NEW YORK (Atlantic announcement) - It's "frothy" (Entertainment Weekly), it's "saucy" (USA Today), it's "the superfreakiest song on the charts this winter" (Rolling Stone), it's the Grammy-nominated "Milkshake," from the gold-selling new album
"Tasty" by Star Trak/Arista recording artist Kelis, and it's earned her the opening spot on the first leg of Britney Spears' upcoming North American tour. Dates commence at the San
Diego Sports
Arena on Tuesday, March 2nd, running through April 10th at the Continental Airlines
Arena in New Jersey.
"Milkshake," written and produced by the Neptunes, emerged as The back-to-school event of the season, "A banging club jam with a percolating groove, spacey programming and a chant-along chorus," sang People magazine. "Milkshake" peaked with No1 Rhythmic and top 5 Urban radio airplay, while the video - directed by Jake Nava and featuring Kelis' fianc� Nas - was in rotations on MTV (where it reached No1 and was a "TRL" staple for a month), BET, and "106 & Park." The next single from "Tasty", "Trick Me," written, produced and arranged by Dallas Austin, goes to Rhythmic, Urban, and Crossover radio formats on February 23rd.
Britney Spears & Kelis 2004 tour dates:
March 2 San Diego, CA Sports Arena
March 3 Phoenix, AZ Glendale Arena
March 5 Fresno, CA SavMart Arena
March 6 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena March
March 7 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
March 8 Los Angeles, CA The Staples Center
March 9 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena
March 11 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
March 12 Seattle, WA Key Arena
March 13 Medford, OR Vibes
March 15 Denver, CO The Pepsi Center
March 17 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
March 18 Moline, IL Mark Of the Quad
March 19 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
March 20 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
March 21 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
March 23 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
March 24 Columbia, SC Colonial Center
March 25 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena
March 28 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
March 29 Orlando, FL TD Waterhouse Centre
March 31 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
April 1 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
April 3 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Centre
April 4 Montreal, Que. The Bell Centre
April 6 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
April 8 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
April 10 E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena