Mary J. Blige at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on February 21, 2018. Credit: Phil DeSimone

Swifties got a proper introduction to Mary J. Blige in 2015 when Taylor asked the queen of R&B to join her onstage during the 1989 world tour.

Hopefully some of them make it out to this run of dates the 54-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is calling the “For My Fans Tour.”

New stuff like “Don’t Fuck Up” is in the setlist, but most of the show is bonafide hits where Blige works through deep stuff (she talked about her divorce in Atlanta earlier this week) and a bunch of costume changes, too.

Tickets to see Mary J. Blige play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Saturday, Feb. 8 are still available and start at $54.75.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...