Black Dillinger Embarks on the City To Hood Legacy Tour ahead of his Album Release: The Legacy
In 2015 Black Dillinger performed in a fully packed arena in Munich, Germany. He and his Manager Otis, The Jah Muzik Productions duo, boarded a flight to Munich to perform at one of Germany’s biggest music festival; Theatron Open Air Festival. They had secured the booking, then linked up with a Next Generation Band, a German Band, of which they only had one day of rehearsals, to back up Dillinger. He delivered a world-class performance which is characterised by the love of his continent Africa, and his native country, South Africa. A year later, they released a follow-up album; Black Dillinger Live in Munich. That’s how Black Dillinger roll, he makes The Connect to make things work.
They would later embark on another trip to perform at the once Greatest One Night Reggae Show on Earth, Sting in Jamaica. Black Dillinger would be the first Reggae Dancehall artist from South Africa to perform at Sting. He performed to multitudes of crowds, in Jamaica, and Black Dillinger held his own. He has travelled and performed in the Gambia, Uganda, the ReUnion Islands, When he came back, from Uganda a wrote a song about a Ugandan Girl. Likewise, he has graced the Summerjam Stage and Chiemise Summer in, Germany. But Home is where his heart is.
In as much as he has performed in these spaces with large crowds on international stages; for Dillinger, Nothing, absolutely nothing, beats performing for the home crowd., performing at home. Hence, the Legacy City to Hood Tour. Each time he releases a project, it is always preceded by a city to city Tour. He has been doing that ever since he returned from Berlin, where he had stayed for 7 years. One of the first thing he wanted to do, and actually did, was a City to City Tour. Fresh from the Berlin Buzz, he brought that energy with him, and he reach the Western and Eastern Cape. Self Organised. Self funded, The Connect with promoters, club owners, and fans make it happen.
His award-winning album, Mavara is King, had its fair share of City to Hood promo tour and that could have even contributed to him winning the award. He had gone first to the people, he had taken the music to the people. His aim is to try and reach every space where they play Reggae music. Whether it is a big stage with a band or at the street bash or a pub, or Shisa nyama, Dillinger always puts outs his best, because performing and sharing the music is his greatest part of his artistry.
He is set to release a body of work that he compiled into his upcoming project; Legacy, the Album. It was long in the making, almost five years. He has not been performing nor releasing music. He has been working and tilling the land. He has been on the farm, planting seeds, learning, growing and maturing. Now the album is almost ready, awaiting final touches from the producers Underground Soundsystem in Austria. Until then, the City to Hood Tour is well on course.
The City to Hood Legacy Tour kicked off in November at Black Labone in Pretoria with dates confirmed throughout the summer holidays, He will also be in the North West for the Tswancehall Reggae Explosion and will end in Cape Town at Litha0park Fun Fest. He has linked up with Boom Sound King Roots Int’l who will be providing sound at his shows; circumstances conspiring so cunningly. One of the foremost best Sound System Operator in Mzansi and Mzansi Reggae foremost talent and export, colliding to bring the music to the people.
Black Dillinger is available for bookings. He is ready for the stage. He is making music again.
“Now I’m about to come back with the banger no1 Hit Project called #TheLegacy it’s almost done with the best Top Reggae Features.” ~ Black Dillinger
More dates are still going to be added.
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