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Jo Dee Messina gives audiences a 'Delicious Surprise'

Published May 8, 2006 03:52 PM

By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer

Jo Dee Messina [ tickets ] kicks off a new round of US tour dates later this week as she continues to support her latest album, last year's "Delicious Surprise."

Messina has mapped out a busy schedule, which begins in Baltimore on Friday (5/12) and so far comprises about 40 dates that are scattered into late October. Details are included below.

Released just over a year ago, "Delicious Surprise," Messina's first new collection of original material since 2000's "Burn," entered the Billboard album chart at No. 7, and spent eight weeks in the Top 100. Sales have been fueled, in part, by the disc's title track, which is Messina's 16th Country Top 40 single.

Messina should be in good shape for her upcoming tour; last month, the Massachusetts native and avid runner ran the Boston Marathon--though her progress was hampered by a knee problem she encountered about halfway through the race.

"I had stopped to stretch, stretching my heel as I got off the curb, and I felt my knee lock," she told the Tennesseean. "The muscle ... was so inflamed I wasn't [able] to bend my knee. It was a shooting pain, and every time I bent my knee, I was winded."

Despite the injury, she toughed out the rest of the course, and crossed the finish line with a time of 5:47.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

May 2006
12 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
13 - Danville, VA - Carrington Pavilion
19, 20 - Lincoln City, OR - Chinook Winds Casino
28 - Saint Leonard, MD - Volunteer Fire Station
29 - Jackson, NJ - Six Flags Great Adventure

June 2006
3 - Blue Ash, OH - Town Square
20 - West Fargo, ND - Red River Valley Fair
22 - Cadott, WI - Chippewa Valley Country Festival
23 - Turtle River, MN - Country Fest
25 - Des Moines, IA - Waterworks Park

July 2006
1 - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Empire Fair
2 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park
8 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata
9 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Expo
10 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
11 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Resort & Casino
14 - Atchison, KS - Warnock Lake Park
27 - West Bend, WI - Washington County Fair
29 - Wisconsin Dells, WI - Crystal Grand Theatre

August 2006
3 - Columbus, OH - Ohio State Fair
5 - Bangor, ME - Bangor State Fairgrounds
6 - Mitchellville, MD - Six Flags America
12 - Maumee, OH - Lucas County Fair
17 - Billings, MT - Montana Fair
18 - Aberdeen, SD - Brown County Fair
19 - Imperial, NE - Chase County Fair
21 - Rapid City, SD - Central States Fair
25 - Hinckley, MN - Grand Casino Amphitheatre

September 2006
2 - Mount Pleasant, IA - Midwest Old Threshers Reunion
3 - Van Wert, OH - Van Wert County Fair
16 - Winter Haven, FL - Cypress Gardens
22 - Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma State Fairgrounds
29 - Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino
30 - Decatur, IL - Kirkland Fine Arts Center

October 2006
14 - Raleigh, NC - State Fair
21 - Mesquite, NV - Casablanca Resort Casino
27 - Shelton, WA - Little Creek Casino Resort
28 - Spokane, WA - Northern Quest Casino