The King and Queen of Hearts Tour was a co-headlining tour by American singers Maxwell and Mary J. Blige. The tour began October 2016 in Europe then moved to North America. The North American leg of the tour grossed $13.1 million, averaged $545,000 per show, and ranked 90 on Pollstar's Top 200 North American Tours.
Background The tour was announced in July 2016 on Facebook. According to Blige, the tour has been in the works for a few years. The duo felt because of their similar audiences and sound, touring together was an obvious decision. The tour is described as a celebration of 90s R&B. In the planning stages, the trek was titled "Maxwell & Mary on Stage, however, Blige came up with the current title. Dates in Europe were released in July with dates in North America followed in September.
Describing the tour, Maxwell stated: "It's going to be a very beautiful chess game on stage, and the queen has all the moves. I feel like we're going to be able to magnify each other and take people to where they need to be in an emotional way, especially in a time where we have so much political unrest. It's kind of wild out there".
Opening act Ro James
Setlist The following setlists were performed on October 15, 2016 at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany. They do not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venueSources for concerts in Europe: Date(2016) City Country VenueEuropeOctober 13ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadionOctober 15FrankfurtGermanyJahrhunderthalleOctober 16ParisFranceZénith ParisOctober 17BrusselsBelgiumForest NationalOctober 19CologneGermanyPalladium KölnOctober 21CopenhagenDenmarkFalconer SalenOctober 22StockholmSwedenAnnexetOctober 23OsloNorwaySentrum SceneOctober 25AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeOctober 28LondonEnglandThe O2 ArenaOctober 29BirminghamGenting ArenaOctober 30ManchesterManchester ArenaNorth AmericaNovember 5BaltimoreUnited StatesRoyal Farms ArenaNovember 6Washington, D.C.Verizon CenterNovember 9PhiladelphiaWells Fargo CenterNovember 10New York CityMadison Square GardenNovember 12St. LouisScottrade CenterNovember 14TorontoCanadaAir Canada CentreNovember 16ClevelandUnited StatesQuicken Loans ArenaNovember 18Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn HillsNovember 19IndianapolisBankers Life FieldhouseNovember 20MemphisFedExForumNovember 22CharlotteSpectrum CenterNovember 23RichmondRichmond ColiseumNovember 25AtlantaPhilips ArenaNovember 26GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumNovember 29MiamiAmerican Airlines ArenaDecember 1New OrleansSmoothie King CenterDecember 2DallasAmerican Airlines CenterDecember 3HoustonToyota CenterDecember 6InglewoodThe ForumDecember 7OaklandOracle ArenaDecember 9Las VegasT-Mobile ArenaDecember 11Bossier CityCenturyLink CenterDecember 12Kansas CitySprint CenterDecember 14ChicagoUnited Center
+ List of box office data, showing venue, city, country, attendance and revenue Venue City Attendance (Tickets sold / available) Gross revenueThe O2 Arena London9,940 / 12,701 (78%)$924,133Madison Square Garden New York City11,815 / 12,905 (91%)$1,218,192The Forum Inglewood 11,727 / 12,365 (95%)$1,083,016
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