Beyoncé: Doing It Big for Summer Tour
Beyoncé: Doing It Big for Summer Tour; Extended Vegas Run Planned
Hate it or love it, when Beyoncé is ready to bring a show – she brings it!
It’s been two years since her last solo go ’round and the former Destiny’s Child front-woman is now busy prepping for her latest outing, which is guaranteed to be a major production.
Backed by her all-female band, the 22-date trek will kick off on June 21 in her husband, Jay-Z’s hometown of New York City and at one of the world’s most famous stages, Madison Square Garden, followed by dates in Washington, DC, Philly and Atlanta, among others.
The Houston native was long announced as one of the main stage headliners at the 15th Anniversary of the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 3. Some of the annual festival’s other performers include Anita Baker, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Maxwell, Ledisi, Teena Marie and her baby sister Solange. Following that stop, she’ll wind up at cities all around the country before ending her run with a four-day stint at the Encore theater at the Wynn Las Vegas. (Confirmed tour dates below)
Beyoncé’s Fan Club will get first dibs on purchasing tickets for the ‘I Am’ tour on April 20 and the general public can get their hands on tickets on April 25.
Since it’s a recession, Beyoncé is being kind enough to make 2000 seats at each venue available for $20.
In addition, her Survivor Foundation is also partnering with Show Your Helping Hand, a national hunger relief campaign, to allow concert-goers to donate food along the way.
For weeks, the multiple Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter has made her presence felt via promotional commercials for her new movie ‘Obsessed,’ where she stars opposite ‘The Wire’s’ Idris Elba. The Will Packer-produced thriller arrives in theaters April 24. All the while, she’s been traveling abroad perfecting her new ‘I Am’ show – a nod to her latest platinum-plus album ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce.’
Pictures have surfaced on the Internet of Beyoncé on-stage in her new Thierry Mugler-designed regalia. (The world-renowned designer has crafted 71 outfits for this jaunt and early looks at the clothes alone prove that Bey — as she is often referred to as — is surely bringing out her alter-ego Sasha Fierce in a way that her fans will surely appreciate.)
Beyoncé ‘I Am’ North American Tour Dates:
June 21 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden
June 24 Washington DC Verizon Center
June 26 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
June 27 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
June 29 Ft Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
July 1 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
July 3 New Orleans, LA Superdome (Essence Music Festival)
July 4 Houston, TX Toyota Center
July 5 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
July 7 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
July 9 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
July 10 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
July 11 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
July 13 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
July 16 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
July 17 Chicago, IL United Center
July 18 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
July 23 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
July 30 through August 2 Las Vegas, NV Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
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