Fresh off the success of the release of the albumĀ 4:44,Ā and just in time for every blond-haired entertainment reporter to open Monday nightās episode with something corny like, āHe may have 99 problems but ticket sales aināt one,ā Jay-Z has announced plans for an upcoming North American tour.
According to Rolling Stone, the 31-city tour will jump off Oct. 27 in Anaheim, Calif., and will probably feature tickets way out of your price range, but you will buy them anyway because ⦠well ⦠itās Hov. Early sales begin Monday exclusively for Citibank customers and will open to the public Friday.
The tour follows news that the rapper signed aĀ 10-year deal with Live NationĀ in May worth a reported $200 million. Jigga can only hope that amountācombined with ticket sales, the $200 million Sprint paid for a share of Tidal and the fact that he has had more No. 1 albums than anyone in history except the Beatlesāmight be enough to cover the Christmas list for Bey, Blue, Sir and Rumi this year.
Shawn Carterās 13th studio album was released exclusively on Tidal on June 30 and rocketed to No. 1 when it hit iTunes this past Friday. Physical copies ofĀ 4:44Ā also hit stores Friday. Both the iTunes and physical versions of the album feature three additional tracks.
Oct. 27āAnaheim, Calif. @ Honda Center
Oct. 28āLas Vegas @ T-Mobile Arena
Nov. 1āFresno, Calif. @ Save Mart Center at Fresno State
Nov. 3āPhoenix @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Nov. 5āDenver @ Pepsi Center Arena
Nov. 7āDallas @ American Airlines Center
Nov. 8āHouston @ Toyota Center
Nov. 9āNew Orleans @ Smoothie King Center
Nov. 11āOrlando, Fla. @ Amway Center
Nov. 12āMiami @ American Airlines Arena
Nov. 14āAtlanta @ Philips Arena
Nov. 15āNashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena
Nov. 16āCharlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center
Nov. 18āDetroit @ Little Caesars Arena
Nov. 19āCleveland @ Quicken Loans Arena
Nov. 21āMontreal @ Bell Centre
Nov. 22āToronto @ Air Canada Centre
Nov. 25āBoston @ TD Garden
Nov. 26āBrooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center
Nov. 29āWashington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
Dec. 2āUniondale, N.Y. @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Dec. 5āChicago @ United Center
Dec. 6āLincoln, Neb. @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
Dec. 9āEdmonton, Alberta @ Rogers Place
Dec. 11āVancouver, British Columbia @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
Dec. 13āSeattle @ KeyArena
Dec. 14āPortland, Ore. @ Moda Center
Dec. 16āOakland, Calif. @ Oracle Arena
Dec. 17āSacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center
Dec. 19āSan Diego @ Viejas Arena
Dec. 21āLos Angeles @ The Forum
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