The last time LL Cool J went on an arena tour in 1996, Bill Clinton was in office, Beanie Babies were crazy popular and the internet was still in its infancy.
Now, in 2023, he’s back at it again.
Starting June 25, LL Cool J will take off on his ‘THE F.O.R.C.E. Tour’ (Frequencies Of Real Creative Energy) that will send him all over North America including stops at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on June 27 and Newark’s Prudential Center on June 28.
But the “Mama Said Knock You Out” rapper isn’t going it alone this summer.
On select dates, he’ll be bringing along titans of hip-hop Big Boi, Salt-N-Pepa, The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Queen Latifah along for the ride.
That’s not all though.
Common, Ice-T, Rakim, MC Lyte, Method Man and Redman will be there too for certain concerts on the run.
Let’s not forget Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, De La Soul, Goodie Mob, Jadakiss, Juvenile, Rick Ross and Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick are also set to appear.
Basically, if you have a hip-hop bucket list, you can cross off quite a few items by attending this mega tour.
Allegedly, that’s not all.
Somehow, the ‘F.O.R.C.E. Tour’ is advertising more special guests that have yet to be named.
“Get ready for some nonstop beats and rhymes,” LL Cool J said in the tour announcement.
Truer words have never been spoken.
And if you need tickets today, we’re here to make that happen.
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LL Cool J 2023 tour schedule
A complete calendar of all LL Cool J tour dates, venues, show start times and links to buy tickets can be found below.
| LL Cool J 2023 tour dates |
|---|
| June 25 at the TD Garden in Boston, MA |
| June 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY |
| June 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ |
| June 29 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON, CA |
| July 1 at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD |
| July 2 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. |
| July 4 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA |
| July 6 at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL |
| July 8 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC |
| July 9 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC |
| Aug. 12 at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH |
| Aug. 13 at the United Center in Chicago, IL |
| Aug. 18 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI |
| Aug. 19 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO |
| Aug. 20 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN |
| Aug. 22 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN |
| Aug. 23 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA |
| Aug. 24 at the Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth, TX |
| Aug. 25 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX |
| Aug. 27 at the Sandia Casino Amphitheater in Albuquerque, NM |
| Aug. 29 at the Ball Arena in Denver, CO |
| Sept. 1 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA |
| Sept. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV |
| Sept. 3 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, CA |
Huge hip-hop tours in 2023
2023 is shaping up to be a banner year for live hip-hop.
Don’t believe us?
Here are just five of our favorite acts who are staging nationwide tours these next few months.
• Wu-Tang Clan with Nas
• Snoop Dogg with Wiz Khalifa and Too $hort
• Ice Cube
• Lil Wayne
• Drake
Who else is touring? Check out our list of the 52 biggest stars on tour in 2023 here.