R&B icons Brandy and Monica are embarking on a co-headlining tour collectively for the primary time, the celebrities confirmed on CBS Mornings on Tuesday.
Known as The Boy Is Mine Tour, referencing the duo’s 1998 hit, the tour can even characteristic Kelly Rowland and Muni Lengthy, together with Jamal Roberts, who simply received Season 23 of American Idol. The tour will probably be produced by the Black Promoters Collective.
“This actually is a full-circle second,” Brandy mentioned in a press release of the tour. “Monica and I coming collectively once more isn’t simply in regards to the music — it’s about honoring the place we got here from and the way far we’ve each come. ‘The Boy Is Mine’ was a defining chapter in R&B, and to share the stage all these years later is greater than a reunion — it’s a celebration of development, sisterhood, and the love our followers have given us from day one.”
The 24-date trek will start in Cincinnati at Heritage Financial institution Heart on Oct. 16 and can wrap in Houston on the Toyota Heart on Dec. 7, with stops in Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Brooklyn, amongst many others in between. Tickets go on sale on June 27 at 10 a.m. native time on Ticketmaster, with a presale via the Black Promoters Collective the day prior from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. native time.
Brandy and Monica additionally shared a two-minute film directed by Ethan Tobman, the place the 2 singers are locked up and in separate rooms in a jail, with “The Boy is Mine” serving to free them from their binds and produce them again collectively.
“The love that ‘The Boy Is Mine’ continues to obtain means the whole lot to me. This tour is a celebration of our historical past, our affect, and the followers who’ve grown with us,” she mentioned. “Brandy and I’ve been on our personal distinctive journeys, and coming again collectively on this approach is a reminder of the ability of respect, power, and actual music. We’re giving the folks what they’ve been asking for, and doing it with grace, love, and function. God’s timing completely aligned us.”
“The Boy is Mine” had discovered renewed curiosity final yr after Brandy and Monica reunited for a remix of the tune on Ariana Grande’s Everlasting Sunshine final yr.
“The method of the brand new collaboration did a variety of closing the gaps,” Monica mentioned in an interview with Leisure Tonight final yr about working with Brandy on the remix.
“Bringing Brandy and Monica collectively for this tour is greater than only a second — it’s a cultural homecoming,” Shelby Joyner, president of Black Promoters Collective, mentioned in a press release. “Their affect on R&B is immeasurable, and ‘The Boy Is Mine’ continues to be one of the crucial iconic collaborations of all time. At BPC, we’re dedicated to celebrating tradition and legacy, and this tour is a robust instance of each.”