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Jay-Z & Kanye West Forms A Group “The Throne,” Announce US Tour Dates

As the release date draws near for Kanye West and Jay-Z’s album Wathc The Throne, the duo have announced an upcoming North American tour in the fall under the group name “The Throne.”

The tour kicks off on September 22nd at Detroit, Michigan’s Palace of Auburn Hills, with stops in major cities including New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California, respectively. The venture wraps up at Boston, Massachusetts’ TD Garden on November 3rd.

Fans can buy pre-sale tickets on sale July 28th at 10 a.m. EST. Fans can RSVP to their local gig to get early access to the pre-sale password, while general tickets go on sale on August 8th.

See tour dates and Otis Readings daughter weighing in on the track Otis on next page.

In the meantime Otis Redding’s daughter, Karla Redding-Andrews, is weighing in on Jay and West’s collaboration Otis.

“We first heard about the song in early July, end of June. Concord Music Group has the masters and Bill Belmont and Michele Smith from Concord brought it to us. There was a back and forth about whether the name of the song would be “Otis” or “Otis Redding”. And we just wanted to make sure lyrics and references in the song worked with the legacy of my father. To have two current, legendary artists use the legendary music of Otis Redding-we were quite honored.”

Listen to Kanye West and Jay-Z “Otis” here

See list of tour dates on next page.

Kanye West and Jay-Z “The Throne” tour dates below

9/22/11 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills

9/24/11 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre

9/25/11 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

9/27/11 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center

9/28/11 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center

9/29/11 Washington DC Verizon Center

10/4/11 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

10/6/11 Chicago, IL United Center

10/7/11 Chicago, IL United Center

10/8/11 Minneapolis, MN Target Center

10/10/11 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

10/13/11 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome

10/14/11 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

10/16/11 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion

10/17/11 Sacramento, CA Power Balance Pavilion

10/19/11 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

10/20/11 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

10/21/11 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

10/25/11 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

10/26/11 Houston, TX Toyota Center

10/29/11 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena

10/30/11 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum

11/1/11 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena

11/3/11 Boston, MA TD Garden