calling all barbz
Hip-hop queen Nicki Minaj hits Houston next year on biggest solo tour to date
Rapper Nicki Minaj will go on her first solo tour in eight years — and her largest tour to date — with the 2024 Pink Friday 2 World Tour, which will include a stop at Toyota Center on Thursday, May 9.
American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday, May 11.
In addition to Houston, Minaj will then visit Dallas on May 11 and Austin on May 12 as part of the 37-city world tour. The tour will start in Oakland, California on March 1 and wrap up in Berlin, Germany on June 7.
The tour is in support of her just-released new album, Pink Friday 2. That term and color has been popular for Minaj in her career, as she also has albums named Pink Friday (2010), Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), and The Pinkprint (2014), with 2018's Queen the only outlier.
That pink obsession goes along with her longtime love of Barbie, resulting in her recording "Barbie World" with Ice Spice for the 2023 box office champion, Barbie. Her most rabid fanbase is also known as the Barbz.
Minaj has become the queen of hip-hop since her debut, becoming the first woman to score 100 Billboard Hot 100 Hits, as well as the first female rapper to cross the 1 billion view mark with multiple solo tracks on YouTube.
Tickets for the tour will be available starting with a Citi presale on Tuesday, December 12. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, December 15 at 9 am at NickiMinajOfficial.com.
PINK FRIDAY 2 WORLD TOUR DATES
- Fri Mar 01 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
- Sun Mar 03 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
- Fri Mar 08 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
- Sun Mar 10 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
- Wed Mar 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
- Fri Mar 15 – Inglewood, CA – Rolling Loud California
- Mon Mar 18 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
- Wed Mar 20 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
- Fri Mar 22 – Orlando, FL - Amway Center
- Tue Mar 26 – Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center
- Thu Mar 28 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
- Fri Mar 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
- Sat Mar 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
- Mon Apr 01 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
- Tue Apr 02 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
- Thu Apr 04 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
- Fri Apr 05 – Hartford, CT – XL Center
- Sun Apr 07 – Raleigh, NC – Dreamville Festival
- Wed Apr 10 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
- Fri Apr 12 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
- Sat Apr 13 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
- Wed Apr 17 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
- Thu Apr 18 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
- Sat Apr 20 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
- Wed Apr 24 – Chicago, IL – United Center
- Sat Apr 27 – Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
- Thu May 02 - Oklahoma City, OK - Paycom Center
- Thu May 09 – Houston – Toyota Center
- Sat May 11 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
- Sun May 12 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
- Sat May 25 – Manchester, UK – Co-Op Live
- Sun May 26 – Birmingham, UK – Resorts World Arena
- Tue May 28 – London, UK – The O2
- Sat Jun 01 – Paris, France – Accor Arena
- Sun Jun 02 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
- Wed Jun 05 - Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena
- Fri Jun 07 - Berlin, Germany - Mercedes Benz Arena