On Monday (August 12) Missy Elliott‘s career-spanning Out Of This World Tour reached Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Center, and to commemorate her stop in hip-hop’s motherland, Missy surprised fans with one of their hometown heroes, a fellow pioneering woman in hip-hop: Lil Kim. Kim joined Missy onstage to perform a pair of her biggest hits: “The Jumpoff” and “Not Tonight (Ladies Night),” the latter of which featured Missy when it dropped in 1997.
Missy’s got just another 10 days of tour left, including dates in Detroit, Montreal, Toronto, and Chicago, but she’s already left a mark on the fans who’ve attended — and the ones who missed out. While the enterprising Virginia native hasn’t suggested that there’s any new music on the horizon, fans will undoubtedly want to hear more from her after this tour, and after recent releases from Flyana Boss, Brent Faiyaz, and Cardi B either featured or sampled Missy’s futuristic works.
Lil Kim, meanwhile, is currently promoting her upcoming memoir, Queen Bee, boasting late last year that it’s going to generate more sales than the Bible.
You can see below for the remaining dates on Missy Elliott’s Out Of This World Tour.
8/15 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
8/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
8/19 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
8/22 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
NASA — y’know, the ones who are actually good at spaceships — announced on Monday (July 15) that it had transmitted Missy Elliott’s 1997 breakout hit “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus through its Deep Space Network from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Station 13 in California on Friday, July 12. According to NASA, the distance the song traveled is about 158 million miles, taking nearly 14 minutes to reach Venus at the speed of light.
This marks the first-ever time NASA has broadcast a hip-hop song into space — and they sure picked an appropriate one. NASA’s Deep Space Network system has transmitted only one other song into space: The Beatles’ “Across The Universe.” The Digital and Technology Division director of NASA’s Office of Communications, Brittany Brown, explained why Missy was chosen to be just the second musical act and the first hip-hop one transmitted to space.
“Both space exploration and Missy Elliott’s art have been about pushing boundaries,” Brown said. “Missy has a track record of infusing space-centric storytelling and futuristic visuals in her music videos, so the opportunity to collaborate on something out of this world is truly fitting.”
A hill I will die on (but more likely successfully defend indefinitely until the entire world sees it my way): Missy Elliott is the single best thing to come out of the 1990s. Everything else turned out to have diminishing returns or was actively destructive. It was a time that was singularly focused on a future that seemed not that far away. Remember the hope we had for the internet, that it would be an information superhighway? Well, your Google searches are now burning down a city block’s worth of rainforest to spit out an algorithm-written answer telling you eating rocks is good for digestion.
But Missy Elliott? Missy’s timeless. The one truly pioneering artist in hip-hop who hasn’t yet shared at least one problematic opinion on social media. A performer whose live show only continues to expand, 25 years after her initial, world-shaking breakout with the “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” and its eye-popping music video. Someone who names her tour Out Of This World and delivers on that promise. I go to a lot of shows, and every time I see something mind-bogglingly futuristic, or fantastical, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer‘s influence jumps off the stage. As it turns out, during her concert, so does Missy.
Thursday night (June 11), the Virginia producer-rapper-singer-songwriter transformed the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles into her own personal spaceship, transporting concertgoers into her space-age imagination. From flying saucers to allusions to The Wiz, Missy crams so much into her set that it’s almost physically overwhelming. At 53, she’s at least as spry as some of the artists she’s inspired, like Doja Cat and Lil Nas X, and as innovative as anyone we routinely praise as genius for their creative direction — think Tyler The Creator or Childish Gambino.
Missy’s music, production, and performance has held up so well for so long because she still sounds like the future. Hip-hop, for as much credit as it gets for blasting culture forward by epochal increments over the past 50 years, has very much also been kind of a game of “Follow The Leader” ever since the first MCs picked up mics at the park jams. Whenever someone comes along who shifts the paradigm — let’s say Rakim, or Tupac, or Kanye, or Young Thug — there are nearly always a slew of imitators, duplicating what they did to the best of their abilities, at best advancing the craft and pushing the boundaries, but mostly just riding the wave to capitalize on a proven formula (just imagine how many trap beats there are on the radio RIGHT NOW).
