Missy Elliott may have turned 53 on July 1, but it appears she’ll be celebrating all month long, as she recently announced a giant birthday celebration in Los Angeles that’s going down later this month.
On Saturday (July 6), Billboard shared that Missy will be presenting ‘Party on the Plaza: An Out of This World Experience,’ a “birthday and tour kickoff celebration” that will feature “live DJs, Elliott’s tour dancers leading the OUT OF THIS WORLD Dance Challenge, plus a special surprise.”
The event will take place at Los Angeles’ Jerry Moss Plaza on July 10, the day before Missy’s current Out of This World Tour begins a two-night run at the city’s Crypto.com arena.
Check Missy talking about the event in the TikTok below.
@missyelliott Come dance your way #OUTOFTHISWORLD and celebrate my birthday @The Music Center Los Angeles and @Gloria Molina Grand Park on July 10th at 7pm. Check out the event details at the link in my bio!! And even if you can’t come, you can participate in the dance challenge online. Follow my dance captain @blairchristian to learn the #ootwdance♬ original sound – OOTW Dance Challenge
Rachel S. Moore, president and CEO of The Music Center, the performing arts center that contains Jerry Moss Plaza, released a statement about the event: “As a cultural destination in Los Angeles County where dancing and artistry thrive, The Music Center is proud to be a vital part of Missy Elliott’s OUT OF THIS WORLD Dance Challenge — it is an exciting opportunity to highlight L.A.’s vibrant dance community and encourage people to be creative and connect.
“Bring on your best dance moves, Angelenos, and get ready to share them with the world!”
Fans can RSVP for the free event here.
The Out of This World Tour features support from Busta Rhymes, Timbaland and Ciara.
Missy’s first-ever headlining tour, the 24-city trek will take the quartet across North America this summer. It began on July 4 in Vancouver.
From there, Missy and co. will make stops in cities such as Houston, Atlanta, New York and Toronto before closing things out on August 22 in Rosemont, Illinois.
“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts,’” Elliott said in a press release. “Being the FIRST female Hip Hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and now going out on my FIRST headline tour.
“Fans have been asking me to tour forever but I wanted to wait until I felt the time was right because I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family!
“So get ready to be taken OUT OF THIS WORLD with me, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland! We can’t wait to share this experience with the fans!”
