Playboi Carti’s forthcoming ANTAGONIST Tour has once again been postponed.
Initially slated to start on Nov. 19 in Dublin, Ireland, its rescheduled United States launch this month will now later be determined. It’s European leg, however, remains unchanged at this time.
According to a release from Opium, it stated that “Playboi Carti is gearing up for his new album and the Antagonist Tour will follow once there is new music to share with fans.” The 43-date global trek included 10 international shows visiting cities such as Brussels, Paris, Milan among others.
In the build-up of the tour, Playboi Carti has dropped a trove of tracks, most recently “BACKR00MS” featuring Travis Scott. All four of these singles are not available on digital streaming platforms, and can only be found on the rapper’s Finsta and YouTube channels
This is the now the fourth alteration the ANTAGONIST Tour has experienced. Its US dates were initially planned to begin in September, but were moved to January 2024. The Euro dates were then pushed to November, and soon after the entire tour. Nevertheless, Playboi Carti is planning a comeback in the new year amid a historic year for his label, with his album MUSIC looming.
Recent features in Numero Berlin and Re-Edition Magazine are telling of the “important” music he’s about to share. “It’s very important to me because I feel like I have something to prove. I’m just excited, you know? This is my moment, this is the one for me,” he told Numero. “I think it’s going to be my best album because I’m just popping it. It starts with music. That’s it. As long as I got that, it’s up.”
It’s been nearly three years since Carti dropped Whole Lotta Red, and fans are starving. Word of a joint album with NBA YoungBoy was the latest in Carti lore before any news of its existence disappeared out of thin air. Singles in “DIFFERENT DAY,” “H00DBYAIR,” “2024” and “BACKR00MS” have held over vamps in the meantime.
News of the ANTAGONIST Tour followed an “00*CTOBER” takeover from Destroy Lonely, Homixide Gang and Ken Carson — all three of which dropping full-length albums. Playboi Carti was surprisingly active in 2023, headlining a slew of festivals such as Rolling Loud, Summer Smash and Wireless Festival. He openly praised what Ken and Lone have accomplished earlier this year, making their way as bona fide superstars of our generation.
“Thank you for supporting my label, thank you for supporting Ken and Destroy Lonely,” he said at Rolling Loud Portugal. “Thank you for supporting my artists, F1LTHY, everybody. You know we gon’ come and when we come we gon’ talk about it, we gon’ do it. F— everybody. Don’t forget we did it first.”
This story will be updated.