Hip hop megastar bringing 2023 tour to Columbia
Rap superstar Lil Wayne is coming to Columbia.
The chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning hip hop performer will bring his “Welcome To Tha Carter Tour” to the Township Auditorium on April 23, promoters said on Twitter.
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday at the box office or online at ticketmaster.com. There will be two presale events online, at noon Wednesday and at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Ticketmaster.
Ticket prices will range from $102 to $302, according to the Township Auditorium’s website.
JUST ANNOUNCED Lil Wayne's 'Welcome To Tha Carter Tour'is headed to Columbia Sunday, April 23rd. Tickets on sale this Friday, February 24th at 10am. Get them at the box office or online at https://t.co/WzFAW3ZREm. pic.twitter.com/T4hXLAS4r3
— Township Auditorium (@TownshipSC) February 22, 2023
This is Lil Wayne’s only scheduled performance in South Carolina, but he’s listed as having tour stops in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as Atlanta, Georgia, on the three nights preceding the Columbia show.
No special guests or opening acts are listed in the announcement for the Township Auditorium performance.
Lil Wayne has sold more than 120 million records, including more than 20 million albums and 70 million digital tracks in the U.S.
He has won five Grammy Awards, 11 BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards and eight NAACP Image Awards.
Among his hits are “Lollipop,” “A Milli,” “Sucker for Pain,” and “How to Love,” among other songs.
Lil Wayne was supposed to perform at Columbia’s Colonial Life Arena in 2017 as one of the top billed performers at the Fall Ball, but he never made it to the stage.
Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, refused to pass through a security check to enter the arena that included a metal detector, and skipped the concert, according to organizers.
The Fall Ball also featured 2 Chainz, Tory Lanez and Cardi B. Those performers’ concerts took place as planned.
“Three of the four artists scheduled to perform complied with (security) procedures, which included passing through metal detectors. One artist chose to withdraw from the concert rather than undergo a security check,” CLA officials said in October 2017.
Lil Wayne spent eight months in a New York City jail for gun possession after police found the weapon on his tour bus as he left a 2007 concert.
Before leaving the White House in January 2021, former President Donald Trump pardoned Lil Wayne after the rapper pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a loaded gold-plated pistol aboard a private jet in Miami.
Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. pic.twitter.com/Q9c5k1yMWf
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 29, 2020
