By Terry Zeller and Justin Enriquez, Dailymail.com
00:18 May 21, 2024, 00:23 Updated May 21, 2024
Justin Timberlake announced new dates for his Forget Tomorrow World Tour on Monday.
The 43-year-old singer and actor, who is set to perform shows in Australia in 2025, shared the news with fans on his Instagram, revealing that there will be nine additional tour dates across the US at the end. . About summer.
“Listen, we’re adding new shows…let’s go!” the Sexy Back hitmaker said in the short clip.
The added dates will see Justin perform in several new cities, including Philadelphia, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Jacksonville, and New Orleans.
News of the tour comes after fans had speculated that Britney Spears may have retired following her bombshell remarks which led to a failed album and tour.
Music industry experts say Justin has been forgotten by his once devoted fans.
“Six years off from your mid-30s to your early 40s is a really long time[for an artist],” Touré, a music journalist with TheGrio, told NewsNation’s Paula Froehlich.
“Most of[Timberlake’s]fans are older and don’t care about him anymore. It’s like the old saying goes, ‘You don’t retire, the audience retires you. Let me retire.”
2024 has been quite a turbulent year for Timberlake due to the impact of ex-girlfriend Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman in Me (released in October 2023). This memoir contained several explosive statements.
Among the accusations against the 42-year-old pop superstar are that he cheated on his girlfriend multiple times, encouraged her to have an abortion, and even used their breakup to launch a solo career. It was included.
Shortly after Timberlake was at the center of an online firestorm, Britney extended an olive branch to Justin by praising his new song and apologizing for “some things” he said in the book.
And in early February, the Justified hitmaker took a defiant stance during a performance in New York City, saying he had no intention of following her lead and making no apologies for his past actions.
During the stage show, he said: “Please don’t apologize to anyone on this occasion.”
Spears deleted her apology post and said in a subsequent post, “Someone said someone was talking bad about me on the street!!!” Are you going to take it to court or go home crying to your mother like last time? “I’m sorry!!!” Justin released his sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was, in March, almost six years after the release of his previous album.
Despite receiving mixed reviews, the album was not a huge success, debuting at No. 4 on the US Billboard 200, with 31.13 million on-demand streams and 41,000 pure album copies. The number was only 67,000.
All four of his previous solo studio albums have reached number one on the charts, with his debut, Justified, reaching number two.
Two weeks ago, he kicked off his “The Forget Tomorrow World” tour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
It may be his first tour in five years, but ticket sales were slow, with tickets available in almost every city and in every section, making it far from memorable.
Timberlake was also recently forced to cancel a concert scheduled for June 8 in Columbia, South Carolina, without explanation, with Ticketmaster saying, “Unfortunately, the event organizer has canceled your event.” I had no choice but to do it,” he said.
Timberlake has been married to actress Jessica Biel since 2012, and the couple have two sons, Cyrus, 9, and Phineas, 3.