Hip Hop Legends Public Enemy Announce 2024 Australian ‘On The Grid 35th Anniversary Tour’

Chuck D, Flavor Flav and co will perform six shows across the country this October.

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Rap royalty Public Enemy has announced the ‘On The Grid’ 2024 Australian tour. The hip hop ensemble led by Chuck D and Flavor Flav is heading our way in celebration of the 35th anniversary of their Billboard #1 charting album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

The tour is the influential rap group’s first visit to Australia in a decade and will feature the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees performing tracks from It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back alongside fan favourites and deep cuts.

Joining Public Enemy on tour is our very own hip hop supergroup A.B. Original, consisting of artist, activist and author Briggs and MC and multi-ARIA Award-winning producer Trials. They will accompany Public Enemy on all six tour dates.

Public Enemy touches down in Australia in October for the first show at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium on Wednesday, October 2. The rap collective then heads to Adelaide for a show at the AEC Theatre on Friday, October 4 and then makes their way to Melbourne for a gig at John Cain Arena on Saturday, October 5. The final three performances take place in Sydney at Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday, October 9, Newcastle at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Friday, October 11 and Brisbane at Eatons Hill Outdoor on Saturday, October 12.

Telstra pre-sale commences this Friday, June 28 at 9:30am local time. TEG, Ticketek and venue pre-sale begins on Monday, July 1 at 9:30am. General sale finally gets underway on Tuesday, July 2 at 9:30am local time. For full ticketing details visit the Ticketek website.

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Forming in Long Island, New York in 1985, Public Enemy released their debut album, Yo! Bum Rush The Show, two years later and took the rap world by storm. Mixing social commentary with assertive beats, lifelong friends Chuck D and Flavor Flav created a militant sound that hooked audiences.

But it was the group’s sophomore effort, 1988s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, that truly launched the career of Public Enemy. Universally praised by critics and receiving a perfect score from music publications including Pitchfork, NME and The Source, the album spawned the charting singles ‘Bring the Noise’, ‘Don’t Beleive the Hype’ and ‘Night of the Living Baseheads’ while also topping the Billboard Hip Hop/R&B Album chart. It remains not only one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, but one of the greatest records ever released.

Public Enemy continued to be a force throughout the early 90s, dropping the classic albums Fear of a Black Planet and Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black while becoming well known for their electrifying live performances.

Despite going through constant lineup changes over the journey, the group has gone on to become one of the most respected hip hop acts, with Chuck D and Flavor Flav the two constants. With 15 studio albums to their name, including 2020s What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?, eight Grammy Award nominations and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Public Enemy has done it all.

See Public Enemy perform at AEC Theatre in Adelaide on Friday, October 4. Full ticketing information is available via Ticketek.

PUBLIC ENEMY ‘ON THE GRID’ 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2024 AUSTRALIA TOUR

Featuring support from A.B. Original

Wednesday, October 2 - Perth, Red Hill Auditorium

Friday, October 4 - Adelaide, AEC Theatre

Saturday, October 5 - Melbourne, John Cain Arena

Wednesday, October 9 - Sydney, Hordern Pavilion

Friday, October 11 - Newcastle, Newcastle Entertainment Centre

Saturday, October 12 - Brisbane, Eatons Hill Outdoor

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