MC Chris dies, lives on Warped Tour

Now that the hip-hop world finally knows MC Chris, thanks to his appearance on Talib Kweli’s MCEO mixtape, I just want to say that I wrote about the former Adult Swim star/Star Wars fanatic a while ago. It’s nice to see him finally getting some respect for his hilarious punchlines, and outgrowing his initial reputation as the founder of the misbegotten “nerdcore” genre.

The momentum should make his new album, MC Chris is Dead, his biggest to date. He’s releasing it himself on April 7, and you can purchase copies via his website or on from him personally when he plays the 2008 Warped Tour as this year’s token “rap” artist. (April 30 update: MC Chris is Dead is scheduled for release sometime in May.) Of course, MC Chris is more a lyrical satirist in the tradition of Mellow Gold-era Beck and Basehead (remember Basehead?) than a hip-hop MC, per se. But let’s not split hairs, okay? The dates are below.

  • 4/07: UCB Theater, New York, NY
  • 5/03: UCB Theater, New York, NY
  • 5/10: UCB Theater, New York, NY
  • 5/17: UCB Theater, New York, NY
  • 5/25: Passout Records, Brooklyn, NY
  • 5/29: Higher Ground, S. Burlington, VT
  • 5/30: Pearl Street, Northampton, MA
  • 5/31: Red Square, Albany, NY
  • 6/01: Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
  • 6/02: High Five, Columbus, OH
  • 6/03: Headliner’s Music Hall, Louisville, KY
  • 6/04: Exit/In, Nashville, TN
  • 6/06: House Cafe, Dekalb, IL
  • 6/07: Picador, Iowa City, IA
  • 6/08: Nutty’s North, Sioux Falls, SD
  • 6/09: Sokol Underground, Omaha, NE
  • 6/11: The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK
  • 6/13: Tequila Jungle, Lubbock, TX
  • 6/14: Moonlight Lounge, Albuquerque, NM
  • 6/17: Electric Theater, St. George, UT
  • 6/18: Jillian’s, Las Vegas, NV
  • 6/20: Pomona Fairgrounds, Pomona, CA
  • 6/21: Pier 30/32, San Francisco, CA
  • 6/22: Seaside Park, Ventura, CA
  • 6/25: Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
  • 6/26: N.M.S.U. Practice Field, Las Cruces, NM
  • 6/28: Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT
  • 6/29: Invesco Field, Denver, CO
  • 7/01: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St. Louis, MO
  • 7/02: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Kansas City, KS
  • 7/03: Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX
  • 7/05: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, San Antonio, TX
  • 7/06: Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, TX
  • 7/09: Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
  • 7/10: Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
  • 7/11: Vinoy Park, Tampa, FL
  • 7/12: Bicentennial Park, Miami, FL
  • 7/13: St. Johns County Fairgrounds, Jacksonville, FL
  • 7/14: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC
  • 7/15: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA
  • 7/16: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Washington, DC
  • 7/17: Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, Cleveland, OH
  • 7/18: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
  • 7/19: Downsview Park, Toronto, ON
  • 7/20: Park Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QC
  • 7/23: Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, Boston, MA
  • 7/24: Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
  • 7/25: Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
  • 7/26: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
  • 7/27: Toyota Pavilion, Scranton, PA
  • 7/28: Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
  • 7/29: Post Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 7/30: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
  • 7/31: Verizon Wireless Music Center, Indianapolis, IN
  • 8/01: Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI
  • 8/02: First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
  • 8/03: Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN
  • 8/05: Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK
  • 8/06: Race City Speedway, Calgary, AB
  • 8/08: Idaho Center Amphitheater, Nampa, ID
  • 8/09: Gorge Amphitheater, George, WA
  • 8/10: Columbia Meadows, St. Helens, OR
  • 8/13: Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA
  • 8/14: Cricket Wireless Amphitheater, Chula Vista, CA
  • 8/15: Shoreline Amphitheatre, San Francisco, CA
  • 8/16: Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA
  • 8/17: Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, CA

6/20-8/17: Warped Tour

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