All About The Roots
As announced on ITM recently, the most influential hip-hop live act in the world, The Roots, will be returning to Australia in April for a national tour, and we’re proud to be a presenting partner of their visit!
As one of the headline acts for the 2007 East Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay over Easter, this will be The Roots’ first visit since their sell out tour in August 2005, and tickets are now onsale so get in quick.
The Roots will be joined at all shows by True Live, the Melbourne ensemble featuring RHyNO MC out front, backed by a three piece string section, drums and keys.
Click below to purchase your tickets today, and stay tuned to ITM for updates.
10th Apr : The Roots, Sydney [Buy Tickets]
12th Apr : The Roots, Adelaide [Buy Tickets]
13th Apr : The Roots, Melbourne [Buy Tickets]
14th Apr : The Roots, Perth [Buy Tickets]
Good Vibrations Festival
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The Roots [Audio]: It's just a game
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Scratch (of The Roots): Just scratching the surface
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The Roots pull out of Good Vibrations, Q-Tip steps up
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Good Vibrations Festival 2009 line-up
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Tickets for The Roots now onsale
The Roots are about to make their first visit to Australia since their sell out tour in August 2005, and tickets are now onsale so get in quick! [more]
The Roots and Lou Rhodes join Great Escape lineup
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Run-DMC come back for The Roots Picnic
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Moby and The Roots go to the movies
With Daft Punk’s highly anticipated Tron score due in 2010, a few other faves are getting in on the film soundtrack game. [more]
Will Good Vibes be The Roots' last tour?
The Roots announced that they will be retiring from touring effective March, 2009. ?uestlove, drummer and founding member of the world renowned hip hop band, announced the decision before a recent show in Chicago. [more]
The Roots bring the best on new album
The Roots, the 'greatest hip hop band in the world', are beginning work on their tenth artist album - and there's quite a supporting cast. [more]
In a recent interview with ITM, The Roots' drummer ?uestlove revealed that there will be a collaboration with Fiona Apple likely to happen in the near future. [more]
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Perth was lucky to have one of the most smooth, polished and talented live hip hop acts come play this Saturday, on stage sporting their greatest hits as well as some unexpected extras. [more]
?uestlove’s drum solo will definitely stretch my vocabulary. It’s impossible to function so fast! Forget dancing, an epileptic fit couldn't keep to the beat! A roar goes up to the rafters, we’re aware we’ve witnessed greatness beyond compare. [more]
A couple of years on from their last Adelaide show, Black Thought and co returned to an appreciative audience. They had Adelaide eating out of their hands from start to finish. [more]
The Roots left the audience at Enmore Theatre stupefied last Tuesday night after a blistering two-hour live performance, proving that they're up there with the best of the best. [more]
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The ever popular Aussie-favourites Jurassic 5 out of California, and one of the few true hip-hop bands, Philadelphia's The Roots were set to rock the Royal Theatre. Anticipation was high, so I laced up my party shoes and away I went. [more]
The Roots - Game Theory
The Roots return with ‘Game Theory’, a 47-minute collection of joints with an underlying sense of melancholy, their first release since signing to Def Jam. [more]