Justin Timberlake Is Coming To Tampa
It’s a good Friday, we just learned that Justin Timberlake is coming to Tampa. Lots of us here at QYK are excited about this show. He has been promoting on his Instagram all week about his new song “Selfish” and now he’s added a tour to follow.
The Forget Tomorrow World Tour was just announced. It will kick off in April in Vancouver, BC and make a stop at Amalie Arena on Friday, June 14. Tickets for the general public will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2
However, if you are in his fan club, you can purchase ahead of time. Fan club presale will start Monday, Jan. 29. Existing fan club members will receive a unique code to purchase their tickets. Additional presales through Verizon and Citi will continue throughout the week. You can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster.com, when they go on sale.
Justin make the announcement on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.” It will be his first tour in five years.
Back in 2014, I flew to NYC to see Justin at Madison Square Garden for an amazing show. The 20/20 Experience World Tour was so good. Full of dancing, great stage props, lots of platforms he was running around on around the Arena. Fans were singing along to all of his big songs and having the best time. He is a true performer and puts on an incredible show.
New Music Is Also Coming
Justin also has new music coming out. He released a new single called “Selfish” that will be off the album “Everything I Thought It Was” coming in March. “Everything I Thought It Was” marks Timberlake’s sixth solo release and his first new music since 2018’s “Man of the Woods.” The announcement of the LP comes just before the singer’s 43 birthday on January 31st. The record will be released by RCA on March 15. Justin will be playing a free show on his birthday in NYC.

The 5 Best Country Concerts That Came To Tampa in 2023
2023 was a huge year for concerts. So many great tours took place this year and many of them came to Florida and the Tampa area. We’re reminiscing about the best country concerts of 2023.
Pollstar recently released the top-grossing tours of 2023. And it’s no surprise that Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour took the top-grossing spot. Taylor’s 60 stadiums tour set a record and is the first tour ever to cross the 10-digit threshold. Whether you’re a fan or not, that’s pretty impressive. Her 3 days in Tampa have brought a lot of economic good to the area with so many people visiting from other cities/states. The second top-grossing tour of 2023 is Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour. For the first time in 15 years, two women, including a woman of color, had the year’s top grosses. The third top-grossing tour of 2023 was Bruce Springsteen’s “Springsteen and E Street Band 2023 Tour, which stopped in Tampa on February 1st, 2023.
Concerts in Tampa in 2024
2024 is going to be a BIG year for concerts. So many big acts have already announced tours next year. We’re looking forward to Kenny Chesney at Raymond James Stadium in April and Morgan Wallen’s first stadium tour this summer. Tim McGraw and Kane Brown are coming to Amalie Arena next year and we still expect a lot more shows to be announced for the summer of 2024. Live Nation usually releases the lineup for the summer concert lawn pass early in the year and is normally packed with shows of all genres!
Honorary mentions
As we said earlier, there were so many amazing shows that came to Tampa this year. It was hard to narrow down our favorite 5. Sam Hunt put on an awesome show earlier this year at the Amphitheatre. Brad Paisley and Riley Green was the best part of this year’s Pig Jig. Blake Shelton, George Strait and Jason Aldean all came to Tampa this year and put on amazing shows!
Here are our top 5 favorite country concerts of 2023… What are yours?
Launa is part of Tampa Bay's Hometown Morning Krewe on 99.5 WQYK. She has been with the station for 7 years and joined J.R. and Kevin on the morning show 4 years ago. Since then, they have been nominated for not only a CMA but also an ACM. Launa has been in radio for the past 28 years and in the Tampa Bay market for 22 of those years. While working in radio, Launa has also served as an entertainment reporter on a local TV show and has hosted many charity events in the community. Using her popularity from QYK, Launa loves to help raise money for shelter animals and has been a volunteer at local shelters for years. Launa loves the community and writes articles on local news, entertainment, and events and highlights people who are shining in Tampa Bay that she knows others like her would also be interested in reading.