{"id":548831,"date":"2026-03-18T17:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/548831\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:46:09","slug":"genesis-owusu-announces-national-red-star-wus-pirate-radio-tour-coming-to-perth-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/548831\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Owusu announces national Red Star Wu\u2019s Pirate Radio tour, coming to Perth in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ghanaian-Australian rapper Genesis Owusu is set to bring his \u201celectrifying\u201d live show to fans across the nation in two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The 27-year-old artist will hit the road in May armed with his forthcoming third album, Redstar Wu and The Worldwide Scourge, set for release on May 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The national tour will kick off in Newcastle on May 14 before celebrating the album\u2019s release in his hometown of Canberra on May 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Good Times singer will then head to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth\u2019s Ice Cream Factory on May 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Owusu has built a reputation as one of Australia\u2019s most compelling live artists and is renowned for high-energy shows that blur the lines between concert and performance art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He first captured the world\u2019s attention with his 2021 debut album Smiling with No Teeth which Rolling Stone Australia ranked in the top spot of its list of the 100 Best Australian Albums of the 2020s So Far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Owusu has also made a huge impact overseas, making his US late-night TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and performing at festivals like Lollapalooza, Primavera Sound, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Mad Cool Festival and Boston Calling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Frontier Members can get early access to tickets via the Members presale, which starts on Friday at 12pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Tickets will go on sale to the public from March 23 at 12pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghanaian-Australian rapper Genesis Owusu is set to bring his \u201celectrifying\u201d live show to fans across the nation in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,136,45],"class_list":["post-548831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}