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George Clinton talked at Brooklyn Museum (video), touring with Parliament-Funkadelic including four NY-area dates -- three are free

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Funk legend George Clinton was in NYC last week (5/12) for a talk at Brooklyn Museum as part of the Red Bull Music Academy. The hour-plus conversation touched on his whole career, being sampled and more. You can watch the whole thing below. If you’d like to hear more from him, Clinton released a memoir, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You?, last year.

Clinton will be back in our area soon, but with Parliament-Funkadelic, playing two free NYC shows: Queensbridge Park on July 15 as part of SummerStage, and then Brooklyn’s Metrotech Commons on July 16 as part of BAM’s free summer R&B Festival. The Metrotech show is at noon, and later that day P-Funk will play another free show, this time at Newark’s NJPAC Theatre Square. Originally Clinton was to have played NJPAC on June 10 as part of a “House Party” with Kid n’ Play and Full Force, but that was recently cancelled.

Then on July 19, Clinton and P-Funk play The Paramount in Long Island. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All upcoming dates are listed, along with video of Clinton’s BAM lecture series, below…

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic – 2015 Tour Dates
SUN – May 24, 2015 Concord , CA Concord Pavilion
THU – May 28, 2015 San Antonio, TX Aztec
FRI – May 29, 2015 Dallas, TX House of Blues
SAT – May 30, 2015 Houston, TX House of Blues
SUN – May 31, 2015 Austin, TX Empire Garage
THU – Jun 04, 2015 Richmond, VA Insbrook
FRI – Jun 05, 2015 Charlotte, NC Amos
SAT – Jun 06, 2015 Columbia, MD Capital Jazz Festival
SUN – Jun 07, 2015 Dewey Beach, DE Bottle & Cork
SAT – Jun 20, 2015 Hammond, IN Horseshoe Casino
TUE – Jun 23, 2015 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theater
WED – Jun 24, 2015 Lawrence, KS Free State Festival
THU – Jul 09, 2015 Rochester, NY Windstream Party in the Park
FRI – Jul 10, 2015 Detroit, MI Chene Park
SUN – Jul 12, 2015 St. Louis, MO Ballpark Village
WED – Jul 15, 2015 Queens, NY Queensbridge Park
THU – Jul 16, 2015 Brooklyn, NY BAM
THU – Jul 16, 2015 Newark, NJ NJPAC (Theater Square)
FRI – Jul 17, 2015 Baltimore, MD Artscape-Baltimore Festival of Arts
SAT – Jul 18, 2015 Hartford, CT Infinity Music Hall
SUN – Jul 19, 2015 Huntington, NY The Paramount
THU – Aug 13, 2015 Phoenix, AZ The Press Room
SAT – Aug 15, 2015 Sacramento, CA Thunder Valley Casino
WED – Aug 19, 2015 San Diego, CA House of Blues
FRI – Aug 21, 2015 Tucson, AZ Fox Tucson theater
SAT – Aug 22, 2015 Albuquerque, NM Westside Outdoor Stage
SUN – Aug 23, 2015 Denver, CO The Ogden