Mary J. Blige knows how to make an entrance. Sunday night at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center, the newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer emerged from a stage at the back of the arena in a

Maybe Mary J. Blige had a limousine parked outside waiting for her and running up a tab during her show Friday at a packed United Center. That might account for the singer-songwriter’s periodic

It was the last California stop for Blige’s “ The For My Fans Tour ,” a 27-date trip that started in January. The Grammy and Emmy award-wining artist heads next to St. Louis, and concludes her U.S. shows in Miami on April 27.

Mary J. Blige, the queen of hip-hop soul, deserves a regal entrance. On Sunday night at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, she had what amounted to two entrances, believe it or not. Blige first appeared,