LL Cool J to lead star-studded hip-hop 50th anniversary tour, including Detroit show
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Rapper LL Cool J will be joined by the Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Z-Trip and a revolving array of classic hip-hop stars for a North American tour that will include an Aug. 18 stop at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena.
Common, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Ice T and MC Lyte will also appear on the Detroit bill. (Rakim, originally announced for the Detroit show, is no longer part of the lineup.) A media release describes the show as “a nonstop musical mash up with artist performances interwoven within one continuous musical set backed by the Roots.” It follows a similar 50th anniversary musical salute at the Grammy Awards in February.
The F.O.R.C.E. Live tour, announced Tuesday, comes as the hip-hop world celebrates the genre’s 50th anniversary this year. It’s also LL Cool J’s first arena headlining outing in three decades.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, with several presale options from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday. Verizon customers and Citi cardholders will have access to presale tickets from noon today through 10 p.m. Thursday.
Other performers enlisted for select F.O.R.C.E live dates include Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Method Man & Redman, Big Boi, Juvenile, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, De La Soul, Goodie Mob, Jadakiss and Rick Ross.
LL Cool J and others, F.O.R.C.E. Live tour dates, 2023
June 25, Boston, TD Garden
June 27, Brooklyn, New York, Barclays Center
June 28, Newark, Prudential Center
June 29, Toronto, Scotiabank Arena
July 1, Baltimore, CFG Bank Arena
July 2, Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena
July 4, Atlanta, State Farm Arena
July 6, Hollywood, Florida, Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
July 8, Raleigh, North Carolina, PNC Arena
July 9, Charlotte, Spectrum Center
Aug. 12, Cleveland, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Aug. 13, Chicago, United Center
Aug. 18, Detroit, Little Caesars Arena
Aug. 19, St. Louis, Enterprise Center
Aug. 20, Indianapolis, Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Aug. 22, Memphis, FedEx Forum
Aug. 23, New Orleans, Smoothie King Center
Aug. 24, Ft. Worth, Texas, Dickies Arena
Aug. 25, Houston, Toyota Center
Aug. 27, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sandia Casino Amphitheater
Aug. 29, Denver, Ball Arena
Sept. 1, San Francisco, Chase Center
Sept. 2, Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sept. 3, Los Angeles, Kia Forum
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: LL Cool J's F.O.R.C.E tour to stop at LCA in Detroit
