Mary J. Blige's 'For My Fans Tour' coming to UBS Arena in April '25

Mary J. Blige, widely regarded as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, will bring her 27-city "For My Fans Tour" to UBS Arena in Elmont on April 11, following a Madison Square Garden show the night before.

General-public tickets for both dates, with opening acts Ne-Yo and Mario, go on sale 10 a.m. Friday at LiveNation.com.

"I am so excited to kick off this tour. I have amazing fans and am so grateful for all of the love and support they have given me throughout the years," Blige, 53, said in a statement Monday. "This tour is for them, and I cannot wait to be able to travel to all these cities and see everyone. I am in such a place of immense gratitude and peace at this moment,’’ said the singer-songwriter, who is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Oct. 19.

"Let’s goooo!!!" she added on Instagram. "I’m so excited to hit the road this January with NE-YO and Mario for ‘The For My Fans Tour’! ... I love y’all !!"

The star’s 16th studio album, "Gratitude," drops Nov. 15. The tour commences Jan. 30 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and concludes April 14 in Boston.

Blige, whom the Rock Hall of Fame cites as having influenced "virtually every R&B artist of the last twenty years," made a splash in the late 1980s when she was signed to Andre Harrell’s New York City-based Uptown Records on the strength of her performance of Anita Baker’s "Caught Up in the Rapture," recorded in "a new karaoke machine at the Galleria Mall in Westchester," Blige recalled to Elle magazine in 2015.

Her hits have included the Billboard No. 1 single "Family Affair"; her collaboration with Method Man, "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By," which reached No. 3; and "Be Without You," which also hit No. 3, went double-platinum.

In addition to her nine Grammy Awards, she shares an Emmy for performing, with other recording artists, at the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, which won the 2022 statuette for outstanding variety special (live). Blige also earned two Oscar nominations for the 2017 film "Mudbound," for actress in a supporting role and as co-writer of the movie’s original song, "Mighty River."