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16 Jan 2024

Dua Lipa Calls for ‘Humanitarian Cease-Fire’ in Gaza

Since the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war in the fall, Dua Lipa has been a fervent political advocate, and in her new Rolling Stone cover story, the “Levitating” singer opened up more about her stance.

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“My existence is kind of political, the fact that I lived in London because my parents left from the war,” she explained, in reference to her Albanian parents. “I feel for people who have to leave their home. From my experience of being in Kosovo and understanding what war does, no one really wants to leave their home. They do it for protection, to save their family, to look after the people around them, that kind of thing, for a better life. So I feel close to it.”

She continued, “My feelings on displaced people [are] very real and raw, and it is a difficult subject to speak about because it’s so divisive.”

The conflict between Israel and Palestine escalated after the horrific Oct. 7 terror attack on the Supernova Music Festival at Kibbutz Re’im by Hamas militants. The assault by air and land by the militant arm of the terrorist organization that governs the more than two million Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip included the killing of more than 260 revelers and many more kidnapped at the Paralello Universo Supernova Sukkot Gathering electronic dance music festival celebrating the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah.

That same month, Lipa joined a number of other celebrities to sign an open letter urging President Joe Biden to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. “At the moment, what we have to look at is how many lives have been lost in Gaza, and the innocent civilians, and the lives that are just being lost. There are just not enough world leaders that are taking a stand and speaking up about the humanitarian crisis that’s happening, the humanitarian cease-fire that has to happen,” Lipa told Rolling Stone. 

16 Jan 2024

Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean Make Impromptu Road Trip & Dairy Queen Stop After Cold Temps Ground Plane

What was expected to be a 30-minute flight from St. Louis, Mo., ended up being an impromptu road trip for Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan.

Bryan shared the video of their trip in a rental car via Instagram on Friday (Jan. 12), detailing how they ended up taking a rental car after cold temperatures impacted the plane’s instruments mid-flight.

As Bryan and Aldean pulled up to a Dairy Queen to place their drive-thru orders, Bryan said, “Jason and I were flying out of St. Louis when we had some issues traveling with the plane. So we rented a car to go to duck camp. We’re at a Dairy Queen.”

“Because our plane, we thought was going to fall out of the sky,” Aldean said, as Bryan started laughing.

“We duck hunted this morning, we flew to St. Louis this morning, we landed, we did the ATA show with Buck Commander.”

“We were supposed to get back on the plane,” Aldean said, “fly back and it was supposed to be a 30-minute flight. Easy, easy.”

“We took off, and it was so cold in St. Louis, it was like 16 degrees, wind was blowing 40 miles an hour. Some of the instruments on the plan were not … so we had to turn around and land and yeah, it was a little tense,” Bryan said. “So now we’re on I-55 at a Dairy Queen.”

“‘Cause it’s the only thing on the exit,” Aldean said.

“We’re getting some chicken fingers. I just peed beside the road, and Jason’s the driver,” Bryan said, bantering with Aldean.

“That’s ’cause I don’t trust you to drive, actually,” Aldean shot back.

For those curious, Aldean ordered a cheeseburger with “cheese and pickles only,” as well as a basket of chicken tenders, fries and a Coca-Cola, while Bryan ordered “a No. 1 with a Coke.” Their drive-thru meal cost $29.78 — and Bryan paid the tab.

Watch the Instagram video below:

16 Jan 2024

Don Omar and Wisin & Yandel’s ‘Sandunga’ Reaches Top 10 on Latin Airplay Chart

Don Omar connects with Wisin & Yandel for their first top 10 team-up on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “Sandunga” rallies 12-4 on the Jan. 20-dated list. It’s the 21st top 10 for Don Omar and the 29th for Wisin & Yandel.

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The Luny Tunes-produced track enters the top 10 in its 10th week with 7.7 million audience impressions (up 33%) earned in the U.S. during the Jan. 5-11 tracking week, according to Luminate.

“Sandunga” was released on Nov. 2 via Omar’s indie label Sugar Cream, marking his first drop after the reggaetón icon parted ways with Saban Music.

