Jay-Z recruits heavy-hitters for Bronx stop of “Home and Home” tour

– AP photo by Jason DeCrow

If you thought the Eminem and Jay-Z “Home and Home” tour couldn’t get more epic than the Sept. 2 & 3 performances in Detroit then you were wrong. The king of hip-hop took it up a notch when the tour hit his hometown – NYC – specifically the Bronx, the birthplace of hip-hop last night.

Eminem again opened the show, this time in Yankee stadium which hosted its first ever musical concert with a truly epic show.

For the Detroit-based rapper’s set, he brought out D-12, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and B.o.B. Billboard reports that Eminem acknowledged the gravity of how far hip-hop has come and the honor of performing in such a venue saying: “Do not think that I don’t know where I’m at right now. I’m also honored to be on this [expletive] stage in the Bronx, the [expletive] birthplace of hip-hop.”

Not one to be outdone on his home turf Jay-Z brought out Drake, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and wife Beyonce to support his set. He even recruited Coldplay’s Chris Martin to join him on stage for several songs!

The duo performed one song together, “Renegade,” during Jay-Z’s set.

Billboard’s observer reports that the sets were very different in tone, with Em’s being more representative of a triumphant comeback, whereas Jay-Z’s was more like a coronation.

Jay-Z told the crowd “This is historic: They ain’t never gonna be another night like tonight.” … except maybe tonight when the final “Home and Home” tour show takes place at Yankee Stadium.

Do you think last night’s show sounds like it was more epic than the two hosted in Detroit Sept. 2 and 3?

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B.o.B to open Detroit-based “Home and Home” tour shows

New details (well, at least one) are emerging from Eminem and Jay-Z’s upcoming stadium shows, the first of which is tomorrow night, Sept. 2 in Detroit’s Comerica Park.

Newcomer B.o.B will be opening the first two of the total four “Home and Home” tour shows, Sept. 2 and Sept. 3 in Detroit.

Monday, the Atlanta rapper’s manager TJ Chapman tweeted: “I’m excited about heading to Detroit tomorrow for a few days! B.o.B is performing @ Tiger Stadium w/ GUESS WHO & WHO????”

B.o.B and Em already have a relationship as the rapper brought Eminem in on his debut album, contributing to his smash hit “Airplanes,” which has been on the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 nearly all summer long.

There have been very few details revealed about the upcoming performances (as we reported here on Monday), but both shows are expected to have a number of famous guests and promise to be epic.

Will you be seeing one of the “Home and Home” shows? If not, do you wish you were?

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Jay-Z, Eminem add dates to upcoming Home and Home tour

Jay-Z and Eminem have added two new dates to their brief “Home and Home” tour, just hours after presale tickets went on sale yesterday, June 24.

Billboard reports that one show was added to each stop with an additional show Friday, Sept. 2 in Detroit’s Comerica Park and Tuesday, Sept. 14 in New York’s Yankee Stadium.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale today, Friday June 25 at LiveNation.com.

Tonight the duo will also appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” performing from the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater building Billboard reports, in a performance that was actually taped Monday to air tonight.

The complete tour dates for the “Home and Home” tour are:

Sept. 2: Detroit, MI (Comerica Park)
Sept. 3: Detroit, MI (Comerica Park)
Sept. 13: New York, NY (Yankee Stadium)
Sept. 14: New York, NY (Yankee Stadium)

Do you plan to catch one (or more) of the shows on the “Home and Home” tour? Which artists are you a bigger fan of?

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