Nation’s VIP Nation website.

Since launching her career, Tinashe has landed five songs so far on the Billboard Hot 100, including “2 On” at No. 24 with SchoolBoy Q in 2014, “Slumber Party” at No. 86 alongside Britney Spears in 2016 and “Nasty” at No. 61 in July. Over on the Billboard 200, her 2014 set Aquarius is her highest charting release to date, peaking at No. 17 in October 2016.

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See the Match My Freak World Tour dates below:

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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