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Tour by Mary J. Blige and Nas | |||||||||||||
Location | U.S., Canada | ||||||||||||
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Start date | July 11, 2019 | ||||||||||||
End date | September 17, 2019 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 28 | ||||||||||||
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The Royalty Tour is a co-headlining tour by American recording artists Mary J. Blige and Nas. Currently consisting of 29 dates in North America, the tour started on July 11, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida and ended on September 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
On April 16, 2019, Blige and Nas announced a 22-city, co-headlining North American Tour slated for Summer 2019. The two hip-hop and R&B artists will hit the road starting on July 11 and are currently set to conclude the run on September 9. Tickets went on sale to the general public on April 19.[1]
On June 24, more dates were announced, now including shows in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Baltimore, The tour will conclude on September 17, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.[2]
Piet Levy from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described the Nas's portion Milwaukee show as "...still connected with that material through the youthful swagger of his flow..." and Blige's portion as "...passionately serving hard-earned inspiration about getting past the pain and finding peace as flames shot up on the stage to match her fiery vocals."[3] Heran Mama from Rolling Stone described the Los Angeles show as "...embraced a dual nature in its charm, which one concertgoer described best as "a hood-rich barbeque."."[4]