Nicki Minaj says she is working on taking her ‘Pink Friday 2’ World Tour to Africa and announced 13 Additional dates.
The news of the global arena tour comes as ‘Pink Friday 2’ becomes the fastest album by a female rapper to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.
On Friday a fan told Nicki that “it ain’t world tour if you don’t come to Africa,” to which she answered, “ok bars, we working on it babe.”
Live Nation reported that more than 25 dates are already sold out arena shows with over 30,000 tickets sold in New York City. The tour boasts nearly 40 dates, making it Nicki’s highest-selling tour to date according to the tout company.
The new dates include performances in Brooklyn, Chicago, and Nashville in the U.S., as well as international stops in cities such as Manchester, Paris, and Stockholm.
Presale tickets are currently available for Citi cardholders, and the general presale is scheduled to commence on Friday, January 19.
Pink Friday 2, released on December 8, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after selling more than 223,000 equivalent units in its first week. The album features collaborations with notable artists such as Drake, Lil Wayne, Skeng, Skillibeng, Future, and Lil Uzi Vert. The sequel to Nicki’s debut has already eligible for Platinum certification, with 100,000,000 equivalent album units sold in the US, including sales and streams from three previously-released singles: “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” “Super Freaky Girl,” and “Last Time I Saw You,” according to Chart Data.
Minaj has also broken Spotify’s record for the biggest debut of an album by a female Hip Hop artist, amassing an impressive 41 million streams in the first weekend alone.
The full schedule for the Pink Friday 2 World Tour:
- 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
- March 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
- March 15 – Inglewood, CA @ Rolling Loud California*
- March 18 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
- March 20 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
- March 21 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
- March 22 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
- March 24 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
- March 26 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
- March 28 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
- March 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
- March 30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
- April 1 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
- April 2 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
- April 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
- April 5 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
- April 7 – Raleigh, NC @ Dreamville Festival*
- April 8 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
- April 10 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
- April 12 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
- April 13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
- April 17 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
- April 18 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
- April 20 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
- April 24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
- April 25 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
- April 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
- April 30 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
- May 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
- May 9 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
- May 11 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
- May 12 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
- May 13 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
- May 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
- May 25 – Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live
- May 26 – Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena
- May 28 – London, UK @ The O2
- May 29 – Glasgow, Scotland @ OVO Hydro
- May 30 – Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live
- June 1 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena
- June 2 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
- June 4 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
- June 5 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
- June 7 – Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes Benz Arena
- June 9 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena
- June 11 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
- June 12 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Tele2 Arena
(* denotes festival date)
