AZEALIA BANKS PRESENTS MERMAID BALL 2012 + SPECIAL GUESTS has been confirmed to take place Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Saturday, July 14. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday, June 28. -- If you're in the greater LA area, plan on being there with bells on!
Earlier this month, the Harlem native made her hometown debut at NY's Bowery Ballroom, bringing her sold-out extravaganza, the original MERMAID BALL - complete with four opening acts, floating sea creatures, a mermaid costume contest, and ehough cotton candy and balloons to fill up a football stadium!
Also, Azealia pushed back the release of her FANTASEA MIXTAPE to July 11th. This past weekend, the sassy hiphoptress revealed to NME that it will include a cover of a track by 90's icons, The Prodigy. She confirmed the mixtape has "a sea theme, but it's less obviously mermaid stuff and more like witchy hip-hop and some real rave shit."
Her full-length debut album BROKE WITH EXPENSIVE TASTE is set for release later this fall.
Azealia takes it to the wild, wild west in her new video for "Liquorice" directed by Rankin. Watch all the action here:
If you don't have yet, download the 1991 EP from iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/1991Ep
TOUR DATES July 14 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Ford Theatre July 29 - Byron Bay, New South Wales - Splendour in the Grass August 18 - Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic 2012 August 19 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic 2012 August 25 - Reading, UK - Reading Festival 2012 August 26 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Festival 2012 August 28 - Magaluf, Spain - Mallorca Rocks August 29 - Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza Rocks August 31 - Stradbally Village, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival September 28 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy September 29 - Glasgow, UK - O2 ABC October 1 - Newcastle, UK - O2 Academy Newcastle October 2 - Liverpool, UK - O2 Academy Liverpool October 5 - Birmingham,UK - The Library @ HMV Institute October 6 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy Oxford October 7 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront October 9 - Cambridge, UK - Junction October 10 - Brighton, UK - Concord 2 October 12 - London, UK - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire