THE QUEEN OF HIP HOP SOUL MARY J. BLIGE ANNOUNCES STOP IN HARTFORD ON APRIL 8TH
THE QUEEN OF HIP HOP SOUL
MARY J. BLIGE
ANNOUNCES NINE NEW SHOWS TO HER HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED
‘THE FOR MY FANS TOUR’
XL CENTER - HARTFORD, CT
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025
Featuring Special Guests NE-YO and Mario
Tickets Available Starting on Tuesday, December 10 with Citi Presales;
General On-sale Begins on Friday, December 13 at 10 am at LiveNation.com
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Grammy and Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated, “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” Mary J. Blige is adding nine additional dates to her highly-anticipated “The For My Fans Tour,” where she will be joined by special guests NE-YO and Mario.
Produced by Live Nation, the now 36-city tour includes a stop at XL Center in Hartford, CT, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The tour also includes a stop at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
The tour comes on the heels of her new album “Gratitude,” which was released on November 15, through her own Beautiful Life Productions and in partnership with 300 Entertainment. The tour and album are both a celebration of the love and gratitude that Mary has towards her life, family, friends, and her beloved fans. In August, she dropped the first single off the album, “Breathing” featuring Fabolous.
VIP: The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets including reserved booths & tables, access to the VIP Lounge, exclusive VIP merch item, limited edition VIP poster & more. For more information, visit vipnation.com!
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with Citi presale beginning on Tuesday, December 10 (details below). Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, December 13 at 10 AM at LiveNation.com.
PRESALE: Citi is the official card of The For My Fans Tour presale. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Tuesday, December 10 at 10 AM until Thursday, December 12 at 11:59 PM through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
MARY J. BLIGE – THE FOR MY FANS TOUR 2025 DATES:
Thu Jan 30 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
Fri Jan 31 - Raleigh, NC - Lenovo Center
Sun Feb 02 - Memphis, TN - FedExForum - ADDED SHOW
Mon Feb 03 - Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
Wed Feb 05 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Life Arena - ADDED SHOW
Thu Feb 06 - Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center
Sat Feb 08 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena
Tue Feb 11 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live
Fri Feb 14 - New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center
Sat Feb 15 - Birmingham, AL - Legacy Arena - ADDED SHOW
Mon Feb 17 - Austin, TX - Moody Center - ADDED SHOW
Tue Feb 18 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
Fri Feb 21 - Ft. Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
Tue Feb 25 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena
Fri Feb 28 - Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena - ADDED SHOW
Sat Mar 01 - Los Angeles, CA - Intuit Dome
Mon Mar 03 - San Bernardino, CA - Yaamava’ Theater - ADDED SHOW*
Fri Mar 07 - San Francisco, CA - Chase Center
Sat Mar 08 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
Wed Mar 12 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
Fri Mar 14 - Chicago, IL - United Center
Sun Mar 16 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
Wed Mar 19 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
Sat Mar 22 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center
Mon Mar 24 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
Wed Mar 26 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena
Fri Mar 28 - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall
Tue Apr 01 - Cleveland, OH - Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse - ADDED SHOW
Wed Apr 02 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
Fri Apr 04 - Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena
Sun Apr 06 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
Tue Apr 08 - Hartford, CT - XL Center - ADDED SHOW
Thu Apr 10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Fri Apr 11 - Belmont Park, NY - UBS Arena
Mon Apr 14 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
Thu Apr 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center - ADDED SHOW
*Without NE-YO and Mario
ABOUT MARY J. BLIGE
Iconic Grammy and Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated artist, actress, producer, and entrepreneur Mary J. Blige is a figure of inspiration, transformation, and empowerment. With a track record of eight multi-platinum albums, nine Grammy Awards (37 nominations), an Emmy award, two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, and a SAG nomination, Blige has cemented herself as a global superstar. This past October, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of their Class of 2024.
Influenced at an early age by the music of Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight, Blige brought her own gritty, urban-rooted style—fusing hip-hop, soul, and honest, frank lyrics—to the forefront on her 1992 debut album What’s the 411? Blige continued to redefine R&B and began forging a unique niche for herself on her second album, 1994’s My Life.
