Sydney, AU (Universal
Music Australia) - The undisputed King of Hip Hop, Shawn 'JAY-Z' Carter kicked off his Global Express World Tour this weekend headlining the inaugural Coca-Cola Live Festival in Krakow, Poland on Saturday
September 9th.
The tour lasts over seven weeks and amongst other destinations visits UK, Holland, Turkey, Greece, several countries in west Africa, China, Thailand and culminates at the end of October with three shows in Australia. The Global Express Tour marks the first time a hip-hop artist has undertaken such a wide reaching international tour.
Following the show in Poland, JAY-Z moved onto Bratislava, Slovakia where a sold out house were treated to some of his standout cuts including '99 Problems', 'Hard Knock Life' and 'Encore'. JAY-Z is joined on stage for his performances by Roc-A-Fella's own Memphis Bleak, DJ Green Lantern and Lenny S.
JAY-Z has recently joined forces with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and MTV Networks to highlight the global water crisis and will film a special documentary 'The Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life' during the tour to be broadcast around the world by MTV in November.
Special guests on various legs of the tour will include artists from Def Jam Records roster, of which Shawn 'JAY-Z' Carter is President and CEO, including Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Rick Ross.
The tour is as follows:
Sat, Sept 9 Coca Cola SW Live Festival Krakow, Poland
Sun, Sept 10 Incheba Bratislava, Slovakia
Fri, Sept 15 Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, Holland
Sat, Sept 16 Maimarkthalle Mannheim, Germany
Sun, Sept 17 Refresh The Venue Istanbul, Turkey
Tues, Sept 19 Olympic Arena Athens, Greece
Thurs, Sept 21 MEN Arena Manchester, UK
Fri, Sept 22 SECC Glasgow, UK
Sat, Sept 23 NIA Birmingham, UK
Sun, Sept 24 Wembley Arena London, UK
Tues, Sept 26 The Point Dublin, Ireland
Wed, Sept 27 Royal Albert Hall London, UK
Fri, Sept 29 Zenith Paris, France
Sat, Sept 30 Fiera di Milano (MTV)Milan, Italy
Wed, Oct 4 Diamond Jubilee Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Fri, Oct 6 Accra Conference Center Accra, Ghana
Sat, Oct 7 Ocean View Lagos, Nigeria
Sun, Oct 8 Omnisport Stadium Liberville, Gabon
Mon, Oct 9 Cine Karl Marx Luanda, Angola
Wed, Oct 11 Belleville Velodrome Cape Town, South Africa
Fri, Oct 13 ABSA Stadium Outer Fields Durban, South Africa
Sat, Oct 14 Coca Cola Johannesburg, South Africa
Wed, Oct 18 BEC Tero Hall Bangkok, Thailand
Fri, Oct 20 Olympic, Gymnasium Seoul, Korea
Sat, Oct 21 Taipei Dome Taipei, Taiwan
Mon, Oct 23 Hong Kou Stadium Shanghai, China
Wed, Oct 25 Entertainment Centre Sydney, Australia
Thur, Oct 26 Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia
Sat, Oct 28 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia
