Six Days of WORSHIP. Arena-Scale Drum and Bass Hits North America.
Sub Focus, Dimension, Culture Shock, and 1991 are headlining six arenas this fall. Two years ago they were selling out club rooms here. Now they're booking the same venues as Bad Bunny.
Drum and bass is playing the Kia Forum in October. Not as part of a festival. Not as a support act. WORSHIP, four deep, headlining a 17,500-capacity arena in Los Angeles on a Tuesday night like that is a normal thing that happens in North America.
It was not. Two years ago they were selling out club rooms on this continent and people were still explaining to their friends what drum and bass even is. Now they are booking the same venue that hosts Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar.
The Run
- 10.09 Factory Town, Miami
- 10.17 Venue TBA, New York
- 10.23 Kia Forum, Los Angeles
- 10.24 PNE Forum, Vancouver
- 11.12 CoBank Arena, Denver
- 11.14 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco
New York is still TBA. Whatever they announce will tell you exactly how fast this is moving.
How They Got Here
Sub Focus, Dimension, Culture Shock, and 1991 have been running this format for years in the UK and Europe, where drum and bass already fills arenas. The North America runs were always the test. Club dates first. Then Red Rocks. Then Ultra mainstage and Coachella earlier this year. Each one sold out. Each one made the next one possible.
This fall is the part where you stop calling it a test.
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The Artists
Pre-sale is live at worshipartists.uk. Follow the run on @worshipartists. If you have been to a WORSHIP show you already know you are going. If you have not, this is the wrong one to wait on.
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