Joey Bada$$ is officially hitting the road this fall with the Dark Aura Tour, a 25-date North American run named after his new single of the same name. The trek kicks off October 16 in Boston and wraps November 20 in Philadelphia, with stops in major cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and his hometown Brooklyn on November 19. Fans can catch him alongside special guests Rapsody and Ab-Soul, making this one of the most anticipated hip-hop tours of 2025. Presale tickets go live August 19, with general sales opening August 21.
The tour announcement follows weeks of headlines surrounding Joey’s label frustrations and delayed album rollout. His fourth studio album, Lonely At The Top, originally slated for August 1, was pushed back due to conflicts with his label—something the Brooklyn rapper addressed bluntly on social media. “My sht got pushed back because the label pushed my sht back… This is literally an Exhibit A of the label gettin’ in the artist’s way,” he wrote. The project is now locked for release on August 29.
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To set the stage, Joey dropped “Dark Aura,” produced by longtime collaborator Chuck Strangers. The single is a fiery statement of independence, featuring lines like “Independent mindset, we ain’t f*ckin’ with the majors.”
The Dark Aura Tour marks Joey Bada$$’s first major headlining run since 2022, when he toured in support of his acclaimed album 2000. With his new album on the horizon, a hard-hitting single in rotation, and a major tour locked in, Joey Bada$$ is making it clear that despite industry setbacks, his momentum is stronger than ever. As the tour poster boldly declares: “When the light fades, the darkness reveals its true face.”
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