J. Cole's $1 Dallas Concert Drew Crazy Numbers of People to House of Blues Sunday

That escalated quickly. Early last week, North Carolina rapper J. Cole announced a new run of his Dollar and a Dream concerts, whereby fans can see him play for only $1. The kickoff for the tour would be none other than Dallas. The only catch? The location of the show...

By Jeff Gage

June 22, 2015

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Well, that escalated quickly. Early last week, North Carolina rapper J. Cole announced a new run of his Dollar and a Dream concerts, at which fans can see him play for only $1. The kickoff for the tour would be none other than Dallas. The only catch? The location of the show wouldn't be announced until the day of — which was yesterday, June 21.

Dollar and A Dream Dallas. House of Blues. 2200 N Lamar St. $1. Be safe
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 21, 2015

Cole duly tweeted around 4 p.m. Sunday that the show would be taking place at the House of Blues, and thousands of people flocked to the venue to try to get in. Like, really. We're not joking. Crazy numbers of people showed up, even though House of Blue's capacity is only around 1,600. Estimates put the crowd size somewhere around 3,000 to 4,000 people.

Less than two hours after the announcement had been made, Cole took to Twitter to inform fans that wristbands for the show were already sold out:

All wristbands sold out for Dallas tonight. To those that didn't get in, see you later this summer. Peace
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 21, 2015

Police wound up being dispatched to make sure the throng of people kept from getting out of hand, but fortunately it sounds like everyone remained well behaved. Sadly, most of the people who showed up wound up getting turned away, but they can take heart: Cole will be back in Dallas in just two months' time for a performance at Gexa Energy Pavilion — which should be much better suited to the fan turnout.

In the meantime, there were also tons of photos and videos that captured the craziness yesterday. Take a look at some of the scenes:

Jcole brought the city out damn pic.twitter.com/Di0KUD8JQz
— lightskin (@Cmoney300bandz) June 21, 2015

Big crowd for JCole $1 concert at House of Blues #Dallas pic.twitter.com/twMbA7Dai6
— David Dowse (@DMDowse) June 21, 2015

#DollarAndADreamTour @realcoleworld Dallas,Tx

A photo posted by D.paige - New Account (@dpaige_) on Jun 21, 2015 at 11:58pm PDT

When the police let you through out of a crowd of thousands... #jcole #dollarandadreamtour #fridaynightlightsonasunday

A video posted by Keep it cute, call me Kris (@2xthelady) on Jun 21, 2015 at 10:00pm PDT

Fans waiting at the House of Blues Dallas for the @JColeNC $1 concert tonight #JCole pic.twitter.com/Gd7oeTjs7C
— MattPluim (@Matt_Pluim) June 21, 2015

DOLLAR AND A DREAM TOUR III #Dallas #survivor #Lit #FNL #Jcole #Fiend / was super excited to see Bas and I will be going to see Cole again in a few months! #WORTHIT

A photo posted by

Dollar and a Dream Tour III | Dallas #Dreamville #ColeWorld #JCole

A photo posted by Cole World (@jermainecolepage) on Jun 22, 2015 at 9:18am PDT

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