Earl Sweatshirt, Mike

On 26 August 2026 at Vicar Street in Dublin, Earl Sweatshirt brings the inward-looking, lo-fi approach that has marked his path from Odd Future to recent work with The Alchemist. Born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, he first surfaced with the raw Earl mixtape before shaping the tightly written Doris (2013) and I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside (2015). He pushed further into fractured soul and jazz loops on Some Rap Songs (2018) and the EP Feet of Clay, then widened the frame with Sick! (2022) and the collaborative project Voir Dire (2023). His delivery stays understated and exacting, folding personal snapshots into dense imagery. His path has crossed with MIKE on record; this date brings those worlds to the same stage.

MIKE shares the bill with a similarly introspective lens and a New York-rooted sound. Moving between New Jersey, London, Philadelphia and New York, Michael Jordan Bonema built his catalog on lo-fi beats, jazz-tinged loops and a steady, unhurried flow. From early Bandcamp drops to Longest Day, Shortest Night (2016) and May God Bless Your Hustle (2017), he kept a regular pace: Black Soap and War in My Pen (2018), Tears of Joy (2019), Weight of the World (2020), Disco! (2021), Beware of the Monkey (2022) and Burning Desire (2023). Founder of the sLUms collective and the 10k label, he multiplies collaborations, notably with Wiki and The Alchemist, and with producer Tony Seltzer on Pinball (2024) and Pinball II (2025).