ILLY The Bring It Back Album Tour

ILLY The Bring It Back Album Tour

24 dates have now been announced on ILLY's Bring It Back album tour which winds it's way around the country through August, September and October. As the beginning of the tour approaches, Illy has hand-picked local supports to join Chasm Soundsystem and Skyptcha on the road.

The local openers include M-Phazes, Flagrant (special A/V show), Mr. Hill, Fozzey and VanC, Elemont, Dylan Joel, Jackie Onassis and The Stoops. See below for the full list of dates and supports.

The tour is the first time for fans to hear tracks from Illy's third studio album, Bring It Back, live. The album is set for release in late September but has already spawned snowballing hits in Heard It All and album's second teaser, Where Ya Been feat Pez.

Bring It Back is a positive departure from 2010's The Chase and takes the Melbourne emcee back to his fundamental hip-hop roots. It features creative collaborations with his Aussie hip-hop peers including M-Phazes, Pez, Trials (Funkoars), Mantra and Reason.

Along for the entire tour is Chasm Soundsystem and Skryptcha – both from Sydney. Chasm is one of the leading hip-hop producers in Australia who has worked with Aussie heavyweights such as The Herd, Resin Dogs, Dialectrix, Thundamentals and Urthboy. Chasm's new album This Is How We Never Die is out now.

Skryptcha has a knack for making the philosophical non-confrontational. His second release Mindful is not unlike its creator; perceptive, sharp and ahead of its time. Mindful is the follow-up to the LP NUMB3RS and break out EP Left to Write and it's available now.

All tickets are now on sale from www.illyal.com. Heard It All and Where Ya Been are available on now iTunes. The new album Bring It Back will be released later this year through Obese.