Twenty-five years after their duet “The Boy Is Mine” dominated the charts, Brandy and Monica are finally sharing the stage – and this time, they’re not fighting over anyone.
The Grammy-winning R&B stars announced Tuesday on “CBS Mornings” their first-ever co-headlining tour, “The Boy Is Mine,” a 24-city arena run that kicks off on Oct. 16 in Cincinnati and concludes on Dec. 7 in Houston.
“They were trying to get us to do a tour since ’98 and it just finally felt like the right time,” Brandy said. “It was a dream come true.”
Monica called her partnership with Brandy a “musical marriage.”
“We created the communication and the relationship to do it,” she said.
The tour marks a historic reunion for the duo whose 1998 duet spent a record-breaking 13 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, placing them alongside Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as artists who have commanded the chart’s top spot for 13 weeks or more.
The song gained momentum again after the pair made a surprise appearance in Ariana Grande‘s “The Boy is Mine” music video last year, sparking viral interest and earning them a Grammy nomination for their remix collaboration more than 25 years after winning their first Grammy for the original song.
Joining them are Grammy winner Kelly Rowland, chart-topping singer-songwriter Muni Long and 2025 American Idol winner Jamal Roberts.
The original song became one of the most iconic collaborations in late ’90s R&B and it earned the duo a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1999.
The announcement comes after years of reported tension between the two artists, which both singers acknowledged during the interview.
“There was a lot of confusion and conflict and there was a lot of people around,” Monica said.
Despite the song’s romantic theme about competing for the same man, both artists say they don’t share the same taste in partners.
“We don’t even like the same type of boy…there could never have been a boy,” said Monica.
The singers said choosing songs from both their catalogs will be tough.
“That part is hard. We want to give them everything that they want, but we can’t keep you there all night. So we have to figure out a way to condense this into two hours of just a celebration of music, celebration of womanhood,” Monica said.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Presales begin Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. using code BPC.
Tour dates
Brandy, Monica, Kelly Rowland, Muni Long & Jamal Roberts
Thu 10/16 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
Fri 10/17 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
Sat 10/18 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Sun 10/19 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Thu 10/30 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
Fri 10/31 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Sat 11/01 – Greensboro, NC – First Horizon Coliseum
Sun 11/02 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Fri 11/07 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
Sat 11/08 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
Sun 11/09 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
Thu 11/13 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Fri 11/14 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
Sat 11/15 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at BJCC
Sun 11/16 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Thu 11/20 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Fri 11/21 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Sat 11/22 – Atlantic City, NJ – Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Sun 11/23 – Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
Sat 11/29 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Sun 11/30 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Fri 12/05 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Sat 12/06 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
Sun 12/07 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
