R&B and Soul icon Mary J. Blige is trekking the road this fall to continue support for her new release, “Stronger with Each Tear” which came out late last year.  The outing will also feature budding R&B artist Jazmine Sullivan who is also out to promote her second studio effort, “Love Me Back”, which is set to come out around the same time as the tour.

Kicking off the trek is a show in Mobile, AL on October 1, followed by a show in Chastain, GA the day after.  Four more venues still need to be added to the tour’s 13-city slate and these are the venues for Raleigh, Chicago, Las Vegas and the tour’s final stop, Oakland on October 23.

Aside from Sullivan, EL Debarge and Miguel will also be tagging along as support acts for the entire US leg of Blige’s tour.

Meanwhile, the “Family Affair”  singer is also scheduled to hit overseas in November and early next year starting off with a three-nighter in the UK on November 2, 3 and 5 and a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand in late January till early February.

“Stronger with Each Tear” marks Blige’s ninth studio effort and the first to be released under her own record label, Matriarch Records.  The album landed at the no.2 spot at the Billboard 200 upon its release in December last year.

2010 Mary J. Blige Concert Tour
September 2010
5 – Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs Resort Casino & Special Events Center
6 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival

October 2010
1 – Mobile, AL – Downtown Mobile
2 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
3 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheater
5 – Raleigh, NC – TBA
7 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
8 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa
10 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand at Foxwoods
11, 12 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
15 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
16 – Chicago, IL – TBA
19, 20 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
22 – Las Vegas, NV – TBA
23 – Oakland, CA – TBA

November 2010
2 – London, United Kingdom – The O2 London
3 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – LG Arena
5 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Manchester Evening News Arena

January 2011
25 – Perth, Australia – Nib Stadium
28 – Melbourne, Australia – Sidney Myer Music Bowl
29 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Riverstage
30 – Port Macquarie, Australia – Cassagrain Winery

February 2011
3 – Darling Harbour, Australia – Sydney Entertainment Centre
5 – Rotorua, New Zealand – International Stadium

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