Tina Turner is proving to be a hot ticket in Los Angeles. Due to overwhelming demand for tickets to her first L.A. show on October 13, the eight-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has added a second show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 16. Tickets for both shows are currently on sale.

The 68-year-old singer is not stopping there. Last week, Turner's tour also added second shows in Kansas City, Boston and Toronto, while a third show was added in Chicago. The singer is coming out of retirement for the tour, which has quickly become one of the most eagerly anticipated tours of the year.

Another top female concert draw has confirmed tour plans. Janet Jackson, who has not toured in seven years, has confirmed tour plans on the heels of similar tour announcements recently made by female touring icons Madonna and Tina Turner.

While there are no tour dates on either Jackson's or Live Nation's website, her tour promoter, Jackson confirmed to the Associated Press that her tour will open September 10 in Vancouver, BC and includes dates in New York and Washington, DC. Tickets go on sale June 7.

Stand-up comedian Carlos Mencia, known for his man-on-the-street interviews, studio comedy and commercial parodies, is launching an 80-city stand-up comedy tour in July called "Bud Light Presents Carols Mencia: At Close Range." The tour begins July 26 at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, and continues through December 13 in Rio Puerco, NM. It is produced by Live Nation Comedy and Icon Entertainment.

As one of the most popular comedians in the country, Mencia offers insightful observations and precise delivery when addressing a variety of subjects, including ethnic stereotypes, racism and people's inability to laugh at themselves. His 2006 Comedy Central Original Stand-up Special, "Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached," was the first Comedy Central Original Stand-up Special DVD to achieve platinum sales status. His new comedy special for Comedy Central, "Carlos Mencia * * Performance Enhanced," premiered on May 18.

Sheryl Crow, on tour with James Blunt, has canceled her Thursday, May 22, concert at the Fox Theater in St. Louis, MO, "due to unforeseen circumstances relating to conflicting concert production logistics," a post on her website read.

The post stressed that it is the only concert affected and all shows from May 23 in Birmingham onward will be taking place. Full ticket refunds from point of purchase were offered along with a plege to return to St. Louis in the future.