Jay Z And Kanye West Tickets & Tour Dates 2013

I have to admit when I purchased tickets to Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘Watch the Throne’ concert in Manchester I felt a mix of both excitement and scepticism. I am an ardent fan of both rappers and have seen them both individually on three separate occasions. Their lyrics are intelligent, their melodies are infectious and they have seduced a whole generation of hip-hop lovers with their tales of rags to riches. However, the concept of the of the two of them performing together on the same stage presented, to me, an opportunity for them to exhibit their own unique brand of self gratifying narcissism that pervades across their music and that waiting for me was a titanic clash of egos of two of hip-hop’s biggest stars that would have no rapport together on stage. I doubted that the camaraderie and magic created in the studio when recording ‘Watch the Throne’ would not be possible to recreate on stage...how wrong I was.

The business man and the entrepreneur, the stalwart and the genius, the Obama bro and the, ahem, “jackass”, I’m of course referring to the ultimate genre conquering, throne occupying duo of Jay Z and Kanye West. Nigh a year since their much hyped and critically acclaimed 'Watch The Throne' album was unleashed upon the world, they have turned their campaign of arena raising, grade A hip hop towards The UK and its Friday night at London’s The O2 Arena that is slated for the first of the 10 date tour.