Following his eight month stint on the "inside" last year, Lil Wayne is ready to release new album 'Tha Carter IV' on May 13th and will follow it will a trip to Ireland to perform the new material live.

Speaking to MTV, the rapper said, "Tha Carter IV is done. All they need to do is tell Tez (manager Cortez Bryant) to stop sitting on it. Tez, stop sitting on Tha Carter IV and put the album out."

Lil Wayne will play in Cork on July 4th as part of the Live at the Marquee festival. Tickets priced €50-€59.80 go on sale next Friday April 1st at 9am.

Wayne also recently unveiled 'If I Die Today', the second song from the new album and featuring the talents of Rick Ross.