Justin Timberlake is all set to hit the road for the first time in five years as he prepares to drop his next album this spring.
On Friday (January 26), the 42-year-old singer and dancer unveiled the itinerary for his Forget Tomorrow World Tour across North America. The 22-date trek commences on April 29 with a show in Vancouver, Canada and concludes on July 9 in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Before the concert series kicks off, the NSYNC heartthrob will release his sixth studio album. Everything I Thought It Was is currently scheduled to drop on March 15, with its first single premiering earlier this week.
Check out the list of performances JT has planned for later this year. The singer promised “more to come”:
It’s been six years since Justin Timberlake dropped a full-length project. Man of the Woods, which was released in 2018, featured production from the musician and actor himself as well as The Neptunes, Timbaland and more. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 293,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week.
Since then, he’s been making the headlines for the drama in his life more than anything else. Most recently, Britney Spears told a story of him of adopting a “blaccent” when they met Ginuwine in New York years ago.
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“His band NSYNC was what people called back then ‘so pimp,’” the pop star wrote. “They were white boys but they loved Hip Hop. To me, that’s what separated them from the Backstreet Boys, who seemed very consciously to position themselves as a white group. NSYNC hung out with Black artists.”
She continued: “Sometimes, I think they tried too hard to fit in. One day, J and I were in New York going to parts of town I’d never been to before. Walking our way was a guy with a huge blinged-out medallion. He was flanked by two giant security guards. J got all excited and said so loud, ‘Oh yeah, fo shizz, fo shizz. Ginuwine! What’s up, homie?’
“After Ginuwine walked away, Felicia [Britney’s former assistant] did an impression of J. ‘Oh yeah, fo shizz, fo shizz. Ginuwine!’ J wasn’t even embarrassed. He just took it and looked at her like, ‘Okay, fuck you, Felicia.’”
The “Pony” singer later spoke with PEOPLE about the alleged encounter and couldn’t recall such an incident taking place, saying: “Yeah, yeah, I definitely heard about it. People were calling about that. But I can tell you I don’t remember that happening. I truly don’t remember that happening.”
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He added: “If Justin would’ve did something like that, I probably would’ve looked at him like, ‘Why are you acting like that?’ If he did that, that would be something that I would remember. That would’ve definitely stuck out. So nah, I don’t remember that happening.”
Tickets for Timberlake’s tour can be purchased here. Check out the full itinerary below:
April 29 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
May 2 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
May 6 —San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
May 10 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena*
May 14 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego*
May 17 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
May 21 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
May 29 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
May 31 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
June 4 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
June 6 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
June 10 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
June 12 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
June 14 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
June 15 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
June 21 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
June 25 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
June 29 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
July 3 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
July 4 — Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
July 7 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse*
July 9 — Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
