Who’s ready for a Mary J. Blige Tour? Well it’s about to come to a city near you. Well that is if you live in any of the states the queen of hip-hop soul is stopping in. It was announced that two of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B will share a bill this year. Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige will take off on a 25-date North American co-headlining tour together beginning next month in Miami.

While both performers have teamed up on the stage in the past this will be the first time both headliners have come together for a tour. Mary and Hov had a collaboration back in 1996 on the classic “Can’t Knock the Hustle” off Jay’s first album, Reasonable Doubt, and since then their separate careers have each taken off. Here is the list as follows:

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 IzodCenter
• March 30 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
• April 2 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
• April 3 Boston, MA TD BanknorthGarden
• April 5 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
• April 6 Washington, DC VerizonCenter
• April 16 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

Tickets range from $76 to $347.

In related news….

Mary J. Blige is proving that she’s still got the heat as her 8^th studio album continues to rack up sales on billboard. Currently Mary sits at number six, and after seven weeks on the charts Growing Pains has sold is pressing on steadily with 1,132,500 copies sold.

Her new single “Hurt Again” [Insert ringtone link here] has just hit the airwaves, and her smash single “Fine” is currently at number three on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.