New Edition has announced the Legacy Tour with legendary Keith Sweat and GUY!
The 30-city tour includes a New Jack Swing reunion with all of the original members of GUY (Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall), also featuring Tank.
Presale tickets for American Express cardholders will be available from Wednesday December 14th at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday December 15th at 11:59 p.m. local time. Tickets for the general public go on sale on Friday December 16th at 10 a.m. local time.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023” airs live Saturday, December 31st, starting at 8/7c on ABC and the legendary group will perform a medley of feel-good hits including “Rub You the Right Way,” “My Prerogative,” “Poison,” “If It Isn’t Love” and “Cool It Now.”
This performance by New Edition will kick off their 40th year anniversary and is sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line.
New Edition hit the scene in 1983 with their iconic #1 debut album “Candy Girl” disrupting the music industry forty years ago. That same year, the album’s title cut knocked Michael Jackson‘s “Beat It” out of the #1 spot on the Billboard “Hot Black Singles” chart. The group has gone on to win many awards, including BET’s “Lifetime Achievement” awards, and has one of the most highly watched biopics in music history, the 3-part BET series: “The New Edition Story“, which attracted more than 29 million viewers.
With a vast catalog, New Edition is ready to perform a host of new hits that weren’t performed in 2022’s “The Culture Tour,” giving their fans a whole new experience to tuck in their memory book.
They have remained one of the most influential R&B groups of the last 40 years, catapulting the solo careers of Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant, and Bell Biv DeVoe.
“Legacy” Tour Dates:
Thursday, March 9: Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
Friday, March 10: Charlotte, NC- Spectrum Center
Saturday, March 11: Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at BJCC
Sunday, March 12: Memphis, TN – FedExForum
Thursday, March 16: Washington, D.C. – Capital One Center
Friday, March 17: Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
Saturday, March 18: Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall
Sunday, March 19: Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Thursday, March 23: Chicago, IL – United Center
Friday, March 24: Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Saturday, March 25: Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Sunday, March 26: Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
Thursday, March 30: Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Friday, March 31: New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Saturday, April 1: Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Sunday, April 2: Fort Worth/Dallas, TX – Dickies Arena
Thursday, April 6: San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
Friday, April 7: Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
Saturday, April 8: Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
Sunday, April 9: Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
Thursday, April 13: Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Friday, April 14: Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Saturday, April 15: St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Sunday, April 16: Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Thursday, April 20: New York, NY – UBS Arena
Saturday, April 22: Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena
Sunday, April 23: Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Friday, April 28: Miami, FL – FTX Arena
Saturday, April 29: Jacksonville, FL – Vystar Arena
Sunday, April 30: Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Time and time again, Keith Sweat has proven that he is one of today’s premier purveyors of sensuous R&B. After six #1 R&B albums, 15 top ten hits and 15 albums with of sales of over 13.5 million.
An endlessly soulful new-jack swing icon and true R&B superstar. Keith Sweat is a Harlem-born singer/songwriter.
Keith Sweat dominated the urban landscape with his 1987 triple-platinum debut “Make It Last Forever.” The album sold over three million copies, spawning the hits “I Want Her” (#1 R&B, #5 pop), “Something Just Ain’t Right” (#3 R&B), “Make It Last Forever” (#2 R&B) and “Don’t Stop Your Love” (#9 R&B).
It was followed in 1990 by I’ll Give All My Love to You, another million-seller, which featured the hits “Make You Sweat” (#1 R&B, #14 pop), “Merry Go Round” (#2 R&B), “I’ll Give All My Love to You” (#1 R&B, #7 pop) and “Your Love, Pt. 2″ (#4 R&B).
Keith Sweat‘s third album was Keep It Comin’, an R&B chart-topper at the end of 1991, whose title track was another #1 R&B hit.
Guy exploded onto the music scene in 1988 with a brilliant self-titled album that included the hits “Groove Me,” “Teddy’s Jam,” “Piece Of My Love,” “Spend The Night” and “I Like.” “Groove Me,” peaked at #4; “Teddy’s Jam,” a slick, largely instrumental cut hit #5 and became a Riley signature he’d reprise on subsequent albums; “I Like” landed at #2 and “Spend The Night” at #15. Charting for an amazing 73 weeks, five at #1 R&B, Guy was certified double platinum.
The group finally copped a #1, billed as Teddy Riley featuring Guy, with the Motown-released “My Fantasy,” a highlight of the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s acclaimed 1989 film Do The Right Thing.
Two years later, Guy released an even better effort, the multi-platinum The Future. The Future also introduced Damion Hall to Guy’s lineup, replacing disgruntled original member Tim Gatling. The move infused the group with a visual energy that helped to create exciting and groundbreaking videos for such smashes as “Wanna Get With U,” “Teddy’s Jam 2,” “D-O-G Me Out,” and the international love anthem, “Let’s Chill.”
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