If you have been patiently awaiting Jay-Z’s latest album “The Blueprint 3,” you’d better scurry on over to iTunes. The album was due out Friday but got bumped up for release today instead. Jay-Z is set to spend Friday playing a 9/11 benefit at Madison Square Garden that benefits the New York Police, the Fire Widow’s and the Children’s Benefit Fund. After he closes the event, he’ll skip the pond for a handful of European tour dates before setting his sights stateside starting October 9 in University Park, Pennsylvania.

The US Tour will be comprised of a 19-city run that wraps in Austin, Texas on November 22. Full tour dates are listed below. “The Blueprint 3″ closes out the trilogy that Carter originally started with “The Blueprint” in 2001. “The Blueprint 3″ marks the first release Carter brings to the table as a part of the management and recording deal with LiveNation.

2009 Jay-Z Tour Dates
September 2009
11 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

October 2009
9 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
10 – Highland Heights, KY – Bank of Kentucky Center
13 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
14 – Calgary, Alberta – Pengrowth Saddledome
15 – Kelowna, British Columbia – Prospera Place
16 – Vancouver, British Columbia – General Motors Place
17 – Seattle, WA – Key Arena
24 – Providence, RI – Dunkin Donuts Center
25 – Amherst, MA – Mullins Center
27 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
28 – Columbus, OH – Value City Arena
29 – London, Ontario – John Labatt Centre
30 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
31 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre

November 2009
1 – Ottawa, Ontario – Scotiabank Place
12 – Champaign, IL – University of Illinois – Assembly Hall
19 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
20 – El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center
22 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center Arena

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