Missy Elliott Announces Dates for First Headlining Tour, Featuring Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland

More than three decades into her career, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott is gearing up for her first headlining tour. On Monday morning (April 8), the “Work It” rapper announced dates for her Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience 2024 North American tour, which is set to kick off July 4 in Vancouver at Rogers Arena, and includes stops in Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Houston, Tampa, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn and Detroit before ending on August 22 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL.

The summer outing will be joined by Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Elliott's longtime music producer partner Timbaland. The tour poster shows Missy, Busta and Ciara dressed up Mad Max– futuristic leather outfits standing in front of a giant spaceship.

“This is an incredible time in my life as I experience so many milestone 'firsts'. Being the FIRST female Hip Hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and now heading out on my FIRST tour,” Elliott said in a statement about the 24-city tour co-produced by Live Nation and Elliott's longtime manager. Mona Scott-Young. “Fans have been asking me to do a tour forever, but I wanted to wait until I felt it was the right time because I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big and I had to do it with the family! So get ready to be OUT OF THIS WORLD with me, Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland! We can't wait to share this experience with fans!”

In keeping with Elliott's legendary music videos, the tour announcement was accompanied by a short teaser video directed by another of Missy's frequent collaborators, director Dave Meyers. “In 2024, these three icons are coming together to show you something you've never seen before,” Elliott says in voiceover in the clip in which she, Busta and Ciara exit the spaceship.

“Something's wrong,” Elliott says at one point as the shoot is interrupted by confusion. “This is not Earth!” This leads to Busta taking down a paper sky map only to discover that he took a “wrong turn” on Mars, a revelation that leaves Ciara gasping. Missy then calls Timbaland on her old brick cell phone to complain about Busta's terrible sense of space direction.

In an additional statement about her client's first headlining tour, Scott-Young said: “Missy has always been an iconic trailblazer and is constantly pushing herself to be bolder and go where she's never gone before – and surprisingly, one of these parties is leading its own tour! For decades, fans and peers around the world have been clamoring for Missy to tour, and she's finally getting what they've been asking for as she teams up with Ciara, Busta and longtime collaborator Timbaland to kick things off. -to-finish, non-stop, high-octane, OUT OF THIS WORLD concert experience. This will be one for the books, so trust me, you don't want to miss it!”

tickets for the tour will go on sale first through a Verizon presale beginning Tuesday (April 9) at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday (April 11) at 10:00 p.m. local time. Click here For more information. After additional pre-sales throughout the week, general sales for the tour will begin on Friday (April 12) at 10am. local time here.

Check out the tour dates and teaser video below.