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Rap legend Ice Cube hits the road with his Truth to Power tour along with new music
Ice Cube in Denver kicking off his Truth to Power Tour. Photo credit: Marc Wood/TreMedia
By Sherlene Shanklin
The Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude Tour is underway with no other than hip-hop legend Ice Cube. The tour is all about celebrating 40 years of creating groundbreaking music and becoming of the most influencers of the culture.
Ice Cube’s iconic career is admired by many and the open of the tour in Denver set the standard that fans all over the U.S. will experience when he makes a stop in your city. Performing some of his biggest hits and fan favorites. Imagine singing along to “It Was a Good Day,” “Check Yo Self,” and “You Can Do It,” alongside new material including “Before Hip Hop” and tracks from his new album Man Up.
The tour started in Denver, Colorado on September 16th and scheduled to end October 17th in Houston, TX.
Tickets available at icecube.com/tour
ICE CUBE — “TRUTH TO POWER: 4 DECADES OF ATTITUDE” TOUR DATES:
· Tue Sep 16 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
· Wed Sep 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center
· Fri Sep 19 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
· Sat Sep 20 – Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
· Mon Sep 22 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
· Thu Sep 25 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
· Sat Sep 27 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
· Sun Sep 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
· Tue Sep 30 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
· Thu Oct 02 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
· Sat Oct 04 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center
· Mon Oct 06 – Chicago, IL – United Center
· Wed Oct 08 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena
· Thu Oct 09 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
· Sun Oct 12 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
· Tue Oct 14 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
· Thu Oct 16 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
· Fri Oct 17 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Travis Scott announces 2024 tour schedule and Louisville, KY made the list
The411: In 2023, Travis Scott’s Utopia -Circus Maximus Tour was very successful. The hip-hop artist announced that he will be adding Louisville, KY to his 2024 tour. Save the date of Monday, February 5, 2024, at the KFC Yum Center. (Rescheduled from January 3, 2024).
Scott was nominated for BEST RAP ALBUM nomination for the 2024 GRAMMY® Awards which will be held on Sunday, February 4, 2024. Just a day before his Louisville show.
Louisville is one of only 11 cities announced for the second leg of the tour.
Two dollars from every ticket sold will go to Cactus Jack Foundation which is a 501(c)3 with a mission to uplift Houston youth through toy drives, scholarship programs to HBCU college students, and fulfilling expenses for education and creative endeavors.
UTOPIA finds Travis Scott at the height of his powers as a performer, songwriter, producer, and collaborator proving once again that nobody sounds like Travis. It continues to enshrine him as the culture’s foremost sonic innovator and has been heralded as ‘album of the decade.’ The album held strong at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 for four consecutive weeks, spent seven weeks in the top 5 and more than ten weeks in the top 10. It has garnered over 2.7 billion streams globally to date. Additionally, Spotify named UTOPIA the most streamed album in its first day for 2023, and Apple Music confirmed the second biggest first day streams of an album in 2023. UTOPIA is available at shop.travisscott.com, alongside five unique album covers as a part of vinyl, CD and merchandise box sets.
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The VIPP Report: Ball N’ Out is common for Rupp Arena but Wild N’ Out takes over in March
There’s some shows that you just can’t turn away from. I’m surfing the channels and I always have to stop on MTV’s Wild N’ Out. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable when it comes to pop culture but I literally learn something new every time I watch that show. It’s a rap and comedy battle on steroids, performances by top artists and the latest in trends. With its resurgence of the show Nick Cannon has decided to hit the road.
Save the date of Tuesday, March 24th for Wild N’ Out in Lexington, KY. The show will be held in Rupp Arena.
Fans of the show can expect some standup as well as some music performances. Some of the cast members you will get to see on tour, DC Young Fly, Karious Miller, Emmanuel Hudson, Justina Valentine and DJ D-Wreck. The 27-city tour kicks off in March with the lineup changing up for each city along with some surprise guests.
Tickets start around $30.00. You can purchase tickets at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com and the Lexington Center Ticket Office.
