Erykah Badu News

BAM ushers in 2024 by presenting a season that honors the power of artistic community. See program details and learn how to purchase tickets!

DOJA CAT announces the European leg of 'The Scarlet Tour' - her first European headline arena tour for 2024. Get all the details here. The 8-date tour, produced by Live Nation, kicks off on 11th June in Glasgow at the OVO Hydro, continuing through the UK, including a night at London's The O2, before heading to the mainland for a show in Amsterdam.

Experience exclusive live music sessions at The Tuff Nutt Jazz Club after performances of Nutcracker at Southbank Centre. Featuring Emma Rawicz, David Preston, Gabrielle Brooks, and more. Don't miss this unforgettable encore to the critically acclaimed Nutcracker. Tickets on sale now.

SHYGUY, aka Jackson Goodwin and Joe Digioia, are a duo from the low hills of Nottingham. The pair weave a kaleidoscope of genres, fusing soul, psychedelic vocals, jazz & raw but funky hip hop drums. Their individual narratives and musical influences contribute to the textured sound for their debut album ‘Wait, What. Now?' on Tru Thoughts.

An infectious and down-tempo club banger, during the creation of the track Lo5ive leaned into his multi-genre sensibilities to blend the tones of funky house crossover classics (such as Crazy Cousins'remix of Kyla's ‘Do You Mind?' and Dennis Ferrer's ‘Hey Hey') and fresh Afro house vibes with inspiration from Keinemsuik's ‘Champion'.

Get ready Newark, N.J. for A Night of Love presented by S.J. Presents with a stellar musical lineup featuring R&B superstars Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, K. Michelle, and New Jersey's own Jaheim. Find out how to get tickets now!

With her soulful vocal taking center stage atop spaced-out grooves, soaring synths and pulsating drums, the song is a delightful introduction to Ethel's beautiful sonic realm. Enlisting Banshee (The Great) on production duties (Pop Smoke, Isaiah Rashad, Lil Uzi Vert), 'Pixie Dust' is an ode to female friendships and enlightenment.

This year's events were made even more remarkable by the presence of sponsors who curated interactive activations for fans to enjoy. Amongst others, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Sprite, Jack Daniels, and Red Bull provided festival-goers with unique experiences throughout the weekend.

Oakland-born artist King Isis (they/she), is breaking all of the rules. After years of stringent classic training and piano lessons from their great-great grandmother Omega King – one of the first Black opera singers in Chicago – King Isis is becoming one of the most exciting artists smoothly blending rock and R&B. Watch the music video!

The Perelman Performing Arts Center will present Is It Thursday Yet?, The March, and Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. 

'Cypher' writer/director Chris Moukarbel (HBO's Wig, Lady Gaga: Five Foot Two) won the Tribeca Festival's Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, with the Tribeca Festival jury lauding the film, “for its kaleidoscopic use of music, created imagery and found materials, in service of an interrogation of celebrity, conspiracy culture.'

Harlem Stage (Artistic Director and CEO Patricia Cruz) makes tickets available for its 40th Anniversary Season on Tuesday, September 5, and announces the full lineups for its Uptown Nights music series and the newly launched Uptown Nights Latin Music Series.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre's (DBDT) annual DanceAfrica festival is returning for its 18th season! Presented by PNC Bank, the theme for this year's series is Rhythms of Unity: Celebrating in Harmony and will feature performances from all five of DBDT's dance companies – Dallas Black Dance Theatre, DBDT: Encore! and Dallas Black Dance Academy's Junior Performing Ensemble, Senior Performing Ensemble and Allegro – in addition to performances by special guest artists Forces of Nature, the DeSoto High School A Cappella Choir and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Dance Conservatory.

The album includes recently-released singles 'Attention,' 'Paint the Town Red,' and 'Demons,' and 'Balut.' It was entirely self-written by Doja Cat. GRAMMY Award-winning global superstar's new album also features songs like 'Wet Vagina,' 'Go Off,' 'Skull and Bones,' and more.

Additional performances by Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, Marc Rebillet, Sudan Archives, Fred Armisen, Lonnie Holley, Aja Monet, Pauli the PSM, Novena Carmel, Shabazz Palaces, Yrsa Daley-Ward with The Josh Craig, Acyde, Siobhan Bell, Kilo Kish, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Def Rain and pop-up performances by Feels Like Floating. 

As the most widely seen modern dance work in the world, Alvin Ailey's Revelations has become part of the DNA of contemporary and popular dance, and it is a privilege to finally experience it on a live stage, alongside its more modern yet complementary 21st century cousins from Kyle Abraham and Robert Battle.

Harlem Stage has made tickets available for its 40th Anniversary Season on Tuesday, September 5, and announced the full lineups for its Uptown Nights music series and the newly launched Uptown Nights Latin Music Series.

Award-winning children's music and podcast makers Andrew & Polly respond to problems big and small with their sixth album, 'AHHHHH!' set for release on September 15, 2023.

On the heels of record-breaking season four ratings, the nationally syndicated daytime show, “Tamron Hall” will return for a much-anticipated fifth season. “Tamron Hall” is the most improved returning one-hour daytime talk show growing by double digits in Total Viewers and Women 25-54 and is the only returning one-hour daytime talk show.

Following the success of Thundercat and Tame Impala’s “No More Lies” comes the release of a limited edition single sided 7” product. The collaboration is the first new Thundercat song in over three years, which arrives ahead of a huge string of tour dates for Thunder’s In Yo Girl’s City tour including North and South American dates.