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In January news broke that Young Fathers will be bringing their apocalyptic pop to South Africa for a two-city tour hosted by SA beats platform Weheartbeat and Cape Town's Assembly Radio, in partnership with British Council Connect ZA and Okayafrica. The Scottish/Liberian/Nigerian trio are indeed coming at the end of the month,and they'll be joined by some of South Africa's favourite artists. First, on 27 February 2015 they'll hit King Kong in Johannesburg with Card on Spokes, Okmalumkoolkat, BIG FKN GUN, Mashayabhuqe KaMamba, A Million Things, Just Themba, and Symatics. Next on 28 February 2015 they'll head to Assembly in Cape Town with Card on Spokes, Zaki Ibrahim ft Mr Sakitumi, Fever Trails, Mashayabhuqe KaMamba, Jakobsnake, Desert_Head and Symatics... Read more on Okayafrica.

But first we'd like your help to suggest a number of things they should do, see or engage with while on tour. Whether it is spots to visit, music to buy, food to eat – we'd like to connect them with it all! 

You can join Tweet chat as follows: 

What: #ConnectYoungFathers tweet chat

When: 12:30 - 13:30 (SA time) + 10:30 - 11:30 (UK time)

How: Begin your tweet with "@Connect_ZA #ConnectYoungFathers..." followed by your suggestion during the period above.

The result is a week of workshops, satellite events and live performances in association with Red Bull Studios and LiveMagSA, alongside some of South Africa's best in live music, including SAMA winner Card On Spokes, Digital Maskandi artist Mashayabhuqe kaMamba and brand new work from future-sound high-rollers Okmalumkoolkat, Zaki Ibrahim featuring Mr Sakitumi, BIG FKN GUN and A Million Things (Tiago Correia-Paulo of 340ml and Tumi & The Volume fame).

The Johannesburg show will take place at King Kong (Verwey Street, Troyeville) on Friday, 27 February 2015 and will be streamed live on Okayafrica.com while the Cape Town show will take place on Saturday, 28 February 2015 at The Assembly on Harrington Street and will be streamed live on Assembly Radio.

Stay tuned across all partnering social media platforms to keep up to date with the artists and hampers including signed merchandise and ticket giveaways.

LIVE EVENTS & TICKETS

Cape Town Event Page

The programme

Scottish/Liberian/Nigerian trio Young Fathers are headed to South Africa in February 2015 for a two-city tour. The first time collaboration between the Johannesburg-based beat platform Weheartbeat and Cape Town-based online radio station Assembly Radio supports the ethos that music is a shared experience. The two partners share that collaboration is all about connecting people in an in-depth, never-done-before setting. Young Fathers will bring their apocalyptic pop to Johannesburg and Cape Town for a week of workshops, satellite events and live performances.

Read more about the announcement on the Okayafrica website.

Find out what Young Fathers had to say about their upcoming tour: