Jay-Z Fall Tour
{{Short description|2009–10 concert tour by Jay-Z}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox concert
| concert_tour_name = Jay-Z Fall Tour/The Blueprint 3 Tour
| type = Continental
| location = North America
| artist = Jay-Z
| album = {{unbulleted list|The Blueprint 3 (Jay-Z)|Attention: Deficit (Wale)|Seeing Sounds (N.E.R.D)|Ready (Trey Songz)}}
| image =
| image_caption =
| start_date = September 9, 2009 (first leg), February 20, 2010 (second leg)
| end_date = November 22, 2009 (first leg), March 26, 2010 (second leg)
| number_of_legs = 2
| number_of_shows = 44
| last_tour = Jay-Z & Ciara Live
(2009)
| this_tour = Jay-Z Fall Tour
(2009–10)
| next_tour = The Home & Home Tour
(2010)
}}
The Jay-Z Fall Tour 2009 was a concert tour by American rapper Jay-Z in support of his eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3. The routing took the rap mogul to 18 cities in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, kicking off with a 9/11 benefit concert on September 9 in New York City and ending in Austin, Texas on November 22.{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/09/08/Jay-Z-announces-fall-tour/UPI-20831252419690/|title=Jay-Z announces fall tour|website=upi.com|access-date=June 28, 2017}} It was announced in November 2009 that dates would be added for 2010, with Trey Songz and Young Jeezy joining Jay-Z as opening acts.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jay-z-announces-2010-leg-of-blueprint-3-tour-20091105|title=Jay-Z Announces 2010 Leg of "Blueprint 3 " Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 5, 2009}} The Jay-Z Fall Tour and its 2010 leg have also been referred to as The Blueprint 3 Tour.
Opening acts
- J. Cole
- Wale
- N.E.R.D.
- Trey Songz (2010 leg)
- Young Jeezy (2010 leg)
Personnel
The Roc Boys
- Omar Edwards – musical director, keyboards
- Monty – keyboards
- Tony Russell – bass
- Shaun Carrington – guitar
- Natural – guitar (select dates only)
- Tony Royster Jr. – drums (solo on "Show Me What You Got")
- Brett Baker – percussion
- DJ Guru – DJ
- DJ Neil Armstrong – DJ (select dates only)
- Lamont Caldwell – saxophone
- Lee Hogans – trumpet
- Aaron Goode – trombone
Set list
- "Run This Town"
- "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)"
- "U Don't Know"
- "Show Me What You Got"
- "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
- "Jigga What, Jigga Who"
- "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
- "P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement)"
- "Heart of The City (Ain't No Love)"
- "Already Home" (w/ Trey Songz)
- "Empire State of Mind" (w/ Bridget Kelly)
- "So Ambitious" (w/ Pharrell)
- "Dirt off Your Shoulder"
- "A Star Is Born" (w/ J. Cole)
- "Thank You"
- "On to the Next One"
- "Venus vs. Mars"
- "Swagga Like Us"
- "Can I Get A..."
- "Big Pimpin'"
- "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
- "Encore"
- "Young Forever"
Tour dates
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| style="width:175px;"| Date
! style="width:175px;"| City ! style="width:175px;"| Country ! style="width:215px;"| Venue |
|---|
| colspan="4"| North America{{cite web|url=http://www.livenation.com/artist/jay-z-tickets/|title=Jay-Z 2009 Fall Tour Dates|website=livenation.com|access-date=June 28, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008213035/http://www.livenation.com/artist/jay-z-tickets|archive-date=October 8, 2009|df=mdy-all}} |
| September 9, 2009
|rowspan="3"|United States |
| October 1, 2009 |
| October 10, 2009 |
| October 13, 2009
| Edmonton |rowspan="4"|Canada |
| October 14, 2009
| Calgary |
| October 15, 2009
| Kelowna |
| October 16, 2009 |
| October 17, 2009
| Seattle |rowspan="8"|United States | KeyArena |
| October 21, 2009 |
| October 22, 2009 |
| October 23, 2009 |
| October 24, 2009 |
| October 25, 2009
| Amherst |
| October 27, 2009 |
| October 28, 2009
| Columbus |
| October 29, 2009
| London |rowspan="4"|Canada |
| October 30, 2009
| Montreal |
| October 31, 2009
| Toronto |
| November 1, 2009
| Ottawa |
| November 7, 2009
| Fresno |rowspan="25"|United States |
| November 8, 2009 |
| November 10, 2009
| Austin |
| November 12, 2009 |
| February 20, 2010
| Sunrise |
| February 22, 2010
| Houston |
| February 23, 2010
| Dallas |
| February 25, 2010 |
| February 27, 2010
| Atlanta |
| February 28, 2010 |
| March 2, 2010
| New York City | Madison Square Garden |
| March 3, 2010 |
| March 5, 2010 |
| March 6, 2010 |
| March 7, 2010
| Norfolk |
| March 11, 2010
| Boston |
| March 12, 2010 |
| March 14, 2010 |
| March 16, 2010 |
| March 18, 2010
| Chicago |
| March 19, 2010 |
| March 20, 2010 |
| March 22, 2010
| Denver |
| March 24, 2010
| San Jose |
| March 26, 2010
| Los Angeles |
;Cancelled dates
The following dates have been canceled by tour promoter Live Nation, due to "an unforeseen scheduling conflict."http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/centerstage/2009/11/05/nov-17-concert-by-jay-z-has-been-canceled/{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- November 17, Lubbock
- November 19, Albuquerque
- November 20, El Paso