Mary J. Blige Announces ‘Good Morning Gorgeous Tour’

Mary J. Blige is hitting the road for her Good Morning Gorgeous tour beginning this fall.

The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul will be joined by special guests Ella Mai and Queen Naija as they embark on a 23-city nationwide tour. Good Morning Gorgeous was released days before the icon's Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show performance.

Black Promoters Collective Co-Founder and President Shelby Joyner shared in a statement per Vibe, “Mary J. Blige has been one of a select handful of artists at the top of our desired list to partner with since the initial construction of The BPC. Having her support in our mission so early in the process is a testament to the hard work we have put in to bring superior cultural experiences powered by black business to the masses. We firmly believe this is a match made in heaven and are honored to partner with the Queen.”

Naija performed at Blige's Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit back in May, and Mai was a special guest during her Mary & Friends set. Blige also appears on Mai's Heart On My Sleeve LP on the tracks "Not Another Love Song" and "Sink or Swim."

The tour kicks off on Sept. 17 in North Carolina and ends in New Jersey on Oct. 29. Presale begins on Wednesday (June 15) for American Express cardholders only until Thursday, June 16 at 10 p.m. local time. General tickets for the Good Morning Gorgeous Tour go on sale this Friday (June 17) at 10 a.m. local time.

Take a look at the full list of tour dates below:
Sep 17: Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Sep 18: Washington, D.C. – Capitol One Arena
Sep 21: Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Sep 22: Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Sep 24: Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena (sans Queen Naija)
Sep 25: Chicago, IL – United Center
Sep 28: Birmingham, AL – Legacy Center at The BJCC
Sep 29: Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Oct 01: Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Oct 02: Ft. Worth, TX – Dickies Arena (sans Ella Mai)
Oct 06: Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena (Mary J. Blige solo)
Oct 08: Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Oct 09: Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum (sans Queen Naija)
Oct 12: St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Oct 15: New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Oct 16: Memphis, TN – FedEX Forum
Oct 19: Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Oct 20: Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Oct 22: Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
Oct 23: Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Oct 26: Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Oct 27: Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
Oct 29: Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall

Mary J. Blige is on a roll after being praised for her acting chops on 50 Cent's Power Book II: Ghost, her upcoming Super Bowl performance with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem. Two days before that performance, she's dropped her 15th studio album, Good Morning Gorgeous.

Good Morning Gorgeous is a 13-track project with features from Anderson .Paak, Fivio Foreign, Dave East, DJ Khaled, and Usher. The theme of this album Mary credits to self-acceptance and being her own "best friend."

“Wait till you hear it, it’s gonna blow everybody’s mind,” said Mary on the Tamron Hall Show, per The Source.“And it’s because it’s something I had to do. And something I had to say when I was in my darkest, darkest moments in that life, to build myself up to this person that I can see and accept my nose, accept my eyes, accept my cheeks, accept all the things that I used to hate.”

She said that self-love starts as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, "When I wake up with no hair and makeup, I’m accepting that chick that goes to the bathroom and I like her," adding, "I hang out with myself a lot. I’m my own best friend."

Good Morning Gorgeous is the first album Mary has dropped since joining 300 Entertainment and is released in conjunction with her company Mary Jane Productions and the label. Good Morning Gorgeous follows her 2017 album Strength Of A Woman.

Listen to "Good Morning Gorgeous" from the album below and fan reactions: