Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z and R&B singer Mary J. Blige have announced that they will tour North America on the 25-date "Heart of the City" tour.  The tour, which is produced by Live Nation, kicks off March 22nd at Miami's American Airlines Arena. The pair will stop in major markets like New Orleans, Houston, Las Vegas and Philadelphia. The tour will also make a stop at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl on April 16th.


Tickets go on sale on sale for the first shows beginning February 15th and are available through http://www.livenation.com/.

Dates are listed below:

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 16      Los Angeles, CA       Hollywood Bowl