De La Soul announce ‘pay-what-you-want’ concert

De La Soul has announced a concert in New York City in 2025 with a ‘choose-what-you-pay’ ticketing model.

The Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group will perform at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall on 17 January 2025.

According to the venue’s website, the suggested ticket price is US$35 but fans have the option of paying more or less than that in order to “make the arts more accessible”.

Lincoln Center is also offering flexible pricing for concerts with the metal band Sunn O))), the Portuguese fado singer Mariza, Polish guitarist Raphael Rogiński, and organist Kali Malone.

The pay-what-you-can ticketing model has also been used by UK festivals Outlook and Greenbelt – the latter of which continues to do so.

“To make the arts more accessible, tickets are available on a Choose-What-You-Pay basis”

Pre-sale tickets for De La Soul’s NYC concert will go on sale from 5 September with the general public getting their chance on 12 September.

Before returning to their hometown of New York, De La Soul will deliver a handful of festival performances and concerts in the UK, Canada, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the US.

Earlier this year, the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum announced that De La Soul’s 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising was one of 10 recordings selected for the Grammy Hall of Fame.

It came after De La Soul’s first six studio albums debuted on streaming services in March 2023 following years of internal conflicts and label issues.

Last year also marked the passing of the group’s co-founder Trugoy the Dove (born David Jolicoeur) who died at the age of 54.

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