Yasiin Bey to Perform Mos Def Songs at The O2 Academy, Bristol

Yasiin Bey to Perform Mos Def Songs at The O2 Academy, Bristol

Posted on: 16 Dec 2016

The actor-come-activist will return to the rap material which launched his career for a gig at The O2 Academy on February 4th of next year, one of only a handful of farewell shows in the UK. Tickets are on sale now

 

Yasiin Bey has spent the majority of the last year detained in South Africa, where he was held on charges of overstaying his visa and using world passport. Upon his release in October, he announced his intention to immediately retirement from music and film, though that he would still be creative.

Yasiin Bey

The dismay of his fans in the UK, however, has been suspended by Bey’s announcement of a handful of farewell dates in the country, where he will rifle through the back-catalogue of his rap alias Mos Def. Under the moniker, Bey released some of the most revered hip hop of the ‘90s, before his interest in film and activism divided his attention.

 

Despite these changes in direction, his music has remained as fresh and relevant as ever, and his show at Bristol’s O2 Academy represents a rare chance to hear it in the flesh. He will be joined by special guests, who are as yet unannounced.

 

Tickets are on sale now and can be bought here.


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Sam Mason-Jones

An ardent Geordie minus the accent, Sam seemingly strove to get as far away from the Toon as possible, as soon as university beckoned. Three undergraduate years at UoB were more than ample time for Bristol (as it inevitably does) to get under his skin, and so here he remains: reporting, as Assistant Editor, on the cultural happenings which so infatuated him with the city. Catch him at sam@365bristol.com.