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N*E*R*D* Announce June Tour

• 21st May 2010

Nearly two years since the release of their last album ‘Seeing Sounds’, N*E*R*D are back with two UK live dates this summer. Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley will be playing shows in London and Manchester in June.

You already know the story of the Neptunes. World-famous producers and songwriters, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, over the course of their decade-long career, have literally changed the course of music. It started with the redefining of hip-hop, the two of them wielding a minimalist, synthesized palette and a limitless imagination to create a sound that was as sophisticated and elegant as it was raw and rhythmic. Soon the Neptunes would alter the landscape of pop music, as well, creating driving rhythm & blues influenced work that artists in every genre would seek out to help establish their creative impulses.

They have worked with everyone from Madonna and Justin Timberlake to Jay-Z and Gwen Stefani; from Britney Spears and Busta Rhymes to Kelis and Nelly. But N*E*R*D* are not the Neptunes, and the Neptunes are not N*E*R*D*.

“What is a N*E*R*D*? N*E*R*D* stands for No One Ever Really Dies. N*E*R*D* is just a basic belief, man. People's energies are made of their souls. When you die, that energy may disperse but it isn't destroyed. Energy cannot be destroyed. The Neptunes is what we do, but N*E*R*D* is who we are. It’s our life” Pharrell would say back in 2000 just before the release of their first album “In Search Of”, in describing the group that includes him, Chad and longtime friend and creative wunderkind, Shae.

The three of them together combine for uninhibited explorations of sounds, emotions and truth, adhering to no agenda, subscribing to no rules. N*E*R*D* is the way they live their life, the way they see the world.

N*E*R*D* will soon be releasing their fourth studio album ‘Nothing’ later this year and follows the success of its predecessors “In Search Of”, “Fly Or Die” and “Seeing Sounds”.

Be ready. N*E*R*D* is back.

To see N*E*R*D live:
Monday 21st June London HMV Forum
Wednesday 23rd June Manchester Academy

Tickets are £30 London and £25 Manchester.