Jay Z Announces North American Tour

Something’s afoot. Fair enough: The good-natured rivalry between Kanye West and Jay-Z isn’t some inside secret, but this takes the biscuit.

Earlier today Kanye West announced his live return - his first solo tour in 5 years - with Kendrick Lamar getting in on the action.

Jay Z’s responded pretty quickly by announcing date of his own for the ‘Magna Carta’ tour. He isn’t requiring any special guests, either.

Tickets for the shows go on sale on 12th September - that’s a day before people dive into their pockets for the ‘Yeezus’ tour tickets. Clever.

Spanning three months and starting in November, here are those dates:

NOVEMBER
30 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center

DECEMBER
01 Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena
02 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
06 Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
07 San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center
09 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
10 Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
11 San Jose, CA - SAP Center at San Jose
13 Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
18 Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena
19 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
20 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
21 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
27 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
28 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena

JANUARY
02 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - BB&T Center
04 Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
05 Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
08 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
09 Chicago, IL - United Center
10 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
12 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
13 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
16 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
17 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
18 Boston, MA - TD Garden
19 Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
21 Pittsburgh, PA - CONSOL Energy Center
22 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
24 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
27 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
29 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
30 Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center
31 State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center