Pop's leading power couple is headed to the big stage this summer: Beyoncé and Jay-Z will play Ford Field on Aug. 13, they announced Monday morning.
The blockbuster family affair will play the Detroit Lions' home as part of the 36-city OTR II (On the Run II Tour), which will kick off June 6 in Cardiff, Wales.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. March 19. Pre-sales for Citi cardholders, Beyhive fan club members and Tidal subscribers will start at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Detroit was not included on the couple's initial On the Run Tour, a 21-date outing that earned more than $100 million to rank as the fifth-best grossing tour of 2014. The production featured dozens of numbers as Beyoncé and Jay-Z alternated turns on stage when not performing together.
Since then, the couple's much-scrutinized private life got an extra shot of drama: Beyoncé addressed Jay-Z's apparent infidelity on 2016's "Lemonade"; the rapper alluded to it the following year on "4:44."
Beyoncé was most recently here in 2016, headlining Ford Field during her Formation World Tour. Jay-Z played Detroit just last November, performing the first hip-hop show at Little Caesars Arena for a crowd that included LeBron James and Big Sean.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z: On the Run II Tour, 2018 concert dates
June 6, Cardiff, Wales
June 9, Glasgow, Scotland
June 13, Manchester, England
June 15, London
June 19, Amsterdam
June 23, Copenhagen
June 25, Stockholm, Sweden
June 28, Berlin
June 30, Warsaw, Poland
July 3, Cologne, France
July 6, Milan
July 8, Rome
July 11, Barcelona
July 14, Paris
July 17, Nice, France
July 25, Cleveland
July 28, Washington, D.C.
July 30, Philadelphia
Aug. 2, East Rutherford, N.J.
Aug. 5, Boston
Aug. 8, Minneapolis
Aug. 10, Chicago
Aug. 13, Detroit
Aug. 18, Buffalo, N.Y.
Aug. 23, Nashville
Aug. 25, Atlanta
Aug. 29, Orlando
Aug. 31, Miami
Sept. 11, Arlington, Texas
Sept. 13, New Orleans
Sept. 15, Houston
Sept. 19, Phoenix
Sept. 22, Los Angeles
Sept. 27, San Diego
Sept. 29, Santa Clara, Calif.
Oct. 2, Vancouver, B.C.
Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.
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