Rejjie Snow (w/ special guest Jimothy) | Melbourne | SOLD OUT



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170 Russell

170 Russell St, Melbourne, Australia

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170 Russell is a vibrant live music venue located on Russell Street in Melbourne City. Formerly known as The Palace, the venue has been reborn as one of Melbourne’s premier music spaces offering a neat mix of indie, rock, funk, hip hop & soul. Boasting a capacity of over 700, the venue has hosted world-renowned acts such as Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Presets and 311. 170 Russell offers a unique clubbing experience featuring a huge stage, vibrant lighting and sound systems. A large outdoor beer garden is also located at the back of the venue, perfect for those summer nights.

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ASTRAL PEOPLE, Handsome Tours, Complex AU & FBi Radio proudly present... By arrangement with Primary Talent International ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Rejjie Snow (IE) Wednesday 1st May | 170 Russell | Melbourne with special guest Jimothy Lacoste (aka Jimothy) (UK) THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Astral People, Handsome Tours, Complex & FBi Radio are excited to announce the return of Irish rapper Rejjie Snow to Australian shores this April/May 2019. Rejjie Snow will be joined at all shows by north London rapper and musician Jimothy (fka Jimothy Lacoste) for his debut AU performance. Rejjie is a scene unto himself. He lives wherever his suitcase settles, wherever the songs send him — Los Angeles, New York, London — tangling words into beautifully complex knots that blur biography with fantasy over a shifting mass of rainy loops, technicolor keys, and trippy percussion. And then there’s his voice, deep and otherworldly, capable of riding a beat with metronomic precision, cooing to raw piano, or yawping Prince-like over a soul-rock-jazz groove. Following on from success of Rejjie’s debut album Dear Annie, executive produced by Rahki (Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Eminem) and featuring collaborations with Aminé, Kaytranada, Anna of the North, Cam O’bi (Chance The Rapper, SZA, Vic Mensa) and off the back of a sold out June 2018 Aussie & NZ tour, Rejjie is set to return his live show to eager fans with a new show to boot. As a perfect complement to Rejjie’s bold and idiosyncratic manner, Jimothy’s personality and left-of-centre outlook has tinges of Mike Skinner and draws accidental parallels to fellow north London dance-grime-electro collective Man Like Me, but his musical lineage seems more informed by an internal struggle with adolescent boredom and filling a void for the shy and insecure. In a world of constant bombardment of ‘new, hot’ 18-year-olds, Jimothy’s approach is more mature and considered, shying away from ‘living for the likes’. His lyrics and music have a more Tony Robbins feel while being framed in the backdrop of grime 2.0 and the new industry of UK road rap. Jimothy has had co-signs from the likes of Hypebeast (10 UK Rappers to Watch), Dazed (Top 20 Tracks of 2017) and Giggs. 2018 saw Jimothy release an impressive string of singles, including ‘I Can Speak Spanish’, ‘Subway System’ and his latest ‘Getting Carjacked’. With both artists introspective and unapologetically real this show promises to take audiences on a personal yet fun and irreverent journey. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT