Two months ahead of the release of her long-awaited debut album, Kelela‘s announced dates for her forthcoming Take Me Apart tour. Shows kick off October 29 in San Francisco, taking her across North America and all the way to Europe. Pre-sales sold out in a matter of hours, but general sales start on Friday, August 18.
With the music video for “LMK” out in the open, Take Me Apart is rounding up to be the singer’s most intimate project to date. A recent interview with Pitchfork finds Kelela grappling with the writing process she went through while creating Take Me Apart, stressing “Black vulnerability” as a backdrop to her sound.
“I was mad at myself for not writing about [my experience as a Black woman], but I came to the conclusion that since I’m a black woman, nothing that I make could ever exist outside of that experience,” she shared. “The reality is that the way that I’m expressing myself on this record is coming from a place of vulnerability that is very much in the tradition of R&B. Black vulnerability is something I could never erase or take away, and what those classic R&B records have done is basically make people stop and think and feel compassion in a way that wasn’t happening before.”
If you missed the video for “LMK,” you can watch it here. Check out Take Me Apart tour dates below.
Kelela Take Me Apart Tour Dates:
09/02-03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Made in America Festival
09/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
10/20 – Mexico City, MX @ Sala Corona
10/28-29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
10/29 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/30 – Oakland, CA @ The New Parish
11/01 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
11/02 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
11/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
11/06 – Chicago, IL @ Promontory
11/07 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
11/09 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
11/10 – Montreal, QC @ Belmont
11/11 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/12 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/13 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/16 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
11/17 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
11/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
11/20 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
11/21 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Downstairs
11/27 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
11/29 – London, UK @ Heaven
12/01 – Paris, FR @ Gaite Lyrique
12/02 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix Club
12/07 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain
12/09 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
12/11 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
12/12 – Hamburg, DE @ Uubel & Gefahrlich
12/13 – Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
01/13 – Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
01/17 – Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage
01/20 – Sydney, AU @ The Domain