Thanks to “Sandunga,” the indie imprint nabs its first top 10 on the overall Latin Airplay tally. Previously, “Navidad Pa’ La Calle” took the company to a No. 42 high in 2020. The label, however, scored its first top 10 on any Billboard chart when “Navidad” peaked at No. 5 on Tropical Airplay in Dec. 2020

“Sandunga” is also first charting collab from Don Omar and Wisin & Yandel since 2007, when “No Se De Ella (My Space)” reached No. 20.

Further, “Sandunga” earns Don Omar his 21st top 10 on Latin Airplay. The Puerto Rican rapper was last in the top 10 with the chart-topping “Podemos Repetirlo,” with Chencho Corleone, leading for one week last September.

Wisin & Yandel, meanwhile, up their career count to 29 top 10s as a duo, the fourth-most among Latin rhythm acts since the Latin Airplay chart launched in 1994. Among Latin rhythm acts on Latin Airplay, Daddy Yankee has the most top 10s, with 49. Here’s a look at the Latin rhythm acts with the most top 10s on Latin Airplay:

  • 49, Daddy Yankee
  • 41, J Balvin
  • 38, Ozuna
  • 29, Wisin & Yandel
  • 28, Bad Bunny
  • 28, Maluma

In addition to its new top 10 on Latin Airplay, “Sandunga” holds steady at its No. 6 high on Latin Rhythm Airplay for a third week.

16 Jan 2024

Travis Barker Makes Out With Kourtney Kardashian on Emmys Red Carpet: See the Photo

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker aren’t about to let photographers, video cameras and A-list party guests stop them from packing on the PDA. At this year’s Emmys Monday (Jan. 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the couple did a bit of French kissing while walking the red carpet, their first since welcoming their 3-month-old son, Rocky Thirteen.

The pair matched in dark sunglasses and black suits, with the Lemme founder sporting leathery gloves. Kardashian and the Blink-182 drummer have earned a reputation for getting physical in public settings, so those in attendance probably weren’t all that surprised when the couple started touching tongues while posing for pictures at the event.

Later, Barker helped open the ceremony by performing Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” on the drums during host Anthony Anderson‘s opening monologue, which paid tribute to Miami Vice. “I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life….,” he tweeted afterward. “I just played the most famous drum fill of all time at The Emmy’s. I love you Phil Collins ?”

Barker and Kardashian have had a lot to celebrate recently. In November, the couple welcomed Rocky into their blended family after documenting their fertility journey on Hulu’s The Kardashians. The little boy is their first child together, with both stars having children from past relationships.

See the photo of the Barkers getting hot and heavy at the 2024 Emmys below:

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker arrive for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2024.

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16 Jan 2024

La Fiera de Ojinaga Earns Second Regional Mexican Airplay No. 1 With ‘Neta Que No’

La Fiera de Ojinaga scores its second career No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Jan. 20) as its latest single, “Neta Que No,” rises from No. 2 to No. 1. The group previously topped the chart with “La Luna de Miel” in 2022.

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“Neta Que No” crowns the chart after a 17% surge in radio airplay audience impressions, to 7.3 million earned in the U.S. in the Jan. 5-11 tracking week, according to Luminate. The track takes home the chart’s Greatest Gainer trophy, awarded to the song with the largest gain in audience impressions among the chart’s 40 titles.

The track succeeds Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda’s “Buscandole A La Suerte,” which drops to No. 2 after one week in charge.

“Neta Que No,” released Aug. 11 via Azteca/Fonovisa/UMLE, was written by Cesar Morquecho and Eduardo Anguiano, and produced by Humberto Novoa and Mauricio Palma.

The single earns Azteca its fifth No. 1 at the format, after “La Luna de Miel” (2022) and three leaders by La Maquinaria Norteña: “50 y Cincuenta” (2022), “Eres Ese Algo” (2023) and “Te Quiero Ver” (2023).

La Fiera De Ojinaga has charted 16 songs at the Regional Mexican Airplay format. Of those, seven have reached the top 10. Here’s a recap, listed chronologically:

La Fiera de Ojinaga’s Top 10 Hits on Regional Mexican Airplay

  • “En Otro Canal,” No. 5 peak, 2020
  • “No Paras de Hacerme Feliz,” No. 2, 2022
  • “La Luna de Miel,” No. 1, 2022
  • “Beses A Quien Beses,” No. 6, 2022
  • “Maldita Soledad,” No. 7, 2023
  • “900 Cigarros,” No. 2, 2023
  • “Neta Que No,” No. 1, 2024

Elsewhere, “Neta Que No” rises 8-5 on the overall Latin Airplay list, reaching a new high. It ties the group’s “900 Cigarros” as its highest charting song on the ranking to date.