Each subsequent album she released reads like a chapter from an autobiography. In February 2022, Blige released Good Morning Gorgeous, which has since earned her six 2023 Grammy nominations including Album and Record of the Year. The album release led into a historic performance at the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA alongside Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Kendrick Lamar. Her performance earned her a 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). Blige most recently released her 15thstudio album Gratitude and will next embark on the “For My Fans” tour, kicking off January 30, 2025 in Greensboro, NC.
On the acting side, Blige starred as Florence Jackson in the 2017 Netflix breakout film Mudbound, to which she received critical acclaim including two Academy Award nominations for Best Support Actress and Best Original Song. She became the first person ever to be nominated in an acting and song category for the same film. Among many other credits, Blige just wrapped her tenure on the hit STARZ series POWER BOOK II: GHOST. The fourth and final season just concluded on Starz and continued to break records for the network through its final season.
On the producing side, Blige launched her production company, Blue Butterfly, and signed a first-look TV deal with Lionsgate. Blige also signed a first-look non-scripted deal and a second-look scripted deal with BET. In 2021, Blige worked with Oscar-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth and Amazon on her documentary Mary J. Blige's My Life celebrating the 25th anniversary of her famed album My Life, of which she was the focus and EP. Following her 2023 Lifetime films “Real Love” and “Strength of a Woman,” Blige has signed on to executive produce multiple new projects for Lifetime, beginning with “Family Affair” (working title) coming in 2025.
ABOUT NE-YO
NE-YO is a three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning R&B hitmaker, iconic songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist whose illustrious catalog has generated a combined total of 23 billion streams worldwide. His debut single, 2005’s “So Sick,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified quadruple-platinum. Since then, the Motown Records/Compound Entertainment recording artist has racked up a collection of global hits including “Sexy Love,” “Closer,” “Because of You,” “Miss Independent,” and “Push Back” [feat. Bebe Rexha and Stefflon Don].”
Additionally, NE-YO has proven to be as powerful with his pen as he is in the recording studio and on stage, penning bangers like Rihanna’s “Unfaithful,” “Russian Roulette,” and “Take a Bow,” along with Beyoncé’s 2006 breakup anthem “Irreplaceable” and songs for such artists as Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion and Mario among others.
The multihyphenate has also leveraged his platform as a musician to pivot into acting. His film and television credits include NBC’s World of Dance, Netflix’s Dance Monsters, Empire, Stomp the Yard, Save the Last Dance, Battle: Los Angeles, George Lucas' Red Tails, The Wiz Live!, Starz’ Step Up: High Water, Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding and The Sound of Christmas. He starred in the latest season of 50 Cent’s acclaimed drama series BMF on STARZ.
ABOUT MARIO
Mario is a GRAMMY-nominated, platinum-selling R&B singer, songwriter and hitmaker hailing from Baltimore, MD. A dominant 2000s run, which began after the church-bred singer was signed by Clive Davis to J Records during his teenage years, included Top 5 hit “Just A Friend,” and “Let Me Love You,” the generation-defining serenade that spent nine weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning the singer widespread acclaim. Mario’s subsequent album, Turning Point, generated a ‘Best Contemporary R&B Album’ GRAMMY nomination as well as two Billboard Awards, and is part of a robust catalog that includes four debuts inside the Top 5 of Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, beginning with his gold-certified debut, Mario.
Mario’s hit-making prowess and status as a superior vocal performer led to a spot on Billboard’s ‘Artist of the Decade’ list. His expanded entertainment profile includes an independent label, New Citizen, launched in 2016, and a slew of marquee acting appearances, including major roles in blockbuster films and shows Step Up, Freedom Writers, and Empire. Mario will make his film production debut this holiday season, when his New Citizen-produced Christmas film, Style Me For Christmas, airs on BET.
This December, Mario releases his sixth studio album as part of his new deal with Epic Records, marking his first solo LP since 2018. Glad You Came, is executive-produced largely by James Fauntleroy, who worked for over a year on the project in-studio with Mario.
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