Lupe Fiasco 'Samurai' tour 2024 is going to be held from October 3, 2024, to November 24, 2024, in venues across the mainland United States. The tour supports the rapper's new album, Samurai. A show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will precede the tour.
The presale for the Lupe Fiasco tour is to start on July 24, 2024, at 10:00 am ET. There will also be Platinum and Spotify presales available on select dates on the same day and on July 25, 2024, at 10:00 am ET. General tickets will be released on July 26, 2024, at 10:00 am local time.
Lupe Fiasco announced the new tour via a post on the official Instagram page on July 23, 2024:
Lupe Fiasco 'Samurai' tour 2024 dates and venues
The dates and venues for Lupe Fiasco 'Samurai' tour 2024 are listed below:
- October 3, 2024 — New York City, New York at Terminal 5
- October 4, 2024 — Hartford, Connecticut at The Webster
- October 5, 2024 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Union Transfer
- October 6, 2024 — Boston, Massachusetts at Royale
- October 10, 2024 — Columbus, Ohio at Columbus Athenaeum
- October 11, 2024 — Cleveland, Ohio at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic
- October 18, 2024 — Fort Collins, Colorado at Washington’s FoCo
- October 19, 2024 — Denver, Colorado at Summit
- October 24, 2024 — Solana Beach, California at Belly Up
- October 25, 2024 — Ventura, California at Ventura Music Hall
- October 26, 2024 — Pomona, California at Fox Theater Pomona
- November 9, 2024 — St. Louis, Missouri at The Factory at The District
- November 10, 2024 — Chicago, Illinois at Salt Shed
- November 14, 2024 — Atlanta, Georgia at Variety Playhouse
- November 15, 2024 — Norfolk, Virginia at The NorVa
- November 16, 2024 — Washington, D.C. at The Howard Theatre
- November 21, 2024 — San Francisco, California at The Warfield
- November 22, 2024 — Santa Cruz, California at The Catalyst
- November 24, 2024 — Los Angeles, California at The Novo
Lupe Fiasco released his album, Samurai, on June 28, 2024, via the label 1st & 15th and Thirty Tigers. The rapper spoke about the new album in an exclusive interview with BET published on the day of the album's release, elaborating on the album's connection with Amy Winehouse and how it celebrates the late singer's music and career,
"What would it be like if she was a battle rapper? She kind of mentioned it–I don't know the full context of what was going on in her life at the time, and it's just watching the documentary and the way they kind of placed that as she would leave voicemails for her producer. That particular one just had to be related to rap”
The singer elaborated on what he admired about Amy Winehouse,
“.And initially it just started out as one song, ‘Samurai,’ and then it went into, ‘Well, what if she was in a battle? What would those raps sound like?I admire her songwriting ability, her tone, her manipulation of different genres.I'm a fan of jazz deeper than any other genre.o being a fan of that and how she kind of put her signature on top of it and -"
The singer continued,
"-the depth at how she created has always been fascinating to me, amongst others.There's myriad folks who I look at like that and she's one, and that statement, the voicemail, kind of sparked and gave me some permission, to say, ‘Oh, let me pay that back with a portrait."
Lupe Fiasco also pointed out that the album's themes are relatable to any artist's life. The new album was produced by Charles "Chilly" Patton, Soundtrakk, and Fiasco himself.