Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter VI’ Tour Kicks Off at MSG
Fantastic—Lil Wayne has decided to drag us all back into arena life with his ‘Tha Carter VI’ Tour, and of course there’s a biggie at Madison Square Garden. Billboard broke the news that Weezy took to Instagram on April 10 to drop the tour poster, teasing 25 North American dates starting in Vancouver and wrapping at MSG on September 15. Rolling Stone then chimed in with a track-by-track tease of songs he’ll likely run through live, so you’ve been warned: expect full-blown nostalgia for the Carter franchise.
Look, I don’t want to be the one to point out the obvious, but hasn’t Lil Wayne been on tour for roughly the last decade? Still, Variety confirms he’s promising “new visuals, epic set lists, and surprise guests”—the last bit being his go-to line since Carter V was an eight-year wait. Tickets officially hit Ticketmaster on April 14 at 10 a.m. ET, with a presale running for American Express cardholders starting April 12. VIP packages begin at $250, if you’re into overpriced photo ops and early entry. I told you so: merch lines will be a zoo.
According to XXL Magazine, the tour roster includes stops in major markets like Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Toronto, alongside festival jumps in Montreal and Austin. Each date is likely to balloon into a full night of guest appearances—from Drake’s cameo potential to Nicki Minaj’s bar-for-bar face-offs—because when it comes to reunion tours, nothing sells like the Beezy–Wayne duo. But let’s face it, if you’ve been to one Carter-era show, you’ve basically been to them all: elaborate stage props, a wall of pyro, and enough smoke machines to trigger half the fire alarms in the arena.
On the promotional side, Lil Wayne’s team has rolled out teaser clips of him freestyling over classic Carter beats, shared via TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Fans on Reddit are already speculating which deep cuts he’ll drop—because yes, we hardcore stans always want more than the radio singles. Ticket prices range from $75 for nosebleeds to upward of $1,200 for front-row seats, per Forbes. Your move, wallet.
In case you missed it, Carter VI arrives August 4, meaning this tour doubles as the album’s live launch party. Expect deluxe bundles in merch tents, shout-outs to the Young Money roster, and maybe an off-the-cuff reunion moment with Birdman if the mood strikes. Did anyone expect a modest, intimate tour? No? Thought so.
And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice things—because we’ll buy every ticket and stand in every line. Enjoy the chaos, I guess.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and Billboard, Rolling Stone, Variety, XXL Magazine, Forbes
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