Acclaimed rapper J. Cole is gearing up to hit the road. He will embark on the 34-date KOD Tour later this fall, Live Nation announced today.
The trek will begin August 9 in Miami and will run for two months straight before wrapping up October 10 in Boston. Nearly three dozen cities are listed on the itinerary, including New Orleans, Houston, Chicago, Nashville, San Diego, Minneapolis, and Atlanta. In addition, a pair of Canadian gigs are also scheduled in Toronto and Montreal. Young Thug is joining the tour in support.
The KOD Tour comes in support of J. Cole’s fifth studio album of the same name. It follows his 2016 Platinum-certified LP 4 Your Eyez Only, which shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 200. The rapper subsequently made history when all ten of the album’s tracks landed in the Billboard Top 40 upon its debut. He faced a similar level of success upon KOD‘s release last month. In its first week, the album garnered well over 300 million only streams, making J. Cole only the third artist in history to achieve such a feat. Lead single “KOD” also broke a streaming record when it earned 4.2 million streams in its opening day on Spotify, surpassing a previous record held by Taylor Swift for “Look What You Made Me Do.”
Prior to the tour’s launch, J. Cole will appear at the annual Summerfest Music Festival in Milwaukee, along with other top artists like Halsey, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Florida Georgia Line, James Taylor, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton and many more. He will then travel overseas to participate in a trio of European festivals and return to the U.S. to appear at Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival. Another major festival J. Cole is sure to be found at? His own. He recently revealed plans to launch the Dreamville Festival, named for the music label he founded, in his home state of North Carolina. A lineup is yet to be announced for the September 15 fest, set to take place in Raleigh at Dorothea Dix Park.
See full list of KOD Tour dates below and find J. Cole tickets here.
J. Cole – KOD Tour Dates
Aug. 9 – Miami, FL – AmericanAirlines Arena
Aug. 11 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Aug. 12 – Atlanta, GA – Infinite Energy Center
Aug. 14 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Aug. 15 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Aug. 17 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
Aug. 18 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Aug. 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
Aug. 22 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl SDSU
Aug. 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Aug. 29 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
Sept. 2 – Boise, ID – Taco Bell Arena
Sept. 4 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Sept. 5 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
Sept. 7 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
Sept. 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena
Sept. 10 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Sept. 12 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena
Sept. 13 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCC
Sept. 17 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Sept. 18 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
Sept. 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Sept. 21 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Sept. 22 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Sept. 23 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
Sept. 25 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
Sept. 26 – Hartford, CT – XL Center
Sept. 28 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
Oct. 1 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Oct. 4 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Oct. 5 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Oct. 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 8 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Oct. 10 – Boston, MA – TD Garden