New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Watsky has announced the release of his fifth full-length album COMPLAINT, due out on January 11th, 2019. He'll be hitting the road again in 2019 on The COMPLAINT Tour - the first in support of COMPLAINT and his biggest headlining tour to date. Tickets and pre-orders are on sale now. For full dates, see below and for more information, check out georgewatsky.com/.
COMPLAINT contains all the magic that Watsky fans have come to love - whip-smart lyricism, acrobatic rapping, and a bent for balancing intellect and poignance with whimsy and wit - all while continuing to expand on the sonic sphere he occupies. An incredibly varied set, COMPLAINT follows 2016's x Infinitywhich debuted at #4 on the Billboard Rap Albums Chart and gained critical acclaim from NPR, SF Chronicle, Stereogum, Billboard, Alternative Press and more. x
Infinity came just months after Watsky's debut essay collection How To Ruin
Everything (Penguin/Random House) hit shelves and became a New York Times Bestseller.
George Watsky began his career as a young poet and musician in San Francisco when he won the Brave New Voices
National Poetry Slam in 2006. The win would propel him to amass several other awards as a slam poet. Watsky has appeared on the NAACP Image Awards, The Kennedy Center, The
Ellen Degeneres Show, Epic Rap Battles of History, and more.
For the most up to date information, pleae visit www.georgewatsky.com.
Watsky Confirmed 2019 North American Dates
January 31 @ The Cowan in Nashville, TN
February 1 @ Red Rocks supporting Atmosphere, De La Soul, Living
Legends in Morrison, CO
February 9 @ Willawaw in Anchorage, AK
February 15 @ Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI
February 16 @ Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln, NE
February 17 @ First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN
February 19 @ Bogarts in Cincinnati, OH
February 20 @ Ready Room in St. Louis, MO
February 22 @ Danforth
Music Hall in Toronto, ON
February 23 @ Westcott Theatre in Syracuse, NY
February 25 @ Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh, PA
February 26 @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore, MD
February 27 @ Union
Transfer in Philadelphia, PA
February 28 @ Palladium in Worcester, MA
March 1 @ PlayStation Theater in New York, NY
March 2 @ Norva in Norfolk, VA
March 4 @ Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC
March 5 @ New Brookland Tavern in Columbia, SC
March 6 @ Orpheum in Tampa, FL
March 9 @ Paper Tiger in San Antonio, TX
March 10 @ Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City, OK
March 12 @ Meow Wolf in
Santa Fe, NM
March 14 @ Knitting Factory in Boise, ID
March 15 @ The Depot in Salt Lake City, UT
March 16 @ Pressroom in Phoenix, AZ
March 17 @ House of Blues in San Diego, CA
March 21 @ SLO Brew in San Luis Obispo, CA
March 22 @ Warfield in San Francisco, CA
March 23 @ Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA