April 25 / 2023

Rock the Bells & Live Nation Urban Present The F.O.R.C.E. LIVE North American Summer Tour Headline by LL Cool J

Rock The Bells & Live Nation Urban Presents The F.O.R.C.E. (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy) Live headlined by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee, Kennedy Center®Honoree, two time GRAMMY® Award winner, and Hip-Hop icon LL COOL J.  The tour will stop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Saturday, August 12th.

Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, April 28th at 10 A.M.

On Thursday, April 27th between 10AM-10PM, fans may purchase tickets through either the Live Nation presale, Ticketmaster presale, or local venue and radio presales. 

Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for the tour in the U.S. through Verizon Up. Customers will have access to purchase presale tickets for select shows beginning Tuesday, April 25th at 12PM through Thursday, April 27th at 10PM. For more details visit Verizon Up.

Citi is the official card of the tour. Citi cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets for select shows beginning Tuesday, April 25th at 12PM through Thursday, April 27th at 10PM  through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com

The historic tour will mark LL COOL J’s first headline arena tour in 30 years. Living up to the acronym F.O.R.C.E. (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy), the lineup for this tour is personally curated by LL COOL J himself.  

Building off of their amazing performance together on the GRAMMY® Awards earlier this year celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop, all dates will feature collaborative live performances with preeminent Award-winning Hip-Hop band The Roots, the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff, and DJ Z-Trip. Unlike the traditional “opening act – headliner” format, the show will be a nonstop musical mash up with artist performances interwoven within one continuous musical set backed by The Roots.  In select cities, the bill also boasts a rotating cast of iconic acts, including Salt-N-PepaQueen LatifahRakimCommonMC Lyte, Method Man & RedmanBig BoiBone Thugs-N-HarmonyIce TJuvenileDoug E. FreshSlick RickDe La SoulGoodie MobJadakiss, Rick Ross and more.

 

Speaking on the tour, LL COOL J says, “I’m excited to be on my first Arena tour in 30 years. It’s proof that our culture is more viable than ever. Get ready for some non stop beats and rhymes. See you this summer!” 

There has never been a traveling Hip-Hop extravaganza of this magnitude. Feel The F.O.R.C.E. Live in 2023. This is not a moment, it’s a movement.

August 12 / 2023

Rock the Bells and Live Nation Urban Presents

LL COOL J - The F.O.R.C.E. Live

The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Z-Trip with special guests Common, Method Man & Redman, Jadakiss and MC Lyte

Event Starts 8:00 PM