R Kelly

R&B acts R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, J. Holiday and Ne-Yo will join forces for a star-studded U.S. fall tour, beginning Nov. 14 at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Ga., and wrapping Jan. 13 at a venue to be announced. The 40-date arena trek follows Kelly's most recent studio album, "Double Up," which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in June. The Jive set, Kelly's sixth No. 1 album, has moved 867,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Kelly last toured in spring 2006 under the name Mr. Show Biz as part of the Light It Up Tour, which found the artist backed by a live band. Prior to that, Kelly hadn't mounted a major U.S. tour since the premature collapse of his fall 2004 Best of Both Worlds outing with Jay-Z, resulting in multiple lawsuits. Kelly had to receive special permission to tour in light of his upcoming trial in Chicago on child pornography charges. Washington, D.C.-based vocalist J. Holiday will use the upcoming tour to promote "Back of My Lac'" which was released Tuesday (Oct. 2) via Music Line/Capitol. Ne-Yo, who will support his Def Jam set "Because of You," currently has concert dates scheduled through early November (Ne-Yo Treks The US on Short Run). R. Kelly tour dates:Nov 14 Columbus, GA – Columbus Civic CenterNov 15 Atlanta – Phillips ArenaNov 16 Greensboro – Greensboro ColiseumNov 17 Birmingham – BJCCNov 18 Charlotte – Bobcat ArenaNov 21 Philadelphia – Wachovia CenterNov 22 Newark – Prudential CenterNov 23 New York – Nassau CenterNov 24 Baltimore – 1st MarinerNov 25 Washington DC – Verizon CenterNov 29 Little Rock – Alltel ArenaNov 30 New Orleans – New Orleans ArenaDec 1 Dallas – American Airlines ArenaDec 2 Houston – Toyota CenterDec 6 Minneapolis – Target CenterDec 7 Kansas City – Sprint CenterDec 8 Indianapolis – Conseco FieldhouseDec 9 Memphis – Fed Ex ForumDec 13 Las Vegas – Mandalay BayDec 14 Los Angeles – Staples CenterDec 15 Oakland – Oakland ArenaDec 16 Sacramento – ARCO ArenaDec 19 Denver – Pepsi CenterDec 21 St Louis – ScottradeDec 22 Chicago – United CenterDec 23 Detroit - Joe Louis ArenaDec 27 Charleston – North Charleston ColiseumDec 28 Orlando – TD Waterhouse ArenaDec 29 Columbia – Colonial CenterDec 30 Jacksonville – Veteran MemorialDec 31 Miami – American Airlines ArenaJan 3 Louisville – Kentucky Expo CenterJan 4 Cleveland – Wolstein CenterJan 5 Buffalo – HSBC ArenaJan 6 Dayton – Nutter CenterJan 9 Savannah - Civic CenterJan 10 Greenville – Bi-Lo CenterJan 11 Richmond – Richmond ColiseumJan 12 Hampton – Hampton Coliseum