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Jay-Z to Continue 30th Anniversary Celebration With Concerts in Paris and Los Angeles

The rapper will perform at Stade de France on Sept. 10 and at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23

Jay-Z to Continue 30th Anniversary Celebration With Concerts in Paris and Los Angeles

Jay-Z attends the 2026 Met Gala in New York City.

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Preezy Brown
By Preezy BrownJun 09, 2026
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Jay-Z is expanding his upcoming performance slate, with the announcement of headlining concerts, dubbed “Jay-Z30,” in Paris and Los Angeles.

On Tuesday (June 9), Roc Nation announced that the Grammy Award-winning artist will perform in Paris at Stade de France on Thursday, Sept. 10, and another concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 23.

Tickets for Jay-Z’s Paris and Los Angeles shows will be available beginning Thursday, June 11 through Citi and Mastercard presales. The general on-sale will begin Friday, June 12 at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation.

Hov’s stops in Paris and Los Angeles will follow his recent appearance at the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia. In May, the 56-year-old headlined the annual Roots Picnic. Backed by the Roots, Jay-Z turned his set into a mini Roc-A-Fella Records reunion, bringing out Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Young Chris, and other former collaborators to perform classics from their respective catalogs. However, the most discussed moment of the show was Jay-Z’s a cappella freestyle, in which he responded to slights and jabs from multiple alleged targets, including former business partner Damon Dash, Drake, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj.

JAŸ-Z will also perform three shows at Yankee Stadium on the weekend of July 10, with the first concert scheduled for Friday, the second for Saturday, July 11, and a finale show on Sunday, July 12. Roc Nation initially announced two shows, but later added a third date in response to overwhelming demand after the first run of tickets sold out.

The Brooklyn native’s spate of shows comes amid the lead-up to milestone anniversaries for his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, which turns 30 on June 25, and his sixth studio album, Blueprint, which turns 25 on Sept. 11.

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