Early this month we heard that Nicki Minaj was being considered as the opening act for Britney Spears‘s upcoming Summer tour after Enrique Iglesias quit the tour hours after it was officially announced that he would be hitting the road with our dear Britney. In the weeks that followed, negotiations took place behind the scenes to sign Nicki for the tour … and today we learn OFFICIALLY that it is a done deal! Nicki Minaj will open for Britney Spears on tour this Summer!!
It’s official. TMZ has learned … Nicki Minaj will be Britney Spears’ opening act for her upcoming concert tour. Sources involved in the negotiation tell TMZ … the deal was signed several days ago, and Britney is elated. Everyone involved in the concert is relieved Enrique Iglasias’ ego couldn’t handle opening for Britney and feel Nicki will be infinitely better. Minaj, who is on tour with Lil Wayne until the end of the month, currently has two singles on the Billboard Top 100 — “Moment 4 Life” and “Did It On’em” Everyone connected with the concert series thinks Nicki will create even more heat for the tour, which kicks off on June 17 in Sacramento, CA. TMZ broke the story Nicki and Britney were in serious negotiations.
Right after we posted that story, the comments and emails were almost unanimous that Nicki is an infinitely better choice than Enrique.
Yes, absolutely … this is THE best news ever. I never thought Enrique was a good match for Britney … but Nicki? She’s perfect!! These ladies are going to bring the fire on tour together … I am SO excited! Nicki Minaj is just a hot, up-and-coming artist and Britney is just THE hottest popstar around. Together … they’re gonna kill it! This is a tour that I plan to see multiple times! As I understand it, official tour information (including ticket sale dates) will be released this week! Woot!!! Stay tuned and clear your Summer calendars … Britney and Nicki are coming your way!
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So excited, Britney/Nicki tour is going to be EPIC!!
I’m not a huge Nicki Minaj fan, but I LOVE that these two kick-ass women are touring together..It makes way more sense than Enrique for sure! This is going to be such a great show!
I want to go to there.
Now let’s hope they collaborate on a new song, or a remix, Like Nicki has mentioned. She said Britney is the only person left that she wants to collaborate with for a while… id love to see it happen.
@Jesse — “Now let’s hope they collaborate on a new song, or a remix” YES!!! After hearing how hot Britney and Rihanna sound together on ‘S&M’, I think a Britney & Nicki collabo for the tour would RULE all! I’m thinkin’ Nicki should guest on a Britney song … mebbe ‘Till the World Ends’?
Trent, can you imagine if Nicki comes out and steps in for Sabi during “(Drop Dead) Beautiful”?
@Adi — OMG … yes, I actually considered that. It would be hot if Nicki wrote her own rhyme for the song :D
Today was the premiere of a new oficial remix of Rihanna S&M, the great new…. BRITNEY SPEARS recorded a new version of the song with her, IT’S REALLY AWSOME :D
http://www.z100.com/cc-common/.....eyrihanna/
HMMMM… Nicki is OK but I hope she impresses me on the tour to convert me to being a fan! I’m going to the opening show in Sacramento. : )
ok now when are the tickets going on sale…… I want to buy them like yesterday :):) cant wait this is going to be even better then circus
no no no, I cant stand nicki :(
oh well, I hope it at least generates more buzz for the tour since she does seem to be popular with a lot of other people
if the rumors about the tickets being that expensive are true, i don’t know if i’m willing to pay THAT much.. but i’m dying to see them together. 2 fierce females!!
AMAZING!!!
I have become a HUGE nicki minaj fan and was already planning on going to Britney’s show this summer so this excites me to NO end! I don’t care about ticket costs this show will be phenomenal!!!!! :)
I agree cant wait I am frekin out that I have not heard anything about when the tickets are going on sale for the shows in Canada
@ANDREA — On sale ticket info is scheduled to be released this week.
OOOOOOO
MMMMMMM
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The goosebumps will not go away! I am so stoked!
And I am SO going to go broke buying tickets.
i think nikki is the best MC today. straight up.
Ick sooo can’t stand that Lil’ Kim rip-off whore. Why can’t Britney tour with Rihanna? They are the baddest bitches in the game right now and they would kill together. They could do that hot S&M song everynight together.