In support of the album , Sparks opened for Alicia Keys on the North America leg of her As I Am Tour , starting on April 19 , 2008 . Before the tour , a career-threatening throat injury forced Sparks to cancel a few weeks of the shows . Officials revealed she was suffering an acute vocal cord hemorrhage and was ordered strict vocal rest until the condition improved . Sparks was back on the road by April 30 , 2008 , and remained on the tour until June 18 , 2008 . Sparks later joined Keys for the tour leg in Australia and New Zealand in December 2008
As I Am Tour
As I Am Tour
Jordin Sparks