Shabazz Palaces have added new European and U.K. dates for 2018 in support of Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines and Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star.  The dates, which find the band supporting Ms. Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Tour, begin November 18th in Brussels at Forest National and end on December 3rd in London at O2 Arena.

Shabazz Palaces’ previously announced U.S. dates with Ms. Lauryn Hill resume on September 20th at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California and run through October 7th at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago. The band will also appear at Cropped Out Festival in Louisville on October 6th. Please find a complete list of dates below.  

Shabazz Palaces have also shared “Quazarz on 23rd” a short film for the closing song from Quazarz Vs The Jealous Machines, their acclaimed release and second album of 2017 [watch here].”
 
Director, multimedia artist and fellow Black Constellation member Nep Sidhu says of the visual: “In continuing from the previous short film (“Welcome to Quazarz”), A Being from the Quazarz raises from the Black Constellation System Scramble ® but still finds himself lost tonally and sonically amidst earth’s recent offerings. In receiving Bhai Vir Singh’s response by way of a familiar female form, he journeys to ready himself to meet her on H.E.R. terms by way of cleanliness, and a non-deity based ritual. Far from superstition, this is a ceremony that has no place for fake cathartic release. An indigo drenched reflection in drum awaits his understanding of himself.” 
 
“Quazarz on 23rd” stars Michael Singh (as “The Soul”) and Allix Thompson (as “Mother Nature”), and features collaborations from: Michael Reynolds (editing and analog optics); Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Noel Chaput, and Reynolds (VHS cinematography); and Alex McLeod (animation). 
 
In related news, Sidhu will also unveil new works at the grand opening of Toronto’s MOCA Museum first show entitled “Believe,”  beginning September 22 (through January 6th, 2019). This includes the Shabazz Palaces-inspired “Quazarz Pinball Machine w/ Leisure & Surveillance Enhancement Console” which will make its debut at the show. 

[Photo by Victoria Kovios]

Shabazz Palaces Tour Dates + Ticket Links

Sep. 20 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre*
Sep. 26 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
Sep. 29 - Houston, TX - Smart Financial Center Sugarland*
Sep. 30 - Dallas, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
Oct. 03 - New Orleans, LA - Lakefront Arena*
Oct. 05 - St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena*
Oct. 06 - Louisville, KY - Cropped Out Festival at American Turners
Oct. 07 - Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre*
Nov. 18 - Brussels, BE - Forest National*
Nov. 20 - Paris, FR - AccorHotels Arena*
Nov. 21 - Paris, FR - AccorHotels Arena*
Nov. 23 - Glasgow, UK - SSE Hydro*
Nov. 26 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Arena*
Nov. 27 - Birmingham, UK - Birmingham Arena*
Nov. 30  - Dublin, IE - 3Arena*
Dec. 03 - London, UK - O2 Arena*
*w/ Ms. Lauryn Hill

Quazarz Born on a Gangster Starand Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines, the group’s third and fourth albums released in 2017, are available now on CD / LP / DL / CS / Illustrated album worldwide through Sub Pop over here, and you can hear here:

Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IrcGtX
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2Kl4gGj
 
Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2yEectb
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2tsCC3K