It turns out that Kanye West isn’t the only rapper going on a long, nationwide tour this fall. Just hours after West announced his Yeezus tour, his Watch the Throne collaborator Jay Z announced his own tour to support his new album, Magna Carta ... Holy Grail.
In a post on his Life And Times site, Jay announced that The Magna Carta World Tour will be heading to North America starting on Nov. 10 with a date at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The massive, 34-date tour will continue until Jan. 31, 2014 with a show at the Bryce Jordan Theater in State College, Pennsylvania. Of course, in between, there will be two shows at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Jan. 12 and 13.
Canadian fans will get to see Jay Z perform in Montreal on Jan. 24 and in Toronto on Jan. 27.
Over the summer, Jay Z toured with Justin Timberlake during the Legends of Summer tour. That tour included stops at stadiums like Toronto’s Rogers Centre and Boston’s Fenway Park.
Fans can RSVP for the Magna Carta World Tour at Life And Times starting today, but tickets don’t go on sale until Wednesday, Sept. 11. Citi cardmembers will get special preorder access starting on Monday.
As previously reported, West is going on tour from October to December and will visit 23 cities.
Here's the tour schedule for Jay Z:
November 30th St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
December 1st Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
December 2nd Denver, CO Pepsi Center
December 6th Anaheim, CA Honda Center
December 7th San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
December 9th Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
December 10th Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
December 11th San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose
December 13th Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
December 18th Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
December 19th Houston, TX Toyota Center
December 20th San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
December 21st Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
December 27th Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
December 28th Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
January 2nd Ft. Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
January 4th Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
January 5th Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
January 8th Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
January 9th Chicago, IL United Center
January 10th Detroit, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
January 12th Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
January 13th Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
January 16th Washington DC Verizon Center
January 17th Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
January 18th Boston, MA TD Garden
January 19th Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
January 21st Pittsburgh, PA CONSOL Energy Center
January 22nd Newark, NJ Prudential Center
January 24th Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
January 27th Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
January 29th Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
January 30th Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
January 31st State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center
image: LifeandTimes.com