Five-time GRAMMY award–winning rap icon Lil Wayne extends his North American tour celebrating more than 20 years of his groundbreaking Carter album series into 2026. Multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award–winning artist, 2 Chainz, will join as a special guest on the majority of dates, with The Game supporting on select shows.
Promoted by Live Nation, the new leg kicks off on Tuesday, June 30 at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, ME, making stops across the U.S. in Chicago, Long Beach, Denver, Nashville and more before wrapping up on Friday, October 23 at Food City Center in Knoxville, TN.
The 2026 extension follows a massively successful 2025 run and continues the celebration of Wayne’s iconic Tha Carter legacy, an album series that redefined hip-hop and cemented his place as one of the most influential rappers of all time. Spanning more than two decades, Tha Carter albums have delivered era-defining hits, multi-platinum milestones, and record-breaking chart achievements.
More than 20 years after launching Tha Carter, Lil Wayne remains a dominant cultural force from shaping the careers of generational superstars through Young Money Entertainment to influencing an entire wave of artists with his distinctive style, voice, and work ethic. The 2026 dates further underscore the lasting impact of a catalog that continues to resonate across generations of fans.
LIL WAYNE 2026 TOUR DATES:
Tue Jun 30 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater*
Thu Jul 2 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Albany Med Health System at SPAC*
Fri Jul 3 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion*
Thu Jul 16 – Des Moines, IA – Casey’s Center
Fri Jul 17 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island*
Sat Jul 18 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater*
Thu Jul 23 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena*
Fri Jul 24 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre*
Sat Jul 25 – Grand Rapids, MI – Acrisure Amphitheater*
Thu Jul 30 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater*
Fri Jul 31 – Concord, CA – Toyota Pavilion at Concord^*
Sat Aug 1 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Amphitheater^*
Fri Aug 14 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Sat Aug 15 – Brandon, MS – Brandon Amphitheater
Sun Aug 16 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Thu Aug 27 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena*
Fri Aug 28 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center^
Sat Aug 29 – Denver, CO – JUNKYARD
Thu Sep 10 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater*
Fri Sep 11 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion*
Fri Sep 18 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
Sat Sep 19 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena=
Thu Sep 24 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
Fri Sep 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena*
Sat Sep 26 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek*
Fri Oct 16 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum
Sat Oct 17 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center
Thu Oct 22 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Thu Oct 23 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Center
* With 2 Chainz
^ With The Game
= Non-Live Nation Date
ABOUT LIL WAYNE
Lil Wayne rewrote the entire game in his image. The five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum rap icon, Young Money Entertainment founder, acclaimed author, pro skater, philanthropist, and history-making superstar left an indelible tattoo on the culture. By 2020, he cemented his legacy forever as “one of the best-selling artists of all time,” tallying sales in excess of 100 million records worldwide with 25 million albums and 90 million digital tracks sold in the United States alone. In 2022, Wayne earned his first Diamond certification from the RIAA with his generational smash hit “Lollipop” feat. Static Major. Not to mention, he garnered 11 BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two MTV VMAs, and eight NAACP Image Awards. Among many milestones, he emerged as “the first male artist to surpass Elvis Presley with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100,” logging a staggering 186 entries – the 4th most of all time.
With a discography highlighted by five career-spanning #1 debuts beginning with 2008’s 8x-platinum, 3x GRAMMY® Award-winning opus Tha Carter III and its 5x-platinum 2011 successor Tha Carter IV, he continued the iconic series with Tha Carter V in 2018. The album not only clinched #1 on the Billboard 200, but also achieved “the second-largest streaming week for an album in history.” Every song on the tracklisting charted on the Billboard Hot 100, as he became “the first artist to debut two songs in the top 5.” The momentum carried into his thirteenth full-length album, Funeral, released the following year. In 2025, he returned with Tha Carter VI, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. Simultaneously, Wayne owns and operates Young Money Entertainment as CEO—the label that ignited the careers of two of the most successful artists of all time, Drake and Nicki Minaj. A committed philanthropist, he also founded The One Family Foundation.
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