NEW YORK, April 4 /PRNewswire/ — Superstar and cultural icon Beyonce is bringing her 2007 world tour to North America for a series of live concerts beginning Friday, July 6, at the Superdome in New Orleans. "The Beyonce Experience brought to you by Samsung and L’Oreal Paris," kicks off April 10 in Tokyo and is currently set to run stateside through September (see itinerary following).

WeLoveBeyonce.com, the artist’s official fan site, will host a two-week presale for Beyonce’s concerts in Ft. Lauderdale, Philadelphia, and Raleigh, on Thursday, April 5 at 10am (ET)/ 9am (CT). (The public on-sale for those three cities will take place the weekend of April 20.) VIP Concert Tour Packages will be available exclusively at welovebeyonce.com.
Further details on presales and public on-sales for other cities on Beyonce’s 2007 world tour itinerary will be available on her official fan site.

The most eagerly-anticipated tour of the year, "The Beyonce Experience brought to you by Samsung and L’Oreal Paris" showcases the international music and film star, along with her sizzling all-female band, performing musical hits, classics, and surprises in a newly-created high-tech state-of-the-art concert environment.

Beyonce recently set the all-time record for the biggest chart jump in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 when "Beautiful Liar," her superstar duet with Shakira, bulleted an unprecedented 91 slots (#94* to #3*) upward in a single week.

The first single from Beyonce’s B’DAY Deluxe Edition, "Beautiful Liar," an irresistible Latin/pop anthem of feminine empowerment, has also entered Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs and Hot Digital Tracks charts at #1.

Music World/Columbia Records has just released Beyonce’s B’DAY Deluxe Edition, an expanded two-CD edition of the pop icon’s best-selling Grammy- winning solo album, in stores now.

Also available now: Beyonce’s B’DAY Anthology Video Album. For sale exclusively at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the B’DAY Anthology Video Album includes Beyonce’s videos for "Kitty Kat (intro)"/"Greenlight," "Upgrade U" featuring Jay-Z, "Deja Vu," "Ring The Alarm," "Irreplaceable," "Listen," "Suga Mama," "Get Me Bodied," "Freakum Dress," "Flaws & All," "Kissing You" and "Beautiful Liar" featuring Shakira. As an added bonus, the video collection features fifteen minutes of exclusive behind-the-scene footage.

"The Beyonce Experience brought to you by Samsung and L’Oreal Paris" Fri 7/6 New Orleans, LA Superdome Sat 7/7 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum Sun 7/8 St. Louis, MO Savvis Center Wed 7/11 Monterrey, Mexico Monterrey Arena Fri 7/13 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center Sat 7/14 Houston, TX Toyota Center Sun 7/15 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center Wed 7/18 Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Center Fri 7/20 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Sat 7/21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum Sun 7/22 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center Tue 7/24 Orlando, FL AMWAY Arena Fri 7/27 Charlotte, NC Bobcat Arena Sat 7/28 Raleigh, NC RBC Center Sun 7/29 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum Tue 7/31 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena Wed 8/1 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Thu 8/2 TBD Fri 8/3 Meadowlands, NJ Continental Airline Arena Sat 8/4 NYC Madison Square Garden Wed 8/8 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena Thu 8/9 Washington DC Verizon Center Fri 8/10 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center Sat 8/11 Atlantic City, NJ TBD Sun 8/12 Boston, MA Fleet Center Tue 8/14 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Wed 8/15 Toronto, ON Air Canada Fri 8/17 Detroit, MI Palace Sat 8/18 Chicago, IL United Center Sun 8/19 Cleveland, OH Quicken Arena Wed 8/22 Denver, CO Pepsi Arena Fri 8/24 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center Sat 8/25 Las Vegas, NV MGM Sun 8/26 San Diego, CA TBD Thu 8/30 Lake Tahoe, CA Harrah’s Outdoor Theatre Fri 8/31 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena Sat 9/1 Anaheim, CA Honda Center Sun 9/2 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center Wed 9/5 TBD Thu 9/6 Calgary, Canada Pengrowth Saddledome Fri 9/7 Vancouver, Canada GM Place