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B.o.B Embarking on 'Shootin' for Stars Tour' This Summer/Fall

2:27 p.m. · July 21, 2010 · by Andrew Martin

His debut, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, topped the Billboard 200 chart in its first week after selling 84,000 copies. He also topped the Hot 100 and Pop Songs charts with his catchy-as-hell single, "Nothin' On You." So it would seem like, for a relative newcomer, that B.o.B had already done everything expected of him.

Well, not quite. The Atlanta rapper-producer (and sometimes singer) hadn't embarked on a major tour. That of course changes later this month when Bobby Ray sets off for his first stop in Australia that then brings him to Japan and then back to North America for one hell of a long tour. Hopefully all this time on the road will influence him to make a better album for his sophomore effort as his debut was kind of a snoozer.

The (extensive) tour dates are below:

07.21 Billboard Melbourne: Melbourne, AU
07.24 Club Quattro: Osaka, JPN
07.25 Tokyo Garden Hall: Tokyo, JPN
07.31 MySpace Live @ Center Stage: Atlanta, GA*
08.01 Scotiabank Place: Ottawa, ON*
08.03 Six Flags: St. Louis, MO
08.04 Six Flags: Gurnee, IL
08.06 Lollapalooza: Chicago, IL*
08.06 House of Blues: Dallas, TX
08.07 Summer Spirit Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavilion: Columbia, MD*
08.08 Z103.5 Summer Rush Toronto @ Kingswood Music Theater: Toronto, ONT*
08.10 104.5 WSNX’s Rock The Rapids @ Fifth Third Ballpark : Comstock Park, MI*
08.11 Club Gossip: Austintown, OH
08.13 Six Flags: Springfield, MA
08.14 Bangor Waterfront: Bangor, ME
08.15 House of Blues: Boston, MA
08.17 Irving Plaza: New York, NY
08.18 Six Flags: Jackson, NJ
08.20 American University: Washington, DC
08.21 John Paul Jones Arena: Charlottesville, VA
08.22 Six Flags: Atlanta, GA
08.24 Revolution: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
08.25 University of Central Florida: Orlando, FL
08.26 University of Northern Florida: Jacksonville, FL
08.28 Virginia Commonwealth: Richmond, VA
08.31 Bryce Jordan Center: State College, PA
09.04 SUNY Oneonta: Oneonta, NY
09.16 Virginia Tech University – Burris Hall Auditorium: Blacksburg, VA
09.17 Grey Goose Event – Venue TBA: Detroit, MI
09.18 Utica College: Utica, NY
09.19 Princeton University: Princeton, NJ
09.21 University of Kansas – Liberty Hall: Lawrence, KS
09.22 University of Missouri: Columbia, MO
10.14 Big Fresno Fairgrounds: Fresno, CA
10.21 Memorial Coliseum: Lexington, KY
10.22 Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN
10.23 Emory University: Atlanta, GA
10.24 Towson University: Towson, MD
10.28 James Madison University – Wilson Hall: Harrisonburg, VA
10.29 Sojka Pavilion: Lewisburg, PA
10.30 Grey Goose Event – Venue TBA: Washington, DC