16 Jan 2024

Nicki Minaj Adds Second Dates, New Shows to Pink Friday 2 World Tour

Nicki Minaj expanded her anticipated Nicki Minaj Presents: Pink Friday 2 World Tour on Tuesday (Jan. 16) with the addition of second nights in a number of North American cities and new overseas shows in Europe.

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A total of 13 fresh dates were revealed for what has already become the rapper’s highest-selling tour to date, according to promoter Live Nation Entertainment. The new North American dates rolled out on Tuesday include gigs in Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Nashville, and Toronto along with just-announced global dates in Amsterdam, Cologne, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Manchester, Paris and Stockholm. 

The initial run of 25 arena shows rolled out in December to support Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 album found the rapper hitting the road on March 1 in Oakland, CA and staying out until a June 7 gig in Berlin. The outing will still launch at the Oakland Arena, but now also include a second night at State Farm Arena in Atlanta (March 21), a March 24 gig at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, as well as a second night (April 8) at Boston’s TD Garden, a second show (April 25) at the United Center in Chicago and fresh dates at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (April 30) and a May 1 show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The North American tickets will roll out with a Citi presale beginning today, with additional presales running throughout the week ahead of Friday’s (Jan. 19) general onsale at 9 a.m. local time; click here for more ticketing information. Tickets for the new European dates will start with an artist presale on Wednesday (Jan. 17) begging at 9 a.m. local time, with additional presales leading up to the general onsale on Friday at 9 a.m. local time.

Check out the full run of Pink Friday 2 World Tour dates below (new dates in bold):

March 1 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena 

March 3 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 

March 8 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena 

March 10 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena 

March 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center 

March 15 – Inglewood, CA @ Rolling Loud California*

March 18 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center 

March 20 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

March 21 – Atlanta, GA  @ State Farm Arena

March 22 –  Orlando, FL @ Amway Center

March 24 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

March 26 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center

March 28 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

March 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 

March 30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 

April 1 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena 

April 2 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena 

April 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center 

April 5 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center 

April 7 – Raleigh, NC @ Dreamville Festival*

April 8 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

April 10 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 

April 12 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center 

April 13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum 

April 17 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre 

April 18 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 

April 20 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 

April 24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 

April 25 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

April 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center 

April 30 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

May 1 –  Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

May 9 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center 

May 11 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

May 12 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center 

May 13 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center 

May 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome

May 25 – Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live 

May 26 – Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena 

May 28 – London, UK @ The O2 

May 29 – Glasgow, Scotland @ OVO Hydro

May 30 – Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live

June 1 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena 

June 2 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome 

June 4 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena

June 5 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena

June 7 – Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes Benz Arena

June 9 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena

June 11 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena

June 12 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Tele2 Arena

*festival date

16 Jan 2024

SXSW 2024: The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney Are Keynotes

The Black Keys are heading to South by Southwest 2024.

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, founding members of the chart-topping blues-rock outfit, will take their positions on stage as keynote speakers, organizers announce today (Jan. 16).

Auerbach, the band’s singer and guitarist, and Carney, the Black Keys’ drummer, will lend their support to the new documentary, This is a Film About The Black Keys, which enjoys its world premiere at the SXSW Film & TV Festival. Directed by Jeff Dupre, the feature-length film is said to trace the band’s journey, which began nearly a quarter century ago as kids jamming in a basement in Akron, OH, and has seen the rockers complete the journey to the biggest stages on the planet.

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Along the way, they’ve soaked up commercial and critical success, including six top 10 titles landed on the Billboard 200 chart, with a No. 1 for 2014’s Turn Blue, and six Grammy Awards.

“The impact of artists has made music the foundation of SXSW,” comments Hugh Forrest, chief programming officer and co-president. “For this reason, we’re especially excited to welcome Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, one of the most compelling rock bands around, to the Keynote Speaker lineup for a discussion on their prolific career.”

The rockers are among the big names in the fourth round of featured speakers, a list that includes legendary actress and activist Jane Fonda; three-time NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade; Twitch CEO Dan Clancy; and Lord of the Rings actor and co-founder of indie production company  SpectreVision, Elijah Wood.

