Eminem is heading to Australia and he’ll be making his first ever trip to Perth. The rapper’s Rapture tour will be in Australia in 2019 and will see him playing shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before heading west for a show Optus Stadium.
The singer was recently criticised for using a gay slur on a track from his latest album. On the diss track Fall Eminem called fellow rapper Tyler the Creator a “faggot”. Eminem later said he recognised that in his attempts to hurt Tyler the Creator he may have also hurt other people.
“I think the word that I called him on that song was one of the things where I felt like this might be too far,” the Detroit-bred rapper explained to interviewer Swat Conway. “Because in my quest to hurt him, I realize that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it.”
The rapper surprised fans with new album Kamikaze which was released in August with little warning. It is the follow-up to his 2017 album Revival.
News of the tour spread yesterday ahead of the official announcement was inadvertently published by website news.com. The site quickly took down the information but not before fans had seen the news, including the revelation that Adelaide was being skipped on this tour.
Tour Dates
Sydney – Friday 22 February at ANZ Stadium
Melbourne – Sunday 24 February at the MCG
Perth – Wednesday 27 February at Optus Stadium
Wellington – Saturday 2 March at Westpac Stadium
