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Femi Kuti tour continues (Austin pics), Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 playing shows this summer (Prospect Park & other dates)

photos by Tim Griffin

Femi Kuti & The Positive Force @ The Moody Theater
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The Femi Kuti & The Positive Force 2011 North American tour is still underway and is now on the West Coast until the tour’s final show in Seattle on May 15th. Along the way they hit Highline Ballroom & Music Hall of Wiliamsburg in April and the new ACL Moody Theater in Austin on May 6th…

Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater is a state-of-the-art, 2,700 + person capacity live music venue that will also serve as the new home of the KLRU-TV produced PBS program Austin City Limits, the longest running music series in American television history. The venue will host 60-100 concerts a year, in addition to the nights the Austin City Limits show will tape. Commitment to green building standards qualify us to apply for LEED® certification, the highest standard for sustainable development.”

Pictures from that swanky Austin show are in this post, as are the rest of the dates (below).

Fela‘s two most successful Afrobeat-playing sons are Femi and Seun. Seun even now leads Fela’s old band Egypt 80. As you might have noticed in this summer’s Celebrate Brooklyn lineup, Seun has a show (shows) coming up too. The free Brooklyn one happening at the Prospect Park Bandshell is listed like this:

FRIDAY, JULY 22, 7:00 P.M.
SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 | FAAJI AGBA

The yearlong celebration of Nigeria’s 50th anniversary of independence that began last October continues here with a generation-bridging concert. Fronting his father Fela’s legendary band, Seun Kuti is the living embodiment of afro-pop. Faaji Agba‘s lineup of Afrobeat pioneers–including Fatai Rolling Dollar, Chief Seni Tejuoso and Prince ‘Eji’ Oyewole of the Afro-Skittles Band–makes them Nigeria’s answer to the Buena Vista Social Club: a supergroup of veteran musicians who are re-popularizing faaji grooves, agidigbo blues, juju and other styles of Nigerian roots. Travel support provided by Arik Air.

Seun‘s new album “From Africa With Fury” is out now in Europe, but will be released in the U.S. on June 21st. It looks like this:

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A full Seun North American tour will be announced soon, but in the meantime, all known Seun & Femi dates, and more Femi pics, below…


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Femi Kuti — 2011 Tour Dates
May 12 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 13 San Francisco, CA Bimbo’s
May 14 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
May 15 Seattle, WA Neumo’s


Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – 2011 Tour Dates
06.05.11 Festival tous au sud Lille, FR
06.11.11 Musiques Métisses Angoulême, FR
06.12.11 Moers Festival Pfingsten, DK
06.16.11 Sala Rockitchen Madrid, ES
06.17.11 Sala Apolo Barcelona, ES
06.18.11 Stockholm Jazz Festival Stockholm, SE
06.23.11 Festival Med Loulé, PT
06.24.11 Couleur Cafe Brussels, BE
06.25.11 Solidays Paris, FR
06.26.11 Festival de Ravenna Ravenna, IT
06.27.11 Villa Ada Roma Rome, IT
06.30.11 Batschkapp Berlin, DE
07.01.11 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, DK
07.02.11 Luxembourg Fest Luxembourg City, LU
07.03.11 Africa Festival Hertme Hertme, NL
07.05.11 Karlsruhe Zeltival Tollhaus, DE
07.06.11 Fabrik Hamburg, DE
07.07.11 Kongsberg Jazz Fest Kongsberg, NO
07.08.11 Vienna Jazz Festival Vienna, AT
07.09.11 City of Piece Festival Augsburg, DE
07.16.11 – The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, US
07.15.11 – Los Angeles, CA
07.17.11 – Redway, CA
07.20.11 – Reno, NV
07.22.11 – Celebrate Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, US
07.23.11 – Trumansberg, NY
07.24.11 – Guelph, ON
07.29.11 – Artime Theater, Miami, FL, US

08.04.11 Metisete Fest Sète, FR
08.06.11 Crest Jazz Vocal fest Crest, FR
08.07.11 Festival La Petite Pierre La Petite Pierre, FR
10.11.11 Internationales de la guitare, Montpellier, FRANCE
10.26.11 Rocher de Palmer, Bordeaux, FRANCE