Nicki Minaj Adds Brisbane To Her ‘Pink Friday’ Australian Tour

A wall of enthusiasm from Nicki’s Queensland-based fans has caused her to re-consider her imminent Australian itinerary and add a Brisbane show to her sold out Melbourne and Sydney shows. The legions of fans north of the NSW border have run a determined and tenacious campaign and one of the hottest artists on the planet right now has heard and responded!

The new show will be at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday May 19, tickets go on sale 9am, Tuesday May 8th.

2011 was an incredible year for Nicki, with her multi platinum selling debut album PINK FRIDAY boasting the most charted singles by any female rap album in Billboard history.

Nicki also became the first artist to have 7 singles on the Billboard HOT 100 chart simultaneously. She criss-crossed the US playing to massive sell-out audiences with friend and mentor Lil Wayne on the sold-out “I Am Music II” tour and then slayed audiences as the special guest on Britney Spear’s US tour. In addition to winning Best Hip Hop Video at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards along with Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album and Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist at the 2011 American Music Awards, Nicki was recently nominated for three Grammys for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance,and Best Rap Album.

Nicki’s brand new Young Money/ Cash Money album “Pink Friday : Roman Reloaded”, has already produced the double-platinum, number one airplay smash “Starships”. The
track is produced by multiple Grammy-winning producer, musician, and songwriter, RedOne, and is in fine company alongside his 35 international hit singles including a staggering 18 #1 singles, for the likes of Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Usher, and Mary J Blige, to name but a few. “Starships” shows Minaj headed straight into clubland territory – that means heavy synths, an infectious chorus and fist-pumping breakdowns and another Gold accreditation in Australia has been quickly assured (she has already notched up in excess of half a million singles sales here with a massive 4 times platinum achieved on “Super Bass”).

With 3 million albums sold globally, 15 million likes on Facebook, 8.5 million followers on Twitter and a profile that is rising by the day, 2012 looks like being an even bigger and better year for this 5′ 2″ phenomenon.

Nicki’s new album “Pink Friday : Roman Reloaded” is available now.

Nicki Minaj Pink Friday Tour Itinerary

Wednesday May 16 Sydney Hordern Pavilion – SOLD OUT
Friday May 18 Melbourne Hisense Arena – SOLD OUT
Saturday May 19 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Brisbane tickets on sale 9am Tuesday May 8 through Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au

More info: www.mypinkfriday.com and www.livenation.com.au