Traffic on Sunset Blvd as people gather for the Jay Z concert at the Palladium in Hollywood. It is opening night for the newly overhauled venue. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Fans arrive for the Jay Z concert at the Palladium in Hollywood on opening night for the newly overhauled venue. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Hayden Panettiere poses on the red carpet before Jay Z takes the stage at the reopened Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
DJ AM poses on the red carpet before he performs with Jay Z at the Palladium in Hollywood. It is the celebrity disc jockey’s first public appearance since surviving a private plane crash in South Carolina. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Sanaa Lathan poses on the red carpet at the Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Nicky Hilton poses on the red carpet at the re-opening of the Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Damon and Shawn Wayans pose on the red carpet on the opening night for the newly overhauled Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong (far right) pose along with their wives before Jay Z takes the stage at the Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
The interior area of the renovated Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
The new lobby area of the renovated Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
The view from the balcony as fans wait for Jay Z to take the stage at the newly restored Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Fans anxiously await for Jay Z to take the stage on the floor of the newly renovated Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Jay Z takes the stage at the Palladium in Hollywood on the opening night for the newly overhauled venue on Sunset Blvd. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Jay Z performs on the opening night of the Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
DJ AM throws up his fist on stage with Jay Z on the re-opening night of the Palladium in Hollywood. It was DJ AM’s first public appearance since he and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were injured in a South Carolina plane crash. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Jay Z (right) and Memphis Bleek perform at the Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Fans cheer and echo the hand signals of performer Jay Z at the renovated Palladium in Hollywood. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