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The VIPP Report: Snoop Dogg’s I Wanna Thank Me Tour will make a stop in Louisville
Courtesy: Snoop Dogg promotional photo for I Wanna Thank Me Tour
Special Announcement by Sherlene Shanklin, WHAS11, ABC Affiliate Louisville
When you get a song stuck in your head and you begin to sing it, everyone around you tends to hum it too. I started singing Snoop’s song and everyone wanted to know why I was humming his song. You didn’t hear? He’s coming to Louisville. The “I Wanna Thank Me” Tour will drop it like it’s hot at the Louisville Palace on Saturday, January 25th.
Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. for the hip hop superstar. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 25th at 10 am.
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The VIPP Report: The Kingdom Choir will perform in Kentucky
They were introduced to the world when they performed “Stand By Me” at the 2018 Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
Now, The Kingdom Choir announces their North American tour. On Wednesday, October 16th they will travel to Louisville and perform at Brown Theatre.
Founded in 1994. The choir draws their inspiration from various Christian traditions and is dedicated to creating a sound that reflects the community.
Tickets start at $25.00 for the two hour show.
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The VIPP Report: Former UK and NFL player Jared Lorenzen teams up with Rajon Rondo Foundation, Kroger and Now Let’s Get Fit Foundation for Health and Wellness Tour
Louisville/Lexington (May 7, 2019) Former NFL Quarterback and University of Kentucky Hall of Famer, Jared Lorenzen has teamed with the Now Let’s Get Fit Foundation, Kroger and the Rajon Rondo Foundation for the 2019 Kentucky Health and Wellness Tour.
The tour will kick off Saturday May 18 at Kroger locations in Louisville at 12501 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville Middletown store.
The next day Sunday May 19 will be in Lexington Kroger at 3101 Richmond Rd location.
Both events are from noon-4:00 pm.
Let’s Get Fit Foundation’s mission is to combat obesity and instill Health and Wellness through Fitness and Nutrition. Each event is family friendly, Free to the public and includes fitness classes, nutrition stations, health screenings (for obesity related illness), kid zone activities and giveaways. Jared Lorenzen along with other former local athletes will be in attendance and participating.
“I want to show everyone that it’s never too early or too late to start the journey towards health. I want people to know that if I can do it then you can do it. My goal is to use the tour to put a face to obesity. Each event is a platform that everyone can join, have fun, feel safe to express themselves, get the inspiration and answers on health and wellness they need to make the change in their life.” Jared Lorenzen.
Prior to Jared’s journey he had reached 500 lbs. In the last year, he has lost 100 lbs. and counting. Jared understood that he had to admit that there was an issue and then he got busy to get it. We invite you to meet Jared and fitness professionals that can show you techniques that can help you and your entire family get fit.
Sponsors for the event are Kroger, Optup, Powerade Zero, Core Power, Rajon Rondo Foundation, The Little Clinic and Planet Mogul. The tour will extend to other locations in Louisville, Lexington and surrounding areas the remainder of 2019.
To learn more follow https://www.facebook.com/TheJaredLorenzenProject/ visit and sign up for Fitness Classes at http://www.nowletsgetfit.eventbrite.com or contact Anthony Holt @aholt@nowletsgetfit.com or call 323.365.3371
If you would like to setup an interview with Jared Lorenzen and/or other team members, please contact Sherlene Shanklin at sshanklin@vippcommunications.com or by phone at 502-295-0435.
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The VIPP Report: The Courage World Tour is announced featuring Celine Dion
Celine Dion announces her Courage World Tour. It will kick off in the fall of this year. The multiple award-winning artist made the announcement to a packed house of fans during a special live event at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. This will be her first U.S. tour in over 10 years.
The tour will kick-off September 18 in Quebec City and will make stops in over 50 cities including Louisville, Montreal, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Miami, Dallas, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, and more.
Celine says, “I’m so grateful to all the fans who have come to see my show in Las Vegas for so many years, and now I get the chance to create a brand new show and bring it to them in North America, and around the world. I’m very excited about this tour, and my new album…coming later this year.”
Tickets go on-sale to the public Friday, April 12th at 10 a.m. They range from $49.50 to $199.50. All online ticket orders come with one CD copy of Celine’s new English album, schedule for release this fall.
