It’s a bird! It's a plane! It’s... T-Pain?! Wiscansin University has become the epicenter for an alien outbreak that’s spread across the country and T-Pain is here to save the day! T-Pain has announced his Escape From Wiscansin Festival and Escape From Wiscansin: The Invasion live dates via a The Faculty-inspired video - PRESS HERE to watch. The tour kicks off with his 2nd Annual Wiscansin Fest on June 10th (the eve of “T-Pain Day” in the state of Wisconsin) at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI (featuring performances by T-Pain, Chance The Rapper, Tobi Lou, and many more soon to be announced) and will continue to Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Washington, DC, New York, Boston, and Atlanta, with support from Tobi Lou.
Tickets for the tour and festival are on sale April 14 at 10am local time at www.wiscansin.co.
After T-Pain's lyric “Put you in a mansion, somewhere in Wiscansin” from his 2008 hit “Can’t Believe It” went viral on Twitter in 2016, the fictitious Wiscansin University was born, complete with its own humorous merch and T-Pain as its dean. T-Pain named his 2022 tour “The Road to Wiscansin,” which culminated in the first annual sold-out Wiscansin Fest in 2022 and saw 400k people tune into the official livestream, featuring performances by artists such as T-Pain, Lil Jon, Hannibal Burress, and more. During T-Pain's performance, state representative Kalan Haywood surprised him with a proclamation from Mayor Cavalier Johnson deeming June 11th “T-Pain Day” to be celebrated annually throughout the state.
This year, flavored water brands Splash Blast® and Splash Fizz® will be presenting partners of the festival. T-Pain partnered with the brand as their first ever Master of Splashermonies for a campaign with an original song and an upcoming Twitch show Splashback, where he will judge up-and-coming artists who will play their new music for him.
T-Pain recently released his highly anticipated, long-awaited covers album On Top Of The Covers via Nappy Boy Entertainment. The album features an eclectic and unexpected mix of reimagined hits that all mean something special to T-Pain, done in his own style and showcasing his stunningly soulful and smooth natural, non-AutoTuned voice which shocked audiences when he won the first season of FOX’s The Masked Singerafter previously delivering what was then the most-watched NPR Tiny Desk session of all time. On Top Of The Covers features creative covers of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Dr. Hook’s “Sharing The Night Together,” Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey,” Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life” ft. NandoSTL (a Nappy Boy Entertainment artist), and Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs,” plus an interlude “Skrangs” (in K Major Sus). The album has received praise from NPR, Forbes, NME, XXL, Complex, UPROXX, Stereogum, Consequence, and more.
Escape from Wiscansin: The Invasion Live Dates
June 10 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave/Eagles Club - “Escape from Wiscansin” Festival
June 13 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
June 14 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
June 17 - Denver, CO @Mission Ballroom
July 8 - Washington DC @ The Anthem
July 11 - New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
July 12 - Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall
July 14 - Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy