ONE year after he launched his third album, Ancient Future, sing-jay Protoje kicks off the Ancient Future Live tour Saturday at Hope Gardens in St Andrew.

The gangly artiste will perform the 11 songs from the set which he co-produced with Phillip ‘Winta’ James.

Ancient Future includes the hit songs Who Knows and Stylin’. The former, done with Chronixx, has done well in the United Kingdom.

“He’s having a lot of success with Who Knows and there is demand for him in Europe and North America. But we have to do some shows at home, that’s important,” said Lorna Bennett, Protoje’s manager.

Bennett told the Jamica Observer that Protoje did 60 shows in Europe late last year, mainly clubs and festivals. On February 27, he and his InDiggNation Band are scheduled to perform on the annual Nine Miles Festival in Miami.

In March, Protoje starts a two-week tour of the United States West Coast, opening for American band Rebelution. On March 18, he goes solo for additional US dates in Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, North Carolina and New Mexico.

He closes on April 23 at the Coachella festival in Indio, California, which has Guns ‘N’ Roses as headliners.

Protoje’s first album, The Seven Year Itch, was released in 2011. His second, The 8 Year Affair, came out in 2013.

— Howard Campbell