Roll out the red carpet: The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul is back in town.

Eight-time Grammy Award winner Mary J. Blige hits the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise Oct. 10 for her Growing Pains Tour.

Naturally, Mary J's set will draw heavily from her latest album Growing Pains and its hits Just Fine and Work That.You're also sure to hear older tunes Not Gon' Cry, Family Affair, No More Drama and Be Without You.

The Queen won't be alone, however: She's bringing the prince of blue-eyed R&B along for the ride. Robin Thicke (yes, his dad Alan starred in the '80s sitcom Growing Pains,no relation to Mary J's album title) will perform songs from his new album Something Else,which drops Sept. 9. You'll also hear hits from Thicke's platinum-selling 2006 album The Evolution of Robin Thicke,including Lost Without U and Wanna Love U Girl.

Tickets ($59.75-$99.75) go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Also on Oct. 10: Rapper Common and alt-rock/hip-hop group N.E.R.D. (the side project of The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) turn the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater into one big party.

You'll hear plenty from Common's albums Be, Finding Forever and Invincible Summer (which drops Sept. 23), plus N.E.R.D.'s In Search of . . ., Fly or Die and the new Seeing Sounds.

Tickets ($38.50-$75) go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Also at the Fillmore: Jam band Widespread Panic keeps the Grateful Dead's road-warrior aesthetic alive with two shows tapping Southern rock with touches of jazz and blues, Oct. 28 and 29.

Tickets ($39.50) go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Indie-emo rockers The Academy Is . . . team up with Bradenton pop-punkers We the Kings Oct. 4 inside at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale.

Tickets ($20, all ages) go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Send concert tips, with complete information, no later than noon Tuesday to mhamersly@MiamiHerald.com.

Ticketmaster: 305-358-5885 in Miami-Dade; 954-523-3309 in Broward; and 561-966-3609 in Palm Beach.

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