Alicia Keys will be launching "The Freedom Tour" next month and she will be joined by Robin Thicke and newcomer Melanie Fiona, Beginning March 3rd at Chicago’s Allstate Arena, the tour will make stops in New York, Boston and Los Angeles.

Prior to her 21-city jaunt, Keys and Beyonce headed to Brazil to shoot the Melina Matsoukas-directed video for their duet, “Put It In A Love Song” from Keys' recently released album, The Element of Freedom (see the photo below).

On February 14, Keys will head to the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, TX to headline the 2010 NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show with a performance of her hits “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” “Empire State of Mind (Broken Down Part II),” and “No One.” The NBA All-Star Game will air live at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.

Alicia Keys’ "The Freedom Tour” U.S. dates are as follows:

March 3 - Chicago Allstate Arena
March 5 - Detroit Fox Theater*
March 6 - Detroit Fox Theater*
March 11 - Syracuse, NY Turning Stone
March 13 - Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Casino*
March 14 - Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Casino*
March 17 - New York City Madison Square Garden
March 19 - Newark, NJ Prudential Centre
March 20 - Atlantic City, NJ Mark Estess Arena*
March 22 - Boston Agganis Arena
March 24 - Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
March 25 - Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
March 27 - Miami American Airlines Arena
March 28 - Tampa, FL St. Pete Times-Forum
March 30 - Atlanta Phillips Arena
April 2 - Dallas Nokia Theater (Grand Prairie)*
April 3 - Houston Toyota Centre
April 6 - Los Angeles Staples Centre
April 7 - Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
April 9 - Las Vegas Mandalay Bay
April, 10 - Oakland Oracle Coliseum

*denotes dates without Robin Thicke