LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) – After igniting a twitter frenzy following her arena tour announcement, the official dates for Grammy-nominated Iggy Azalea’s The Great Escape Tour, presented by AEG Live, have been announced. The Great Escape Tour will travel across North America, beginning April 14th in Fresno, CA and make stops in Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Toronto, and Chicago before wrapping in Austin, TX on May 24. Joining Iggy on tour will be multi-talented recording artist and actor, Nick Jonas as special guest. In addition, also joining as support acts are R&B/Hip-Hop favorites Tinashe and DJ Wizz Kidd.
After years of honing her signature style on hip-hop’s underground circuit, Iggy Azalea burst onto the charts with her critically acclaimed debut album, The New Classic, and emerged as the breakout story of 2014, with one of the year’s most-streamed albums globally. Iggy is the first international female rapper to reach number one on both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Album Charts, and has been nominated for four 2015 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for ‘Fancy’ featuring Charlie XCX. ‘Fancy’ broke airplay records and made history as the longest-leading #1 by a female rapper, also making Iggy the first artist since The Beatles to rank at #1 and #2 simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits. ‘Fancy’ stormed the charts this year sitting at #1 for seven consecutive weeks, is currently certified 4x times platinum, was named Billboard’s 2014 Song of the Summer, iTunes Best Song of 2014, the year’s most-streamed song on Spotify, and the most-watched music video on VEVO. Iggy was also featured on Ariana Grande’s certified 4x platinum Billboard Top 40 #1 smash, ‘Problem,’ which won ‘Best Pop Video’ at the 2014 MTV VMAs. Iggy’s new single, ‘Black Widow,’ featuring Rita Ora, has already gone double platinum and reached #1 on Billboard’s Top 40 Airplay Chart.
In addition to her recent Grammy nominations, Iggy has been nominated for six American Music Awards and won both this year’s favorite Rap/Hip-Hop artist and favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, nine MTV Video Music Awards, was Billboard’s Women in Music 2014 Chart Topper, and countless other awards and accolades. She has performed on the biggest stages on TV, including Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ellen and more.
Tour Dates:
Tuesday, April 14 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Thursday, April 16 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Arena
Friday, April 17 Oakland, CA The Oracle Arena
Sunday, April 19 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena
Tuesday, April 21 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
Thursday, April 23 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
Saturday, April 25 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Monday, April 27 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Thursday, April 30 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Friday, May 1 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
Saturday, May 2 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Sunday, May 3 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Wednesday, May 6 Boston, MA TD Garden
Thursday, May 7 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Friday, May 8 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sunday, May 10 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Tuesday, May 12 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Wednesday, May 13 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
Friday, May 15 Orlando, FL Amway Center
Saturday, May 16 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
Tuesday, May 19 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Friday, May 22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Saturday, May 23 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Sunday, May 24 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
–by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