Then there’s Missy, who arrived in 1997 crafting sounds and styles that hadn’t been invented yet, that no one has been able to imitate in the nearly 30 years since. Sure, she cracked open the door for rappers to play around visually in ways they hadn’t yet, so beholden were they to the “keep it real” ghetto tough-guy aesthetic. Her wild collaborations with video director Hype Williams were the precursor to even more outlandish excursions from the likes of Ludacris, Eminem, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B and even Hollywood itself. And her deconstructed rhyme patterns were clear influences on future lyrical Dadaists like the aforementioned Thug, Kanye, and more — even if nobody has quite mastered the free-form thinking behind her best raps.
But for all her influence, nobody in the world sounds LIKE Missy. Not one artist who is capable of selling out arenas is equally capable of teleporting through so many different aesthetics and thematic concepts on stage — as illustrated by massive, cartoonish avatars representing her looks from different iconic music videos. Everyone else is still playing catch-up to where Missy WAS 20 years ago when she dropped “Gossip Folks,” “Pass That Dutch,” “Sock It 2 Me,” and “Work It.” Missy did what so few artists — hip-hop or otherwise — are capable of: breaking new ground, then breaking the mold. Her Out Of This World tour isn’t just a futuristic flight of fancy — it’s an overview of a one-of-a-kind career, one that couldn’t happen before she showed up and hasn’t happened since.
Ciara’s setlist for Missy Elliott’s Out Of This World tour includes classic hits like “Goodies,” “1, 2 Step,” and “Promise,” but also debuts a few new potential fan favorites like “Wind It Up” and “Run It Up.” The surprise star of The Color Purple musical film seems to be working on a new project, and might be giving it a test drive as she opens for her fellow legend, Missy Elliott.
Busta Rhymes has decades of hits and pulls from all of them in his 15-song setlist for Missy Elliott’s Out Of This World tour.
Although Busta was forced to cancel his own Blockbusta tour, he makes a great addition to the lineup of fellow rap pioneer Missy’s tour. He still puts on one hell of a show, as you can see from his setlist. The selections include both his signature hits — “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See,” “Touch It,” “What’s It Gonna Be?!” — and fan favorite deep cuts like his verses from M.O.P.’s “Ante Up (Remix)” and Lumidee’s “Uh Oooh (Remix).”
01. “Respect My Conglomerate”
02. “Ante Up (Remix)” (M.O.P. cover)
03. “As I Come Back”
04. “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See”
05. “Make It Clap”
06. “Uh Oooh (Remix)” (Lumidee cover)
07. “Touch It”
08. “I Know What You Want”
09. “What’s It Gonna Be?!”
10. “Master Fard Muhammad”
11. “Look at Me Now” (Chris Brown cover)
12. “All I Do Is Win (Remix)” (DJ Khaled cover)
13. “Don’t Stop Believin’” (Journey cover)
14. “Break Ya Neck”
15. “Outta My Mind”
Missy Elliott Out Of This World 2024 Tour Dates
7/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
7/13 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
7/16 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
7/18 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
7/20 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
7/21 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
7/24 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
7/25 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena
7/27 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
8/1 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
8/2 — Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
8/3 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
8/5 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
8/8 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
8/9 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
8/10 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
8/12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
8/15 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
8/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
8/19 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
8/22 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Missy Elliott kicked off her Out Of This World Tour on Independence Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (shout-out to Nardwuar), and now that the ball is rolling, we have her setlist, courtesy, as always, of Setlist.fm.
Consisting of more than 30 tracks from across Missy’s career as a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer, the setlist touches on just about every Missy Elliott era — from her “Misdemeanor” days with the inflatable vinyl suit to more recent standouts from her late 2010s EP, Iconology. There’s also a section where she shows off her pen game, performing covers of hits from Aaliyah, 702, Keyshia Cole, Monica, and Jazmine Sullivan. She’s joined onstage, naturally, by longtime producer Timbaland for a cover of the Timbaland & Magoo song “Up Jumps Da Boogie” in homage to the late VA rapper, then by longtime collaborator and fellow rap video paradigm shifter Busta Rhymes. She closes with an appearance from Ciara, with whom she hits on the 2005 single, “Lose Control.”You can see the full list below.
