THE COLLEGE EVENT OF THE YEAR KICKS OFF ON OCTOBER 9th AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- JAY-Z announced today that -- N.E.R.D, led by the phenomenal hit-makers and producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, Wale one of the brightest, innovative and heralded young rap stars of today, and J.Cole whose insightful and meaningful lyrical form brings promise of a new day in hip-hop, -- will join him throughout his North American tour. The Live Nation produced tour will make 24 stops at a mix of college campus arenas and traditional venues across North America starting at Penn State University on October 9th. Ticket and tour information for JAY-Z, N.E.R.D, Wale, and J.Cole is available at LiveNation.com. Dates, cities and venues for the JAY-Z Tour are below. Dates and venues are subject to change. Date City Venue Oct 09 State College, PA Penn State/Bryce Jordan Center Oct 10 Cincinnati, OH N Kentucky U/Bank of Kentucky Center Oct 13 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place Oct 14 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome Oct 15 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place Oct 16 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place Oct 17 Seattle, WA KeyArena Oct 21 Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan U/Convocation Center Oct 23 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (Powerhouse) Oct 24 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center Oct 25 Amherst, MA U of Mass/Mullins Center Oct 27 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena Oct 28 Columbus, OH Ohio State/ Value City Arena the Schottenstein Center Oct 29 London, ON John Labatt Centre Oct 30 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Oct 31 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Nov 01 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place Nov 07 Fresno, CA Fresno State/Save Mart Center Nov 12 Champaign, IL University of Illinois/Assembly Hall Nov 19 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum Nov 20 El Paso, TX U of Texas at El Paso/Don Haskins Ctr Nov 21 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena Nov 22 Austin, TX U of Texas at Austin/Frank Erwin Center *** More cities and dates to be announced soon. DATASOURCE: Live Nation CONTACT: Jana Fleishman, , for JAY-Z; or Liz Morentin of LIVE NATION, +1-310-975-6860, Web Site: http://www.livenation.com/

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