Ok, here’s one last tour announcement for the week, I swear! But come on, its HOVA…I can’t ignore his “back from retirement” tour a.k.a. The Heart of the City Tour with Mary J. Blige, can I? What I can’t figure out is why these three “major” tours all taking place in March, April and May? What happened to the good old days when the big boys all toured in the summer to cash in on high school and college kids were out of school? I guess this just goes to show that not only are concerts 24/7 now, but that most of these big tours are so expensive anyway they’re pricing out a lot of students so who cares when the tour is. It’s a very sad state of the industry if you ask me.
Tickets have already gone on sale for many of these dates at the Jay-Z Fan Community site. But beware, tickets are ranging in price from $60 – 400 per ticket!
Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige
The Heart of the City Tour Dates and Venues
March 26th - Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena
March 27th - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Memorial Coliseum
March 28th - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
March 30th - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
April 2nd - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
April 3rd - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
April 5th - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
April 6th - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
April 8th - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
April 9th - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
April 10th - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
April 12th - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
April 15th - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
April 17th - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
April 19th - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
April 20th - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena