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