Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Announce Tour

For all the noise Macklemore and Ryan Lewis made with their platinum 2012 album, The Heist, they got awfully quiet. After a year of touring and teasing out the singles from Heist--"Thrift Shop," "Same Love" and "Can't Hold Us" in particular were massive successes--the duo retreated to Washington to come up with something new. Though they've dropped two songs ("Growing Up (Sloane's Song)," which is dedicated to Macklemore's newborn daughter, and the Melle Mel-, Kool Moe Dee- and Grandmaster Caz-featuring "Downtown"), details on the new album have been scant. Perhaps this is a sign it's on the way: the duo has announced today (Oct. 12) that they'll be embarking on a tour at the top of next year.

An Evening With Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, as the bill has been dubbed, will kick off Jan. 9 and run for a month through the South and up to Washington, DC and Philadelphia, before ending with a short swing through the Midwest. (One could reasonably assume that the theater-sized venues and limited slate will serve as a prelude to a bigger tour later; while promoting The Heist, the Seattle natives hit just about every city's major arena.) Proceeds from the tour will be donated to the Equal Justice Initiative, Youth Speaks and the 30/30 Project, the latter being the HIV and AIDS charity Lewis set up with his mother, an activist who tested positive for the virus decades ago. Check out the dates below:

Jan 9, Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater
Jan 13, Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
Jan 15, Thackerville, OK @ WinStar Casino
Jan 16, Houston, TX @ The Revention Music Center
Jan 19, Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
Jan 20, Orlando, FL @ Dr Phillips Center
Jan 22, Richmond, VA @ Altria Theater
Jan 23, Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater
Jan 27, Washington, DC @ Dar Constitution Hall
Jan 29, Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theater
Jan 30, Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
Jan 31, Louisville, KY @ Palace Theater
Feb 2, Detroit, MI @ Fox Theater
Feb 3, Muncie, IN @ Ball State
Feb 4, Peoria, IL @ Bradley University
Feb 5, Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom