{"id":926247,"date":"2026-10-13T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/926247\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:00:12","slug":"aap-rocky-announces-australian-dates-of-his-dont-be-dumb-world-tour-playing-perth-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/926247\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky announces Australian dates of his Don\u2019t Be Dumb World Tour, playing Perth in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A$AP Rocky will be returning to Australia after eight years this December when he brings his world tour to four capital cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The 38-year-old record producer and actor \u2014 born Rakim Mayers \u2014 has announced an Aussie leg of his Don\u2019t Be Dumb World Tour, which kicks off in Melbourne on December 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Praise The Lord singer will then head to Sydney on December 9, Brisbane on December 14 and will wrap up in Perth at the RAC Arena on December 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">His Down Under return comes after a sold-out 25-date run across Europe and the UK, which saw Rocky perform in 19 countries in support of his fourth album Don\u2019t Be Dumb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The album was released earlier this year following his 2018 album Testing, and featured an impressive list of collaborators including Tyler, the Creator, Doechii, Gorillaz, Brent Faiyaz, Thundercat, Jon Batiste, Danny Elfman, Jessica Pratt and Will.i.am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He also teamed up with filmmaker Tim Burton for the album\u2019s cover art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Away from his music success, Rocky has continued to make his name known in the fashion and film industries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/75797caaaa697412543be88b0ae6530f883c49c1.jpg\" alt=\"Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconRihanna and A$AP Rocky. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In 2025, he co-chaired the Met Gala and featured in two A24 productions, Highest 2 Lowest and If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You, alongside Australia\u2019s Rose Byrne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Also last year in September he welcomed his third child Rocki, whom he shares with Rihanna. The pair also have three-year-old Riot and four-year-old RZA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Tickets go on sale to the general public at 1pm on Friday following artist, Vodaphone and Mastercard presales from 12pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Live Nation and Westfield presales go live from 12pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky will be returning to Australia after eight years this December when he brings his world tour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-926247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926247","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=926247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}