Your girls Janelle Monae and Kimbra just dropped off a big announce: they’re gonna be visiting Australia next month for a run of shows in which they’ll play their own headline sets before performing together.
The two reportedly met at the Montreux Jazz Festival last year, where – in between playing the jazz music – they bonded over Prince and apparently pledged an oath to book the coolest double headliner tour of 2014.
Monae released her acclaimed third record, The Electric Lady, in 2013, while Kimbra’s prepping her second album for release later this year. It’ll reportedly feature appearances from guests as diverse as Daniel Johns, John Legend and Muse’s Matt Bellamy.
In the meantime, you can enjoy this collab video featuring the two ladies mashing Aretha Franklin’s Rocksteady into Michael Jackson’s Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’:
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Janelle Monáe with Kimbra: ‘The Golden Electric Tour’.
Friday, May 16 – Challenge Stadium, Perth
Monday, May 19 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Wednesday, May 21 – Convention Centre, Brisbane
Saturday, May 24 – Vector Arena, Auckland
Monday, May 26 – The Plenary, Melbourne
Tickets On Sale 10am Thursday, April 17
Photo by Thom Kerr. Supplied.
