MARQUES HOUSTON SAYS WOMEN HIS AGE COMES WITH 'BAGGAGE' AND 'KIDS': During a recent interview, 41-year-old Marques Houston opened up about marrying his 22 year old wife Miya when she was 19. He explained, “A red flag to me was always with a woman that had a kid. Nothing against single women, but single mothers with children are a red flag for me.” He continued, “I tip my hat and respect women that are raising children on their own. But when I grew up, I never really wanted to have kids.” He added, “I would talk to my dad a lot, and he would always tell me to have your own kids because you never know what the baby daddy’s are about. So if you’re gonna have kids, make sure it is with a woman that never had kids. So that was always my red flag… and a woman with an attitude. I don’t like women with funky attitudes.” He also revealed that he thinks marrying a woman his own age could have been “disastrous.” He explained, “Women that are my age… they kind of have a different outlook on life. Like a lot of women my age are very independent. They are very like, ‘I don’t need a man to do this for me ’cause I can do it for myself.’ I come from a generation that I love to provide for my wife.”
ALICIA KEYS ANNOUNCES 'KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR': Alicia Keys is hitting the road this summer. The superstar has announced her Keys to the Summer tour, which starts on June 28th in Fort Lauderdale and will make stops in Charlotte, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Brooklyn, NY before wrapping in Los Angeles on August 2nd.
Check out the tour dates below:
June 28 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FLA Live Arena
June 30 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
July 2 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
July 3 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
July 5 Memphis, TN FedExForum
July 7 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
July 9 Boston, MA TD Garden
July 10 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
July 12 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
July 14 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
July 15 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
July 17 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
July 18 Chicago, IL United Center
July 20 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
July 21 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center
July 23 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Arena
July 24 Austin, TX Moody Center
July 27 Denver, CO Ball Arena
July 28 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
July 30 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
August 1 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena
August 2 Los Angeles, CA The KIA Forum