R&B musician Alicia Keys is currently dominating the singles charts with her collaboration with Jay-Z on "Empire State of Mind." But in the New Year, it will all be about Keys as she starts to piece together a headlining tour for the late winter and early spring months.The native New Yorker has rolled out just 10 dates for her THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM Tour as her schedule opens with a February 28th performance at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC. At present, the singer's routing is primarily focused in the Northeast, though the routing will eventually take her to the West Coast as she closes her jaunt on April 6th at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Along the way, Keys will make plenty of stops across the U.S. and Canada. Engagements are scheduled for March 10th at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON; March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY; and March 22nd at Agganis Arena in Boston, MA, among other planned stops.Keys is getting most of her current airplay for her feature with Jay-Z, but her fourth studio album "The Element of Freedom" was just released nationally on December 15, 2009. While Brit sensation Susan Boyle's debut album is expected to snag the lead spot for a fourth straight week on next week's Billboard 200, Keys' album is projected to have sales upwards of 350,000 units for a strong opening week, according to published reports.
The singer-pianist's past three albums all topped the Billboard 200 upon their release and have earned multi-Platinum status from the RIAA. Keys' smash debut "Songs in A Minor" is still her personal best with more than six million copies sold so far, though her 2007 single "No One" leads her singles with triple-Platinum status.
Alicia Keys' THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM Tour will be at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida on Saturday March 27, 2010.
