Four islands, four nights, zero days off. Alborosie is taking his Nine Mile U Tour across Hawaiʻi in November, playing Hilo, Honolulu, Maui and Līhuʻe back to back from Nov. 12 through Nov. 15.
He shared the news himself on Instagram with a breezy “ALOHA HAWAIʻI!” and a little patois: “Alborosie deyah! See you LIVE!” There was no long statement and no teaser campaign, just the dates, the venues and the #NineMileUStour tag.
The run kicks off Nov. 12 in Hilo at the Grand Naniloa Hotel’s Crown Room on the Big Island. From there he heads to Oʻahu on Nov. 13 for a night at HB Social Club in Honolulu.
On Nov. 14 he plays Playground on Maui, and the leg closes Nov. 15 at the Kauaʻi Community College Performing Arts Center in Līhuʻe.
That’s a hotel ballroom, two club rooms and a college theater in four days, so the feel of each show could shift a lot from island to island.
The routing is the most interesting part of the announcement. Plenty of touring acts treat Hawaiʻi as a single Honolulu stop, if they come at all.
Covering the Big Island, Maui and Kauaʻi as well means fans outside Oʻahu won’t need to book an inter-island flight to catch him.
There’s a logistical flip side, though. Four shows on four islands across four consecutive nights means island-hopping every day.
That’s a tight turnaround for any act carrying a live reggae setup, and it leaves little room for travel hiccups.
Longtime followers won’t need the backstory, but it adds weight to the trip. Alborosie, born Alberto D’Ascola in Sicily, moved to Jamaica and built his career inside the island’s reggae scene.
He’s one of the rare outsiders to earn respect at the source, with records like “Soul Pirate” and tracks like “Kingston Town” and “Herbalist.
That history makes the tour name worth a second look. Nine Mile is the village in St. Ann, Jamaica, where Bob Marley was born and is buried.
The post itself doesn’t explain the reference or say what else the Nine Mile U Tour covers beyond these Hawaiian dates.
Hawaiʻi also has a long-running reggae culture of its own, so the audience at each stop will likely know the music well.
A crowd at a Hilo hotel ballroom and a crowd at a Honolulu club can still respond very differently to the same set.
The post doesn’t list ticket prices, opening acts, or whether more dates are coming before or after the Hawaiʻi leg. For now, the islands have four dates and one promise: Alborosie deyah.
