Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart of the City tour has sold out all four of its New York area appearances, including Uniondale's Nassau Coliseum, East Rutherford's Izod Center and two Madison Square Garden performances. All four previously announced New York shows sold out in less than an hour after going on sale. As a result a third Madison Square Garden appearance, scheduled for May 2nd, has just been added to the hotly anticipated North American tour.

Tickets for the new date will go on sale beginning this Friday, March
7th at 10:00 a.m., and are available through LiveNation. Citi cardmembers will also have access to purchase pre-sale tickets through
Citi's Private Pass(R) Program, available to all Citi cardmembers at
Citi's Private Pass Site beginning yesterday (3/3).

Mary J. Blige & JAY-Z: Heart of the City tour is produced by Live Nation
and Haymon Events and will kick off on March 22nd at Miami's American Airlines Arena.

MARY J. BLIGE & JAY-Z: HEART OF THE CITY TOUR

March 22 -- Miami, FL -- American Airlines Arena
March 24 -- Orlando, FL -- Amway Arena
March 26 -- Baltimore, MD -- 1st Mariner Arena
March 27 -- Uniondale, NY -- Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 28 -- East Rutherford, NJ -- Izod Center
March 30 -- Philadelphia, PA -- Wachovia Center

April 2 -- Toronto, ON -- Air Canada Centre
April 3 -- Boston, MA -- TD Banknorth Garden
April 5 -- Greensboro, NC -- Greensboro Coliseum
April 6 -- Washington, DC -- Verizon Center
April 8 -- Atlanta, GA -- Phillips Arena
April 9 -- New Orleans, LA -- New Orleans Arena
April 10 -- Houston, TX -- Toyota Center
April 12 -- Dallas, TX -- Superpages.com Center
April 15 -- Phoenix, AZ -- US Airways Center
April 16 -- Los Angeles, CA -- Hollywood Bowl
April 19 -- Las Vegas, NV -- MGM Grand Arena
April 20 -- Oakland, CA -- Oracle Arena
April 25 -- Auburn Hills, MI -- The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 26 -- Chicago, IL -- United Center
April 27 -- Chicago, IL -- United Center

May 2 -- New York, NY -- Madison Square Garden
May 6 -- New York, NY -- Madison Square Garden
May 7 -- New York, NY -- Madison Square Garden