Portland Trail Blazers rookie guard Damian Lillard is featured on the cover of the February 2013 issue of Dime Magazine. Lillard is wearing Portland’s red alternate jersey and the headline dubs him, “the most exciting NBA rookie since LeBron James.”

Historic Tour Will Visit 12 Cities In North America Including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto. Join the conversation on Twitter #LegendsOfTheSummer. With more than 23 Grammy Awards, 67 million albums sold and two Emmys combined, music icons JAY Z and Justin Timberlake announce 12 once-in-a-lifetime stadium performances. The Legends Of The Summer tour will begin on July 17th in Toronto, Ontario at the Roger’s Centre and continue through August 16th in Miami, Florida at Sun Life Stadium. Tickets for all dates except New York go on sale to the public on Thursday, February 28th at Ticketmaster.com. Stay tuned for special New York on sale date announcement.

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z have released dates for their upcoming “Legends of the Summer” tour. The two superstars linked up for “Suit & Tie,” the lead single off of Justin’s forthcoming album, The 20/20 Experience. After performing the song together at the Grammys, the duo will have no doubt be thrilling crowds with it while out on the road for their 12 stadium dates

July 17: Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
July 19: New York, NY – Yankee Stadium
July 22: Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
July 26: San Francisco, CA – Candlestick Park
July 28: Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl
July 31: Vancouver, BC – BC Place Stadium
August 4: Hershey, PA -Hershey Stadium
August 6: Detroit, MI – Ford Field
August 8: Baltimore, MD – M&T Bank Stadium
August 10: Boston, MA – Fenway Park
August 13: Philadelphia, PA -Citizens Bank Park
August 16: Miami, FL – Sun Life Stadium

The trek kicks off July 17th in Toronto and wraps up August 16th in Miami. According to Rap-Up, tickets for all dates except New York go on sale to the public on Thursday, February 28, at LiveNation.com. Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Friday, February 22, at 12 noon local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program.

New York ticket sales date will be announced later.

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Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show has, predictably, sent sales of her music skyrocketing.
The diva headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime festivities in New Orleans last night (Feb. 3), where she performed eight songs and reunited with Destiny’s Child.
Industry sources suggest that in the week ending Feb. 3, Beyonce’s digital album sales jumped by over 230%. Meanwhile, those of her group Destiny’s Child soared by more than 600%. That latter increase is inordinately large as it includes sales of the trio’s brand new Love Songs compilation, released last Tuesday. The set features one new recording, “Nuclear.”
The album sales gains are also aided by discount pricing in both the iTunes and Amazon MP3 stores. The former discounted key earlier titles from Beyonce and Destiny’s Child to $7.99 while the latter marked them down to between $5 and $7.99.
In terms of digital song sales, Beyonce’s grew by an estimated 85% while Destiny’s Child’s rose by over 300%.
Beyonce’s biggest selling song of the week was “Halo,” which closed her eight-song halftime set. The biggest Destiny’s Child song of the week, according to early data, looks to be “Say My Name” (which was not part of the halftime medley). Two Destiny’s Child tunes were performed at the Super Bowl: “Bootylicious” and “Independent Women (Part 1).”
The week’s official Nielsen SoundScan sales figures for Beyonce and Destiny’s Child will be released on Wednesday (Feb. 6). Further impact from the halftime show will be felt next week, after a full seven days’ worth of sales are registered post-game.