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Jo Dee Messina pencils in busy tour schedule
Singer Jo Dee Messina has set a frantic schedule of concert dates for this summer and beyond, an itinerary that should keep the country crossover success story busy well into December.
Messina, supporting her album "Delicious Surprise," released in April, will next take stage Friday (7/29) in Hayward, WI; her current schedule calls for appearances in more than 30 cities between now and December, ending with a Dec. 11 bow in Newport News, VA.
"Delicious Surprise" entered the Billboard album chart at No. 7, and spent eight weeks in the Top 100; it followed 2003's "Greatest Hits," which hit No. 1 on the country charts.
The title track from "Delicious Surprise" represents Messina's 16th Country Top 40 single.
Messina was recently named as an ambassador for the Special Olympics. Her duties in that role will include acting as a spokesperson during the 2006 USA National Games, set for next July in Ames, Iowa.
"The athletes that compete in the Special Olympics do so for the love of the sport," said Messina in a press release. "They finish to finish. Special Olympics offers a chance to expand the quality of life for so many and to see the games is to witness the ultimate display of the human spirit in its purist form. I am honored and proud to be an Ambassador for this organization."