01. “Throw It Back”
02. “Cool Off”
03. “We Run This”
04. “4 My People”
05. “Sock It 2 Me”
06. “I’m Really Hot”
07. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”
08. “I’m Better”
09. “She’s a Bitch”
10. “Gossip Folks”
11. “All n My Grill”
12. “Get Ur Freak On”
13. “Lick Shots”
14. “One Minute Man”
15. “Hot Boyz”
16. “Beep Me 911”
17. “DripDemeanor”
18. “Toyz”
19. “Pussycat”
20. “Bad Man”
21. “If Your Girl Only Knew” (Aaliyah song)
22. “Where My Girls At” (702 song)
23. “Let It Go” (Keyshia Cole song)
24. “So Gone” (Monica song)
25. “Holding You Down” (Jazmine Sullivan song)
26. “Ching-A-Ling”
27. “WTF (Where They From)”
28. “Work It”
29. “Pass That Dutch”
30. “Up Jumps Da Boogie” (Timbaland & Magoo cover) (with Timbaland)
31. “Touch It” (Busta Rhymes cover) (with Busta Rhymes)
32. “Lose Control” (with Ciara)
Missy Elliott recently announced her new Out Of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience tour, which will kick off in July. As she plays shows across North America, she’ll be joined by Timbaland, Ciara, and Busta Rhymes as support — making it one not to miss, especially for hardcore fans.
For those looking to catch one of her upcoming concerts, here’s what to know about getting tickets.
How To Buy Tickets For Missy Elliott’s Out Of This World Tour
A pre-sale for Missy Elliott’s next tour will open for Verizon users today, April 9, along with other early access chances for fans throughout the week — including an artist one on Thursday, April 11. On Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m. local time, tickets will then be available for the general public to purchase them.
Continue scrolling for a complete list of dates. Additional information can be found through Elliott’s website.
Missy Elliott 2024 Tour Dates: Out Of This World
07/04 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
07/06 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
07/09 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
07/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
07/13 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
07/16 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
07/18 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
07/20 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
07/21 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
07/24 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
07/25 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena
07/27 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
08/01 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
08/02 — Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
08/03 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
08/05 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
08/08 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
08/09 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
08/10 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
08/12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
08/15 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
08/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
08/19 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
08/22 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
Missy Elliott is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Missy Elliott is returning to the road and leaving the Earth with her new tour, Out Of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience. The tour begins on July 4 in Vancouver, BC, in Canada, and features openers Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland. It’ll be Missy’s first headlining tour in the US in nearly 20 years. The groundbreaking Virginia rap pioneer was recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and soon, fans across the United States can see why in person.
When Do Missy Elliott’s Out Of This World Tour Tickets Go On Sale?
A presale for Verizon subscribers begins Tuesday, April 9, with additional presales throughout the week. The general sale starts on Friday, April 12, at 10 am local time. You can get more information at missy-elliott.com. See below for the full tour dates.
7/4 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
7/6 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
7/9 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
7/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
7/13 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
7/16 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
7/18 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
7/20 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
7/21 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
7/24 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
7/25 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena
7/27 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
8/1 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
8/2 — Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
8/3 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
8/5 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
8/8 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
8/9 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
8/10 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
8/12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
8/15 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
8/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
8/19 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
8/22 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
Missy Elliott is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It’s utterly bonkers to think that this is the case but, despite Missy Eliott‘s status as one of the undisputed GOATs of the rap world, the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee has not had her own headlining tour in nearly two decades. That’s about to change, though, as the Virginia Beach legend has just announced her first-ever headlining tour, Out Of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience, which kicks off on Independence Day and will be supported by fellow groundbreaker Busta Rhymes (replacing his canceled Blockbusta Tour), frequent collaborator Ciara, and of course, her longtime production partner Timbaland.
A presale for Verizon subscribers begins Tuesday, April 9, with additional presales throughout the week. The general sale starts on Friday, April 12, at 10 am local time. You can get more information at missy-elliott.com. See below for the full tour dates.
for her tour stop at Barclay Center in Brooklyn!!!!
#Brooklyn #OutOfThisWorld
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(@croatiankim) August 13, 2024
