Electro-funk duo Chromeo has announced their “Funk Yourself” tour, and released their latest track “Replacements.” The thumping, synth-laden track features artist La Roux, who also made a surprise appearance during Chromeo’s Coachella sets. On October 13, the band will stop at Brooklyn Steel in New York.
Chicago rapper Ric Wilson, identical twin DJs Coco & Breezy and the rising New York star May Rio will support on select dates. The tour follows the band’s fifth appearance at Coachella which featured an all-new stage design, including four custom chrome modular synth towers. Chromeo celebrated the bangers throughout their career and music from a forthcoming new project debuted live for the first time. The Rolling Stones showed Chromeo appreciation by saying “Chromeo proved once again that nobody does it like the Funklordz.”
Chromeo is a Canadian dance rock band that was formed in 2002. The musicians David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel united to create a blue-eyed soul, dance music, rock, synth-pop, disco and funk sound. The band has released five albums with three of them hitting the Billboard 200 charts. The duo were high school best friends and met in the mid 90s. They connected over different ethnic backgrounds and joked about being “the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture.”
Dave 1 and P-Thugg rose to prominence with their seminal 2007 release, Fancy Footwork. In 2014 Chrome increased their mainstream appeal with their chart-topping album, White Women, and 2018’s Grammy-nominated, Head Over Heels. Chromeo’s five LPs have been hailed as modern funk masterworks, and they have toured the world over for two decades.
We’re an ELECTRO-funk band after all, and this record contains little nods to the 2000s indie dance sound that’s so dear to us. The idea was to combine sweaty dance floor energy with sincere emotions. It’s the duality in our name: Chrome, the shimmery electronics, and Romeo, the heartfelt romantics.
Dave 1
Mixed by disco and house legend Morgan Geist, “Replacements” follows Chromeo’s first official single since 2018, “Words With You”. Consequence raved that the song is “just as smooth as it is catchy,” while Stereogum added that “the contagious groove, effortless hooks, the abundance of immaculate flourishes.”
Tickets can be purchased here.
Chromeo 2023 Tour Dates
May 26—Morrison, CO—Funk on the Rocks at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 23—Salt Lake City, UT—The Depot*
September 25—Seattle, WA—Showbox Sodo*
September 26—Vancouver, BC—Vogue Theatre†
September 28—Portland, OR—Crystal Ballroom†
October 1—Los Angeles, CA
October 3—San Diego, CA—Humphreys†
October 4—Phoenix, AZ—Marquee†
October 10—Atlanta, GA—The Eastern*
October 11—Richmond, VA—The National*
October 12—Washington, D.C.—9:30 Club*
October 13—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Steel*§
October 16—Boston, MA—Roadrunner*
October 17—Philadelphia, PA—Franklin Music Hall*
October 19—Montreal, QC—MTelus*
October 20—Toronto, ON—Danforth Music Hall*
October 22—Chicago, IL—Salt Shed*
*with Ric Wilson
†with Coco & Breezy
§with May Rio
