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

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.  

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Source: Live Nation

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

Web Site: http://www.livenation.com/

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