Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Live Nation) Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias, pop music superstars who have shaped pop music for more than a decade, have announced they will come together for the touring event of the summer. Combined they share countless awards, hit albums, hit singles and are known around the world for being two of the most captivating and successful entertainers of all time with their extraordinary live shows. The announcement comes today, the official release day of Spears' highly acclaimed seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. The Live Nation produced tour is scheduled to begin on June 17th in Sacramento.
Tickets go on sale April 9th in San Jose, CA; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Miami, FL; Detroit, MI; Uniondale, NY; East Rutherford, NJ; and Toronto, ON. Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Additional on sale dates will be announced soon. The once in a lifetime event will make a 26 date trek through top arenas across North America.
CitiΒ cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets through Citi's Private PassΒ Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
"Till The World Ends" is the recently released second single from Spears' new pop epic Femme Fatale and the follow up to the smash debut single, "Hold It Against Me," which has sold more than a million copies. "Hold It Against Me" also debuted at number one on both the Hot 100 Singles and Hot Digital Songs Charts, it currently ranks No 1 on the digital singles charts in 20 markets globally and is the No 1 video on MTV and VH1 in the U.S.
During her 12-year career, Spears has had five albums debutΒ in theΒ No. 1Β positionΒ onΒ Billboard'sΒ Top 200 Albums chartΒ and she's hadΒ 24 Top 40 hits on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart.Β Globally, Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of theΒ past decade,Β dominating charts with her albums, selling an astonishing 67 million albums worldwide. Her previous albums include:Β Baby One More Time (1999);Β Oops!... I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007); Circus (2008);Β and The Singles Collection (2009).Β
Iglesias is in the midst of an acclaimed European tour in support of his latest hit album, Euphoria, where he has performed to dancing and singing crowds at every stop, and recently received an astounding 14 Billboard Latin Music Awards nominations. Mega-platinum recording artist Enrique Iglesias recently made history with the most No. 1's on the Billboard Dance Chart by a male artist, surpassing Prince and Michael Jackson with his double-platinum-selling single "Tonight" featuring Ludacris, his eighth single to reach No 1 on Billboard's Dance chart. Enrique also made headlines by simultaneously hitting No. 1 on both the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Chart (with "Tonight") and the Latin Charts (with "No Me Digas Que No" featuring Wisin and Yandel). Both tracks appear on Euphoria, a star-studded affair featuring guest appearances by Akon, Juan Luis Guerra, Nicole Scherzinger, Usher and Wisin & Yandel and produced by RedOne (Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige), Mark Taylor (Nelly Furtado, Britney Spears) and Enrique's long-time collaborator, Carlos Paucar. It's the first Enrique Iglesias album to feature songs in both Spanish and English.
With more than 58 million copies sold worldwide, 23 Billboard No. 1's, unbeatable records, countless awards and thousands of sold-out concerts around the planet, Iglesias continues to be one of the most successful artists in modern music.
BRITNEY SPEARS AND ENRIQUE IGLESIAS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES | |
June 17 | Sacramento, CA | Power Balance Pavilion | |
June 18 | San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion | |
June 20 | Los Angeles, CA | Staples Center | |
June 24 | Anaheim, CA | Honda Center | |
June 25 | Las Vegas, NV | MGM Grand | |
June 28 | Portland, OR | Rose Garden Arena | |
June 29 | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Dome | |
July 1 | Vancouver, BC | Rogers Arena | |
July 4 | Winnipeg, MB | MTS Centre | |
July 6 | St. Paul, MN | Xcel Center | |
July 8 | Chicago, IL | United Center | |
July 12 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center | |
July 13 | Houston, TX | Toyota Center | |
July 15 | New Orleans, LA | New Orleans Arena | |
July 17 | Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena | |
July 20 | Orlando, FL | Amway Center | |
July 22 | Miami, FL | American Airlines Arena | |
July 26 | Cleveland, OH | Quicken Loans Arena | |
July 28 | Detroit, MI | Palace of Auburn Hills | |
July 30 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center | |
July 31 | Washington, DC | Verizon Center | |
August 2 | Uniondale, NJ | Nassau Coliseum | |
August 5 | East Rutherford, NJ | Izod Center | |
August 8 | Boston, MA | TD Garden | |
August 11 | Montreal, QC | Bell Centre | |
August 13 | Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre | |
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Additional dates to be announced soon. Complete ticket and tour information is available at BritneySpears.com, EnriqueIglesias.com or LiveNation.com.
