The final numbers are in for Lil Wayne 's 2008-2009 North American touring, and it looks like the rapper will have the highest grossing hip-hop tour of the year -- and the most lucrative rap jaunt that Billboard has ever tracked.
Seventy-eight Lil Wayne headlining arena and amphitheater concerts in North America from Dec. 14, 2008, through Sept. 6, 2009, grossed approximately $42 million and drew nearly 804,000 fans, according to Lil Wayne tour producer and tour business manager Shawn Gee, who also serves as president of music and entertainment at Sports & Entertainment Financial Group.
"It's definitely one of the biggest in the last couple of years," Gee tells Billboard.biz, noting that Haymon Events/Live Nation was the exclusive tour promoter for all of the shows. "Our plan was to prove that Wayne was a viable headlining arena artist."
Tue 09/01/09 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Wed 09/02/09 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater Thu 09/03/09 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion At Riverbend Fri 09/04/09 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Sun 09/06/09 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
According to the Canadian music website Canoe, Lil Wayne has canceled his 2 shows in Vancouver and Edmonton August 17 and 18 because of an undisclosed illness?
Well, either way the America's Most Wanted Tour with Lil Wayne and others forges on...in the U.S.A.:
August 20 - Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre August 22 - Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 23 - Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center August 24 - Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre August 27 - Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Theme Park Resort August 28 - Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center August 29 - Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre August 30 - Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre September 1 - Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center September 2 - Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater September 3 - Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion At Riverbend September 4 - Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre September 6 - Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
America's Most Wanted Tour continues: August 17 - Vancouver, BC GM Place August 18 - Edmonton, AB Rexall Place August 20 - Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre August 22 - Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 23 - Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center August 24 - Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre August 27 - Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Theme Park Resort August 28 - Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center August 29 - Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre August 30 - Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre September 1 - Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center September 2 - Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater September 3 - Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion At Riverbend September 4 - Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre September 6 - Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
(live show review courtesy of the L.A. Times) (video courtesy of Rap Basement, cbrunt, thaprincessbaby, IversonG and theworm1212)
