JAY-Z Announces N.E.R.D., Wale and J.Cole to Join North American College Arena Tour

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Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:32pm EDT 

JAY-Z Announces N.E.R.D., Wale and J.Cole to Join North American College 
Arena Tour
THE COLLEGE EVENT OF THE YEAR KICKS OFF ON OCTOBER 9th AT PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY





LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- JAY-Z announced today that -- N.E.R.D,
led by the phenomenal hit-makers and producers Pharrell Williams and Chad
Hugo, Wale one of the brightest, innovative and heralded young rap stars of
today, and J.Cole whose insightful and meaningful lyrical form brings promise
of a new day in hip-hop, -- will join him throughout his North American tour.

The Live Nation produced tour will make 24 stops at a mix of college campus
arenas and traditional venues across North America starting at Penn State
University on October 9th.  Ticket and tour information for JAY-Z, N.E.R.D,
Wale, and J.Cole is available at LiveNation.com.  

Dates, cities and venues for the JAY-Z Tour are below.   Dates and venues are
subject to change.   

    Date        City               Venue
    Oct 09      State College, PA  Penn State/Bryce Jordan Center
    Oct 10      Cincinnati, OH     N Kentucky U/Bank of Kentucky Center
    Oct 13      Edmonton, AB       Rexall Place
    Oct 14      Calgary, AB        Pengrowth Saddledome
    Oct 15      Kelowna, BC        Prospera Place
    Oct 16      Vancouver, BC      General Motors Place
    Oct 17      Seattle, WA        KeyArena
    Oct 21      Ypsilanti, MI      Eastern Michigan U/Convocation Center
    Oct 23      Philadelphia, PA   Wachovia Center (Powerhouse)
    Oct 24      Providence, RI     Dunkin Donuts Center
    Oct 25      Amherst, MA        U of Mass/Mullins Center
    Oct 27      Baltimore, MD      1st Mariner Arena
    Oct 28      Columbus, OH       Ohio State/ Value City Arena the
                                    Schottenstein Center
    Oct 29      London, ON         John Labatt Centre
    Oct 30      Montreal, QC       Bell Centre
    Oct 31      Toronto, ON        Air Canada Centre
    Nov 01      Ottawa, ON         Scotiabank Place
    Nov 07      Fresno, CA         Fresno State/Save Mart Center
    Nov 12      Champaign, IL      University of Illinois/Assembly Hall
    Nov 19      Albuquerque, NM    Tingley Coliseum
    Nov 20      El Paso, TX        U of Texas at El Paso/Don Haskins Ctr
    Nov 21      Lubbock, TX        United Spirit Arena
    Nov 22      Austin, TX         U of Texas at Austin/Frank Erwin Center


*** More cities and dates to be announced soon.



SOURCE  Live Nation

Jana Fleishman, janafleishman@gmail.com, for JAY-Z; or Liz Morentin of LIVE
NATION, +1-310-975-6860, lizmorentin@livenation.com
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