Title: Sade Live
Location: FedEx Forum, 191 Beale St. Memphis, TN
Description: As a follow up to the platinum-selling Soldier Of Love, which spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart and garnered a well-deserved Grammy, Sade is second with The Ultimate Appeal to be released on May 3.
In gain to classic Sade songs, the must-have album will include three new, never-before heard songs including Moon & The Sky (featuring Jay-Z). Here for the 1st time, fans can obtain all of their favorite Sade classics from their most iconic albums including songs from the Best Of collecting and the greatest hits off of Lovers Rock and Soldier Of Love. The track list for The Ultimate Collection will be revealed shortly. Sade also announced today, the back leg of their ultimate summer tour kicking off on June 16th, marking their highly anticipated return to the public present in ten years.
Pre-orders of the album begin today at Sade.com. Fans who pre-order The Ultimate Collection will have exclusive early admission to tickets beginning March 30th in select markets. For complete presale and fine on sale information, visit Sade.com. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale to the world beginning April 2nd at www.Ticketmaster.com and www.LiveNation.com.
Sade will be linked on tour by fellow Grammy winner John Legend, performing in top arenas across North America, in an attempt to contact their immense and loyal fans. Sades classic sound set to haunting, unmistakable vocals creates the most knowledgeable of concert experiences in a way that but an unforgettable Sade performance can. Sade performed for more than a million fans during their final turn in 2001.
The accomplishments of Soldier Of Bed so far are astounding. The single, Soldier of Love - which Sade co-produced with Mike Pela, and was scripted by Sade along with longtime collaborators Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman made radio history upon its release. In less than four weeks Soldier of Love propelled into the top five at both Urban Hot AC and Smooth Jazz radio charts, making it one of the fastest moving records of the year. The cross held the #1 position at Urban Hot AC radio for 4 weeks straight and topped the Smooth Jazz chart for two weeks. Sade is now the low group since the Isley Brothers in 2001 to make a #1 spot as a direct act on the R&B Chart.
Known for their one of a kind timeless sound, Sade has enjoyed phenomenal success both internationally and stateside throughout the sweep of their twenty-seven year career. Since the release of their debut album, Diamond Life in 1984 the circle has seen all 5 of their studio albums land in the Top 10 on Billboards Top 200 Album Chart selling a number of more than 50 million albums worldwide to date. Theyve been nominated for American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and have won four Grammy Awardsfirst in 1986 for Best New Artist, then in 1994 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for No Ordinary Love, again in 2002 for Best Pop Vocal Album with Lovers Rock and most recently in 2011 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for Soldier Of Love.
John Legend, who will join Sade on all tour stops, is a nine-time Grammy Award winner. His most recent study with the Roots on WAKE UP! won awards for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song (Shine) and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (Hang On In There) at the 2010 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony.
Sade and John Legend Summer Tour Dates:
(Newly announced dates are celebrated with a * below.)
6/16 Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena
6/18 Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center*
6/19 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
6/21 Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
6/22 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
6/24 East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
6/25 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
6/28 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
6/30 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
7/03 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena*
7/06 Boston, MT - TD Garden
7/08 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse*
7/09 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena*
7/10 Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center*
7/12 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
7/13 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena*
7/15 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - BankAtlantic Center
7/16 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena*
7/17 Orlando, FL - Amway Center
7/23 Houston, TX - Toyota Center*
7/24 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center*
7/26 Kansas City, KS - Sprint Center*
7/28 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center*
7/29 Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum*
7/31 Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena*
8/03 Detroit, MI - The Palace at Auburn Hills*
8/05 Chicago, IL - United Center
8/06 Chicago, IL - United Center
8/07 Chicago, IL - United Center*
8/09 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center*
8/11 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center*
8/13 Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
8/14 Seattle, WA - Key Arena*
8/15 Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena*
8/17 Sacramento, CA - Power Balance Pavilion*
8/19 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
8/20 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
8/21 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center*
8/23 San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre*
8/25 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
8/26 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena*
8/27 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
8/30 Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
8/31 Anaheim, CA - Honda Center*
9/02 Phoenix, AZ - U.S. Airways Center*
9/03 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Arena*
For complete ticket and tour information visit, SADE.COM and LIVENATION.com
Start Time: 07:00 PM
Date: 2011-07-29
End Time: 11:00 PM
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