Justin Timberlake is set to kick off a 34-city, North American arena tour Jan. 8 in San Diego, with fellow pop singer Pink holding down the opening slot.
The outing--dubbed the FutureSex/LoveShow tour--follows Timberlake's August SexyBack Live Listening Sessions tour, during which he played clubs to advance his new album. Now he will return to arenas accompanied by a 14-piece band and back-up dancers who will perform in the round, according to his publicist.
"With the creative ideas that I've come up with, I think it's going to be an amazing show, definitely," Timberlake said in a recent teleconference. "The trick for me is to find a way to bring the vibe that we've created, myself and my band, with the club show to an arena. That's the trick. So that's definitely, you know, what I'm going after. Whether we can pull it off or not obviously remains to be seen."
On-sale dates will be announced locally in each market and dates for the complete worldwide tour will be announced shortly. A variety of premium seating packages will be offered for the tour.
Timberlake is touring behind his triple-platinum album "FutureSex/LoveSounds" and his No. 1 single "SexyBack." Co-written by Timberlake, the album recently produced a second single, "My Love," featuring T.I.
Shows start at 7:30PM, which means Pink will sing for 60-75 minutes approx., then 15 minutes for set change, then Justin will perform.
tickets are $52.50-$85.
Dates so far:
8-Jan-07 San Diego iPayOne Center
9-Jan-07 Anaheim Honda Center
12-Jan-07 Sacramento ARCO Arena
14-Jan-07 Phoenix Glendale Arena
16-Jan-07 Los Angeles Staples Center
17-Jan-07 Fresno Savemart Center
27-Jan-07 St. Paul Xcel Center
30-Jan-07 Toronto Air Canada Centre
31-Jan-07 Montreal Bell Centre
2-Feb-07 Washington Verizon Center
3-Feb-07 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
6-Feb-07 Boston TD Banknorth Garden
7-Feb-07 New York City Madison Square Garden
18-Feb-07 Buffalo HSBC Arena
22-Feb-07 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
24-Feb-07 Miami American Airlines Arena
25-Feb-07 Fort Lauderdale BankAtlantic Center
27-Feb-07 Atlanta Philips Arena
1-Mar-07 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
3-Mar-07 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
4-Mar-07 Houston Toyota Center
5-Mar-07 Dallas American Airlines Center
8-Mar-07 Omaha Qwest Center
9-Mar-07 Ames Hilton Coliseum
16-Mar-07 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
18-Mar-07 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena
19-Mar-07 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
21-Mar-07 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
24-Mar-07 Uncasville Mohegan Sun
27-Mar-07 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
29-Mar-07 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena