Lizzo Is Coming To Raleigh In May
Four-time GRAMMY® and Emmy Award-winning, RIAA multi-platinum certified artist Lizzo has announced that the second North American leg will include cities that were not on her wildly successful 2022 tour. She will be performing in 17 cities across North America in 2023, including a concert with Latto at the PNC in Raleigh on May 10th. The Special 2our kicks off Friday, April 21st in Knoxville, TN at Thompson-Boiling Arena.
After a busy 2022 — which included playing a 220-year-old flute that once belonged to President James Madison — Lizzo, 34, kicked off 2023 by winning her fourth GRAMMY® for record of the year for her song “About Damn Time” at the 65th Grammy Awards on Feb. 5th. Lizzo, who has now been nominated for the coveted music prize 13 times, made her first appearance at the awards back in 2020 when she won her first three awards for best urban contemporary album, best traditional R&B performance, and best pop solo performance. Her most recent album Special peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, hailed by Rolling Stone as “the most unabashedly joyous, sonically diverse, and emotionally profound album put out by a major label since Beyonce’s Lemonade.”
Produced by Live Nation, the 17-date second leg of the tour continues through St. Louis, Montreal, Chicago, and more before wrapping up on Friday, June 2, 2023, at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, CA. Full routing can be found below. Tickets are on sale at lizzomusic.com.
The Special 2our 2023
April 21 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
April 22 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
April 25 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
April 26 – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum
May 04 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
May 06 – Hartford, CT – XL Center
May 09 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
May 10 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
May 12 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
May 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
May 16 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
May 17 – Chicago, IL – United Center
May 19 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
May 20 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
May 24 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
May 25 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
June 02 – Palm Desert, CA – Acrisure Arena
Lizzo recently added “fashion entrepreneur” to her multi-hyphenate career by joining forces with parent company Fabletics, Inc. for the launch of her revolutionary new shapewear brand, YITTY. Named after her childhood moniker and based on the principles of self-love, radical inner confidence, and effortless, everyday wear, the game-changing, size-inclusive brand marks an industry first: no-shame, smile-inducing shapewear designed for all body types, with sizes ranging from size 6X to XS. For more information, please visit yitty.fabletics.com/splash.
Raised in Atlanta, GA, 22-year-old rising rapper Latto has been making a name for herself since she was 10 years old. The Rap Game Season One winner has continually released music since 2016 and signed with RCA Records in 2020. In June 2019, Latto released her EP Big Latto, which included her breakout-hit song “Bitch From Da Souf.” The December 2019 release of her follow-up project, Hit The Latto, contained the remix version of the track featuring Saweetie & Trina. The accompanying video has been viewed nearly 82 million times. Combined, both versions of “Bitch From Da Souf” have over 200 million streams on Spotify and Apple alone. Prior to the aforementioned, her impressive catalog of music includes Miss Mulatto (2016), Latto Let ‘Em Know (2017), and Mulatto (2018).
Latto has proven that her pen game, replete with witty and raw verses, is unmatched. The “Bitch From Da Souf (Remix)” went RIAA-certified Platinum, making Latto the first solo female rapper from Atlanta to accomplish this feat. The 22-year-old was also one of only two women inducted into the XXL 2020 Freshman Class, earning her another major milestone in her burgeoning career. In August 2020, Latto released her major label debut project Queen of Da Souf, and later that year released the extended version of the project. Combined, both versions garnered over 300 million streams worldwide and had multiple standout tracks including “In n Out” feat. City Girls, “Sex Lies” featuring Lil Baby, and the now RIAA-certified Gold track “Muwop” feat. Gucci Mane. In addition to her own music, Latto has been inescapable; from her cameo in Cardi B’s iconic “WAP” video featuring Megan Thee Stallion to countless features including Chris Brown & Young Thug’s “Go Crazy (Remix)” with Future and Lil Durk, Chloe& Halle’s “Do It” (Remix) with Doja Cat and City Girls, NLE Choppa’s “Make Em Say” and Hitmaka’s “Thot Box (Remix),” she’s proven that Big Latto is bigger and better than ever before.