Mary J. Blige has announced "The For My Fans Tour" in 2025 during which she will be accompanied by Ne-Yo and Mario. Alongside the new tour, the singer announced her new album Gratitude, which will be released on November 15, 2024.
The singer made the announcements during her appearance on The Sherri Show on September 23, 2024, stating:
"I have a new album coming in November. Nov. 15 it’s called Gratitude because that’s where I am. Look at my life right now, I’m in a constant state of gratitude. I feel good, I have jobs and opportunities, I’m healthy, my family’s healthy, I got people around that care and love me and I have amazing fans."
Presale registration for the tour is currently ongoing via Ticketmaster. The link to the registration can also be found on the singer's Instagram bio. Said presale will go live on October 1, 2024, with general onsale following soon.
Blige supported her initial tour announcement on the show with a post on her official Instagram page on September 23, 2024:
More on Mary J. Blige's upcoming tour and album
While the dates and venues for Mary J. Blige's upcoming 2025 tour are yet to be announced, the singer will play in cities such as Newark, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Washington, D.C, Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City and many more.
The upcoming Gratitude album will be the singer's first since 2022's Good Morning Gorgeous and the fifteenth studio album of her career.
Mary J. Blige recently reflected on the impact she had on people with her music in an exclusive interview with ET Online published on February 20, 2024, stating:
"I can say that, in my life right now, I opened so many doors. I've given women a voice to speak their truth. It seems like everyone from pop to R&B to every female is telling their life story or something that's happened because I let them know in 1994 that it's OK. I use it as my therapy, and so a lot of people are using their music as their therapy as well."
The singer continued, later adding how music helped her as well:
"Music has healed me tremendously. It is the reason why I'm probably still around. It's been a vessel to help me get so much pain out.We go through so much. It's not for no reason. It's to help someone else, for someone else to see us falling and get back up, and falling and get back up, and falling and get back, and still come and be triumphant..."
Mary J. Blige is best known for her fifth studio album, No More Drama, which was released on August 28, 2001. The album charted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart and gained multi-platinum certifications in the US and Canada.
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