Perez Hilton says Jay-Z might enhance ticket gross sales with Beyonce’s assist as rapper reportedly struggles to fill upcoming exhibits

Perez Hilton raised questions on Jay-Z’s ticket gross sales on July 9, 2026, posting a video on X (previously Twitter) wherein he famous that tickets to all three of the rapper’s upcoming Yankee Stadium exhibits in New York have been nonetheless obtainable on Ticketmaster, regardless of having been introduced again in March. Hilton mentioned,

“I’d have thought that by mid-July they’d have offered out, however nope”

He steered Jay-Z could have misjudged the demand, saying

“I simply suppose he overestimated with three exhibits. Possibly one would have been higher.”

Hilton additionally proposed a repair: a shock look by Jay-Z’s spouse, Beyoncé. He mentioned,

“If this was a Beyoncé present, or three of them, they’d most likely promote out, whatever the worth”

The celeb columnist and blogger additionally added {that a} particular look announcement would doubtless transfer the remaining tickets rapidly.

Extra about Jay-Z’s upcoming exhibits

Jay-Z is scheduled to carry out at Yankee Stadium on July 10, 11, and 12, 2026, as a part of a broader sequence of concert events celebrating 30 years of his profession, in response to Billboard on July 7, 2026.

The July 10, 2026, present marks the thirtieth anniversary of the rapper’s debut album Affordable Doubt, which was launched on June 25, 1996, and peaked at quantity 23 on the Billboard 200. The July 11, 2026, present celebrates the twenty fifth anniversary of The Blueprint, which debuted at primary on the Billboard 200 in 2001 with 427,000 copies offered. The theme of the third present on July 12 had not been revealed on the time of reporting.

The Yankee Stadium dates are a part of an increasing run. Billboard reported that the Empire State of Thoughts hitmaker will observe these performances with a present at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 4, 2026, the identical venue the place Beyoncé carried out throughout 11 nights on her Renaissance and Cowboy Carter excursions, per The Hollywood Reporter on July 7, 2026.

Further dates in Paris on September 10 and Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium on October 23 spherical out the run. The Hollywood Reporter famous that the rapper is a 25-time Grammy winner who has offered greater than 125 million data, and that an HBO documentary about him is confirmed for launch within the fall.

Perez Hilton’s feedback are partly a mirrored image of the broader hole in present industrial momentum between Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Whereas each are among the many most embellished artists in music historical past, Beyoncé’s Renaissance and Cowboy Carter eras generated huge touring and streaming exercise in recent times.

Jay-Z’s solo touring has been comparatively restricted. The rapper’s final West Coast solo present earlier than the upcoming Los Angeles date was on his 4:44 Tour in 2017, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Selection famous on July 7, 2026, that his Philadelphia look on the Roots Picnic in Might was described by a reviewer as “muscular” and “a labor of affection,” suggesting the reside performances themselves have drawn reward once they have occurred.

Hilton stopped in need of dismissing Jay-Z’s standing, framing his suggestion a few Beyoncé look as sensible reasonably than essential. Whether or not any such announcement materializes forward of the New York exhibits, that are scheduled to start the next day, stays to be seen.