Ice Spice Sets Summer Release Date for Debut Album ‘Y2K’ and Unveils Headlining Tour Dates
The record will arrive on July 26 with a North American tour launching July 30
Ice Spice at Coachella in April MATT WINKELMEYER/GETTY IMAGES FOR COACHELLA
The official countdown to the release of Ice Spice‘s debut album starts now. On Wednesday, the rapper revealed the New York-inspired artwork for the highly-anticipated record, Y2K, set for release on July 26. A few hours later, she unveiled a slate of dates for her North American headlining tour.
In the artwork, Ice Spice poses against a wall next to a subway sign that spells out I-C-E as available train lines at the station. On her other side, an overflowing trash can has the Y2K title spray-painted across it in neon pinks and greens. And in the corner near the train station rests a discarded IceSpiceCard, her play on a MetroCard. Last month, Ice Spice MetroCards were made available at four subway stations in New York, including two in the rapper’s Fordham Road neighborhood. The release was limited to 50,000 copies across the city.
The Y2K tour will officially launch stateside just days after the album release, with an opening show at the Anthem in Washington D.C. on July 30. Ice Spice will make stops in Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami Beach, and more. Her hometown show in New York will be hosted at the Rooftop at Pier 17.
General sale for the tour will begin on Friday, June 7 at 10 a.m. local time via the official Ice Spice website. Ice Spice will be joined on the road by fellow New York rapper Cash Cobain.
Last year, Ice Spice told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that her approach to making music is intrinsically connected to her upbringing in the Bronx. She poured that influence into her latest single, “Gimme a Light,” which samples Sean Paul’s early 2000s hit “Gimme the Light.” The rapper spoke about being inspired by the way retailers in popular shopping areas would use upbeat, popular music to attract customers. “The second I stop having fun while recording, I need to just close the session and come back to it later,” she said. “I don’t really think, ‘How am I going to get people to come into my store?’ consciously, but I probably do without even realizing it.”
Ice Spice first premiered “Gimme a Light” during her performance at Coachella in April. Her set also featured “Munch (Feelin’ U),” “Princess Diana,” “Gangsta Boo,” and “No Clarity,” plus the PinkPantheress collaboration “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2″ and her recent single “Think U the Shit (Fart).”
ICE SPICE: Y2K 2024 North American Tour Dates
July 30 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Aug. 01 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
Aug. 02 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
Aug. 04 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Aug. 06 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
Aug. 09 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
Aug. 11 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
Aug. 13 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Aug. 14 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
Aug. 17 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Aug. 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Aug. 21 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
Aug. 23 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Aug. 25 – Dallas, TX @The Factory Deep Ellum *
Aug. 26 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
Aug. 28 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Aug. 31 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
From Rolling Stone US.
