AMINÉ

In the organizer's words:

Aminé announces the "Tour de Dances 2025" in support of his recently released album "13 Months of Sunshine" across North America, the UK and Europe this fall. The tour will kick off with the second edition of "The Best Day Ever" festival in his hometown of Portland on September 13 and 14. He will then present his new, critically acclaimed album and his legendary songs as part of a four-month tour produced by Live Nation. As part of this tour, he will come to Zurich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne in December 2025.

The announcement of the tour comes hot on the heels of two sold-out release parties in Los Angeles and New York, where Aminé and his friends celebrated the release of the new album and performed the songs live for the first time since their release. The title "13 Months ofSunshine" is a nod to the Gregorian 13-month calendar that is common in Aminé's native Ethiopia and Eritrea, it is also a direct reference to the Western marketing campaigns that lured tourists to Ethiopia in the 60s and 70s. "They came up with this slogan to show people that Ethiopia has so much more to offer than what is portrayed in advertising," says the rapper. "I felt very connected to it because on this album I show that there is so much more than what everyone thinks about my music - including myself." Inspired by intimate conversations with family members, particularly his father, and his strong connection to his East African heritage, the rapper reflects on his meteoric success and the legacy he wants to leave behind by consciously telling stories on "13 Months ofSunshine".

The 16-song album was produced by Dahi (RavynLenae, SZA, Kendrick Lamar) and every line passes the so-called "Small Reading Room Test": Aminé explains that he could "read every line without music and in front of 30 people without feeling embarrassed". "Every line had to pass this test." From the indie-pop beauty "History" with Waxahatchee to the psychedelic synth track "Images" with Toro y Moi, which closes the album 13 Months of Sunshine, the rapper presents his most ambitious vision yet and his unbridled passion as a listener and curator of sounds.