The Public Enemy Australian Tour 2014 has been announced and with the hip hop legends headed to Australia to perform at Perth Festival, Golden Plains, and Tasmania’s Breath Of Life, the rap royals have now announced headline shows across the country.

Nominated by Rolling Stone magazine as “Immortal”, placing 44th in their “Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, as well as being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is possibly the greatest reflection of how influential Public Enemy are in society.

With a career spanning countless generations in which the group have developed a reputation for portraying their breed of influential hip hop allowing the public of all ages to relate and connect to the “fierce rhetoric spat over beats and funky loops that are so in-your-face as to feel like they’ve lodged themselves inside your sinuses,” as BBC once put it, Public Enemy are set to return to Australia for what will undoubtedly shape up to be the Hip Hop tour of the year.

Forming in Long Island, New York way back in 1982, Public Enemy have spent their illustrious career building a reputation for not only producing records which are widely recognisable for changing the way the world interprets Hip Hop music, but also providing influence for many of today’s artists. There is no doubt when Flavor Flav and Chuck D begin to start their iconic raps, there is nothing one can do but simply admire the creative genius that is Public Enemy.

With years of refining their live performance, you have never quite witnessed a show of such energy and power until you have seen the New Yorker’s own the stage and give the audience the opportunity to lose their minds in the music which shaped generations for decades with their ‘ferocious soul’ and ‘rap, the black people’s CNN’ (in the words of Chuck D).

At a Public Enemy show, you can always expect the music to speak for itself, but it is when the visual experience takes over that the level of intensity and strength rises to create an experience you will not have at any other concert, with their deathless catalogue of favourites from timeless albums such as Fear Of A Black Planet and It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

If there is only one gig you attend this year, make sure it is Public Enemy. It is their unwavering ability to continually produce iconic live shows immediately gripping punters and critics alike and taking you on a journey of pure Hip Hop energy, leaving audiences stunned and remembering these performances for the rest of their lives.

Don’t miss out when Chuck D and Flavor Flav, along with Professor Griff, DJ Lord and the baNNed, bring their rap juggernaut to Australia for a tour which will yet again prove just why Public Enemy is renowned worldwide for being not only one of the greats of their genre, but one of the greatest and most influential artists of all time.

In the words of Flavor Flav: “Yeah Boooooiiiiiiii!”

Public Enemy Australian Tour 2014

Sun 2 March – HQ. Adelaide
http://hqcomplex.com.au/ or from www.metropolistouring.com/

Tue 4 March – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
http://cornerhotel.com/ or from www.metropolistouring.com/

Wed 5 March – Metro Theatre, Sydney
http://www.metrotheatre.com.au/ or from www.metropolistouring.com/ 

Thur 6 March – Panthers, Newcastle **ALL AGES**
http://newcastle.panthers.com.au/ or from www.metropolistouring.com/

Fri 7 March – Hi Fi bar, Brisbane
http://www.thehifi.com.au/ or from www.metropolistouring.com/

Also appearing at:

Fri 28 Feb – Perth Festival, Perth
http://2014.perthfestival.com.au/
Lineup details here

Sat 8 March – Golden Plains Festival, Melbourne
http://goldenplains.com.au/
Lineup details here

Sun 9 March – Breath Of Life Festival, Hobart
http://www.breathoflifefestival.com/
Lineup details here

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