Now that Common’s long-awaited album, “Finding Forever,” is finally in stores, the rapper is gearing up to hit the road. Although a possible bigger tour is in the works, Common has lined up several shows in September.
He’ll start out in San Francisco on September 5 and will tour until October 7 at the Nokia Theatre in New York. In an interview with MTV, Com said that even though he had some success with his last album, “Be”, that he wasn’t going to try and replicate it or try to come out with ringtone hits with “Finding Forever.”
"I don’t feel a burden," he told MTV.com. "I feel it’s adult. That’s my sole purpose. I ain’t afraid of it, I ain’t trying to stray from it, I embrace it. I know with all the conscious music, there’s going to be music where I battle MCs like I did on ‘The Game,’ getting at ’em. I’mma make songs [while] having fun. That’s what I’m about. The biggest thing I gotta do is be myself, that’s what MCing is about. That’s one of the most important things with being a MC: be you."
Here’s the current itinerary for his tour:
09/05/07 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine
09/07/07 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
09/08/07 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
09/09/07 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
09/13/07 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
09/15/07 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
09/16/07 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
09/20/07 Chicago, IL Charter One Pav. @ Northerly Isl.
09/24/07 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
10/07/07 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square
Top ten in the game fuck MTV thanking bout thats why peeps say hip hop dead i wouldnt go to that nigga concert if it was FREE
can’t wait for his concert it’s going to be soooo good!!
Yeah mtv Can suck a dick with that shitty ass list common in the top 5 dead or alive in my book
MurdaP You’re a dumb ass Commons One Of The Best that ever did it dead or alive point blank
How the fuck you punkasses gonna hate on common? I suppose he to smart for you all to understand? Nigga like that is keepin hip hop on life support. Talking like that you might as well pull the fuckin plug niggas.