Mary J. Blige will headline Wolf Creek Amphitheater this summer
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene
This post was originally filed at 3 p.m. May 15, 2017.
Mary J. Blige is demonstrating her "Strength of a Woman" with a summer tour that kicks off in late July in Chicago.
The R&B powerhouse, who released her "Strength of a Woman" album in April, will perform at Wolf Creek Amphitheater at 8 p.m. Aug. 8 with special guest LeToya Luckett.
Tickets for the show are $56 (lawn) and $96-$126 (reserved) and will go on sale at 10 a.m. May 19 via www.ticketmaster.com and by calling 1-800-745-3000.
A pre-sale for fan club and Pandora Premium members will begin at 10 a.m. May 17. Also, that date, starting at noon, is a pre-sale for Citi cardmembers (visit www.citiprivatepass.com for details).
A Pandora, Facebook and Live Nation pre-sale kicks off at 10 a.m. May 18. For more information, visit www.maryjblige.com.
Blige performed at Philips Arena in November during a joint tour with Maxwell.
STRENGTH OF A WOMAN TOUR DATES:
| DATE | CITY | VENUE |
| 7/30/17 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
| 8/1/17 | Sterling Heights, MI | Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill |
| 8/2/17 | Cleveland, OH | Hard Rock Live |
| 8/4/17 | Buffalo, NY | Shea’s Performing Arts Center |
| 8/5/17 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theater |
| 8/6/17 | Nashville, TN | Nashville Municipal Auditorium |
| 8/8/17 | Atlanta, GA | Wolf Creek Amphitheater |
| 8/10/17 | Raleigh, NC | Red Hat Amphitheatre |
| 8/13/17 | Baltimore, MD | Pier Six Pavilion |
| 8/18/17 | Brooklyn, NY | Ford Amphitheatre at Coney Island Boardwalk* |
| 8/19/17 | New York City, NY | Theater at Madison Square Gardens* |
| 8/22/17 | Miami, FL | Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre |
| 8/23/17 | Jacksonville, FL | Daily’s Place |
| 8/25/17 | Houston, TX | Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land |
| 8/26/17 | Dallas, TX | Music Hall at Fair Park |
| 8/30/17 | Phoenix, AZ | Comerica Theatre |
| 9/1/17 | Las Vegas, NV | The Pearl |
| 9/2/17 | Los Angeles, CA | Greek Theatre |
| 9/6/17 | Denver, CO | Bellco Theater |
| 9/8/17 | Reno, NV | Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort |
| 9/9/17 | Oakland, CA | The Paramount Theatre |
*General Tickets on sale May 19th at 11am ET.
About the Author
Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
