Chris Brown launches tour in Houston

NEW YORK, NY The singer is kicking off his "Fan Appreciation" tour in Houston on Nov. 14. The venues are small, but a statement from his record company says it's to keep an "intimate" setting. A portion of tour proceeds are going to charities.

Brown, 20, was sentenced in August to five years' probation, six months of community labor and a year of domestic violence counseling for the February attack on Rihanna.

He's due to perform at his first concert since the attack in New Jersey next week, and has a new song, "I Can Transform Ya."

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