ANDRA DAY COVERS KENDRICK LAMAR’S “NO MAKE UP” VIA COMPLEX
2X GRAMMY NOMINEE TO EMBARK ON HEADLINING CITI TOUR IN FEBRUARY
After a breakthrough year, Grammy-nominated Andra Day revisits the covers that kicked off her career in the standout from Kendrick Lamar’s debut studio album Section.80, “No Make-Up (Her Vice).” In the good luck gesture for Compton rapper and fellow nominee, the American soul singer “delivers a soulful cover saturated in jazz influences that Kendrick would certainly appreciate” and even manages to slip in Lil Kim’s “Crush On You” via Complex.
Hailing from San Diego, Day was recently nominated for two Grammys for Best R&B Album for her debut Cheers To The Fall and Best R&B Performance for her stand out single “Rise Up”. The single’s reception has landed her on such shows as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ,CBS Saturday Morning, the BET Awards, ESSENCE Music Festival, Special Olympics, Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Live! with Kelly & Michael, The Wendy Williams Show, CNN Heroes, Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and the National Christmas Tree Lighting.
After touring with Lenny Kravitz earlier this year and embarking on her first headlining tour, Andra Day will set out on a 16-city North American tour kicking of on Monday February 29th in San Francisco and ending in Los Angeles on Wednesday March 30th. Tickets and more information are available at https://www.citiprivatepass.com/landing/andra_day.html.
Tour dates are as follows:
Mon Feb 29 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
Tue Mar 1 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory – North Park
Fri Mar 4 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
Sun Mar 6 – Houston, TX – The Studio at Warehouse Live
Mon Mar 7 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues – New Orleans
Wed Mar 9 – Nashville , TN – 3rd & Lindsley
Thu Mar 10 – Atlanta, GA – CenterStage
Sat Mar 12 – Detroit, MI – St Andrews Hall
Tue Mar 15 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Thu Mar 17 – Toronto, ON – Mod Club
Fri Mar 18 – Montréal, QC – Corona Theatre
Sun Mar 20 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Mon Mar 21 -Washington, DC – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Thu Mar 24 -Ardmore, PA – The Ardmore Music Hall
Fri Mar 25 -New York, NY – Webster Hall
Wed Mar 30 -Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
