Jay-Z brought Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams onto the stage during his sold-out JAŸ-Z 30 concert at Paris’ Stade de France on September 10, giving fans two major live reunions during his 30th-anniversary stadium run. The show featured a career-spanning set built around songs from Reasonable Doubt through Jay-Z’s biggest global hits.
Pharrell appeared first, joining Jay-Z for a run of songs tied to their long-running creative partnership. The pair performed “Excuse Me Miss,” “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me),” “Frontin’” and “Allure,” revisiting some of the records that connected Jay-Z to Pharrell and The Neptunes during the early 2000s.
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Timberlake arrived later for a rare performance of “Holy Grail,” their 2013 collaboration from Magna Carta Holy Grail. He then remained onstage for “Until the End of Time,” the 2006 song originally recorded as a Timberlake and Beyoncé duet.
The Paris concert is part of Jay-Z’s first proper solo stadium tour since the 4:44 Tour in 2017. His current run marks 30 years since the release of Reasonable Doubt, the 1996 debut that established the foundation for one of hip-hop’s most influential careers.
Jay-Z returned to major stages in May with a headlining performance at Roots Picnic before taking the anniversary celebration to Yankee Stadium in July. The rapper sold out three nights at the New York venue and brought out 19 guests across the shows, including Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Rihanna, Eminem, Nas, Alicia Keys, Pharrell and Usher.
With the Paris show now complete, the JAŸ-Z 30 run is heading toward its final stretch. The tour will conclude with two concerts at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on October 23 and 24.
Scroll down to see the full setlist from Jay-Z’s Paris concert.
JAŸ-Z — Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
On to the Next One
The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Tom Ford
Magna Carta… Holy Grail (2013)
Big Pimpin’
Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter (1999)
Jigga My N****
Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (1998)
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
The Blueprint (2001)
Beach Is Better
4:44 (2017)
F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit
Magna Carta… Holy Grail (2013)
N**** What, N**** Who (Originator 99)
Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (1998)
Run This Town
The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Family Feud
4:44 (2017)
U Don’t Know
The Blueprint (2001)
Dead Presidents / Dead Presidents II
Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Where I’m From
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (1998)
Lucifer
The Black Album (2003)
No Church in the Wild
Watch the Throne — JAY-Z & Kanye West (2011)
Can I Live
Reasonable Doubt (1996)
99 Problems
The Black Album (2003)
Girls, Girls, Girls / ’03 Bonnie & Clyde
The Blueprint (2001) / The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
Excuse Me Miss
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
with Pharrell Williams
La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again)
Bad Boys II soundtrack (2003)
with Pharrell Williams
Frontin’
The Neptunes Present… Clones (2003)
with Pharrell Williams
Allure
The Black Album (2003)
with Pharrell Williams
Dirt Off Your Shoulder
The Black Album (2003)
I Know
American Gangster (2007)
Never Change
The Blueprint (2001)
Song Cry
The Blueprint (2001)
Holy Grail
Magna Carta… Holy Grail (2013)
with Justin Timberlake
Until the End of Time
Justified — Justin Timberlake (2002)
with Justin Timberlake
Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)
The Blueprint (2001)
N****s in Paris
Watch the Throne — JAY-Z & Kanye West (2011)
Public Service Announcement
The Black Album (2003)
Empire State of Mind
The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Numb / Encore
Collision Course — Jay-Z and Linkin Park (2004)
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