WE'RE LEFT TO WONDER

Baltimore and Boston both are a reasonable car or train ride away from the Jersey Shore.

And unless Stevie Wonder adds concerts in or near the Garden State, those cities will be the closest his headlining tour comes to New Jersey.

Wonder announced Thursday that he will hit the road for the first time in more than a decade. The final two shows of the 13-date "A Wonder Summer's Night Tour" will be Sept. 16 at Baltimore's Pier Six Pavilion and Sept. 20 at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion. Tickets for at least some of the shows will be available starting Saturday (Aug. 4) via www.ticketmaster.com.

"I am looking forward to performing in these venues under the stars," Wonder said via a statement.

Hey, Stevie, please don't overlook Holmdel's PNC Bank Arts Center or Camden's Tweeter Center at the Waterfront -- they’re amphitheaters, too. And New York's Central Park isn't a bad outdoorsy place to play, either.

Speaking of New York, Wonder will perform at Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 18 as part of The Dream Concert, an all-star show to raise funds for the building of a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Tickets for this show are available now; go to www.radiocity.com or www.ticketmaster.com for more information.