TITANS OF RAP’S GOLDEN AGE: THE PHARCYDE ANNOUNCE 3‑DATE UK TOUR IN SPRING 2024 + LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Events

14th March Bris­tol O2 Academy
15th March Lon­don O2 Shep­herds Bush Empire
17th March Manchester O2 Ritz

Tick­ets on Gen­er­al Sale Now at Ticketmaster.co.uk & Skiddle.com

 Kings of the golden age of rap The Phar­cyde have announced their return to the UK for a an excit­ing whistlestop 3 date tour of the UK this Spring  with Lords Of The Under­ground – tak­ing in Bris­tol O2 Academy on Thursday 14th March, Lon­don O2 Shep­herds Bush Empire on Fri­day 15th March and Manchester O2 Ritz on Sunday 17th March, with tick­ets on sale via Ticketmaster.co.uk and Skiddle.com.

Ori­gin­ally from South Cent­ral Los Angeles, The Phar­cyde formed in 1989 with ori­gin­al mem­bers Imani, Slimkid3, Fat­lip and Bootie Brown. The group signed to Deli­cious Vinyl and achieved inter­na­tion­al suc­cess and recog­ni­tion for their tracks ‘Passin’ Me By’, ‘Drop’, ‘Ya Mama’ and ‘Run­nin’, as well as their 1991 debut album ‘Bizarre Ride II The Phar­cyde’, which became a sem­in­al staple of rap’s golden era. The group appeared on the Brand New Heav­ies rap col­lab­or­a­tion album ‘Heavy Rhyme Exper­i­ence vol.1’ out on Deli­cious Vinyl and toured with Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. The Phar­cyde released a fur­ther 3 albums ‘Lab­cab­in­cali­for­nia’ (1995) which was pro­duced by the late, great J‑Dilla, ‘Plain Rap’ (2000) and ‘Hum­boldt Begin­nings’ (2004). The group con­tin­ues to tour and record col­lab­or­at­ively and in solo pro­jects – includ­ing Bootie Brown’s appear­ance on two Gor­illaz albums ‘Demon Dayz’ (2005) and ‘Crack­er Island’ (2022) and Slimkid3’s col­lab­or­a­tion with Jur­as­sic Five’s DJ Nu-Mark on a 2014 EP on Deli­cious Vinyl. The Phar­cyde, will tour the UK as a trio con­sist­ing of Imani, Slimkid3 and Fat­lip.

Lords Of The Under­ground are the rap trio: DoltAll, Mr Funke and DJ Lord Jazz from Newark, New Jer­sey. The group released their debut ‘Here Come The Lords’ 30 years ago in 1993, with its break­through hit ‘Chief Rocka’. The album was hailed as one of the Top 50 greatest albums with the dopest beats of all time in a year that brought East Coast Hip-Hop to the fore along­side groups like Black Moon, Onyx, The Wu-Tang Clan, Naughty By Nature and Big Daddy Kane.

The Phar­cyde said “It’s been a minute since we been passin’ by the UK, but we love our UK fans, it’s gonna be a total blast per­form­ing in Lon­don, Manchester and Bris­tol. Come through, we’ll see you then!”

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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. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

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Rishma Dhaliwal
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. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.