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The VIPP Report: B2K Reunites and announces tour dates and Louisville is on the schedule
They announced just before the holidays the would reunite and go on tour along with some of their friends. Well now, I have the date for Louisville for Omarion, Boog, Fizz and Raz-B also known as B2K.
The multi-platinum R & B group will kick-off their tour in March 2019 and they will make a stop in Louisville as Kentucky Derby activities will be in full swing.
Save the date of Sunday, April 29th at the KFC Yum! Center. The group is calling it “The Millennium Tour”. The will visit some 25 cities in the U.S. Louisville is a part of their limited engagement tour.
Their special guests for the concert will be Mario, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Ying Yang Twins, Chingy, and Bobby V.
Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 AM on Monday, January 14, 2019 at the KFC Yum! Center box office, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 or online at ticketmaster.com. Tickets start at $42.50.
The show is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
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The VIPP Report: Louisville native Bryson Tiller announces “Set It Off” tour
By Sherlene Shanklin
His “Trap Soul” album took the music industry by storm. Now, Louisville native and Grammy nominated artist Bryson Tiller announces his “Set It Off” tour and of course his hometown is on the list.
Fans will see Bryson on Saturday, September 16 at the KFC Yum! Center as part of his North American tour. Metro Boomin and R&B singer H.E.R. will open the show.
His new album “True to Self” is already getting rave reviews and maybe ranked of No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. He surprised fans by releasing it on May 26th about a month earlier than its anticipated date.
I will monitor that ranking when it comes out this Sunday, June 4. This is only Bryson’s aka Pen Griffey’s second album. The RCA artist has been singing and rapping since his high school days at Iroquois High and in 2014 his single “Don’t” became a hit thanks to the internet and his new found followers. Artists like Drake and Timbaland vibed on Tiller’s sound and that’s what got labels interested.
Now, he’s had hits like “Sorry Not Sorry”, “Exchange” and his current hit “Somethin Tells Me”.
Bryson is already collecting plenty of hardware for his trophy case. In 2016, he won Best new artist, Best R& B/Pop artist at the BET Awards. He also won Best New R & B artist at the iHeart Radio Music Awards this year. His nominations have been adding up too from the Grammy Awards to the Billboard Music Awards.
The tour kicks off on June 23rd in Los Angeles in the Staple Center.
Tickets for the September 16th show in Louisville start at $39.50. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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The VIPP Report: Kanye West adds second leg of SAINT PABLO TOUR
The SAINT PABLO TOUR has added a second leg of its tour and Louisville is added to the schedule. Tickets go on sale Saturday, October 22nd at 10:00 am for Kanye West, the multi-Grammy Award winner. The tour will stop in Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday, December 20th.
Tickets go on sale to the public at 10:00am on Saturday, October 22 at www.Ticketmaster.com, www.Livenation.com, the KFC Yum! Center box office and all Ticketmaster outlets.
If you are an American Express® Card Member you can purchase tickets for the new dates before the general public beginning Wednesday, October 19 at 10:00 am through Friday, October 21 at 10:00 pm.
Kanye West adds another highlight to his amazing year – and another milestone to his legendary career – as “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” goes #1 at Urban Radio this week. The 12th #1 urban record of Kanye’s career, and his first since 2012’s “Mercy,” ‘Father Stretch’ is steadily moving up the Top 10 at Rhythmic radio. Now, radio is buzzing about the next single from the universally acclaimed #1 album THE LIFE OF PABLO: “Fade.” Coming off an incredible video that premiered live at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, “Fade” has pushed into the Top 40 at pop radio and Top 20 at rhythm, continuing the ongoing buzz around THE LIFE OF PABLO as one of the albums of the year.
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The VIPP Report: Chris Brown and Trey Songz “Between the Sheets” tour
Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Chris Brown and Grammy-nominated entertainer Trey Songz announce their “Between the Sheets” tour. The 25-city North America tour will be in Cincinnati, OH on Saturday, February 28th at the U.S. Bank Arena. One the following day, they will head to Nashville, TN for a concert at the Bridgestone Arena on Sunday, March 1st.
For more information go to http://www.livenationentertainment.com.
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