Barbz, get those credit cards out — the mayor of Gag City is going on tour! On Monday, Live Nation announced Nicki Minaj‘s headline arena tour in support of Pink Friday 2, which arrived Friday, Nov. 8. The tour includes stops at festivals Rolling Loud California and Dreamville Festival.
Minaj will commence her tour in Oakland on March 1. She’ll stop in cities such as Phoenix, New Orleans, Atlanta, New York City, Washington, D.C., Columbus, Milwaukee, and Montreal, before closing the North American tour in Austin. The rapper will then head overseas for a series of shows in Europe in early June.
Tickets for the North American tickets go on sale to the general public on Dec. 15 at 9 a.m. local time. Citibank cardholders will have access to a presale starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. local time.
The tour will also offer VIP packages, including the Gag City Headquarters package, which includes a ticket in the first 10 rows, two drinks, a press-on nail station, photo backdrops, VIP merchandise, and a Call of Duty gaming station. (The package name is a reference to the AI world that Minaj’s fans created to promote the project.)
Minaj released Pink Friday 2 to mixed reviews. The LP features tracks such as “Let Me Calm Down” with J. Cole, “Needle” with Drake, and “Everybody” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. “Pink Friday 2 attempts to balance the expectations attached to naming itself after its groundbreaking 2010 predecessor with Minaj’s spirit of constant reinvention and confrontational persona,” Rolling Stone said in the review of the album.
It’s anticipated that Minaj will release four additional songs from the LP, including ones featuring Monica, Keyshia Cole, and 50 Cent.
Pink Friday 2 Tour Dates:
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 (and so on…)