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Global icon and singer-songwriter NIKI has officially announced her biggest tour to date spanning 41 markets in North America, Europe, the UK, Asia (including Manila), Australia, and New Zealand. The tour, produced by Live Nation and set to begin on September 2024, will celebrate the release of her ambitious and sonically-expansive upcoming album Buzz slated to be out on digital music streaming platforms worldwide on August 9, 2024 via 88rising. Fellow singer-songwriters Allison Ponthier and Amy Lee will join as support in the tour's North America and Europe legs, respectively.
Tickets for shows in North America and Europe/UK are now available at nikizefanya.com. Mastercard cardholders in Europe have special access to presale tickets in Paris, Manchester, and London. For more information, visit www.priceless.com/music. On the other hand, tickets for all shows in Asia, Australia and New Zealand will be available at a later date to be announced via nikizefanya.com. The official dates of NIKI's 2024 World Tour are as follows:
NORTH AMERICA
• September 5, 2024 – Budweiser Stage, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• September 7, 2024 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts
• September 8, 2024 – The Anthem, Washington, D.C.
• September 12, 2024 – The Met, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• September 13, 2024 – SummerStage in Central Park, New York City, New York
• September 16, 2024 – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre, Charlotte, North Carolina
• September 17, 2024 – Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta, Georgia
• September 19, 2024 – 713 Music Hall, Houston, Texas
• September 20, 2024 – Moody Amphitheater, Austin, Texas
• September 21, 2024 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Dallas, Texas
• September 25, 2024 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, lllinois
• September 27, 2024 – Minneapolis MN – The Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• September 29, 2024 – Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Colorado
• October 1, 2024 – The Union Event Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
• October 3, 2024 – The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California (Non-Live Nation Date)
• October 8, 2024 – Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
• October 10, 2024 – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, Nevada
• October 11, 2024 – The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California
• October 14, 2024 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego, California
• October 17, 2024 – Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds, Portland, Oregon
• October 18, 2024 – WAMU Theater at Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
• October 19, 2024 – Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
EUROPE
• October 27, 2024 – La Madeleine, Brussels, Belgium
• October 29, 2024 – Palladium, Cologne, Germany
• November 1, 2024 – L’Olympia, Paris, France
• November 2, 2024 – Poppodium 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands
• November 6, 2024 – O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
• November 7, 2024 – London UK – OVO Arena, Wembley, London, England, United Kingdom
• November 10, 2024 – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
ASIA
• February 9, 2025 – Hong Kong
• February 11, 2025 – Manila, Philippines
• February 12, 2025 – Manila, Philippines
• February 14, 2025 – Jakarta, Indonesia
• February 15, 2025 – Jakarta, Indonesia
• February 18, 2025 – Singapore
• February 20, 2025 – Taipei, Taiwan
• February 22, 2025 – Bangkok, Thailand
• February 25, 2025 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• February 26, 2025 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
• March 5, 2025 – Perth, Australia
• March 7, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia
• March 9, 2025 – Sydney, Australia
• March 13, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia
• March 15, 2025 – Auckland, New Zealand
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Earlier this month, Buzz was announced alongside a lead single “Too Much Of A Good Thing” which ushered in this flirty, confessional, and deeply relatable new era for the globally-renowned 25-year-old singer-songwriter NIKI. What eventually became her third studio album started with an urgent quake from the innermost core of her being. What surfaced in its wake was a collection of warm, stirring folk-rock songs, which crackle and flare like a bonfire between close confidantes. “I went through an identity crisis. It took a lot of trial and error, and I just stumbled upon pieces of myself along the way. I named it Buzz because it feels like I’m on the precipice of something about to happen," she said.
For NIKI, things have been happening progressively since she was a high schooler in Jakarta, Indonesia. As a student at an international academy, she cut her teeth scribbling lovesick poems in English class and performed acoustic guitar covers of American pop songs on YouTube. With a six-string in hand and her family and classmates cheering her on from the audience, Nicole Zefanya then staked her claim to global stardom as NIKI. And claim it she has – with over three billion streams worldwide, sold out shows on multiple continents, massive sets at festivals across the globe, front row seats at Paris Fashion Week, four songs on a Marvel film’s soundtrack, and some of the most phenomenal, confessional songs being released in 2024, NIKI has already established a veteran’s resume before the age of 25.
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On Buzz, her songwriting remains as intimate as ever. In her initial sketches of songs for Buzz, NIKI took cues from other lane-paving women with confessional, honest lyricism soundtracked by guitars. “Joni Mitchell is my songwriting north star,” she says — and uncompromising feminist luminaries like Stevie Nicks, Carly Simon and Liz Phair. To match the wandering spirit of Buzz, NIKI cultivated her own elastic approach to guitar. To further harness this creative and personal sea change, NIKI began enlisting producers who had worked with her favorite contemporary singer-songwriters. She tapped Tyler Chester, who’d captured tracks with Madison Cunningham and Sara Bareilles; she also recruited Ethan Gruska, who counts Fiona Apple and Phoebe Bridgers as collaborators. Buzz reverberates with the hard-earned wisdom of a young woman who charges dauntlessly towards her dreams — but can still spare a laugh if she stumbles.
