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Tyler Perry Announces Tour Dates

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December 28, 2009

Tyler Perry has been understandably quiet since the passing of his beloved mother, and now he feels it's time to get back to work. January 4, 2010 will be the start of a very busy year for Tyler as he starts his tour that day in El Paso, Texas entitled MADEA's BIG HAPPY FAMILY.
On December 26, Tyler addressed on his website what he has been going through grieving for his beloved mother as well as his need to keep busy and surprising an unsuspecting woman with a wrongly dialed telephone call:

A few months ago, I said I was taking off the rest of 2009. The reason for
that, although I didn't say it at the time, was so I could spend my
mother's final days at her side. I am so glad I did. It made all the
difference in the world to me. Thank you for all of your condolences. As
you know, my mother was the apple of my eye, so this has been difficult to
say the least. I'll say more about her as I am able. It's just to soon to
talk publicly about it. It is still very raw. All I'll say is this, take
care of your mothers...you only get one. I've got to stop talking about
this, sorry.
You have no idea how much I need to go to work right now, for no other
reason than to just to be busy. January 4th can't get here soon enough.
If you think I've been working at a crazy pace before, you ain't seen
nothing yet!...SMILE. I'm telling you, if I walk these dogs one more time, I
think they're going to cuss me out!....LOL. Y'all know I can't sit still.
Anyway, I am so glad I have decided to go out on tour. You can't image
how much I need to be in front of the people right now. To get that
give-and-take, I am so looking forward to it. Can you believe it's been 5
years since I've toured? So I'm coming to make you hurt yourself in a good
way...LOL. MADEA's BIG HAPPY FAMILY is my new play. Trust me when I tell
you, I need to laugh and make you laugh even harder. All I want to say is
that if you have not seen "MADEA" live on stage you haven't seen Madea at
all. In the movies, I'm limited but on stage....FREEEEDDOMMMM!!! LOL.
This is truly my BIGGEST and BEST PLAY EVER! I've done some things in this
show that have never been seen in a play before. The show is hilarious! I
mean, it's so funny that we can't get through rehearsals. We're trying to
get it all out now. And the music! The music is off the chain. So come on
out, I'd love to see you there. It's bigger and better than anything I've
ever done. I'm excited about it, I really am. Can you tell?
Here are the tour dates for the first leg.
Jan 4th, 2010...El Paso, TX....Don Haskins Center
Jan 5th, 2010...Phoenix, AZ....Dodge Theatre
Jan 6th, 2010...San Diego, CA....San Diego Sports Arena
Jan 9th, 2010....Seattle, WA....Key Arena
Jan 10th, 2010....Portland, OR....Memorial Coliseum
Click the link below to view all scheduled dates. Oh yeah, if you don't
see your city, just remember this is only the first leg...more cities will
be added.
http://tylerperry.com/newplay
God Bless and thank you again.
I almost forgot, on Christmas Eve, I misdialed a number and started
talking to a lady who I didn't know. Her name is Irene Toliver. She
didn't believe it was me so here's your proof ...SMILE. You and your
husband seem like very nice people. I hope you got your cooking finished
in time. Didn't mean to take up your time, but you reminded me of my
mother. God bless you.
Tyler Perry

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Mr. Perry my name is Tanya I am a 37 yr old single mother of 2. You are an incredible person I admire all your work. So sorry to hear you've lost your mother. I still have mine......sometimes when i look at her I just cry because I know the Lord will call her home one day and with a heavy heart I'll have to let her go. Like I tell my children all the time NOOO ONE will ever love you like your mama does....just hold on to the good memories of her Tyler and rejoice in the knowledge that one day you will be with her again. Can't wait until you come to d/ftw I have never been to one of your plays and I am ready to see ya'll do what you can only do live. Love and prayers Tanya :)

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