Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z Announce Heart of the City Tour

Normally I’d flip the headline and run with Jay-Z first, since this is ProHipHop, but you just can’t fade Mary J. Blige, especially in an outfit like that!

You can read the press release for all the "historic firsts" but don’t they seem somehow beside the point?  Ok, it does give "journalists" something to write about.

But this is all that matters: It’s the Mary Jay-Z Blige Tour!

Tickets on sale February 15th via livenation.com but here’s an opportunity to get in early:

"Citi cardmembers will also have access to purchase presale tickets through Citi’s Private Pass(R) Program, available to all Citi cardmembers at http://www.privatepass.citi.com/ beginning Wednesday, February 13th at 10AM."

If Citi publicizes that well, they should get a lot of new customers, so look for that campaign if they’re smart.

Here are the dates and venues with more to come:

MARY J. BLIGE & JAY-Z:  HEART OF THE CITY TOUR

    DATE           CITY                    VENUE
March 22      Miami, FL             American Airlines Arena
March 26      Baltimore, MD         1st Mariner Arena
March 27      Uniondale, NY         Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 28      East Rutherford, NJ   Izod Center
March 30      Philadelphia, PA      Wachovia Center
April 2       Toronto, ON           Air Canada Centre
April 3       Boston, MA            TD Banknorth Garden
April 5       Greensboro, NC        Greensboro Coliseum
April 6       Washington, DC        Verizon Center
April 16      Los Angeles, CA       Hollywood Bowl

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