Conference sessions include the panel, “The Transformation of Music Sync: When the Songwriter Becomes the Screenwriter,” and “Death of the Follower & the Future of Creativity on the Web.”

Additional keynote speakers and featured sessions will be unveiled in the coming weeks, reps say.

Founded in 1987 in Austin, TX, SXSW has grown to encompass tech, film and TV, music, education and culture. The entirety of the 2024 conference and festival will run from March 8-16.

In April 2021, it was announced that SXSW signed a “lifeline” deal with P-MRC, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and MRC, making P-MRC a stakeholder and long-term partner with the Austin festival. P-MRC is the parent company of Billboard.

Visit SXSW.com for more.

16 Jan 2024

One of Every 15 Vinyl Albums Sold in the U.S. in 2023 Was by Taylor Swift

In 2023, Taylor Swift loomed so large in the world of vinyl albums, that one of every 15 vinyl albums sold in the U.S. was by the superstar.

Comparatively, in 2022, she accounted for one of every 25 vinyl albums sold.

Swift was the year’s top-selling act on vinyl for a third straight year, with 3.484 million copies sold across her catalog of albums, according to data tracking firm Luminate. The industry’s total vinyl album sales for 2023, across all artists in the U.S., finished at 49.61 million – up 14.2% from 43.46 million in 2022. 2023 marked the 18th consecutive year vinyl album sales grew in the U.S., and the largest year for vinyl album sales since Luminate began tracking data in 1991.  

In 2023, Swift’s vinyl sales accounted for 7% of the industry’s total vinyl album sales.

Read more about the year-end numbers in the U.S. 2023 Luminate Year-End Music Report.

Swift’s vinyl sales were so big in 2023 that she sold more than the next seven-biggest-selling acts on vinyl last year. Lana Del Rey was the year’s No. 2-seller on vinyl, with 646,000 copies sold, followed by Tyler, the Creator (552,000), Travis Scott (474,000), Olivia Rodrigo (408,000), Kendrick Lamar (382,000), Metallica (378,000) and The Beatles (373,000). (To round out the top 10-selling acts on vinyl last year, Fleetwood Mac was No. 9, with 357,000, and Mac Miller was No. 10 with 354,000.)

The top-selling vinyl album of 2023 was Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) with 1.014 million sold. That marks the largest yearly sales total for a vinyl album, and the first vinyl set to sell a million in a calendar year, since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. The set also scored the largest sales week for a vinyl set since 1991 when it debuted with 693,000 copies sold in its first week.

Swift has five of the top 10-selling vinyl albums of 2023, and the entire top three. (See list, below.)

TOP 10-SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2023 IN U.S.
1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.014 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (510,000)
3. Taylor Swift, Midnights (492,000)
4. Travis Scott, Utopia (373,000)
5. Taylor Swift, Folklore (308,000)
6. Olivia Rodrigo, Guts (267,000)
7. Taylor Swift, Lover (256,000)
8. Lana Del Rey, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (215,000)
9. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (206,000)
10. Lana Del Rey, Born To Die (192,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023.

Vinyl album sales comprised 47.1% of all album sales in the U.S. in 2023 (49.61 million of 105.32 million). Vinyl LPs accounted for 57% of all physical album sold last year (49.61 million of 87 million). Both sums are Luminate-era records for vinyl’s share of the album sales market in the U.S.

For the third consecutive year, and the third year since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991, vinyl albums outsold CD albums in the U.S. Vinyl once again is the leading configuration for album purchases for the third year in a row. (Vinyl was the top-selling album configuration in 2023, followed by CDs and then digital download albums.)

Vinyl was the dominant configuration for album purchases in the U.S. up until the early 1980s. After that, cassettes took hold until the early ‘90s, when the CD configuration blossomed and remained king until 2021, when vinyl retook the top slot.

Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991 when the company was known as SoundScan. Luminate’s sales, streaming and airplay data is used to compile Billboard’s weekly charts. Luminate’s 2023 tracking year ran from Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023. Luminate is an independently operated company and a subsidiary of PME TopCo, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge. Billboard is an independently operated company owned by PME Holdings, a subsidiary of PME TopCo.

