Will Mariah Carey find a promoter for her Northrop concert?

Article by: JON BREAM , Star Tribune
Updated: January 5, 2010 - 7:27 PM

Her agents have reserved Feb. 16, but with no promoter the concert could be in jeopardy.

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Mariah Carey performs on the NBC "Today" television program in New York.

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Is Mariah Carey coming to Northrop Auditorium on Feb. 16? Her website says so. But tickets haven't gone on sale yet because the concert has no promoter, explained Northrop general manager Sally Dischinger.

"This has never happened before," she said. "So this is strange."

Dischinger was contacted by Carey's agent weeks ago and is still reserving the date for the concert. "We're ready to know," she said Tuesday.

According to mariahcarey.com, tickets are on sale for all her winter concerts except Feb. 16 at Northrop and Feb. 27 at the Pearl in Las Vegas. It is a 19-city tour of mostly theaters by the tour-averse diva.

Even though Carey has been a major star since 1990, she has never performed a proper concert in the Twin Cities. She did make cameo appearances in 1999 (at KDWB's Last Chance Summer Dance) and 2002 (at the Mall of America on "The Today Show"). Her "Memoirs of a Perfect Angel," released in September, has continued the comeback momentum of 2005's big-selling "The Emancipation of Mimi." She has landed 18 No. 1 pop singles, including "Touch My Body" in 2008.

"Usually all the ducks are in a row ahead of time," Dischinger said, adding that tickets typically go on sale at least six weeks before a concert. "I don't know if her price [fee] is so high that no promoter will take it."

Dischinger advises Carey fans to "call back at the end of the week."

Jon Bream • 612-673-1719