Tour by Jay-Z and Kanye West | |||||||||||||
Associated album | Watch the Throne | ||||||||||||
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Start date | October 29, 2011 | ||||||||||||
End date | June 22, 2012 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 2 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 57 | ||||||||||||
Box office | $75.4 million ($100.07 million in 2023 dollars)[1] | ||||||||||||
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The Watch the Throne Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West[2] that began on October 28, 2011, in Atlanta and continued until June 22, 2012, with its final show scheduled in Birmingham.[3] Originally scheduled for 23 performances, the tour was expanded to 34 performances in North America due to heavy demand for tickets; 29 shows were confirmed in the United States with 5 shows in Canada. Following massive success in the United States and Canada, Jay-Z & Kanye West announced the European leg of the tour on February 21, 2012, which featured 23 performances, bringing the number of shows to 57 at the time.[4]
Following the Glow in the Dark Tour, it marked West's first concert tour after four years, excluding his ultimately cancelled Fame Kills tour with Lady Gaga. It followed Jay-Z's opening act for U2 at the U2 360° Tour and his The Home & Home Tour with Eminem. The concerts, which had no opening act of their own, were in support of West and Jay-Z's 2011 album Watch the Throne, with most of the album's track-list performed, such as singles "Otis", "Lift Off", "Niggas in Paris" and concert opener "H•A•M". Additional West singles like "Gold Digger", "Stronger", "Heartless" and "All of the Lights" and Jay-Z singles like "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)", "99 Problems", "Run This Town", and "Empire State of Mind" were also performed.[5][6]
The critical and box office performance of the tour received rave reviews, with critics praising the production value, the elaborate stage design, and the large string of successful singles featured. The tour had very little promotion before its premiere, with the exception being behind-the-scene concert footage sponsored by Voyr.[7] It grossed $48.3 million in North America in 2011[8] and $25.4 million in Europe in 2012.[9]
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