Jennifer Lopez to perform on July 19 at Acrisure Arena
Ready to "Dance Again" with Jennifer Lopez? The singer is making her anticipated return to the live stage after a five-year break and will perform on July 19 at Acrisure Arena as part of this summer's This Is Me…Now The Tour itinerary.
Lopez released the new album "This Is Me...Now" on Friday in tandem with the Amazon Prime Video documentary "This Is Me…Now: A Love Story." The album features themes of love and her reunion with actor Ben Affleck, who she married in 2022. It's also her first new record in a decade since "A.K.A." in 2014.
How to get tickets
Tickets will be available on Lopez' fan club at 9 a.m., Feb. 20 at ontheljo.com and additional presales will run through the week starting at 10 a.m., Feb. 23 on LiveNation.com
Citi Card holders and Verizon customers will have access to presale tickets from 10 a.m. on Feb. 20 until 10 p.m. Feb 22 at citentertainment.com and verizon.com
'This Is Me... Now' might be her last album
Lopez told USA TODAY this might be her final album and she doesn't suggest otherwise when asked to explain why she would be happy with “This is Me … Now” as her swan song.
“This was going to be the quintessential thing I have been searching for and wanted to say about love. I've been on this search for so long, since people first met me and my first record came out and even before that in my first movie role, where I've been on this journey trying to figure this thing out for myself. This (album) kind of closed the loop in a way,” Lopez says. “It captures this moment to really say the things I want to say about love, and that is that true love does exist and some things are forever. Please don't give up on that because that's all that matters in life … love," Lopez said.
She recorded “This is Me … Now” primarily between May and August 2022 with a small group of producers including Rogét Chahayed (Big Sean, Doja Cat), who wanted to “preserve the sound and energy” of Lopez's hits (“Jenny From the Block,” “I'm Real,” “Love Don't Cost A Thing,” among her many), but also lean into the tenderness she exposes in her new songs.
The famously indefatigable multitasker also helped win the commercial wars during the Super Bowl game. The comical spot for Dunkin', featuring the Boston conglomerate of Affleck, best pal Matt Damon and former New England Patriots hero Tom Brady as the hiphop trio DunKings, highlights Lopez eye-rolling her way through her husband's mortifying musical efforts.
In 2020, Lopez received the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the 2019 film "Hustlers."
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