In what is fast becoming an annual event, hip hop legend turned culinary mastermind Coolio has announced a comprehensive Australian tour, gracing stages from Brisbane to Ballarat with his Grammy Award winning catalogue. Live Music Australia.
The multi-platinum selling artist, composer, actor, reality star and yes even chef, seems taken by our little part of the globe, having announced a nation tour just last year after a previous visit for Falls Festival. Unfortunately the 2013 tour was cancelled at the final hour, but the rapper is now making up for lost times.
Coolio first cut his teeth in his local Californian West Coast scene in the ’90s, joining a variety of crews before dropping his debut album It Takes A Thief. In 1996 he won a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance for his international hit single, Gangsta’s Paradise, which has since sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
Coolio Australia Tour 2014
Not content with just conquering the music world, Coolio has successfully made the transition from performer to lifestyle guru. His recent Cooking with Coolio show proved to be so successful that he published a Cooking with Coolio cookbook which featured recipes for his very own “ghetto cuisine” and lessons in how to cook “Blasian” (Black Asian) and “Ghettalian” (Ghetto Italian). (Nastassia Baroni on 5th June, 2014).
Tour Dates
Thursday, 31st July
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Friday, 1st August
Brown Alley, Melbourne
Monday, 4th August
Transit, Canberra
Wednesday 6th August
TBC, Sydney
Thursday, 7th August
East88, Gold Coast
Friday, 8th August
HQ, Adelaide
Saturday, 9th August
Republic Bar, Hobart
Sunday, 10th August
King Street Hotel, Newcastle
Tuesday, 12th August
Conniston Lane, Brisbane
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