The ’Boom Boom Pow’ songsmith says it was the Aussie club scene that inspired the four-piece’s banging, new sound on album, ’The E.N.D’.
He explained: “The whole record was inspired by Australia. I was in Sydney filming 'X-Men' in February of last year and while I was there I asked my homeboy Hugo, 'Yo Hugo where's the clubs at?' He was like, 'What kinda clubs you wanna go to brother?' and I was like, 'Some hip hop clubs'”
He continued: "He took me to these electro clubs. I met The Cookers while I was there and then I went to Future Music Festival and was blown away. I met The Presets and I was blown away, I met Cut Copy and I was blown away. I was blown away by Australia."
We think he likes it…
And the gang won’t have to wait too long till their next visit, either, with the Peas touring Oz and New Zealand in October.
Here are those dates:
01 October 2009: Brisbane Entertainment Centre
02 October 2009: Sydney, Acer Arena
03 October: Sydney, Acer Arena
05 October: Adelaide, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
06 October: Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
07 October: Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
10 October: Perth, Burswood Dome
13 October: New Zealand, Vector Arena
Buy tickets, here.
Go back stage with MTV on the set of the 'Boom Boom Pow' video, here.
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