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March 4th, 2010JAY-Z: The BP3 TOUR
February 26th, 2010
The BP3 Tour has stopped in several cities nationally since it begun last week. The concert dates have been packed by fans who have come out to see Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and Trey Songz! Be sure to look out for The BP3 Tour in your city. Here are the remaining dates:
Mar 02 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Mar 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Mar 05 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Mar 06 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
Mar 07 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Mar 11 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mar 12 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Mar 13 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Casino
Mar 14 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Mar 18 Chicago, IL United Center
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
JAY-Z WINS ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL’ MALE AT THE BRITS 2010
February 18th, 2010
Congratulations to Jay-Z on winning “Best International” Male at The Brits 2010!
Check out his acceptance speech and performance below:
Performance:
Jay-Z To Headline “Wireless” Sponsored by Barclaycard!
February 15th, 2010
UK Fans! Jay-Z is scheduled to headline “Wireless Sponsored by Barclaycard” on July 4th, 2010! Tickets go on sale on 2/18 and you can purchase them here!
Check out the official press release below:
“Monday 15 February: Live Nation is pleased to announce that music megastar JAY-Z will make a triumphant return to the UK this summer to headline Wireless sponsored by Barclaycard, in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday 4 July 2010. This will be a chance to catch up with the UK’s Mr Hudson, who featured on his smash hit single ‘Young Forever’ and will also perform at Wireless the same day.
JAY-Z and Mr Hudson are the latest acts confirmed for Wireless. They join Friday night headliner P!NK, who will be supported by THE TING TINGS, GOSSIP and newly announced Australian rockers THE TEMPER TRAP. With more acts yet to be confirmed for the three-day event, taking place on 2, 3 and 4 July, Wireless looks set to be one of summer’s hottest tickets.
Ahead of Wireless, JAY-Z will play Manchester’s MEN Arena on Monday 7 June and the LG Arena in Birmingham on Wednesday 9 June. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday 19 February at 9am.
JAY-Z is nominated for two Brit Awards at this year’s 30th Anniversary ceremony, taking place at Earls Court Arena on 16 February. The Empire State Of Mind hit-maker is nominated in the Best Male Solo Artist category and Best International Album for the critically acclaimed – THE BLUEPRINT 3, featuring the UK chart-topping ‘Run This Town’ with Rihanna and Kanye West and the phenomenal smash hits, ‘Empire State Of Mind,’ ‘D.O.A (Death Of Auto-Tune) and ‘Young Forever’ featuring 2009’s Q Award winner for ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ Mr Hudson.
All this comes hot on the heels of JAY-Z winning an MTV European Music Award for Best Urban Act, as well as notching up three Grammy awards at this years star-studded ceremony in LA.
Multi-Award winner, JAY-Z is the music-producing mastermind behind some of the biggest selling, most listened-to tracks of 2009. In America, THE BLUEPRINT 3 debuted at the top of the Billboard chart selling over 475,000 copies in the first week. With that grand entry, his 11th chart-topper, JAY-Z surpassed Elvis Presley as the solo act with the most # 1 albums in the history of Billboard.
Fresh from his US tour and these two newly announced UK shows in June, JAY-Z is sure to pull out all the stops to close the sixth consecutive Wireless Festival in spectacular style.
For new additions to the line up and more info go to www.wirelessfestival.co.uk ”
Jay-Z To Perform At The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival!
February 10th, 2010
Jay-Z is scheduled to perform at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival! The 2010 Music & Arts Festival starts June 10th thorugh the 13th in Manchester, TN. For more information and tickets, visit the event’s official site here!
Download “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” on iTunes
January 27th, 2010
Photo Credit: Dave M. Benett/MTV, via Reuters
Download the Hope For Haiti Now Album Here.
“Album Notes: 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the album Hope For Haiti Now and any of its individual live performance tracks will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners In Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yele Haiti Foundation. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the individual studio track, “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)- Version 1.0,” featuring Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge, and Rihanna, will benefit Partners In Health.”
Jay-Z To Perform On “Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief”
January 21st, 2010
“Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” today announced the addition of new musical artists and celebrity participants to its lineup. “Hope for Haiti Now” will air on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT.
Newly added performers Beyonce in London, Madonna in New York City, and Haitian artist Emeline Michel in Los Angeles will join the previously announced lineup: Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in London.
In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, “Hope for Haiti Now” will feature President Bill Clinton, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jon Stewart, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Will Smith with Muhammad Ali, and more than one hundred of the biggest names in film, television, and music.
“Hope for Haiti Now” will begin accepting donations at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT on Friday, January 22 via the following methods:
* Online: www.hopeforhaitinow.org
* Phone: 877-99-HAITI
* Text: Text “GIVE” to 50555
* Mail: Hope For Haiti Now Fund, Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West 5th Street, Suite T-700, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Music performances from “Hope for Haiti Now” will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes® Store. Beginning on Friday, iTunes customers will be able to exclusively pre-order both the “Hope for Haiti Now” full performance album ($7.99) and the full two-hour video telecast ($1.99). Pre-orders will be delivered in the days following the telethon. Individual audio performances will also be available for purchase and download for $.99 cents each in the days following the telethon. Apple, the record labels and the artists will donate their share of the proceeds to Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.
