Gym Class Heroes are set to arrive in the UK in September to play a series of headline gigs. Starting in Glasgow on the 13th and finishing in Portsmouth on the 22nd, the award winning, alternative hip-hop outfit will showcase tracks from their eagerly anticipated third album, The Quilt due September 15th.
The Quilt is the first music from the band since 2006’s RIAA gold-certified breakthrough, As Cruel As School Children, which spawned such hits as The Queen And I, Clothes Off and the incredible smash hit, Cupid’s Chokehold. The new album features some extraordinary collaborators including producers Cool & Dre (Yung Joc, Young Jeezy, The Game) and the Geneva, NY-based band’s long time friend and collaborator, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. Busta Rhymes, the UK’s finest - Estelle and the legendary Daryl Hall also make an appearance on the set.
The album’s first single, Cookie Jar comes out digitally on August 25th and physically on September 8th. Produced by The-Dream who has also worked with Rihanna, Usher and Chris Brown.
Gym Class Heroes will spend the summer busting out the new material as headliners on Vans Warped Tour in the United States. See below for UK dates:
September 13th Garage, Glasgow
September 14th Mandela Hall, Belfast
September 15th Academy, Dublin
September 16th Academy 2, Manchester
September 17th Cockpit, Leeds
September 18th Astoria 2, London
September 19th Academy 2, Birmingham
September 20th Academy, Oxford
September 21st Academy 2, Bristol
September 22nd Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth