The eleven Grammy Awards and counting timeless soul by the name of Alicia Keys is back on tour! At the age of 28, Alicia Keys has got it, and is now touring the world to let us all be a live part of it. There is no doubt this New York native is quite a few steps ahead of most in her game, if not all. The experience of seeing Alicia Keys live is one that will give you goose bumps and your hearts memories for music eternity to come.

Her official website says she possesses an "old soul," and the hard facts seem to back up the obscure claim of knowledge and understanding that went beyond Alicia Keys' childhood. Hardly in her twenties, Keys is accountable for a very hot debut, Songs in A Minor. The release, which she wrote and produced for Clive Davis' J Records, blends varied influences, including R&B, hip-hop, classical, and jazz. The day the album went on the market, it sold more than 50,000 copies. Label executives boldly predicted similarly favorable numbers for the first week's tally.

Around the time that Songs in A minor was released, Keys was popping up all over the place, including an Associated Press story. Where had she been before then? Her entire life, it seems, had been an accelerated learning experience, getting her ready for a career in music. A Manhattan native, her musical gifts became obvious when she was five years old. As a choir major enrolled in Manhattan's Professional Performance Arts School, she additionally developed her vocal talents with further help from a teacher. By the time she was 16, Keys graduated and entered Columbia University. Music beckoned, however, and she quickly left Columbia behind.

After breaking into the music industry scene in 1997 with credits from the song "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)", featured in the Men in Black soundtrack, Alicia Keys has yet, if ever, to hit a wrong note. Alicia Keys has to her name eleven Grammys, eleven Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards. Not only with these awards does she have to reflect her amazing talent, but as well the credit of being a songwriter, author, music video director, philanthropist, record producer, and that which touched our heart in live performances, a soulful pianist. Alicia Keys has got it, and then a whole heck of a lot more.

In her latest tour around the world, Alicia Keys will be showcasing her newest album, As I Am, and has kicked things off in Europe with a bang. At her opening night in Birmingham , UK , Alicia Keys brought an audience capacity of 9,000 to their chair edges and screaming feet throughout the entire performance.

In other performances by Alicia Keys, she constantly knows how to give the audience and fans what they want, even if they never knew it. Known for paying respect and tribute to past musical decades, such as the 1930's, and heart wrenching slides and clips of little Alicia Keys in Manhattan singing to her souls content gospel style, the live performances of Alicia Keys are definitely worth a lifetime of memories.

Alicia Key's As I Am Tour, is definitely a show worth the ticket and that much more. Her genuine love and soul that she personally puts into her music and lyrics is enough to remind you what true music is all about. Not only that, but if Bob Dylan himself credited Alicia Keys in his 2006 Modern Times album in the song "Thunder on the Mountain", that is saying something on a whole other level; "I was thinkin' 'bout Alicia Keys, couldn't keep from crying/When she was born in Hell's Kitchen, I was living down the line/I'm wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be/I been looking for her even clear through Tennessee."

If her last six tours are anything reference, they all were sellouts and crowd pleasers each one captivating more hearts than the last. Stay updated with all the ticket information for Alicia Keys As I Am Tour as they become available. This is definitely an experience of a life time that you will not want to miss out on!