“Hope for Haiti Now” performances will also be available for purchase on AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody, with distribution provided by INgrooves. Proceeds from those purchases will also benefit Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.
“Hope for Haiti Now,” will benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, Yele Haiti Foundation, and the newly formed Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from “Hope for Haiti Now” will be split among each organization’s individual funds for Haiti earthquake relief. With the exception of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, each partner organization was selected for its history of operation and collaboration within the NGO community in Haiti.
“Hope for Haiti Now” will air across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Espanol, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic. The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide. “Hope for Haiti Now” will be available non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV Radio Network and Westwood One.
Based on production needs and venue sizes, all “Hope for Haiti Now” studio locations will be closed to the media. Photos, pool video footage and talent interviews from “Hope for Haiti Now” will be serviced to news outlets immediately following the event.
“Hope for Haiti Now” is produced by Joel Gallen and Tenth Planet Productions, in collaboration with Viacom’s MTV Networks and George Clooney.
JAY-Z NOMINATED FOR 2 ‘BRIT AWARDS’
January 19th, 2010
Congrats to Jay-Z on his Brit Awards nominations!
‘Best Male Solo Artist’
‘Best International Album’
He is also confirmed to perform at the ceremony, which takes place next month at Earls Court Arena, London on February 16.
Other performances include Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole, Kasabian, JLS, Lilly Allen, Dizzee Rascal and Robbie Williams.
Jay-Z Covers Interview Magazine!
January 14th, 2010
Jay-Z cover’s Interview Magazine!
Check out an excerpt from the interview:
“It would probably be a cliché to state that Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is the opposite of the all-beef persona he proffers in song and video, but he is soft-spoken and polite. As he finishes his lunch at the Brooklyn studio where we did the photo shoot for this story, he asks for something to drink. “Snapple, I guess,” he says. “Bring me something red with that excess verbiage on the label. Although,” he laughs. “I guess that could be any of ’em.” He pays the kind of attention that’s reflected in his lyric choices.”
View the full interview here!
Be sure to pick it up on news stands!
Jay-Z Announces Additional BP3 North American Tour Dates Including Hometown MSG Appearance On March 2nd!
January 11th, 2010
LOS ANGELES, CA – January 11, 2009 – After a stellar 2009, surpassing Elvis as the solo artist with the most # 1 albums, scoring a # 1 single with the anthemic “Empire State Of Mind” with Alicia Keys, performing during the World Series at Yankee Stadium, winning American Music Awards, sitting down with Oprah and staging a sold out 2009 tour, JAY-Z has added dates for his BP3 2010 North American tour. JAY-Z will make a triumphant hometown appearance on March 2nd when he returns to Madison Square Garden with a performance that is sure to galvanize New York City fans. He has also added a date at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville on March 5th. It was also announced today that R&B singer Trey Songz will join JAY-Z and Grammy-nominated rapper Young Jeezy on the nationwide tour. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale at LiveNation.com beginning on Friday, January 15th, with all other dates on sale now.
Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the New York City date beginning on January 12th at 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. For the Madison Square Garden show, Citi® cardmembers will also have access to VIP Ticket Packages that include VIP Lounge seats, personal concierge, a private pre-show VIP party and more.
“Jay-Z is the greatest rapper alive. Anyone who was in attendance at his sold-out Key Arena concert Saturday night can attest to that fact. Hova, Young Hov, Jigga, Hovito, whatever you call him Shawn Carter is on top of the rap game and there were no signs of him stepping down any time soon during his career-spanning two-hour show.”
Seattle Post Intelligencer (KeyArena Review), October 19, 2009
The 2009 North American tour, a mix of 26 colleges and arenas, featured sold out dates including Pennsylvania State’s Bryce Center, UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, Northern Kentucky University’s Bank of Kentucky, Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center, and the University of Massachusetts’ Mullins Center as well as, the KeyArena in Seattle, Kelowna British Columbia’s Prospera Place, Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center, Providence’s Dunkin’ Donuts Center and Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Arena.
For complete ticket, tour and on sale information visit LiveNation.com.
JAY-Z BP3 TOUR 2010
Feb 20 Sunrise, FL Bank Atlantic Center
Feb 22 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Feb 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Feb 25 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Feb 27 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Feb 28 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Mar 02 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Mar 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Mar 05 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Mar 06 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
Mar 07 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Mar 11 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mar 12 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Mar 13 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Casino
Mar 14 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Mar 18 Chicago, IL United Center
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Pre-sale tickets are available to members of the Jay-Z fan community on Jan 12th at 10AM and customers buying tickets in the presale or public sale can add the “Empire State Of Mind” t-shirt bundle which comes with an exclusive MP3 of the new anthem performed at Madison Square Garden as part of Jay-Z’s “Answer The Call” charity concert. Join the Jay-Z Fan Community here!
