Touring December 2022
“Yo Pi’erre, you wanna come out here?”
- Hip-hop star Pi’erre Bourne announces his first headlining Australian and New Zealand tour, performing in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland this December
- More than 2.6 million monthly listeners and 220 million streams on Spotify
- Won a Grammy Award in 2021 for his production work on Kanye West’s Jesus Is King album
- Limited VIP packages available, including a meet & greet with Pi’erre Bourne
- Tickets on sale Wednesday 27 July via frontiertouring.com/pierrebourne
Illusive Presents, Frontier Touring and Whatslively (AU only) are excited to announce Grammy Award-winning producer and acclaimed hip-hop artist Pi’erre Bourne will embark on an exclusive run of dates in Australia and New Zealand this December, following on from his critically acclaimed 2021 album The Life of Pi’erre 5 and the release of Yo!88 in collaboration with TM88.
Returning to Australia and New Zealand after opening for superstar Drake on his massive sold-out Boy Meets World arena tour in 2017, this is Pi’erre Bourne’sfirst headlining tour Down Under.
The celebrated artist and highly sought-after hip-hop producer says he will bring the energy to his fans around the world like never before, with shows in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland on his global Good Movie tour.
The Australian and New Zealand dates include shows at Brisbane’s The Triffid on Tuesday 13 December; Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Wednesday 14 December; Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Friday 16 December; and Auckland’s Powerstation on Saturday 17 December.
Frontier Members in Australia will have access to pre-sale tickets on Tuesday 26 July from 10.00am local time for 24 hours, before tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday 27 July from 12pm AEST via frontiertouring.com/pierrebourne.
Frontier Members in New Zealand will have access to pre-sale tickets on Tuesday 26 July from 4.00pm NZST for 24 hours, before tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday 27 July from 5.00pm NZST via via frontiertouring.com/pierrebourne.
And for the superfans, get in quick to purchase limited VIP packages including a meet & greet with Pi’erre Bourne.
Emerging as one of the leading rap producers of the late 2010s, scoring major hits with Playboi Carti’s breakout hit Magnolia, 6ix9ine’s Gummo and topping the album charts with Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake – in addition to working with Kanye West, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Young Thug and Young Nudy – Pi’erre Bournehas reshaped the sound of modern hip-hop and become one of rap’s most in-demand producers. Along the way, he’s amassed more than 220 million streams on Spotify with more than 2.6 monthly listeners.
Also active as a rapper, he is known for his mixtapes showcasing his atmospheric beats and auto-tuned crooning. He grabbed the hip-hop world’s attention when he produced Magnolia, shifting the landscape of hip-hop production. He later received acclaim for Sli’merre, his 2019 mixtape with frequent collaborator Young Nudy and recently collaborated with the legendary Juicy J on Space Age Pimpin’.
In 2021, Pi’erre won his first Grammy Award for his production work on Kanye West’s Jesus Is King album. Later that year, he hit number 35 on the Billboard200 with his second studio album, the lauded The Life of Pi’erre 5(released on Interscope via Pi’erre’s label imprint SossHouse), featuring appearances by Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, and Sharc. Rolling Stone Australia listed The Life of Pi’erre 5 at number 9 in their “20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021”, stating, “Pi’erre is smooth, commanding the contours of his production to make some of the year’s most genuinely fun music” and “Pi’erre Bourne just might be on his way to a Kanye-esque crossover … essentially reshaping the sound of modern hip-hop before being able to even buy a drink.”
Then, of course, there’s Pi’erre’s world-famous producer tagline, lifted from an old sketch on The Jamie Foxx Show – “Yo Pi’erre, you wanna come out here?” – becoming a viral phenomenon.
Pitchfork declared in 2020, “You can’t have a conversation about the best rap producers of the last few years without mentioning Pi’erre Bourne”, and he has made his name cranking out beats that pair airy video-game melodies with classic trap drums. His breakthrough 2016 mixtape series The Life of Pi’erre was recorded while working as an engineer at Epic Records in Atlanta, with the trilogy becoming the foundation for his future sound, full of dreamy production and his own light-hearted, lovestruck singing.
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Pi’erre Bourne is responsible for crafting the breakout hits of many prominent hip-hop acts today, and without him, hip-hop’s cultural landscape would look very different. Often imitated, never duplicated, his beats are built on a happy, trappy latticework of drum sounds, synths, flutes and vocals — all built from scratch and all distorted and tweaked in ways only Pi’erre’s brain can muster. His lyrics are studded with millennial pop culture references, name-dropping Lilo and Stitch, SpongeBob and Patrick, Dora the Explorer, Stranger Things and Back To The Future. “Wish I could go back in time, then I could save your life, Hop in the DeLorean, yeah, I’m Marty McFly” – “Fortune Cookie”
Don’t miss seeing hip-hop’s future, Pi’erre Bourne, when he brings his unique blend of hip-hop and rapid-fire rap to venues in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland in December.
PI’ERRE BOURNE
GOOD MOVIE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR
DECEMBER 2022
Presented by Illusive Presents, Frontier Touring and Whatslively (AU only)
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE – AU
via frontiertouring.com/pierrebourne
Runs 24 hours from: Tuesday 26 July (10.00am local time)
or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE – NZ
via frontiertouring.com/pierrebourne
Runs 24 hours from: Tuesday 26 July (4.00pm local time)
or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Begins: Wednesday 27 July (12.00pm AEST | 5.00pm NZST)
Tuesday 13 December
The Triffid | Brisbane, QLD
18+
On sale: Wednesday 27 July (12pm AEST)
moshtix.com.au
Wednesday 14 December
170 Russell | Melbourne, VIC
18+
On sale: Wednesday 27 July (12pm AEST)
mosthtix.com.au
Friday 16 December
Metro Theatre | Sydney, NSW
18+
On sale: Wednesday 27 July (12pm AEST)
ticketek.com.au
Saturday 17 December
Powerstation | Auckland, NZ
18+
On sale: Wednesday 27 July (5pm NZ)
ticketmaster.co.nz
