'NAS' Thurs Oct 29 @ Thebbie. His First headline concert tour of Australia.

Eclipse Entertainment SA, LOW:FI + Video Hits present

NAS

Live in concert on his first ever headline tour of Australia

NAS will be supported by a 7 Piece Live Band
+TERRA FIRMA
A DEVIL AMONGST THE TAILORS
DJ NIXON
DJ MADCAP

Thursday Oct 29th
Thebarton Theatre
Ticket Outlets Venuetix + http://www.eclipseentertainmentsa.com + more TBC
Support acts and further event details announced early September.

One of the undisputed king’s of east coast hip hop, Nas has maintained a street level, tru school consciousness, while at the same time reaching the pinnacle of global hip hop stardom. Beginning with his classic debut, Illmatic (1994), Nas stood tall for years as one of New York City's leading rap voices, outspokenly expressing a righteous, self-empowered presence that endeared him to critics and hip-hop purists.

Familiar to many Australian audiences through his 2007 release Hip Hop Is Dead, "Nasty Nas" or "Nas Escobar", the self-appointed King of New York battled numerous adversaries for his position atop the epicenter of the East Coast rap scene, none more challenging than Jay-Z, who vied with Nas for the vacated throne left in the wake of the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 assassination. Such headline-worthy drama informed Nas' provocative rhymes, which he delivers with both a masterful flow and a wise perspective over beats by a range of producers: legends like DJ Premier, Large Professor, and Pete Rock; hitmakers like Trackmasters, Timbaland, and Will.i.am.

The Adelaide concert event will be presented by Eclipse Entertainment SA, the group responsible for presenting the most recent concert events for HipHop legends like DE LA SOUL @ The Shores (2009), PUBLIC ENEMY @ Bonython Park (2008), MIX MASTER MIKE @ The Shores (2008), Z*TRIP + SUPERNATURAL (2006), & JURASSIC 5 @ Thebarton Theatre (2007). The event will be held at Adelaide's favourite concert venue, Thebarton Theatre.

Official on sale date at venuetix- Monday August 31st
First release tickets $89 +bf (1000 only)

***Pre-release tickets onsale now exclusively at http://www.eclipseentertainmentsa.com for $89 each or $84 if buying 5 or more tickets. All tickets purchased at http://www.eclipseentertainmentsa.com are booking fee free.***

This tour is 100% confirmed. Contracts are signed, deposits are paid and Adelaide is in for a rare treat. $89 first release tickets won't last long so don't delay.

Good stuff!

Have heard the "Contracts are signed, and deposits are paid" bit before though. This sort of thing doesn't seem to matter to Nas.

 

 Exactly what I was thinking.

 I should be more excited than I am, I think I will be once I actually see him on the stage.

 

Wu Tang are playing over in Melbourne a couple of days after this. Was thinking about flying over with some mates for it, but not sure now. For some strange reason they are at Megarampage with that huge skate ramp and a bunch of bands like Offspring which I have zero interest in seeing.

When was the last show we had to cancel? We woulnt be doing this if we weren't sure.

You can understand the skepticism though yeah?

I'm way keen to see Nas!  


Yeah really shit show for them to play I would have thought.  Offspring and Good Charlotte and Wu ....just doesnt seem right

Apparently his agents are being sued over the last tour cancellation so I daresay he is under duress to make it happen, lol. Looks like we'll be adding a 6 piece live band into the mix to support his performance at NAS's request. He's keen for this tour.

Wasn't having a dig mate, christ knows I want it to happen, but ultimately, only Mr Nasir Jones can decide if it will.

I'll definitely be buying a ticket though.

Didn't think you were having a dig. Believe me when I say that we have been through several months of work getting to the point where we were 100% satisfied this would happen before announcing the event. We are not in the habit of cancelling events as you'd know. This is happening. In fact the website has done almost 100 sales before venuetix even came online so it's shaping up to be a stomper show.

Hi guys, first release tickets are nearly sold out, Fair warning.

  He did about half of Illmatic, mostly in a medley of older tracks about half way through the set (the medley was the highlight). Would have loved to hear Halftime, really surprised he didn't play that one. Pretty much did everything I was expecting. He has some decent newer stuff that I should probably check out instead of listening to Illmatic for the 3454532458098th time.

 Was a good show and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Goddamn hip hip crowds are jokes though - So many meathead wankers. Saw 3 fights and security didn't seem overly concerned.

 

yeah was a good night, nas put on a good show! pretty shitty that he didnt do an encore.. but eh i was happy regardless!

Yeh that wouldve been a show I would have liked to have seen

Oh wells

He was on stage for quite a while and did do a lot of tracks, so I can only really assume that they played all the songs that the band actually knew. But yeah, Halftime encore would have topped it off brilliantly.

dope show - heaps more older stuff then i expected 

1/2 time def wouild of topped it off... band was bangin too

 Was loving it when he did his verse from Live at the BBQ.

Holy crap yes! Definitely wasn't expecting to hear that one.