16 Jan 2024

Selena Gomez Brings Boyfriend Benny Blanco as Her Date to the Emmys

Benny Blanco is proving to be a reliable partner for Selena Gomez during this year’s awards season, most recently accompanying the singer-actress at the 2024 Primetime Emmys Sunday night (Jan. 16). 

The couple remained at each other’s sides for much of the event, as documented in many photos and videos from the evening. Blanco didn’t join the Rare Beauty founder for photos on the red carpet, where she showed off her stunning Oscar de la Renta dress adorned with more than 450,000 pailletes. He did, however, blow her a kiss before splitting up before the line of cameras, the two later reuniting to take their seats for the ceremony.  

In one clip, the pair scoots in with Gomez’s Only Murders in the Building costars Martin Short and Steve Martin in one of the front rows at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater. 

Only Murders was in the running for best comedy series at this year’s Emmys, although the award ended up going to FX’s hit project The Bear. Short was also nominated for best actor in a comedy series thanks to his performance in the trio’s murder-mystery sitcom, but Jeremy Allen White took the prize. 

The Emmys aren’t Gomez and Blanco’s first awards-show outing as a couple this season. A week prior, they were both in attendance at the Golden Globes. While the pair didn’t appear to sit next to each other during the main ceremony, the “Calm Down” singer did later post a sweet photo of her beau kissing her neck behind the scenes. 

Gomez and the pop-music maestro first made their relationship public in December, with the former Disney Channel star confirming at the time that they’d been an item for about six months by then. After describing Blanco as “my absolute everything in my heart” in a series of comments on Instagram, Gomez went on to share photos with him and showed off her letter “B” ring on Instagram Stories.  

Since then, the couple has celebrated New Year’s together and attended a Los Angeles Lakers game, where they cuddled up courtside.  

See clips of Gomez and Blanco at the Emmys below: 

16 Jan 2024

Drake Postpones It’s All a Blur Tour – Big As the What? With J. Cole: Here Are the New Dates

Drake and J. Cole’s hotly anticipated It’s All a Blur Tour — Big As the What? won’t start this week. Originally slated to kick off Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 in Denver, Drake and Cole’s first show will take place Feb. 2 in Tampa Bay, Fla., according to Ticketmaster. The opening Denver dates have been pushed back to April 15 and April 16.

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Announced in November, It’s All A Blur Tour — Big as the What? included 22 dates and came on the heels of Drake and Cole’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 collaboration “First Person Shooter.” Fans got a taste of the tour when Cole and Drake headlined the Carolina rapper’s Dreamville Festival last year. The set included a barrage of hits and special guests, including Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Lil Uzi Vert. 

Last year, Drake notched his 13th Billboard 200 No. 1 album with For All the Dogs. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the OVO commander earned 402,000 equivalent albums, courtesy of his Hot 100 chart-topper “Slime You Out” featuring SZA. The album had a bevy of guests ranging from Yeat to Lil Yachty and Sexyy Red.

Shortly after the release of FATD, Drake upped the ante with his For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition. The six-song entry found a more punchy Drake, who also reeled in J. Cole for another feature on “Evil Ways.” The mini set also featured “You Broke My Heart,” which recently received the visual treatment and featured a cameo from Morgan Wallen. Subsequently, he added 10 more dates to the It’s All a Blur Tour — Big As the What? following the release of the deluxe effort. 

Billboard has reached out to Drake’s reps for comment. 

Here are the new tour dates:

  • Feb. 2 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena 
  • Feb 4 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
  • Feb. 7 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 
  • Feb. 8 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 
  • Feb. 12 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Arena 
  • Feb 13 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
  • Feb. 16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena 
  • Feb 17 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
  • Feb. 20 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center 
  • Feb. 21 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center 
  • Feb. 24 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse 
  • Feb 25 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
  • Feb. 27 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center 
  • Feb 28 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
  • March 2 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center 
  • March 3 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
  • March 5 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
  • March 6 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
  • March 7 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
  • March 10 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena 
  • March 14 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center 
  • March 15 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center 
  • March 18 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
  • March 19 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
  • March 23 – Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena ~
  • March 24 – Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena ~
  • March 27 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at The BJCC ~
  • April 4 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena ~
  • April 5 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena ~
  • April 8 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum ~
  • April 15 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
  • April 16 –Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

~ Dates without J. Cole