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The Share My World Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was launched in support of her multi-platinum third studio album Share My World (1997), and also contained material from her first and second studio albums What's the 411? (1992) and My Life (1994). The eight-month tour began on September 2, 1997 in the United States and continued through May 3, 1998. Concerts were held in North America and Europe.[1]

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Share My World Tour

Tour by Mary J. Blige
Location	U.S., Germany, U.K.
Associated album	Share My World
Start date	September 2, 1997 (1997-09-02)
End date	May 3, 1998 (1998-05-03)
No. of shows	27
Mary J. Blige concert chronology
Share My World Tour (1997–98) The Mary Show Tour (2000)

Opening acts

• Usher[2]

Set list

Notes

• On select dates, Blige sang "Day Dreaming" and "Misty Blue" as part of the encore.

Band

• Music Director/Bass: Lanar "Kern" Brantley
• Keyboards: Luke Austin
• Keyboards: Jeff Motley
• Drums: Michael Clemons
• Keyboards: Loren Dawson
• Intro Announcer: Benny Pough
• Background vocals: Dustin Adams, Joya Owens, Chantell Jones, Michelle Matlock
  Additional vocals: Cindy Mizelle, Sharon Bryant-Gallwey, Audrey Wheeler, Paulette McWilliams

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
August 28, 1997	Buffalo	U.S.	Marine Midland Arena
August 29, 1997	Cleveland		Gund Arena
August 31, 1997*	Philadelphia		CoreStates Center
September 1, 1997	Landover		Capital Centre
September 3, 1997	Charlotte		Independence Arena
September 5, 1997	Nashville		Nashville Arena
September 6, 1997	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
September 8, 1997	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 9, 1997	Chicago		United Center
September 10, 1997	Dayton		UD Arena
September 12, 1997*	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
September 13, 1997*
September 14, 1997	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
September 15, 1997	New York City		Madison Square Garden
September 17, 1997*	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
September 18, 1997	Worcester		Worcester's Centrum Centre
September 19, 1997	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 20, 1997	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
October 5, 1997	San Jose		San Jose Arena
Europe
November 9, 1997	Hamburg	Germany	CCH-Saal 3
November 11, 1997	Sheffield	England (United Kingdom)	Sheffield Arena
November 12, 1997	London		Wembley Arena
November 13, 1997
November 14, 1997	Manchester		Nynex Arena
North America
March 25, 1998	Detroit	United States [3][4][5]	Fox Theatre
March 26, 1998
March 27, 1998	Chicago		Arie Crown Theater
March 28, 1998
March 29, 1998	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
March 30, 1998
March 31, 1998	Miami		James L. Knight Center
April 2, 1998	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
April 3, 1998
April 4, 1998	New York City		The Theater at Madison Square Garden
April 5, 1998
April 9, 1998	Oakland		Paramount Theatre
April 10, 1998
April 11, 1998	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
April 12, 1998
April 13, 1998	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
April 16, 1998	Pittsburgh		Palumbo Center
April 17, 1998	Richmond		Landmark Theater
April 18, 1998	Philadelphia		Mann Center for the Performing Arts
April 19, 1998	Cleveland		CSU Convocation Center

Notes

• The first North American tour is the SummerFest1997 tour dates (except for the ones marked) along with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Aaliyah, Dru Hill, and Ginuwine.
• All tour dates in 1997 and 1998 may not be listed for North America and Europe.

Live album

The Tour
Live album by Mary J. Blige
Released	July 28, 1998 (U.S.)
Recorded	April 11 & 12, 1998
Venue	Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, California
Genre	R&B, Hip-Hop
Length	109:18
Label	MCA
Producer	Mary J. Blige, Lanar Brantley
Mary J. Blige chronology
Share My World (1997) The Tour (1998) Mary (1999)

A live album entitled The Tour was released on July 28, 1998 by MCA Records, which reached No. 7 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums and No. 21 on Billboard 200 charts.[6][7] The album was recorded during Blige's Share My World Tour at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California.

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:35
2. "Real Love" – 1:30
3. "You Remind Me" – 0:37
4. "Reminisce" – 2:39
5. "Sweet Thing" – 4:53
6. "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" – 2:20
7. "Love No Limit" – 3;16
8. "Summer Madness" – 1:42 (Interlude)
9. "My Life" – 2:21
10. "You Gotta Believe" – 2:27
11. "Slow Down" – 1:51
12. "Mary's Joint" – 1:30
13. "I'm the Only Woman" – 2:04
14. "Share My World" – 1:59 (Interlude)
15. "I'm Goin' Down" – 3:16
16. "Thank You Lord" – 1:18 (Interlude)
17. "I Can Love You" – 3:44
18. "Keep Your Head" (Interlude) – 1:10
19. "Everything" – 6:34
20. "Seven Days" – 4:24
21. "Not Gon' Cry" – 5:37
22. "Missing You" – 6:47
23. "Day Dreaming" – 2:49
24. "Misty Blue" – 5:08
25. "A Dream" (Japan Bonus Track)

References

External links

• www.mjblige.com

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