Thundercat announces Italian date, March 5th at Alcatraz in Milan

Thundercat, the prodigious American multi-instrumentalist, returns to play live in Italy for a single date, Thursday March 5 at Alcatraz in Milan. Tickets are on sale via DICE. A chance to hear a live preview, on the opening night of the European tour, of "Distracted", his fifth album, due out next April 3 on Brainfeeder.

Exactly six years after his last record, the Los Angeles artist is set to return with an album produced by the multi-award-winning Greg Kurstin (Adele, Paul McCartney, Sia, Beyoncé, Beck) alongside Flying Lotus, Kenny Beats and Lemon Twigs. A record featuring collaborations with major international artists: from A$AP Rocky (who recently invited him to perform with him on Saturday Night Live) to Tame Impala, from Lil Yachty to Channel Tres and WILLOW, right through to the late Mac Miller.

Thundercat, born Stephen Bruner, is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and bassist born in Los Angeles in 1984, recognized as one of the most influential figures on the contemporary music scene. Raised in a tradition where technique and discipline were core values — his father was a drummer and his brother Ronald Bruner Jr. has played with many pivotal artists, from Kamasi Washington to Snoop Dogg — his early years included a stint in the metal band Suicidal Tendencies, an experience that sharpened his sense of structure while also broadening his sonic range. When he emerged as a solo artist in the early 2010s, his music carried all of that history with it: the complexity of jazz fusion, the elasticity of funk, the intimacy of hip hop, and a sense of humor born of the internet age.

In 2011 he launched a solo career studded with successes, with the albums The Golden Age of Apocalypse, released that same year, Apocalypse (2013), Drunk (2017) and It Is What It Is (2020), winner of a Grammy Award in the "Best Progressive R&B Album" category.

A prodigious talent, regarded as one of the greatest bassists in the world, his artistry has racked up over 3.3 billion streams. An artist capable of winning the Miles Davis Award at the Montreal Jazz Festival for his contribution to jazz while, at the same time, crafting tracks that go viral on social media, including Funny Thing, Dragonball Durag and Them Changes, which have recently generated 7 billion views and over 3 million pieces of content. Equally at home playing with Spinal Tap on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert as he is on Colbert's and Fallon's shows, or on the GRAMMY stage with Steve Lacy, Thundercat is an artist who defies categorization. Beloved by figures as different as Barack Obama and Kim Kardashian, his impact on popular culture has been quietly disruptive. He has collaborated with artists of the caliber of Kendrick Lamar, Gorillaz, Childish Gambino, HAIM, SZA, Stevie Wonder, Kaytranada, Justice, Travis Scott, Pharrell Williams and Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak).

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