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Feb. 7, 2008 / 6:32 PM

Blige, Jay-Z to tour together

Grammy award-winning music artist Mary J Blige poses for photographers prior to the start of GM Style - General Motors' music and fashion gala that kicks-off the 2008 North American International Auto Show Saturday, January 12, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. The event features musical guests Kid Rock, Mary J Blige and Maroon 5; as well as GM's most stylish cars, and fashions from some of the world's leading designers. (UPI Photo/Tom Pidgeon/General Motors)..

1 of 4 | Grammy award-winning music artist Mary J Blige poses for photographers prior to the start of GM Style - General Motors' music and fashion gala that kicks-off the 2008 North American International Auto Show Saturday, January 12, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. The event features musical guests Kid Rock, Mary J Blige and Maroon 5; as well as GM's most stylish cars, and fashions from some of the world's leading designers. (UPI Photo/Tom Pidgeon/General Motors).. | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Recording artists Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z Thursday announced plans to co-headline a 25-date North American concert tour.

Blige and Jay-Z have sold a combined 70 million albums and earned 12 Grammy awards between them.

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Live Nation, which is producing the show with Haymon Events, said the "Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart of the City" tour marks the first time in more than 15 years an African-American male/female pairing of this stature has co-headlined a national concert tour.

The tour is set to kick off March 22 at Miami's American Airlines Arena.

It will include dates in Los Angeles; New Orleans; Houston; Las Vegas and Oakland, Calif. The tour is also set to visit Baltimore; Uniondale, N.Y.; East Rutherford, N.J.; Philadelphia; Toronto; Boston; Greensboro, N.C.; and Washington.

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