September 21, 2005 @ 12:17 pm

Fantasia Joins Kanye West Tour

by: Alyssa Rashbaum

It's shaping up to be a busy fall for the R&B songstress who scored two nominations on Tuesday [September 20] for the American Music Awards, for Favorite Female Artist (Soul/R&B) and Favorite Album (Soul/R&B) for her debut, Free Yourself. Fantasia will also be releasing a memoir, Life is Not a Fairy Tale on September 20, just a few weeks before her tour with West kicks off.

right The "Touch The Sky" tour will hit cities across across the U.S. and Canada, kicking off October 11 in Miami, and closing on December 11 in Vancouver, Canada.

For ticket information, check out www.ticketmaster.com.

"Touch the Sky" tour dates:

10/11 - Miami, FL @ Convocation Center: University Of Miami
10/12 - Tampa, FL @ USF: Sundome
10/13 - Gainsville, FL @ O'Connell Center: Un. Of FL.
10/15 Greenville, SC @ Bi-Lo Center
10/16 - Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
10/18 - Columbia, MO @ Mizzou Arena
10/19 - Champaign, IL @ Assembly Hall
10/21 - Buffalo, NY @ Alumni Arena
10/22 - Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
10/23 - Detroit, MI/Columbus, OH @ Fox Theatre/Schottenstein Center
10/26 - Kingston, RI @ Ryan Center: UN. Of Rhode Island
10/28 - University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center: Penn State
10/29 - Cleveland, OH @ CSU Convocation Center
10/30 - Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
10/31 - Amherst, MA @ Mullins Center
11/2 - New York, NY @ MSG Theatre
11/3 - New York, NY @ MSG Theatre
11/4 - Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
11/5 - Hampton, VA @ Coliseum
11/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Liacouris Center
11/8 - Pittsburgh, PA @ AJ Palumbo Center/Peterson Evnt
11/9 - Toronto, ON @ ACC
11/11 - E. Lansing, MI @ Breslin Center: MI State Un.
11/12 - Chicago,IL @ Rosemont Theater
11/13 - Dekalb, IL/ Minneapolis, MN @ NIU Convocation Center/Excel Center
11/14 - Northwestern University @ Welsh Ryan Arena
11/15 - Carbondale, IL @ SIU Arena
11/17 - Atlanta, Ga @ Gwinnett Center
11/18 - Greensboro, NC @ Coliseum
11/19 - Statesboro, GA @ GSU
11/20 - Birmingham, AL @ BJCC
11/22 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
11/23 - Memphis, TN @ Mid-South Coliseum
11/25 - Houston, TX @ Reliant Arena
11/26 - Dallas, TX @ Nokia Live
11/27 - Kansas City, MO @ Kemper Arena
11/29 - Denver, CO @ Magness--Lecture Hall
12/1 - Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
12/2 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena/RIMAC
12/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Universal Amph
12/4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Universal Amph
12/6 - San Francisco @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
12/7 - Las Vegas, NV @ M. Bay--Aladdin
12/9 - Portland, OR @ Memorial Coliseum
12/10 - Seattle, WA @ Everett Event Center
12/11 - Vancouver @ GM Place