Dancing With the Stars, the popular television show that pairs celebrities in the entertainment, music and sports worlds with professional dancers for a ballroom dance competition, has announced dates for a national tour. Celebrities to appear include singer Lance Bass, actress Marlee Matlin, Grammy-award winning singer Toni Braxton and legendary NFL defensive tackle Maurice Greene. Both Bass and Greene were finalists in the show's seventh season which concluded last month.
They will be joined by a corps of professional dancers including Mark Ballas, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Derek Hough, Kym Johnson, Alec Mazo, Lacey Schwimmer, Edyta Sliwinska, Karina Smirnoff and Fabian Sanchez. The tour kicks off Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif. and will visit 37 cities in North America. (See dates below.) Tickets on sale now at www.dancingwiththestarsontour.com
Tour Dates:
Wed, Dec. 17, 2008 San Diego, CA Sports Arena
Thu, Dec. 18 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
Fri, Dec. 19 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Sun, Dec. 21 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
Mon, Dec. 22 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
Sat, Dec. 27 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
Sun, Dec. 28 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Mon, Dec. 29 Las Vegas, NV Orleans Arena
Tue, Dec. 30 W. Valley City, UT E Center
Fri, Jan. 2, 2009 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Sun, Jan. 4 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Mon, Jan. 5 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Wed, Jan. 7 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Thu, Jan. 8 Moline, IL i wireless Center
Fri, Jan. 9 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Sun, Jan. 11 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Mon, Jan. 12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Tue, Jan. 13 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center
Thu, Jan. 15 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Fri, Jan. 16 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Arena
Sat, Jan. 17 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
Sun, Jan. 18 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Tue, Jan. 20 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
Thu, Jan. 22 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Fri, Jan. 23 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
Sat, Jan. 24 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
Sun, Jan. 25 Duluth, GA The Arena at Gwinnett Center
Tue, Jan. 27 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Wed, Jan. 28 Raleigh, NC RBC Center
Thu, Jan. 29 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Fri, Jan. 30 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Sat, Jan. 31 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Mon, Feb. 2 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
Tue, Feb. 3 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
Wed, Feb. 4 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Fri, Feb. 6 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sat, Feb. 7 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
Sun, Feb. 8 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
