Heart of the City Tour

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Heart of the City Tour
Tour by Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z
Heart of the City promotional tour poster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • United States
  • Canada
Associated album
Start dateMarch 22, 2008 (2008-03-22)
End dateMay 10, 2008 (2008-05-10)
No. of shows25
Mary J. Blige tour chronology
The Breakthrough Experience Tour
(2006)		Heart of the City Tour
(2008)		 Growing Pains European Tour
(2008)
Jay-Z tour chronology
American Gangster Live
(2007)		Heart of the City Tour
(2008)		 Jay-Z & Ciara Live
(2009)

The Heart of the City Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American singer Mary J. Blige and American rapper Jay-Z. [1] [2] The North America tour supports Blige's eighth studio album, Growing Pains (2007) and Jay-Z's tenth studio album American Gangster (2007). [3] [4] According to Pollstar.com the Heart of the City Tour grossed over $34.2 million, making it the most successful male-female hip-hop/R&B tour in history. The-Dream was the opening act for the tour, supporting his 2007 debut album Love/Hate . [5]

Contents

Opening act

Musicians

Set list

Mary J. Blige

  1. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (with Jay-Z)
  2. "You're All I Need to Get By"
  3. "Mary Jane (All Night Long)"
  4. "Don't Go" (contains elements of "My Life")
  5. "Reminisce"
  6. "Real Love" (contains elements of "Outstanding")
  7. "You Bring Me Joy"
  8. "Everything"
  9. "Sweet Thing"
  10. "Love No Limit"
  11. "Feel Like a Woman"
  12. "Stay Down"
  13. "Be Happy"
  14. "Hurt Again"
  15. "My Life"
  16. "Fade Away"
  17. "No More Drama"
  18. "Not Gon' Cry"
  19. "Your Child"
  20. "I'm Going Down"
  21. "Just Fine"
  22. "Work That"
  23. "Be Without You"
  24. "Family Affair"

Jay-Z

  1. "Say Hello"
  2. "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."
  3. "U Don't Know"
  4. "99 Problems"
  5. "Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)"
  6. "Blue Magic"
  7. "Minority Report"
  8. "Dirt off Your Shoulder"
  9. "Excuse Me Miss"
  10. "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
  11. "Jigga What, Jigga Who"
  12. "Can I Get A..."
  13. "Show Me What You Got"
  14. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
  15. "Girls, Girls, Girls"
  16. "Big Pimpin'"
  17. "Can I Live..."
  18. "Song Cry" (with Mary J. Blige)
  19. "Public Service Announcement"
  20. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
  21. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (with Mary J. Blige)

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue [6] [7]
Date
(2008)		CityCountryVenue
March 22 Miami U.S. American Airlines Arena
March 26 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
March 27 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
March 28 East Rutherford Izod Center
March 30 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
April 2 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
April 3 Boston U.S. TD Banknorth Garden
April 5 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
April 6 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
April 8 Atlanta Philips Arena
April 9 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
April 10 Houston Toyota Center
April 12 Dallas SuperPages.com Center
April 15 Phoenix US Airways Center
April 16 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
April 18 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
April 19 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
April 20 Oakland Oracle Arena
April 25 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 26 Chicago United Center
April 27
May 1 Buffalo HSBC Arena
May 2 New York City Madison Square Garden
May 5 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
May 6 New York City Madison Square Garden
May 7
May 10 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena

References

  1. ↑ Jay Z & Mary J. Blige plan a co-headlined US tour.www.mtvnews.com
  2. ↑ Jay Z and Mary J. Blige's Heart of the City Tour dates.www.hiphop-elements.com
  3. ↑ Tour: Jay Z and Mary J. Blige concert tickets.wwwyorapper.com
  4. ↑ Heart of the City tour dates and venues Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine .rap.about.com-hiphop tour events
  5. ↑ Concepcion, Mariel (May 5, 2009). "The-Dream, Keyshia Cole Plan Tour". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ Concert Review: Mary J. Blige show at Air Canada Centre in Toronto [ usurped ]
  7. ↑ Tour review: Mary J. Blige and Jay Z at the Hollywood Bowl
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