Mary J. Blige is bringing ‘The Strength Of A Woman’ to a city near you!
Fresh from releasing her hit R&B album of the same name, the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul has announced its accompanying tour.
Aptly christened ‘The Strength Of A Woman Tour,’ the US trek kicks off in Chicago on July 7th and climaxes in September in Oakland. Lala Hathaway will serve as special guest.
Peep the announcement video below, where dates also await…
I am so excited to announce the #StrengthOfAWoman Live Tour with special guest @lalahhathaway! pic.twitter.com/xv2HVTJT4R
— Mary J. Blige (@maryjblige) May 15, 2017
7/30/17 – Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
8/1/17 – Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill
8/2/17 – Cleveland, OH Hard Rock Live
8/4/17 – Buffalo, NY Shea’s Performing Arts Center
8/5/17 – Indianapolis, IN Murat Theater
8/6/17 – Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
8/8/17 – Atlanta, GA Wolf Creek Amphitheater
8/10/17 – Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre
8/13/17 – Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
8/18/17 – Brooklyn, NY Ford Amphitheatre at Coney Island Boardwalk*
8/19/17 – New York City, NY Theater at Madison Square Gardens*
8/22/17 – Miami, FL Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre
8/23/17 – Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
8/25/17 – Houston, TX Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
8/26/17 – Dallas, TX Music Hall at Fair Park
8/30/17 – Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
9/1/17 – Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
9/2/17 – Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
9/6/17 – Denver, CO Bellco Theater
9/8/17 – Reno, NV Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
9/9/17 – Oakland, CA The Paramount Theatre
[Tickets go on-sale May 19th. Click here for more tea]
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We’ll most definitely be in the house, as MJB shows up and shows out each and every time.
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i love MJB and all but why is she doing Theatres?? Why isnt she doing Arenas like she usually does?
She usually does Arena’s when co headlining with another artist like when she toured with Maxwell, D’Angelo or Jay Z. She usually does smaller than arenas when touring alone. Lalah is just an opener. These venues for her make more sense. Not many R&B artists can do arenas when they are headlining unless they have a few other big names on the bill. That’s just the truth.
Her media team has been on point with the photos and videos and her tour production team was at an all time best last year. It looked like some Jay Z type s***. But yes why is she performing at theaters coming off an arena tour? I thought this would be the best time to go on an arena tour with the new album and all.
She’s not big enough to sell out arenas in the US on her own. She would never be able to book an arena because no promoter would risk the revenue loss.
She’s been selling out arena’s for 26 years. This doesn’t make sense when she just came off one last year and has been doing them solo for two decades and just released an album with biggest first week R&B sales in ages, but whatever. I think she can do 5K-8K audience a night.
This is great. Three decades in, she can still do this. Some can’t headline their own and i’m pretty sure every show will sellout. They wanted to be sure in making sure she sold out all over.
Yea I’m here for her & bringing Lil’Kim also!! ?✅
I’m sure MJB can sell fill up a few arena’s. But maybe she just wants her shows to be more intimate. Regardless she still collecting checks.