Last month, bass virtuoso and funk originalist – MonoNeon – announced his studio album  You Had Your Chance…Bad Attitude and today, shares another taste with the cheeky new single “Beyoncé.” Of the track, he notes “my love for Beyoncé is so strong, if she sneezed I’d harmonize it.”

LISTEN TO BEYONCE HERE.

“Beyonce” follows previous singles “Bad Attitude” and  “God Reason,” teaming up with comedian Katt Williams, the legendary George Clinton and the GRAMMY winning producer, songwriter and rapper James Fauntleroy (Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, SZA) – Watch the animated visualizer directed and created by Cody A. Banks.

The new album was recorded between his hometown of Memphis and the legendary Floki Studios in Iceland and will be his first release via the studio’s label imprint and distributed by Color Red. You Had Your Chance enriches a dizzying MonoNeon catalog that includes nearly 20 distinct solo releases, collaborations with Mac Miller, Ne-Yo, Sudan Archives and Georgia Anne Muldrow and crucial contributions to Nas’ King Disease, which won the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2020. He’s also released his own signature five-string bass through Fender and Whammy pedal through DigTech – a testament to both his virtuosity and the respect afforded to him by studio pros and amateurs alike.

MonoNeon is an American bassist and experimental musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He is known for his presence on YouTube playing bass guitar and being one of the last people to work with Prince. MonoNeon is a Grammy Award-winning artist, for his participation on the 2020 Nas album King’s Disease. On November 1, 2022, Fender released the MonoNeon Collection, which included the MonoNeon Jazz Bass V Signature.

Known for his otherworldly live show, MonoNeon has played Newport Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Summer Camp Music Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and more. Kicking off in May, MonoNeon will play a string of North American, Australian and Asian tour dates. He’ll begin the I Want Snacks & Gifts Tour  with a stop in his hometown of Memphis, TN, followed by a few dates in the South before heading abroad for multiple stops in New Zealand, Australia and Japan. He’ll wrap the June tour in California with a final show at the Echoplex in Los Angeles on June 28th. Full tour dates below.

Tour Dates:

• May 03 – Riverbeat – Memphis, TN

• May 11 – Buffalo Bayou Park – Houston, TX

• May 13 – Red Bluff Music, Arts, & Food Fest – Montgomery, AL

• Jun. 21 – Blue Note Hawaii – Honolulu, HI

• Jun. 24-25 – Yoshi’s Oakland – Oakland, CA

• Jun. 26 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA

• Jul. 22 – Hartford Healthcare Amp – Bridgeport, CT *

• Jul. 23 – Red Hat Amp – Raleigh, NC *

• Jul. 25 – Chastain – Atlanta, GA *

• Jul. 26 – Live Oak Bank Pavilion – Wilmington, NC *

• Jul. 28 – Saenger Theater – New Orleans, LA *

• Jul. 29 – Municipal Auditorium – Shreveport, LA *

• Jul. 30 – The Factory – Dallas, TX *

• Aug. 1 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ *

• Aug. 2 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, CA *

*support for Primus

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