Noname is marking a decade since her breakout release by taking Telefone back on the road: the Chicago rapper has announced a late-summer North American run that opens at the end of July and culminates with two hometown dates in September. The tour—and a November appearance at Pitchfork Festival London—reframes the album as a live milestone for fans and a reminder of the record’s roots in Chicago’s creative circles.
Fans should note this is more than a nostalgia trip. Telefone’s return to stages gives listeners a rare chance to hear Noname perform an influential early work that helped define her voice in hip-hop and spoken-word. The set list promises to reconnect the album’s intimate, community-driven origins with the energy of live audiences.
In an Instagram post announcing the dates, Noname reflected on the album’s beginnings, describing it as a project shaped by conversations, collaborations and the city that raised it. She credited the wider community of artists and listeners for helping Telefone take shape long before its official release.
Supporting artists will appear on select dates: Cleo Reed joins for the Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. stops and the August 5 New York City date, while Kash Kyla opens in Atlanta. These choices underline the tour’s focus on voices connected to the same scene that nurtured Telefone.
The routing mixes club shows, festival appearances and two-night runs in some cities, giving different audiences multiple points of access. It also places the Chicago homecoming at the end of the run, a deliberate nod to the album’s local lineage.
Tour dates and venues are listed below.
- 07-31 New York, NY — Sony Hall
- 08-02 Toronto, ON — The Opera House
- 08-04 Boston, MA — Brighton Music Hall
- 08-05 New York, NY — Sony Hall
- 08-06 Philadelphia, PA — Brooklyn Bowl
- 08-08 Richmond, VA — Richmond Jazz Festival
- 08-09 Washington, DC — Howard Theatre
- 08-11 Atlanta, GA — The Loft
- 08-12 Atlanta, GA — The Loft
- 08-14 Houston, TX — House of Blues
- 08-15 Austin, TX — Emo’s
- 08-16 Dallas, TX — House of Blues
- 08-18 Denver, CO — Cervantes
- 08-29 Los Angeles, CA — The Fonda
- 09-01 Los Angeles, CA — The Fonda
- 09-02 San Francisco, CA — Regency Ballroom
- 09-04 Portland, OR — Wonder Ballroom
- 09-06 Seattle, WA — Bumbershoot Festival
- 09-10 Chicago, IL — Park West
- 09-11 Chicago, IL — Park West
Two months after the North American leg, Noname will perform at Pitchfork Festival London in November, taking Telefone’s ten-year celebration overseas. That festival slot highlights the album’s lasting international reach and the continued audience for its candid, conversational songs.
For readers who want deeper context on the artist and the record, a long-form profile from 2023 examines Noname’s trajectory since Telefone and the ways the album has shaped her career. This tour moves that story from studio and press pages into live rooms, where the community that helped build the record will hear it anew.
The announcement arrives as live music rebounds into its own rhythms: tours like this test how archival sets and contemporary performance coexist, and they give fans an opportunity to witness a pivotal album performed by the artist who first introduced it to the world.
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