On Friday (11.29,), J. Cole took to social media with the announcement that on December 16 he’ll be hosting a one-night-only show at Madison Square Garden in New York City in celebration the 10th anniversary of his seminal album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
Taking to his Instagram account, the superstar singer/songwriter wrote “2014 Forest Hills Drive 10 year anniversary show. Madison Square Garden. Pre-sale Monday. On sale Wednesday,”
Cole fans with presale access will be able to purchase tickets to the MSG show as of Monday, 12.02 at 10 a.m. ET, before tickets go on sale to the general public on 12.04 at 10 a.m. ET.
Concurrent with his forthcoming show, available now is a special repressing of the project featuring four unreleased songs – including “Home Soon,” “Die Together,” Judgement Day,” and “Winter Wonderland.” – “that nearly made the album,’ added the Sony Music artist.
Inspired by the address of a home in North Carolina where Cole lived until 2003, his Forest Hills LP – including singles “Wet Dreamz,” “No Role Modelz,” and “Love Yourz.” – secured a #1 Billboard 200 chart position on December 9, 2014.
The announcement of Cole’s show comes a day after he released his mixtape, Friday Night Lights, on streaming services for the first time since it dropped in 2010. The project, which featured collaborations with Wale and Drake, also served as the name for the newest episode of Cole’s audio series, Inevitable, which dropped an episode earlier in the week.
“This is a very special moment for me. Been waiting patiently for this day, like a lot of yall have.” “I wanna say Thank you to everybody out there that kept these projects alive, even during all the years they were not on streaming services, especially this project right here,” wrote Cole about the mixtape on Instagram Thursday (11.28.)
Return to Raleigh on April 5 and 6, earlier this week, Cole also confirmed the fifth edition of his iconic Dreamville Festival, Last year, SZA, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, ScHoolboy Q, and Rae Sremmurd performed, with a host of guest appearances including Central Cee and Lil Durk.
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Author: Al Denté
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