FUTURE SHOCK: NEW ALBUM DROPS FRIDAY

Future surprised a lot of people this morning, announcing the Friday release of his self-titled Epic Records/A1/Freebandz album and a two-month tour starting 5/4.

There are no details about the album, only that it will have 17 tracks and, according to the press release, “the music reflects this influential titan at his most raw and real.” No song titles or guest appearances have been announced.

In 2015, Future’s DS2 (A1/Freebandz/Epic) bowed at #1 in July and Drake & Future’s collaborative mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive (YMCMB/Republic/Epic), repeated the feat in September.

A fan pre-sale for concert tickets starts at noon local time Wednesday; the on-sale date for the general public is Friday. Each ticket purchase will come with a digital copy of FUTURE.

Future’s Nobody Safe Tour—featuring Migos, Tory Lanez & Kodak Black as support with Young Thug and ASAP Ferg on select dates—includes a stop at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on 5/19. It wraps 6/30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas; an L.A. date has not yet been set.

The tour dates are below.

5/4 Fedex Forum – Memphis

5/5 Lakewood Amphitheatre – Atlanta

5/6 Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square – New Orleans

5/9 Mississippi Colliseum – Jackson, Miss.

5/11 Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, Va.

5/12 BB&T Pavilion – Camden, N.J.

5/13 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, N.C.

5/14 PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, N.C.

5/16 Budweiser Stage – Toronto

5/18 PNC Banks Center – Holmdel, N.J.

5/19 Barclays Center – Brooklyn

5/20 Xfinity Theater – Hartford

5/23 Xfinity Center – Mansfield, Mass.

5/24 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Darien Center, N.Y.

5/25 KeyBank Pavilion – Pittsburgh

5/27 Blossom Music Center – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

5/28 DTE Energy Music Theater – Detroit

5/31 Riverbend Music Center –Cincinnati

6/1 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis

6/2 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago

6/3 Klipsch Music Center – Indianapolis, Minn.

6/4 Sprint Center – Kansas City

6/7 Rogers Place – Edmonton

6/9 Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena – Vancouver, B.C.

6/10 White River Amphitheatre – Seattle

6/11 Sunlight Amphitheatre – Ridgefield, Wash.

6/13 Pepsi Center – Denver

6/15 Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, Calif.

6/22 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston

6/23 Austin360 Amphitheatre – Austin

6/24 Starplex Pavilion – Dallas

6/28 Ak-Chin Pavilion – Phoenix

6/29 Isleta Amphitheatre – Albuquerque, N.M.

6/30 T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas