Photo of Brandy and Monica on the cover of Essence
Essence magazine

R&B singers Brandy Norwood and Monica Arnold kicked off their national “Boy is Mine” tour in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday, Oct. 16.

It is the first time the songbirds ever toured together.

Monica shared photos from opening night of their tour on Instagram. She captioned the post: “THE BOY IS MINE TOUR …Night ONE. Cincinnati Thank You. WE LOVE YOU.”

The photos show the ladies go through multiple outfit changes as they performed classic hit songs from their catalogs.

The setlist includes “What About Us?”, “Knock Knock”, “I Wanna Be Down”, “Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)”, “Like This and Like That”, “Full Moon”, “Everytime Tha Beat Drop”, “Brokenhearted”, “Nothing”, “He is”, “Almost Doesn’t Count”, “Why I Love You So Much”, “Sittin’ Up in My Room”, “Before You Walk Out of My Life”, “So Gone”, “Angel of Mine”, “For You I Will”, and more!

The ladies also performed a duet of Whitney Houston and Keyshia Cole covers.

The tour will run until December 14, 2025, and include performances by Kelly Rowland, Muni Long, and Jamal Roberts.