Nicki Minaj to play Birmingham NIA

Rising rapper Nicki Minaj will be returning to the UK this June for her new Pink Friday Tour, which will stop at Birmingham's NIA on Tuesday, June 26.

Tickets are priced £32.50 and £40, plus booking and transaction fees. They are available from The Ticket Factory at www.theticketfactory.com or 0844 338 8000.

Following her incredible success in 2011, Nicki will be performing songs from her multi-platinum selling debut album Pink Friday. The singer officially boasted the most charted singles by any female rap album in Billboard history over the past 12 months, as well has becoming the first artist ever to have seven singles on the Billboard HOT 100 chart simultaneously.

Having criss-crossed the US playing to massive sell-out audiences with friend and mentor Lil Wayne on the sold–out "I Am Music II" tour, Nicki then went on to appear as a special guest on Britney Spear's US tour. In addition to winning Best Hip Hop Video at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards along with Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album and Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist at the 2011 American Music Awards, Nicki was recently nominated for three Grammys for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Album.

Nicki's feverishly anticipated new Young Money/ Cash Money album "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded", will be released on April 2, featuring her brand new single Starships, which was produced by multiple Grammy-winning producer, musician, and songwriter RedOne.

With three million albums sold globally, 15 million likes on Facebook, 8.5 million followers on Twitter and a profile that is rising by the day, 2012 looks like being an even bigger and better year for this 5' 2" phenomenon.