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Wu-Tang Clan have announced the start of their final tour “Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber”, with dates in North America and support from Run The Jewels set for the summer.
The crew announced the news on social media today (February 24), and included a list of dates for June and July 2025 in cities such as Austin, Tampa, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and New York. Run The Jewels will join the tour for all of the announced dates.
All surviving members – RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa – are set to be at “Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber”.
According to the New York Times, the tour is the culmination of a five-plus-year plan of legacy-building for the group. RZA recently went on the podcast Popcast to chat about getting the crew back together.
“There’s so many places we really haven’t been,” he said. “We had some successful touring, right? But not at the level of what the brand is.”
JUNE
6 Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
7 Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
10 Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
11 Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
13 Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
14 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
15 Austin, TX – Moody Center
16 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
18 Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
20 Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena
21 San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena San Diego
22 Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
24 San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
26 Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
28 Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
30 Vancouver, British Columbia – Rogers Arena
JULY
1 Portland, OR – Moda Center
4 Greenwood Village, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7 Chicago, IL – United Center
8 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
9 Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
11 Boston, MA – TD Garden
13 Laval, Quebec – Place Bell
14 Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena
16 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
17 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
18 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 28, and are available to buy here.
In other Wu-Tang Clan-related news, the group announced a new album ‘Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman’, to be released for Record Store Day 2025.
This will be the crew’s first full-length album since 2017’s The Saga Continues. A limited edition run of 5000 copies of the new record will be available in participating Record Store Day retailers.
It sees Wu-Tang reunite with producer Mathematics, who has been associated with the group since their earliest days, and includes contributions from all nine surviving Wu-Tang members, as well as Kool G Rap, Kurupt and Benny The Butcher.
Last year, the crew’s album ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ was turned into an NFT. In the press statement, ‘Once Upon A Time in Shaolin’ producers RZA and Cilvaringz said: “Mass replication has fundamentally changed the way we view a piece of recorded music, while digital universality and vanishing physicality have broken our emotional bond with a piece of music as an artwork and a deeply personal treasure.”
Gary Glitter entered not guilty pleas on Wednesday to eight allegations involving sexual offences from decades ago.
The Rock and Roll performer, whose legal name is Paul Gadd, joined proceedings at London's Southwark Crown Court by video from prison and denied every allegation.
The charges include four allegations of indecent assault, two of indecency involving a child and two of sexual intercourse with a girl younger than 13.
BBC News reported that the 82 year old declared he was "absolutely not guilty" when answering two allegations before responding "not guilty" to the other six.
Judge Tony Baumgartner set the case to begin on 22 November 2027, with proceedings anticipated to continue for approximately three weeks.
Each allegation concerns the same person and relates to events said to have occurred at Gadd's residence in London's Kensington area from 12 March 1978 through 31 December 1981. She was reportedly between eight and 11 years old during that period.
The Crown Prosecution Service, also known as the CPS, confirmed the charges involving the former glam rock musician in July.
The claims were initially brought to the Metropolitan Police in January 2025. Gadd later faced questioning connected to the investigation in July of the same year.
The I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am) vocalist, who became widely known during the 1970s, remained in custody following the court appearance.
