Demand for Jay Z Tickets Soars Following Revelation of Royal Baby Connection

Demand for Jay Z Tickets Soars Following Revelation of Royal Baby Connection

LONDON, July 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



- Historians have revealed rapper's daughter Blue Ivy is distant cousin of Kate and
Wills' first-born



- Initial run of tickets for the 'Magna Carta...Holy Grail' tour sold out within
seconds of going on sale last Friday (19th July)



- StubHub has availability for all dates of the newly-extended October UK and Ireland
tour


Jay Z's busiest week of ticket sales in years has coincided with revelations about his
family's amazing links to the British Royal Family, as the ripples of Royal Baby fever
reach even the hip-hop world.


The undisputed king of rap, famed for albums such as Watch the Throne and his marriage
to 'Queen B' Beyonce, is purportedly related to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's
new-born son through his daughter Blue Ivy. The one-year-old was revealed as the 23rd
cousin twice-removed to the regal tot by an online genealogy website earlier this month.



Within days of the revelation, thousands of tickets for Jay Z's October UK and Ireland
tour were snapped up by fans mere minutes after going on general sale. Such was demand
that extra dates have now been added to the tour, which kicks off in Manchester on 3rd
October before moving on to Birmingham, Dublin and London.



Jay Z's legions of fans are already buying and selling tickets for the tour on leading
online ticket marketplace StubHub UK [http://www.stubhub.co.uk ], which has listings and
availability for each of the iconic artist's 'Magna Carta...Holy Grail' concerts.



Commenting, Fiona Chow, Head of European Communications at StubHub said: "Music fans
have long considered Jay Z the king of hip-hop [http://www.stubhub.co.uk/jay-z-tickets ],
but reports of his links to the Royal Family appear to have sent his popularity soaring to
another level in the UK. Given their well-documented love of pop music, we wouldn't be
surprised if the Duke and Duchess are already sorting out a babysitter so they too can
attend one of these huge concerts themselves in October."



StubHub.co.uk launched in the United Kingdom in December 2011, and allows users to buy
and sell tickets to the hottest entertainment, music, sport and theatre events.



StubHub's dedicated Customer Service team are available from 9:00 - 21:00, seven days
a week, to handle any and all customer queries (0800.358.8585).



The StubHub UK site: http://www.StubHub.co.uk



Notes to Editors:



For more information about StubHub.co.uk please contact:



Fiona Chow, StubHub UK: fichow@ebay.com



Julia Morgan, Ketchum: julia.morgan@ketchum.com, +44(0)20-7611-3513




StubHub UK


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