No More Drama Tour

The No More Drama World Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige. It was launched in support of her multi-platinum fifth studio album, No More Drama (2001).[1] The tour began in February 2002 and continued through August 2002. Concerts were held in North America, Europe, and Asia.[2]

No More Drama World Tour
Tour by Mary J. Blige
Promo Poster for Blige's 2002 World Tour
LocationNorth America, Japan, Europe
Associated albumNo More Drama
Start dateFebruary 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)
End dateAugust 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)
No. of shows73
Mary J. Blige concert chronology

Opening acts
  • Avant (North America—Leg 1)
  • Tweet (North America—Leg 2)

Set list
  1. "Love"
  2. "Steal Away"
  3. "Mary Jane (All Night Long)"
  4. "Love No Limit"
  5. "Real Love" / "Reminisce" / "You Bring Me Joy"
  6. "Deep Inside"
  7. "I Love You"
  8. "Changes I've Been Going Through"
  9. "You Remind Me" / "Be Happy"
  10. "All That I Can Say"
  11. "Someday Well All Be Free"
  12. "Children of the Ghetto"
  13. "I'm Going Down"
  14. "My Life"
  15. "PMS"
  16. "Your Child"
  17. "Seven Days"
  18. "He Think I Don't Know"
  19. "Not Gon' Cry"
  20. "The Love I Never Had"
  21. "Forever No More" (poem interlude)
  22. "No More Drama"
  23. "Beautiful Day" / "Never Been"
  24. "Flying Away" (contains elements of "Sweet Thing")
  25. "Everything"
Encore
  1. "Family Affair"
  2. "Rainy Dayz"

Touring personnel

[3]

Band:

  • Mary J. Blige – Artist
  • Gerald Heyward – Drums
  • Loren Dawson – Keys
  • Jeff Motley – Keys
  • Luke Austin – Keys
  • Terry Santeil – Percussion
  • JJ Smith – Bass
  • Montina Cooper – Vocalist
  • Kimberly Morton – Vocalist
  • Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley – Vocalist
  • Eboni Nichols – Dancer
  • Yxia Olivares – Dancer
  • Brandon Barton – Dancer
  • Amen-Ra "Bam Bam" Valentine – Dancer

Management:

  • Patricia Chavarria – Tour Manager
  • Ryan Ruden – Assistant Tour Manager
  • Chris Kansy – Production Manager
  • Kim Van Loon – Production Coordinator
  • Rick Taylor – Accountant
  • Andy "Lightman" Elias – Lighting/Set Designer
  • Horace Ward – Sound Engineer
  • Vish Wadi – Monitor Engineer

Crew:

  • Mark "Kahuna" Candelario – Stage Manager
  • Arnold Serame – Lighting Director
  • Chris Lohden – Lighting Crew Chief
  • Sean Kohl – Lighting Technician
  • Mike Mason – Sound System Technician
  • Brett "June Bug" Stec – Sound Technician
  • Mike Gomez – Rigger
  • David "Romeo" Bonilla – Bass/Keyboard Technician
  • Tony Moon – Drum Technician
  • Bruce Hendrix – Programmer/Keyboard Technician

Tour dates
List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date
(2002)		 City Country Venue
February 5 Poughkeepsie United States Mid-Hudson Civic Center
February 6 Boston Orpheum Theatre
February 8 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
February 9
February 10 New York City Radio City Music Hall
February 11
February 13 Detroit Fox Theatre
February 14 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
February 15 Chicago Auditorium Theater
February 18 Toronto Canada Sears Theater
February 19 Upper Darby United States Tower Theater
February 22 Houston Astrodome
February 23 Dallas Bronco Bowl
February 28 Oakland Paramount Theatre
March 2 Las Vegas Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
March 3 Tempe Gammage Auditorium
March 13 Tokyo Japan Kokusai Forum Hall
March 14 Sun Palace
March 16 Osaka Kosei Nenkin Hall
March 17
March 18 Fukuoka Sun Palace
March 20 Nagoya Kokukaido
March 22 Sendai Sendai Sun Plaza
April 1 Copenhagen Denmark Valby
April 2
April 3 Stockholm Sweden The Globe
April 5 Hamburg Germany CCH
April 6 Cologne Palladium
April 7 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
April 8 Brussels Belgium Forest National
April 10 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
April 11 Stuttgart Germany Liderhalle
April 12 Berlin Columbia Halle
April 14 Vienna Austria Bank Austria Hall
April 15 Munich Germany The Coliseum
April 16 Milan Italy Alcatraz
April 17 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
April 19 Birmingham United Kingdom NEC Arena
April 20 Manchester NYNEX Arena
April 23 London Wembley Arena
April 25 Dublin Ireland RDS Main Hall
June 19 Seattle United States KeyArena
June 26 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheater
June 28 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
June 30 The Woodlands Woodlands
July 2 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
July 3 Maryland Heights UMB Bank Pavilion
July 5 New Orleans Superdome
July 6 Birmingham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 7 Nashville AM South
July 9 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
July 10 Miami American Airlines Arena
July 12 Richmond Landmark Theater
July 13 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 14 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion Walnut Creek
July 17 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 19 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
July 21 Indianapolis Consenco Fieldhouse
July 23 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 24 Louisville The Palace
July 25 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
July 27 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 28 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater
July 30 Boston Fleet Pavilion
July 31 Camden Tweeter Center
August 1 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
August 3 Tinley Park Tweeter Center
August 4 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
August 6 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 7 Wantagh Jones Beach Amphitheater
August 9 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal
August 10 Hartford The Meadows
August 13 New York City Apollo Theater
August 15

References
  1. "Mary J. Blige Tour Archive".
  2. "Mary J. Blige Embarks on World Tour in February (Live Daily, January 9, 2002)".
  3. Mary J. Blige "No More Drama Tour" Itinerary (February–March 2002). Smart Art Itineraries: Venice, CA 2002.
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