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LOS ANGELES, California Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — JAY-Z, undeniably one of the most powerful voices in music today, a multiple Grammy Award winner and influencer that has resonated with a generation of music fans, is officially announcing his fall tour. With 21 dates confirmed, the tour will make stops at a mix of college campus arenas and traditional venues across the North America starting at Penn State University on October 9th. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning on September 11th at LiveNation.com.

Prior to the tour kickoff, JAY-Z will hold a charity concert at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden on Friday, September 11th in support of the New York Police & Fire Widows and Children’s Benefit Fund. For this live event, 100% of the proceeds from tickets sales and concert merchandise will go directly to the charity. For more information please visit www.answerthecall.org.

JAY-Z’s highly anticipated new album, The Blueprint 3, will be released on September 11th.

The fall tour is the follow-up to the historic “Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z: Heart of the City” tour where they performed for more than 600,000 fans and received rave reviews at every stop. The 28 date trek grossed more than $35 million.

The North American tour is being produced by Live Nation. Tickets are available here

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/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 12 Champaign, IL University of Illinois/
Nov 19 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
Nov 20 El Paso, TX U of Texas at El Paso/ Don Haskins Ctr
Nov 22 Austin, TX U of Texas at Austin/ Frank Erwin Center

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

SOURCE Live Nation