Jay-Z Fall Tour

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Jay-Z Fall Tour/The Blueprint 3 Tour
Continental tour by Jay-Z
LocationNorth America
Associated album
Start dateSeptember 9, 2009 (first leg), February 20, 2010 (second leg)
End dateNovember 22, 2009 (first leg), March 26, 2010 (second leg)
Legs2
No. of shows44
Jay-Z concert chronology

The Jay-Z Fall Tour 2009 was a concert tour by American rapper Jay-Z in support of his eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3 . The routing took the rap mogul to 18 cities in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, kicking off with a 9/11 benefit concert on September 9 in New York City and ending in Austin, Texas on November 22. [1] It was announced in November 2009 that dates would be added for 2010, with Trey Songz and Young Jeezy joining Jay-Z as opening acts. [2] The Jay-Z Fall Tour and its 2010 leg have also been referred to as The Blueprint 3 Tour.

Contents

Opening acts

Personnel

The Roc Boys

Set list

  1. "Run This Town"
  2. "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)"
  3. "U Don't Know"
  4. "Show Me What You Got"
  5. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
  6. "Jigga What, Jigga Who"
  7. "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
  8. "P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement)"
  9. "Heart of The City (Ain't No Love)"
  10. "Already Home" (w/ Trey Songz)
  11. "Empire State of Mind" (w/ Bridget Kelly)
  12. "So Ambitious" (w/ Pharrell)
  13. "Dirt off Your Shoulder"
  14. "A Star Is Born" (w/ J. Cole)
  15. "Thank You"
  16. "On to the Next One"
  17. "Venus vs. Mars"
  18. "Swagga Like Us"
  19. "Can I Get A..."
  20. "Big Pimpin'"
  21. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
  22. "Encore"
  23. "Young Forever"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [3]
September 9, 2009 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
October 1, 2009 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
October 10, 2009 Highland Heights The Bank of Kentucky Center
October 13, 2009 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
October 14, 2009 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
October 15, 2009 Kelowna Prospera Place
October 16, 2009 Vancouver General Motors Place
October 17, 2009 Seattle United States KeyArena
October 21, 2009 Ypsilanti Eastern Michigan University
October 22, 2009 Cleveland Wolstein Center
October 23, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
October 24, 2009 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center
October 25, 2009 Amherst Mullins Center
October 27, 2009 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
October 28, 2009 Columbus Schottenstein Center
October 29, 2009 London Canada John Labatt Centre
October 30, 2009 Montreal Bell Centre
October 31, 2009 Toronto Air Canada Centre
November 1, 2009 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
November 7, 2009 Fresno United States Save Mart Center
November 8, 2009 Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion
November 10, 2009 Austin Frank Erwin Center
November 12, 2009 Champaign Assembly Hall
February 20, 2010 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
February 22, 2010 Houston Toyota Center
February 23, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center
February 25, 2010 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
February 27, 2010 Atlanta Philips Arena
February 28, 2010 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Complex
March 2, 2010New York CityMadison Square Garden
March 3, 2010 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
March 5, 2010 Uncasville Mohegan Sun
March 6, 2010 East Rutherford Izod Center
March 7, 2010 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
March 11, 2010 Boston TD Garden
March 12, 2010 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 14, 2010 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 16, 2010 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
March 18, 2010 Chicago United Center
March 19, 2010 St. Louis Scottrade Center
March 20, 2010 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
March 22, 2010 Denver Pepsi Center
March 24, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion
March 26, 2010Los Angeles Staples Center
Cancelled dates

The following dates have been canceled by tour promoter Live Nation, due to "an unforeseen scheduling conflict." [4]

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