Danny Brown at Lollapalooza 2016 - Thursday
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Danny Brown designed his own pizzas, playing a free show on 4/20, & other stuff

Danny Brown has created two specialty pizzas, Pitchfork points out. He was asked by fellow Detroit musician Matt Z, drummer of Tyvek, who’s a chef at El Club and who designs new pizzas for charity in collaboration with other Michigan artists. Proceeds from the pies benefit InsideOut Detroit, an organization “for K-12 students in Detroit who are curious about exploring their worlds through the power of poetry.”

The pizzas Danny created are: a “mystery meat” pie with liver and onions, and an “Easter Bunny” pizza with chocolate peanut butter and jelly beans. Sounds… yummy. They’ll be available at El Club in April. See a picture of Danny with the pies here.

Danny also has a new video for “Ain’t It Funny,” one of the best songs on last year’s Atrocity Exhibition. The video was directed by Jonah Hill, and it stars Gus Van Sant and Joanna Kerns. Watch below. That same song will come out as a picture disc on Record Store Day.

Danny is also one of the many guests on the new Gorillaz album, and he just performed with them in London.

Danny’s got shows of his own coming up too. He was already announced for day one of NYC’s Governors Ball, and he’s since added another NYC show happening sooner. It’s a free Zumiez/Adidas-presented show on 4/20 at Webster Hall, dubbed ‘Skate The Loft.’ The show’s also got Dave East, Nick Catchdubs and Sean Cee, plus appearances by Adidas athletes Mark Gonazales, Tyshawn Jones, and Nestor Judkins. RSVP is open now. Updated tour dates are listed below.

Danny Brown — 2017 Tour Dates
Thursday 20 April Webster Hall New York, NY, US
Friday 05 May – Sunday 07 May Middlelands Todd Mission, TX, US
Saturday 20 May Project Pabst Rino Neighborhood, Denver, CO, US
Friday 26 May – Sunday 28 May Boston Calling Boston, MA, US
Friday 02 June – Sunday 04 June The Governors Ball Music Festival Randall’s Island, New York, NY, US
Friday 09 June – Sunday 11 June This Is Not A Love Song Paloma, Nîmes, France
Saturday 10 June – Sunday 11 June Parklife Festival Heaton Park, Manchester, UK
Friday 16 June – Saturday 17 June Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WI, US
Friday 14 July – Sunday 16 July Pitchfork Music Festival Union Park, Chicago, IL, US
Friday 28 July – Sunday 30 July WayHome Music and Arts Burl’s Creek Event Grounds, Oro-Medonte, ON, Canada
Friday 04 August – Sunday 06 August Osheaga Music & Arts Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, QC, Canada
Wednesday 09 August – Wednesday 16 August Sziget Festival Obuda Island, Budapest, Hungary
Thursday 10 August – Saturday 12 August Way Out West Festival Slottsskogen City Park, Gothenburg, Sweden
Thursday 24 August with Eminem Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, UK
Friday 25 August – Sunday 27 August Reading & Leeds Festival Bramham Park, Wetherby, UK
Thursday 07 September – Sunday 10 September Bestival Dorset, UK