Jay-Z announces JAY-Z 30 concerts at Paris’s Stade de France on Sept. 10 and SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23, 2026. Tickets on sale June 12
Jay-Z is not done yet. On June 9, Roc Nation announced two additional JAY-Z 30 concerts: a show at Paris’s Stade de France on Thursday, September 10, 2026, and a second date at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, October 23. The announcements extend what is already the most significant solo live run the Brooklyn rapper has mounted since his 4:44 Tour in 2017, which grossed nearly $50 million and remains one of the highest-earning hip-hop solo tours of the last decade.
The new dates follow a year that has been methodically constructed around the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z’s landmark 1996 debut. In March, he made the 1996 single “Dead Presidents” available on streaming platforms for the first time, quietly signaling what was coming. He then announced three consecutive nights at Yankee Stadium on July 10, 11, and 12, with July 10 dedicated to Reasonable Doubt’s 30th anniversary and July 11 honoring the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint. Both initial Yankee Stadium dates sold out within minutes of going on sale, forcing the addition of a third night, dubbed “Extra Innings.”
From Roots Picnic to the World Stage
Before the Paris and LA announcements, Jay-Z had already demonstrated that his return to live performance carries extraordinary demand. At this year’s Roots Picnic in Philadelphia on May 30, he performed a wide-ranging career retrospective backed by the Roots, the first time the two acts had shared a stage together in over a decade.
The set included interweaving medleys of catalog staples including “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me),” “Big Pimpin’,” and “Dirt Off Your Shoulder,” with surprise appearances from Philadelphia artists Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel. At the end of the set, Jay-Z addressed the crowd directly: “We worked really hard to put this together.”
The Roots Picnic set also included a freestyle that circulated widely afterward, in which he addressed Drake, Tory Lanez, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj. That moment alone generated more cultural conversation than most artists produce in a full album cycle. Now the Paris and Los Angeles dates carry that momentum into stadiums on two continents.
Tickets, Presales, and What the Shows Mean
Citi and Mastercard presales for both new dates begin Thursday, June 11 at 10am local time. The general on-sale opens Friday, June 12 at 10am local time via livenation.com. Citi is the official card of the Los Angeles date, with cardmembers able to access tickets through the Citi Entertainment program. Mastercard holds presale rights for the Paris show at Stade de France.
While the exact format of the Paris and Los Angeles concerts has not been officially announced, the JAY-Z 30 branding, which also now includes an umlaut in a stylistic nod to the original Reasonable Doubt artwork, indicates the 30th anniversary theme will continue as the organizing framework. Given the overwhelming demand that turned two Yankee Stadium nights into three, the possibility of additional Paris or LA dates being added is real.
Jay-Z has not released a solo studio album since 4:44 in 2017, and rumblings about new music have grown louder with each new announcement this year. Whether or not a new record is coming, the scale and sequencing of this 2026 campaign make one thing clear: Hov is operating at full force, and the world is paying attention.
