USHER - USHER + KANYE TO TOUR

USHER and KANYE WEST are lining up the tour of the summer (04) in America after announcing they'll hit the road together in August (04).

The pair, who have sold six million albums in the US alone between them so far this year (04), will team up for THE TRUTH tour, which will kick off in Hampton, Virginia on 5 August (04).

The 24-date tour is currently scheduled to run until 7 October (04).

Meanwhile, Usher's latest single CONFESSIONS PART II has shot up the American singles chart to number two, giving the R+B star command of the top two spots. His hit BURN has sat at the top of the charts for six weeks.

That's the second time this year that one artist has controlled the top two spots on the BILLBOARD chart - OUTKAST also made chart history when HEY YA! and THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL were number one and two respectively.