Legends of the Summer

Legends of the Summer

Tour by Justin Timberlake and Jay Z
Associated album	The 20/20 Experience Magna Carta Holy Grail
Start date	July 17, 2013
End date	August 16, 2013
Legs	1
No. of shows	14 in North America 14 in total
Box office	$69.8 million[1]
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The Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake and American rapper Jay Z. The tour supported Timberlake's third studio album, The 20/20 Experience (2013) and Jay Z's twelfth studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013). Overall, the duo performed to 622,559 fans in three countries, grossing a total of US $69.8 million ($70,979,581 in 2016 dollars^[2]). With the 14 dates sold-out, it was the 15th highest-grossing tour of 2013.^[3]

Background

After a six-year musical hiatus, on January 14, 2013, Timberlake released "Suit & Tie", the lead single from the singer's third studio album, The 20/20 Experience which featured American rapper Jay-Z.^[4] Prior the 2013 Grammy Awards ceremony, Ryan Seacrest interviewed Timberlake and teased him about a possible joint tour with another artist. On that Timberlake responded, "We are still putting it together, but it's gonna be a lot of fun. I don't know how much I should say."^[5]

During the award ceremony, Timberlake was joined by Jay-Z at the stage for the performance of "Suit & Tie".^[4] Following their appearance on Grammys, rumors of a stadium tour between the artists were raised as a result of Jay-Z's posts on his Life + Times blog; he posted series of venues with the note "#LegendsOfSummer this week".^[6] The Legends of the Summer tour was officially announced on February 22, 2013, when North American dates were revealed.^[4] The show is set to start on July 17, 2013 in Toronto, Canada.^[4] The tickets for the show went on sale on February 28, with the pre-sale starting on February 27.^[7] Citi cardmembers had access to pre-sale tickets beginning on Friday, February 22, at 12 noon local time through Citi's Private Pass Program.^[4]

On July 14, 2013, Timberlake and Jay-Z performed at the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom as part of the Wireless Festival for a "special preview" of the tour.^[8]

Critical response

Jeff Rosenthal from Rolling Stone, who attended the show at the Yankee Stadium, highlighted the great chemistry between both artists: "Watching Justin Timberlake and Jay Z interact onstage it feels like the two have forever been friends and collaborators."^[9] Similarly, Billboard's Karen Bliss—after attend the Toronto's Rogers Centre date—thought "there was no one-upmanship, just camaraderie, not competition, two guys that work well together." She added "Jay Z has always been a masterful rapper, but what Timberlake displayed throughout the night was just how musical he is. His past concerts have so many dancers bounding this way and that, and him joining them, that it's distracting and takes away from his significant talents: his ability to deliver his soulful and grinding pop tunes as the frontman of an expert band and highlight his own musicianship, playing upright piano, keyboards and electric and acoustic guitar— which he did on some of his songs and some of Jay Z's."^[10]

Set list

The following set list is representative of the show on July 28, 2013. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[11]

1. "Holy Grail"
2. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
3. "Rock Your Body"
4. "I Want You Back"
5. "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
6. "Excuse Me Miss"
7. "Señorita"
8. "On to the Next One"
9. "Like I Love You"
10. "My Love"
11. "Big Pimpin'"
12. "Tunnel Vision"
13. "Jigga What, Jigga Who"
14. "U Don't Know"
15. "99 Problems"
16. "Public Service Announcement"
17. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
18. "Heart of the City"
19. "Pusher Love Girl"
20. "Summer Love"
21. "LoveStoned"
22. "Until the End of Time"
23. "Cry Me a River"
24. "Take Back the Night"
25. "What Goes Around... Comes Around"
26. "Dirt Off Your Shoulder"
27. "Niggas in Paris"
28. "Tom Ford"
29. "New York, New York"
30. "Empire State of Mind"
31. "Mirrors"
32. "Run This Town"
33. "Encore"
34. "SexyBack"
35. "Suit & Tie"
36. "Young Forever"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
North America[12]
July 17, 2013	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	DJ Cassidy	47,221 / 47,221	$5,066,832
July 19, 2013	New York City	United States	Yankee Stadium		89,023 / 89,023	$12,041,096
July 20, 2013
July 22, 2013	Chicago		Soldier Field		52,671 / 52,671	$5,715,152
July 26, 2013	San Francisco		Candlestick Park		55,359 / 55,359	$5,129,345
July 28, 2013	Pasadena		Rose Bowl		63,162 / 63,162	$7,076,001
July 31, 2013	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place Stadium		40,181 / 40,181	$4,806,701
August 4, 2013	Hershey	United States	Hersheypark Stadium		29,135 / 29,135	$2,740,035
August 6, 2013	Detroit		Ford Field		42,035 / 42,035	$3,968,119
August 8, 2013	Baltimore		M&T Bank Stadium		49,668 / 49,668	$4,726,398
August 10, 2013	Boston		Fenway Park		68,251 / 68,251	$8,815,596
August 11, 2013
August 13, 2013	Philadelphia		Citizens Bank Park		39,487 / 39,487	$4,318,455
August 16, 2013	Miami Gardens		Sun Life Stadium		46,366 / 46,366	$5,350,175
Total					622,559 / 622,559	$69,753,905

References

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9. Jeff Rosenthal (July 20, 2013). "Jay Z and Justin Timberlake Take Over Yankee Stadium as Legends of the Summer". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
10. Bliss, Karen (July 18, 2013). "Jay Z & Justin Timberlake In Playful Mood As 'Legends of the Summer' Tour Kicks Off in Toronto". Billboard. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
11. Ford, Rebecca (July 29, 2013). "Justin Timberlake, Jay Z Affirm Their 'Legends' Status with Rose Bowl Bow: Concert Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
12. "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York. October 2, 2013. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.