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FRENCH MONTANA, PLAYBOI CARTI AND FLATBUSH ZOMBIES ADDED TO YAMS DAY 2018

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7 years ago

January 19, 2018

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A$AP Mob is excited to announce the addition of French Montana, Playboi Carti and Flatbush Zombies to the already incredible lineup for Yams Day 2018, taking place tomorrow at New York Expo Center in the Bronx. Tickets are available here, with a portion of the sales going to A$AP Foundation: http://smarturl.it/YamsDay2018

In 2015, the world lost a creative genius and music icon while A$AP Mob lost their brother – A$AP Yams. In 2016, A$AP Mob launched the inaugural Yams Day in celebration of his life, with a sold-out show at T5, followed by a sold-out show at MSG’s Theater at the Garden in 2017. This year, A$AP Mob is excited to continue the celebration of his life and memory with Yams Day 2018 at the New York Expo Center in the Bronx, featuring appearances from A$AP Mob, Frenc Montana, Lil Yachty, Playboi Carti, Flatbush Zombies, Nav, G Perico, Aston Matthews, Retch and Dash, and more plus DJ sets by Cozy Boys and Ali of TDE. A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to the Always Strive And Prosper Foundation. Founded two years ago by Tatiana Rodriguez, Yams’ mother, the organization is dedicated to providing young people with accessible and realistic education about substance use and abuse.

Throughout August 2017, A$AP Mob and AWGE kicked off AWGEST, a month-long takeover that included special events and releases from the Mob. The first release for AWGEST was A$AP Twelvyy’s long-awaited debut studio album 12, followed shortly thereafter with A$AP Ferg’s mega-mixtape Still Striving. They capped off the month with the collective’s heavily anticipated Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy (A$AP WORLDWIDE/ Polo Grounds Music/ RCA Records). The album featured collaborations with some of today’s biggest names in music, such as Frank Ocean, Quavo, Lil Yachty, Big Sean, Gucci Mane, Lil Uzi Vert, Jaden Smith, Chief Keef, Playboi Carti, Key!, Denzel Curry, Smooky Margiela, Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies and more, along with the ASAP Mob members, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Twelvyy, A$AP Nast, A$AP Ant and A$AP Ty Beats. In addition to the album release and in support of it, the Mob embarked on their TOO COZY TOUR with a 20-city trek across the U.S.

Fans and friends will gather today, January 18th, in New York City to kick off the New Year and honor one of music’s greatest names at the third installment of Yams Day – links to purchase tickets below.

PURCHASE YAMS DAY TICKETS New York Expo CenterDoors 6:30PM, Show 8PM

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Caitlin Cook’s Musical Bathroom Odyssey Hits the UK

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9 hours ago

May 9, 2025

Joni Jones

What do cowboy dicks, milk pistols, and public toilet walls have in common? They all find a strange kind of poetry in The Writing on the Stall, the wildly inventive musical comedy from US performer Caitlin Cook, landing in the UK this summer. After sold-out runs Off-Broadway, at Edinburgh Fringe, and in London, the New York Times Critic’s Pick returns for a short UK tour—playing Brighton’s Komedia (31 May & 1 June) and Soho Theatre, London (4–7 June).

Set entirely in a public bathroom, The Writing on the Stall is anything but private. In this whip-smart and wickedly funny one-woman musical, Cook dives into the scrawled messages and mysterious wisdom etched on cubicle walls and turns them into something bold, bizarre, and unexpectedly moving. The songs are catchy, the jokes are razor-sharp, and the show isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty—literally.

Armed with a guitar and a knack for digging gold out of the obscene, Cook crafts a genre-defying hour that’s part stand-up, part cabaret, and all catharsis. This is confessional comedy with clever hooks, pitch-perfect melodies, and enough surprises to keep your eyebrows permanently raised. Expect satire, sincerity, and some surreal props—rumour has it a pair of slingshotted knickers makes a cameo.

Caitlin Cook isn’t your average musical comic. She’s Oxford-educated, New York-hardened, and streaming in the tens of millions. She’s also collaborated with some of comedy’s finest, directed offbeat hits, and performs as one-half of the musical duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. With this new UK run, she’s not just touring a show—she’s building a movement that blurs the lines between comedy, theatre, and performance art.

If you missed her during her Edinburgh frenzy, this is your chance to catch the musical everyone’s been whispering about in pub toilets and shouting about in five-star reviews. You might come for the laughs, but you’ll stay for the songs that (fair warning) may live rent-free in your head for months.