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J-Lo, Anthony to coheadline tour
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
July 25, 2007 at 09:39:00 AM | more stories by this author

With a biopic of salsa legend Hector Lavoe in theaters next week, husband-and-wife duo will tour together for the first time.

Set to star in a biopic of salsa legend Hector "El Cantante" Lavoe, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are taking their act on the road. The husband-and-wife duo will co-headline their first-ever tour together and, according to Anthony, Lopez's first tour period.

Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez in <em>El Cantante</em> Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez in El Cantante

J-Lo and Anthony unveiled their tour plans today, and each singer will perform their owns sets and they will also perform together, singing in English and Spanish.

The trek will kick off September 29 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, although tour dates and venues have yet to be announced. Tickets begin going on sale August 10. A dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to ING Run for Something Better, a children's fitness and healthy lifestyle program.

"Jennifer has never toured," Anthony told Billboard about the jaunt. "I've toured all my life. This is where I can step in and say, 'Oh, my God, this could be fun,' and introduce her to that world. It is something she's always wanted to do, but she's never had the time. And I was offered many more films I never took advantage of because I was always on tour."

Anthony is set to play Lavoe in El Cantante, a biopic about the Puerto Rican salsa legend, with Lopez playing Lavoe's wife, Nilda. The film's soundtrack, to be released today, is Anthony's ninth studio album. The film hits theaters August 3.

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