ONYX ANNOUNCE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 4 DATE UK TOUR

By Rishma • On Events

Titans of hard­core Hip Hop ONYX announce 4 date
UK Tour

4th April – Mama Roux’s, Birmingham
5th April – Lost Hori­zon, Bristol
6th Aprl – Fact­ory 251, Manchester
21st April – O2 Academy Islington
Tick­ets on sale now here

Her­oes of hard­core hip hop Onyx have announced a four date tour of the UK this April, tak­ing in Birmingham’s Mama Roux’s on 4th April, Bristol’s Lost Hori­zon on 5th April, Manchester’s Fact­ory 251 on 6th April, then clos­ing the tour in London’s O2 Academy Isling­ton on 21st April, with tick­ets on sale now here.

Onyx have amassed a glob­al fol­low­ing of fans since they burst onto the scene over 30 years ago, with some of their biggest and most loy­al in the UK. Good Fri­day and Lat­fro present Onyx’s World Tour, which the UK tour is part of, and the group’s first time on the road here in five years prom­ising to be a road­b­lock. Onyx tour as a duo, con­sist­ing of Fre­dro Starr and Sticky Fingaz.

Onyx said “We can’t wait to touch down again in the UK, it’s been way too long, UK are you ready for Onyx? We gonna shut it down!”

Ori­gin­ally from Queens, New York, Onyx first formed in 1988 by Fre­dro Starr, Sonny Seeza, and the late Big DS, with Sticky Fin­gaz join­ing the group in 1991. The group released debut album ‘Bacdafucup’ in 1993, pro­duced by Run DMC’s Jam Mas­ter Jay and released on his JMJ Records label. The album which went plat­in­um, won awards and inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion, with the smash hit single ‘Slam’ peak­ing in the US Top 5, with magazine The Source hail­ing it as the record that intro­duced slam dan­cing into the hip hop scene. Two more songs from the debut ‘Throw Ya Gunz’ and ‘Shifftee’ garnered fur­ther hits. Onyx have released a total of twelve stu­dio albums, many remix albums, com­pil­a­tions and live albums. Three of the stu­dio albums went Top 10 in the Bill­board Hot 200 albums chart. Not­able albums include ‘Shut ‘Em Down’ (1998) fea­tur­ing DMX, 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Clan, N.O.R.E. and Big Pun, ‘Bacdafucup Pt II’ (2001), ‘Trig­gerno­metry’ (2003), ‘Wake­dafucup’ (2014), #Turndafucup (2014) fea­tur­ing Busta Rhymes, Raek­won, Rass Kass and Ill Bill, ‘Black Rock’ (2018), album ‘Onyx 4 Life’ (2021) fea­tur­ing Mad Lion, Cap­padonna, Sick­Flo and Snak the Rip­per and latest album ‘World Take Over’ (2023).

 

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.