Mariah tours globe for guys
Mariah Carey will keep an eye peeled as she tours the globe this summer giving concerts all around the world. "I'm looking for a boyfriend," she told Page Six in an exclusive interview. The songbird with the six-octave range has been unattached since breaking up with Luis Miguel in 2001, though she had a brief dalliance with Eminem last year that ended badly. "He is such a little boy," Mariah said. "This whole thing is so high school."
Carey left for Japan this morning, where she has a large, rabid following, to start her "Charmbracelet" world tour, which will be smaller than originally planned. "Her U.S. tour was scaled back and, due to lack of interest, they are now doing 'small, intimate' shows, instead of big arenas," a source said.
While Carey acknowledges a downsized tour, she told us: "It is all about the fans. I want to be close to them. I even am having them choose which songs I will sing - 32,000 fans are voting right now!"
Adding to the stress, Ashanti and Craig David - who were in talks to be Carey's opening acts - have dropped out. But Carey downplays any problems. "I am besieged by artists who want to be on my tour," she said, although she declined to name names. Carey is looking to her own label, Monarc, for talent instead. "I found my own groups who are already signed to my label," she said.
One group, Bell & Nae Nae, is comprised of a 15-year-old rapper (Nae Nae) and a 14-year-old singer (Isabell, "Bell"). The other act is child singer Sadie, who's also known as Dat Baby. Sadie "is like the African-American Shirley Temple", Carey cooed. "[Best friend] Da Brat found Nae Nae and my stylist introduced me to Bell. They are like TLC, they sing, they rap. They'll perform with me in Japan and I'll see if they can do the U.S."
Carey starts her U.S. tour in Las Vegas on July 26 and wraps it up at Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 18. The original venue for the New York tour was Madison Square Garden. When Carey gets back she will film a movie, "The Sweet Science", about boxing. "I play a really bad boxer," Carey laughed. Here's hoping the picture is better received than her last two, "Glitter" and "Wise Girls". (New York Post)
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