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Kicking off 2025, Melbourne fans will be lucky enough to enjoy an evening with Grammy award-winning hip-hop visionaries The Roots at Melbourne’s beautiful Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Wednesday 1 January to celebrate New Years Day!

Displaying an impeccable knack for versatility and improvisation, the band have become a fixture on television screens across the world to this day cementing their place within pop culture history.

This is the band’s first Australian headline tour in 12 years! Joining The Roots at all shows as special guests will be US Brooklyn based MC Talib Kweli and three-time Grammy nominated songwriter from Melbourne, Nai Palm.

Media quotes:
"Cosmic jazz-funk, blizzards of electro-terrorism – the frantic Philadelphians shock and awe in this sprawling show" – The Guardian

“The Roots are one of the most exposed music acts of all time… still, they manage to go against the grain at every given opportunity.” – Dallas Observer

“From the moment they took the stage, every corner of the band’s set was packed with staggeringly high energy.” - Spectrum Culture

“a hip-hop group like no other keep their freak-flag flying” ★★★★ - The Guardian

“arguably Hip-Hop’s greatest band ever: The Roots” – Syphersights

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