A DJ Premier & Pete Rock Australian Tour 2014 has been announced, launching a brand new collaborative touring concept.

The two hip-hop icons are joining forces Down Under to kick off Collusion, a new event series from Illusive and Frontier Touring that revolves around collaborative artist performances.

The first-ever instalment of Collusion will see incomparable hip-hop heroes DJ Premier and Pete Rock heading to Australia this may, performing massive co-op DJ sets across the country for an extremely rare live experience.

For those of you who don’t know them by reputation… DJ Premier has an unbelievably impressive and historic CV, making him arguably the greatest hip-hop producer of all time.

Emerging with the late Guru as half of the boundary-crossing duo GangStarr, he established himself as the face of the famed New York sound during rap’s ‘90s golden era.

He produced some most iconic songs on some of the most acclaimed hip-hop albums of all time including Nas’ ‘NY State of Mind’, ‘Memory Lane’ and ‘Represent’, Biggie’s ‘Kick in the Door’, ‘Ten Crack Commandments’ and ‘Unbelievable’, Jay-Z’s ‘D’Evils’, ‘Friend or Foe’ and ‘Bring It On’ to name just a few. Throw in Big L, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, KRS-One, D’Angelo and Big Daddy Kane and you start to get an idea of his stature.

Alongside Premo atop the summit of legendary hip-hop producers stands the one and only Pete Rock.

Rising to prominence as part of the seminal New York duo Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth in the early ‘90s, Rock went on to become one of the most beloved and respected hip-hop producers the genre has ever seen.

He is behind classic beats by the likes of Rakim, Nas, M.O.P., Run DMC, Raekwon, Big L, Heavy D & The Boyz, Ghostface Killah, Das EFX and Boot Camp Clik. More recently, contemporary icons Kanye West and the late J Dilla both have listed Pete Rock as a major inspiration behind their sound, clearly illustrating his enormous impact on the culture.

Together, the DJ Premier & Pete Rock Australian Tour 2014 presents the most formidable hip-hop production duo you’re like to ever see grace the stage.

Who will be teaming up for the next in the Collusion concert series? We’ll have to wait and see but in the mean time, DJ tours don’t get much better than this.

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TICKETS ON SALE THU 20 MARCH

Thu 1 May – Perth | Capitol, WA (18+)
www.oztix.com.au

Fri 2 May – Melbourne | 170 Russell, VIC (18+)  
www.cornerpresents.com.au 

Sat 3 May – Sydney | The Hi-Fi, NSW (18+)  
www.moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1800 GET TIX

Thu 8 May – Adelaide | HQ, SA (18+)  
www.oztix.com.au

Fri 9 May – Brisbane | The Arena, QLD (18+)
www.oztix.com.au

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