LL Cool J has curated a line-up of special tours celebrating hip-hop culture featuring The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Z-Trip, along with specific acts like Queen Latifah, Salt-n-Pepa, Big Boi and Bone. We have a special guest in town. Thugs-N-Harmony, Common, De La Soul and more. Presented by Rock The Bells and Live Nation Urban, “The FORCE (Frequency of Real Creative Energy) Live” is LL Cool J’s first headline tour of his arena in 30 years.
Real creative energy says it all. This is no ordinary show. According to the announcement, the show will be “a non-stop musical mashup that interweaves the artist’s performances within his one continuous musical set, anchored by The Roots.”
A list of rotating special guests in select cities includes Rakim, MC Lyte, Method Man & Redman, Ice T, Juvenile, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Goodie Mob, Jadakiss, Rick Ross and more.
“We are thrilled to be participating in our first arena tour in 30 years,” LL Cool J said in a statement. “This is proof that our culture is more viable than ever. Get ready for non-stop beats and rhymes. See you this summer!”
The trek begins June 25th at Boston’s TD Garden. Stops include Brooklyn, Barclays Center in New York, Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Toyota Center in Houston, Chase Center in San Francisco, MGM in Las Vegas Includes the Grand Garden Arena. The last confirmed show is September 3rd at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.
That said, the announcement declares: Please keep an eye out for more. ”
Following the pre-sale, the general sale began on Friday, April 28th at 10am local time.
Tour schedule
6/25 TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
6/27 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
6/28 Newark Prudential Center, NJ
6/29 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
7/1 CFG Bank Arena Baltimore, MD
7/2 Washington DC Capital One Arena
7/4 Atlanta State Farm Arena, Georgia
7/6 Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
7/8 PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC
7/9 Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
8/12 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, Ohio
8/13 Chicago, Illinois United Center
8/18 Detroit, Michigan Little Caesars Arena
8/19 St. Louis, Missouri Enterprise Center
8/20 Indianapolis, Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
8/22 Memphis, Tennessee FedEx Forum
8/23 New Orleans, Louisiana Smoothie King Center
8/24 feet.Worth Dickies Arena, Texas
8/25 Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
8/27 Albuquerque, New Mexico Sandia Casino Amphitheater
8/29 Denver, Colorado Ball Arena
9/1 San Francisco Chase Center, California
9/2 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
9/3 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA
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