Nelly announces world tour for 2025 with special guests including Eve and Ja Rule - here is how to get concert tickets in Australia

Nelly has announced a world tour for 2025 with the American rapper set to kick off the Australian leg in March.

The Ride wit Me hitmaker, 50, will bring his Where The Party At Tour to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, alongside Eve, Ja Rule and other artists. 

Concert tickets will go on sale this week, with the three-time Grammy-winner celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut studio album Country Grammar. 

Nelly was most recently in Australia last January when he toured the country as part of Juicy Fest with Ne-Yo, Ja Rule, Bow Wow, Xzibit, Chingy, Pretty Ricky and Mya.

The actor has an incredible line-up of guests joining him on his tour, with fans set to see performances from St. Lunatics, Chingy and Jermaine Dupri.

Nelly—born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.—took to his socials on Tuesday to announce his tour, saying: 'Yo, Where Da Party At Tour, we are taking this tour worldwide.

'I got my folks with me—Ja Rule, Jermaine Dupri, Eve, the St. Lunatics, and Fabulous. So you know it's [looking up] all 2025... Let's go! Da Party At!' 

The tour is said to be taking fans on a journey through Nelly's career as he performs chart-topping hits like Hot In Herre, Dilemma, and Ride wit Me.  

Nelly will kick off the Australian leg of his concerts in Brisbane on March 22 at Eatons Hill Hotel before jetting to Sydney on March 25 to play the Hordern Pavilion.

He will then play the John Cain Arena in Melbourne on March 27 before wrapping his Aussie tour on March 29 at the HBF Stadium in Perth.

Fans can buy tickets to the 2025 tour this week with Mastercard presales now open until Friday, 9am.

Live Nation Presale begins on Thursday and also finishes at 9am on Friday, same as My Ticketmaster Presale, Venue Presale, and Spotify Presale.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10am on Friday, with all times being local. 

It comes after Nelly recently teased a possible Las Vegas residency last month when he was in Sin City celebrating his 50th birthday with wife Ashanti. 

The St. Louis native and his wife, 44, were asked about the possibility of a residency in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. 

It seemed the couple—who tied the knot last December and welcomed their first child in July—had been in talks for a residency not long ago.

'That's funny that you say that. There were talks not too long ago about that very thing,' Nelly teased.

'I’m not gonna say too much more but hopefully everything continues the course. I love Vegas, she loves Vegas. We both love Vegas for very different reasons,' he said.

The couple would join a growing list of stars with their own residencies such as Billy Joel, Donny Osmond, Usher, Babyface, Shania Twain, Pitbull and many more.

Nelly and Ashanti go back a few decades, as they first started dating in 2003 after meeting at the Grammy Awards.

They dated for a decade until splitting in 2013, but reconciled in 2023, quietly tying the knot just a few days after Christmas last year.

They welcomed their first child Kareem Kenkaide in July, with Nelly recently opening up about how Ashanti is as a mother.

'She's an awesome mum. To watch someone care about someone else so much and give their all and is willing to give their all,' he said.

'You know like she said sometimes it could be too far but you would way prefer to have a parent that goes too far than a parent that doesn't go far enough.'