Tinie Tempah: first album in nine years – live in Cologne and Berlin in November
The London rapper releases 'The Night's Not Dead' and heads out on his first major headline tour in almost a decade – with stops in Cologne on 21 November and Berlin on 23 November.
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British rapper Tinie Tempah released his fourth studio album 'The Night's Not Dead' on 16 October – his first since 'Youth' (2017). It is out on his own label Imhotep Records, licensed exclusively to Believe, and brings together the previously released EPs '9PM', '12AM' and '3AM'. The digital edition has 17 tracks, and the new single is 'I Lied' featuring Kah-Lo.
Contributors include Afrojack, Stargate, Irish rapper Reggie and drum and bass acts Skepsis and Badger. The album documents 'the power and fun of a night out', Tinie Tempah said when announcing it, according to Official Charts. Since his 2010 breakthrough he has scored seven UK Number 1 hits.
The Night's Not Dead Tour is his first major headline tour in almost ten years. The European leg opens in Stockholm on 16 November; in Germany he plays Cologne's Veedel Club on 21 November and the Frannz Club at Berlin's Kulturbrauerei on 23 November. Tickets cost from €32.75 (Cologne) and from €31.75 (Berlin). The tour ends at London's Roundhouse on 3 December.