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Alicia Keys Maps Out 24-City Tour

January 11, 2013

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys has unveiled her Set The World On Fire Tour, which will kick off on March 7 in Seattle, WA and wrap on April 18 in Chicago, IL. The 24-city run will feature R&B singer Miguel as the opening act. The tour comes in support of Keys' latest studio album, Girl On Fire, which debuted atop the sales chart on December 15, 2012, extending her streak of #1 albums to six.

"I can feel the energy of this upcoming year building and I couldn't be more excited to go on tour with the new album and I'm thrilled to have the insanely talented Miguel join me," Keys said in a press statement. "Girl On Fire has been such an empowering and freeing experience for me as an artist. I can't wait to discover how the new and familiar faces I see on tour embrace the music and the journey I've taken."

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

March 7 - Seattle, WA WAMU Theatre
March 8 - Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
March 10 - Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
March 12 - Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
March 13 - San Diego, CA Valley View Casino
March 15 - Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Center
March 17 - Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
March 18 - Houston, TX Toyota Center
March 21 - New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
March 23 - Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
March 24 - Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Time Forum
March 27 - Southaven, MS Landers Center
March 29 - Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
March 30 - Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
April 2 - Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
April 3 - Montreal, QC Bell Centre
April 5 - Brooklyn, NY Barclay's Center
April 6 - Mashantucket, MA MGM Grand at Foxwoods
April 10 - Boston, MA Agganis Arena
April 11 - New York, NY Madison Square Garden
April 13 - Atlantic City, NJ Mark G. Etess Arena
April 14 - Washington DC Verizon Center
April 17 - Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
April 18 - Chicago, IL United Center

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