To no one’s surprise, R. Kelly won’t be in court this holiday season. Instead, the multi-platinum selling R&B dynamo will be taking his show on the road and bumping and grinding in cities across the country.

And get this: the self-proclaimed “Pied Piper” taking some of the hottest young R&B chart-toppers out on a cross-country trek.

Hip-Hop Soul princess Keyshia Cole, du jour songwriter/crooner Ne-Yo breakout newcomer J. Holiday will all support Kelly for his “Double Up” tour, which kicks off Nov. 14 in Columbus, Georgia. The near 40-city tour, presented by the Atlanta-based concert promotion firm Rowe Entertainment Inc., helmed by industry veteran Leonard Rowe, will make stops in New York, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami, Los Angeles and Kelly’s hometown of Chicago.

Confirmed tour dates are listed below:
Nov 14 Columbus, GA Columbus Civic Center
Nov 15 Atlanta Phillips Arena
Nov 16 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
Nov 17 Birmingham BJCC
Nov 18 Charlotte Bobcat Arena
Nov 21 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
Nov 22 Newark Prudential Center
Nov 23 New York Nassau Coliseum
Nov 24 Baltimore 1st Mariner
Nov 25 Washington DC Verizon Center
Nov 29 Little Rock Alltel Arena
Nov 30 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
Dec 1 Dallas American Airlines Arena
Dec 2 Houston Toyota Center
Dec 6 Minneapolis Target Center
Dec 7 Kansas City Sprint Center
Dec 8 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
Dec 9 Memphis Fed Ex Forum
Dec 13 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay
Dec 14 Los Angeles Staples Center
Dec 15 Oakland Oakland Arena (Oracle)
Dec 16 Sacramento ARCO Arena
Dec 20 Chicago United Center
Dec 21 Chicago United Center
Dec 22 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
Dec 23 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
Dec 27 Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
Dec 28 Orlando Amway
Dec 29 Columbia Colonial Center
Dec 30 Jacksonville Veteran Memorial
Dec 31 Miami American Airlines Arena
Jan 4 Cleveland Wolstein Center
Jan 5 Louisville Kentucky Expo Center
Jan 6 St Louis Scottrade
Jan 9 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
Jan 10 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
Jan 11 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
Jan 13 Hampton Hampton Coliseum

(AOL Black Voices)