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J. Cole Announces North American KOD Tour With Special Guest Young Thug

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J. Cole has announced that he’ll embark on a 34-date tour in support of his chart-topping new album KOD, with special guest Young Thug. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off in Miami, FL on August 9 and make stops across North America including Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and more, before wrapping in Boston, MA on October 10. See below for J. Cole’s full itinerary. Released via Dreamville with distribution through Roc Nation/Interscope Records, KOD arrived on April 20 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, marking J. Cole’s fifth consecutive #1 on the chart. Along with scoring the biggest streaming week for an album so far in 2018, KOD has earned the third-biggest streaming week for an album in all of chart history. The tour will be a can’t miss outing for fans of the highly praised and much discussed album.

Tickets for the KOD tour go on sale to the general public beginning Saturday, May 12 at 10 a.m. local time at www.dreamville.com and LiveNation.com.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, May 8 at 10 a.m. through Friday, May 11 at 10 p.m.

In addition, there will be a Spotify pre-sale beginning Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. local time and continuing through 10 p.m. that day.

Fans will also have the opportunity to gain early access to ticket pre-sales, beginning Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. EST, through purchase of KOD bundles at http://smarturl.it/KODStore.

The fifth studio album from J. Cole, KOD follows his critically acclaimed, platinum-selling 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only. In the week ending April 26, KOD sold 397k equivalent album units, while its songs amassed 322 million audio streams. That makes J. Cole only the third artist in history to surpass 300 million audio streams in its debut week—an achievement that’s especially remarkable considering that KOD only contains 12 songs.

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A North Carolina native, J. Cole was the first artist signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, which released his official debut Cole World: The Sideline Story in 2011. To date, he’s received five Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album (for 2014’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive). Arriving in December 2016, 4 Your Eyez Only debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and gained acclaim from outlets like the New York Times (who praised it as “spartan but sumptuous, emotionally acute but plain-spoken…one of the year’s most finely drawn [albums]”). 4 Your Eyez Only was J. Cole’s first release for Dreamville, the label he launched in 2007. Like all of J. Cole’s first four albums, it’s certified platinum.

Young Thug is a rapper and fashion icon who defies borders. He has close to 11 million monthly listeners on Spotify and his projects are critically acclaimed (4 received scores of 8 or higher on Pitchfork). Thug recently released his mixtape Super Slimy with Future and scored his first Billboard No. 1 on Camila Cabello’s ‘Havana’.

About Live Nation Entertainment Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

Tour dates:

Date City Venue
Aug 9 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
Aug 11 Tampa, FL Amelia Arena
Aug 12 Atlanta, GA Infinite Energy Center*
Aug 14 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Aug 15 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Aug 17 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Aug 18 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Aug 21 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena*
Aug 22 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl SDSU
Aug 24 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Aug 29 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Sep 2 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
Sep 4 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Sep 5 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Sep 7 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
Sep 8 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
Sep 10 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Sept 12 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena*
Sep 13 Birmingham, AL Legacy Arena at The BJCC
Sep 17 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Sep 18 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sep 19 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Sep 21 Detroit, MI Little Caesar’s Arena
Sep 22 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Sep 23 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Sep 25 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center
Sep 26 Hartford, CT XL Center
Sep 28 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
Oct 1 New York, NY Madison Square Garden*
Oct 4 Toronto Air Canada Centre

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Vanessa Mini Receives a Platinum Record

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The award-winning singer hits the US market with one of her best singles yet.

Vanessa Mini is an award-winning singer and songwriter based in Italy. Recently, she achieved a truly fantastic career milestone with her music. The gifted artist was awarded a platinum record, which is a fantastic accolade signaling the success of her recent release, “Ave Fénix,” which actually made it to number one on the US charts. This is truly fantastic, especially considering that Vanessa worked so hard to get to this point and to constantly explore new styles and expand her audience. She is a gifted artist who knows what it takes to make music with passion and integrity, and her consistency has definitely paid off. As an artist, she was able to combine great melodies with punchy production aesthetics that add to the power and appeal of her sound. This accolade is a remarkable testimony to the fact that Vanessa’s music is experiencing global recognition because when you break into the US market, it’s essentially an open door for everywhere else.

This is a powerful demonstration of what it means to make music with no compromise and with full artistic integrity while still retaining a catchy vibe. Her most recent release, “Ave Fénix,” has reached well over 43,000 streams on Spotify alone, and the song keeps moving forward, reaching more and more people. Vanessa is a particularly interesting artist because she is very versatile on tap. Although she is based in Italy, the song is actually sung in Spanish, which really lends a warm and unique vibe to the track. There’s always a “Caliente“ factor to singing in Spanish, especially when it comes to this kind of music, and Vanessa was definitely able to tap into that vibe seamlessly.

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