Missy Elliott is able to get her freak on her first-ever headlining tour.
The 52-year-old Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer will launch OUT OF THIS WORLD — The Missy Elliott Expertise on July 4. The 24-city trek will go to cities like Los Angeles, Atlanta and Brooklyn, and can wrap on Aug. 22.
Her longtime collaborator and producing accomplice, Timbaland, will be part of her for the tour, together with Busta Rhymes and Ciara. Pre-sale tickets on sale Tuesday; common tickets go on sale Friday.
“That is an unbelievable time in my life as I’m experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts.’ Being the FIRST feminine Hip Hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame and now going out on my FIRST headline tour,” Elliott says in a press release. “Followers have been asking me to tour endlessly however I wished to attend till I felt the time was proper as a result of I knew if I used to be ever going to do it, I needed to do it huge, and I needed to do it with household! So get able to be taken OUT OF THIS WORLD with me, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland! We are able to’t wait to share this expertise with the followers!”
Ciara, Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes.
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Reside Nation is producing the tour alongside Elliott’s longtime supervisor, Mona Scott-Younger. Grammy-winning music video director and powerhouse Dave Meyers, famed movie star stylist June Ambrose and artistic director Hello-Hat additionally labored on the tour.
Elliott has received 4 Grammys and launched hits like “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” “Get Ur Freak On,” “Work It” and “Lose Management.” She has produced her personal music and songs for others, together with Aaliyah, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Monica, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Ariana Grande, Future’s Baby, Fantasia, Jazmine Sullivan, SWV, Whole, 702, Mya and Tweet. In 2019, she was inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame and acquired the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on the MTV Video Music Awards.
