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TALIB KWELI DRUMS UP U.S. TOUR: Plus, company Second Life creates virtual Kweli in cyberspace.
*Following his summertime jaunt with Mos Def and The Roots, rapper Talib Kweli is preparing to hit the road again to promote his new album “Ear Drum,” the first release from his label Blacksmith Music (under Warner Bros).
Once the Brooklyn MC wraps his current tour of the Far East, he’ll launch the U.S. leg Nov. 11 in Lancaster, PA. The artist will hit 15 cities before wrapping late December in Philadelphia.
Due in stores Nov. 7, “Ear Drum” has a title that was chosen for a specific reason by Kweli.
"The image of the ear and of the drum are powerful enough by themselves, but when you put them together, it's an instrument that's in your body that helps you hear. They're also two very simple, yet powerful words. I wanted to focus on finding a sound that makes you move, and that's where the word 'Ear Drum' popped in my head."
In other Kweli news, Warner Bros. Records/Blacksmith has launched a virtual community for the rapper in the 3D social network, Second Life, in which users, known as 'residents,' build and own their content online.
Created by Linden Lab in San Francisco, Second Life (www.secondlife.com) is a parallel universe existing in cyberspace. In this digital world, users create and dress up characters, build homes, form neighborhoods and live out alternative versions of their lives in the 3D, computer-generated environment.
Anyone who logs in and creates a basic (free) membership in Second Life will be able to interact with the Brooklyn-bred rapper via his “avatar,” or virtual world persona. Created by Kweli himself, users can visit his Brooklyn brownstone, which will feature online amenities such as a pool table, bar area, chill-out room, and rooftop stage where his live concerts from around the country will be streamed.
Second Life users will also have exclusive access to new video content, which can be viewed from every floor in the brownstone, as well as material from "Ear Drum,"
To visit the Talib Kweli brownstone in Second Life visit http://tinyurl.com/yxg8ng. In the meantime, here is Talib Kweli’s U.S. tour schedule:
November 2006
11 - Lancaster, PA - Alumni Center at Franklin and Marshall University
19 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
20 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
21 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
22 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
24 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
25 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
26 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
27 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
29 - Phoenix, AZ - The Clubhouse
30 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
December 2006
1 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
2 - Park City, UT - Harry O's
28 - New York, NY - Nokia Theater
29 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
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