June 21
J. Cole Announces Special Guests Anderson .Paak, Bas, J.I.D, and Ari Lennox to Join "4 Your Eyez Only" Tour
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Los Angeles, CA (June 21, 2017) Multi-platinum-selling artist J. Cole has formally announced special guests Anderson .Paak, Bas, J.I.D, and Ari Lennox will join him on a variety of upcoming North American stops for his “4 Your Eyez Only” world tour . The in-demand run started off with thirteen intimate U.S. shows and will continue on to larger Live Nation arenas in North America and the U.K. starting July 6. J. Cole will visit fans at Infinite Energy Arena on August 11th.
Cole is adding members of his Dreamville Records family to the tour including Bas, J.I.D, and Ari Lennox. Bas rose to prominence with a duo of mixtapes, Quarter Water Raised Me and Quarter Water Raised Me II. In 2016 he released the album Too High to Riot which includes a special guest appearance from Cole and debuted on the Billboard 200. Following his successful EP DiCaprio, East Atlanta rapper J.I.D premiered his first album The Never Story this past spring. Ari Lennox most recently debuted PHO, a soulful 7 track EP. Anderson. Paak will also join the tour on stops starting in mid-July. He released his long awaited second solo album Malibu at the beginning of 2016 to critical acclaim and the debut studio album Yes Lawd! as half of the duo NxWorries dropped last fall.
J. Cole’s Platinum-certified album 4 Your Eyez Only debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in December, with ten of its tracks hitting the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The "4 Your Eyez Only Tour" follows his 2015 "Forest Hills Drive Tour," the highest-selling hip-hop tour of that year.
Upcoming dates for the “4 Your Eyez Only” Tour:
7/6/17 *Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
7/8/17 *Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
7/9/17 *Anaheim, CA Honda Center
7/11/17 *Los Angeles, CA The Forum
7/12/17 *Los Angeles, CA The Forum
7/14/17 ^Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
7/15/17 *Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
7/17/17 +Seattle, WA Key Arena
7/18/17 **Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
7/21/17 *St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
7/23/17 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
7/24/17 **Chicago, IL United Center
7/25/17 **Chicago, IL United Center
7/28/17 **Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
7/29/17 **Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
8/1/17 **Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
8/2/17 **Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
8/4/17 *Boston, MA TD Garden
8/5/17 **Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8/6/17 +Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
8/8/17 **Washington, DC Verizon Center
8/9/17 +Charlotte, MC Spectrum Center
8/11/17 **Duluth, GA Infinite Energy Arena
8/14/17 *Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
8/16/17 **Orlando, FL Amway Center
8/18/17 **Houston, TX Toyota Center
8/19/17 **Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
8/20/17 **Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
9/29/17 Copenhagen Denmark Tap1
9/30/17 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
10/1/17 Stockholm, Sweden Annexet
10/3/17 Cologne, Germany Palladium
10/5/17 Amsterdam, Holland Ziggo Dome
10/6/17 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
10/7/17 Offenbach, Germany Stadthalle Offenbach
10/9/17 Zurich, Switzerland Samsung Hall
10/10/17 Paris, France Le Zénith Paris- La Villette
10/12/17 Nottingham, UK Motorpoint Arena
10/14/17 Birmingham, UK Barclaycard Arena
10/15/17 London, UK The O2 Arena
10/18/17 Dubin, Ireland 3Arena
10/20/17 Cardiff, UK Motorpoint Arena
10/21/17 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
10/22/17 Leeds, UK First Direct Arena
12/1/17 Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena
12/2/17 Brisbane, Australia Riverstage
12/5/17 Sydney, Australia Hordern Pavillion
12/6/17 Melbourne, Australia Margaret Court Arena
12/9/17 Perth, Australia HBF Stadium
*With Ari Lennox, J.I.D, and Bas
^With Ari Lennox and J.I.D
+With Ari Lennox, J.I.D, and Anderson .Paak
**With Ari, J.I.D, Bas, and Anderson .Paak