Keys, Elliott and Beyonc & eacute; join for tour


February 3, 2004 at 12:00a.m.


LOS ANGELES TIMES
In an unexpected all-star teaming, Beyonc & eacute;, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott will jointly play more than two dozen arena concerts in March and April. The tour opens March 12 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The combination of flashy R & amp;B-pop star Beyonc & eacute;, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Keys and hip-hop heavyweight Elliott intrigues veteran concert-industry observers.
"In this industry, we sometimes make assumptions that adding different audiences together will be appealing to fans, but that's not always the case," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor of the concert-business tracking magazine Pollstar. "But as weird as this [combination] sounds, I would tend to think it's going to work."
Details on when tickets will go on sale have not been announced.