Left: JID, photo by David KA. Right: Smino, photo via publicist.
JID and Smino have announced a co-headlining 2023 North American tour. Dubbed “Luv is 4Ever” (a fusion of the titles of the two rappers’ 2022 albums), the 32-date run is set to break ground on January 22 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, stopping in 21 states and three Canadian provinces before the dust settles on March 29 at Marathon Music Works in Nashville. Tickets go on sale this Friday (October 14) at 10 a.m. local time via LuvIs4Ever.com.
JID — the Atlanta-born, -bred, and -based emcee at the forefront of the retro-sounding, forward-thinking rap group Spillage Village — released his third LP, The Forever Story, in August and performed songs from across his brief but fruitful solo career with help from an eight-piece backing band at NPR’s Tiny Desk studio the following month. Smino — born and raised in St. Louis but based in Chicago for most of his adult life — recently announced his own third studio album, Luv 4 Rent, with its J. Cole-featuring lead single, “90 Proof.” That record is due out October 28.
JID and Smino have collaborated previously on 2020’s “Baguetti” (produced by Kenny Beats) and both appear on the 2019 Dreamville posse cut “1993” alongside J. Cole, Cozz, EarthGang, and Buddy, from the label compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III: Director’s Cut.
View the poster and dates for their 2023 tour below.
JID & Smino “Luv is 4Ever” 2023 tour
January 22 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
January 24 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Forum
January 26 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
January 28 - Oakland, CA - The Fox
January 31 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
February 2 - San Diego, CA - SOMA San Diego
February 3 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
February 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
February 10 - Denver, CO - The Mission Ballroom
February 13 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
February 14 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
February 15 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theatre
February 16 - Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center
February 18 - Atlanta, CA - Coca-Cola Roxy
February 21 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live
February 22 - Miami, FL - Oasis Wynwood
February 24 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte
February 26 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
March 1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
March 3 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
March 7 - Wallingford, CT - Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
March 9 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston
March 12 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
March 15 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
March 17 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
March 18 - Grand Rapids, MI - GLC Live at 20 Monroe
March 21 - Chicago, IL - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
March 23 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee
March 24 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore Minneapolis
March 25 - Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
March 28 - Cincinnati, OH - The Andrew J Brady Music Center
March 29 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
