Jay-Z and 311 headline the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour, which kicks off Tuesday (August 20) at Wantagh, New York’s Jones Beach Amphitheater. Others on the bill include Nonpoint, Hoobastank, Nappy Roots, N.E.R.D., and Talib Kweli.
The tour was put together by Warped Tour organizer Kevin Lyman, who revealed how it differs from Warped.
“They asked if we’d come and produce it and I said, ‘Sure.’ And then I designed this thing called ‘the playground.’ I found all these great underground graffiti artists that are going to be doing, hanging under overpasses and building freeway overpasses. Because you drive down the freeway and you always wonder how these guys painted that. We’ve got more urban…some skaters coming out. We’ve got some B-boys things going on. More lifestyle for that. Start it out small. It’s not going to be 12 semi-trucks of stuff. It’ll be a truck of stuff this first time,” he said.
Liquid Mix Tour Dates (Subject To Change):
- August 20 – Wantagh, NY – Jones Beach Amphitheater
- August 21 – Boston, MA – Tweeter Center
- August 23 – Washington, DC – Nissan Pavilion
- August 24 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
- August 25 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Center
- August 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Tweeter Center At The Waterfront
- August 28 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
- August 30 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
- August 31 – Atlanta, GA – Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater
- September 1 – St. Louis, MO – UMB Bank Pavilion
- September 2 – Chicago, IL – Tweeter Music Center
- September 4 – Dallas, TX – Smirnoff Music Center
- September 6 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Pavilion
- September 7 – Los Angeles, CA – Verizon Wireless
- September 8 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater
