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R&B sex object and occasional actor Usher is planning a tour that can only be attended by those of the female persuasion, so he can give his lady fans a more "intimate" concert experience. Because Usher shows are typically overrun by rowdy, distracting macho-man types, you know?

Usher is preparing a tour for ladies only. The R&B singer tells the Associated Press he will soon announce details of his "One Night Stand" tour. He said specific dates are still being worked out for about 15 "intimate" venues.



Asked why he wanted to perform a "ladies only" tour, Usher said he relishes the challenge.



"There's only a few artists that can pull that off," said the 29-year-old singer. "I feel like I've had such a connection with my audience. This album, I felt like, was definitely the type of one that was more intimate. So what better way to get up close and personal than to make it all women?"

Let's break it down. "Up close and personal" means that Usher is going to get sweaty and take his shirt off about a third of the way through the set. But why?

"The ladies like to see that masculine build," he said. "They question if I still got it."

What, you may ask, is behind this pathological need to please his female fanbase (besides his own raging ego, and the fact that Here I Stand didn't exactly move mountains in the SoundScan department)? I like to think that ever since his mom became his manager again she's been writing him letters urging him to "remember the ladies."

But it doesn't stop there:

To go with the theme, Usher is also planning his own line of lingerie and men's undergarments. He already has a fragrance and cologne.

So apparently Usher is not only producing the music to which we have sex, but also the undergarments we shed before doing so. A bold move not attempted by his predecessors. (Can you imagine a Barry White lingerie line?) Of course, it's all a grand scheme to fulfill his longtime fantasy of women throwing intimate apparel that he designed at him while he sings. Usher is nothing if not an impeccably thorough narcissist.

Usher Plotting 'Ladies Only' Concerts [Billboard]