Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart Of The City Tour Sells Out in Just Hours in Baltimore, Long Island, NY, East Rutherford, NJ, Boston and Washington, DC, Additional Cities Announced

Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart Of The City Tour Sells Out in Just Hours in Baltimore, Long Island, NY, East Rutherford, NJ, Boston and Washington, DC, Additional Cities Announced

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most highly anticipated concert tours in recent memory, the Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart of the City tour, sold out in Baltimore, Long Island, NY, East Rutherford, NJ, Boston and Washington DC, within hours this past Saturday. With tickets going fast in the other previously announced markets, the two superstars have announced six new stops on their historic co-headlining tour. New cities include Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, Oakland and Chicago.

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Tickets for the new dates go on sale beginning this Friday, February 22nd and are available through www.livenation.com. Citi cardmembers will also have access to purchase presale tickets through Citi's Private Pass(R) Program, available to all Citi cardmembers at www.privatepass.citi.com beginning today.

Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart of the City tour is produced by Live Nation and Haymon Events and will kick off on March 22nd at Miami's American Airlines Arena. Additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

               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 8        Atlanta, GA              Phillips Arena*    April 9        New Orleans, LA          New Orleans Arena*    April 10       Houston, TX              Toyota Center*    April 12       Dallas, TX               Superpages.com Center*    April 16       Los Angeles, CA          Hollywood Bowl    April 20       Oakland, CA              Oracle Arena*    April 26       Chicago, IL              United Center*     * New dates announced today     ABOUT LIVE NATION:  

Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." Additional information about the company can be found at www.livenation.com under the "About Us" section.

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Source: Live Nation

CONTACT: MARY J. BLIGE, Tresa Sanders of Interscope Geffen A&M,
+1-212-841-8272, tresa.sanders@umusic.com; JAY-Z, Jana Fleishman of Island Def
Jam Music Group, +1-212-445-3298, jana.fleishman@umusic.com; or John Vlautin
of LIVE NATION, +1-310-867-7127, johnvlautin@livenation.com

Web site: http://www.livenation.com/
http://www.privatepass.citi.com/

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