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Maxwell Black Summer Night Tour!
With the brassy soprano Jill Scott at his side, Neo-Soul's king of cool returns to shine an ethereal light on the masses.
By Marcus Scott
Just last year, the trailblazing neo-soul artiste Maxwell wowed audiences when he chopped his halo of hair, dropping his now universally-acclaimed “BLACKsummers’night,” now seen by many cynics and fans alike as a crowning achievement in the R&B and soul genres. The stratospheric-falsetto-swooping NAACP Image Award winning luminary that enthralled audiences with his dynamic Superbad soul power machismo and bohemian Mat Hatter eccentricity decided to roll up his sleeves, teamed up with Live Nation to produce a nationwide 17-city US arena tour that kicks-off May 21st. Fresh from his catapulting two-time Grammy Award win for his platinum-selling, No.1 hit “BLACKsummers’night,” Maxwell left his handprints on the hearts of music lovers everywhere, landing on several critics’ year-end best of list.
The “Fortunate” singer decided to display “a woman’s work” of art this time around on tour, and acting as his support is fellow neo-soul pioneer Jill Scott—the soul sistah songbird enchantress with the ebullient glass-shattering operatic soprano—who will be touring with her forthcoming album, “The Light of The Sun.” The busy bee recently had a leading role in HBO’s critically-acclaimed Anthony Minghella-directed miniseries “The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” and Lifetime film “Sins of the Mother,” is in the process of promoting two feature-length films, prepping a cartoon series, and has branching out in the fashion world by designing a new bra for her Ashley Stewart intimate apparel line. No worries. With a career spanning a little over a decade, the sometimes actress—who will return in the Tyler Perry ensemble film “Why Did I Get Married, Too?”—will be performing previous hits, starting with her double-platinum ever-influential nu-soul staple “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1” to her three-time Grammy triumphant crowd-pleasing present-day career.
Both of the shinign supernovas will be supporting new releases as Maxwell shall be promoting his most-anticipated “blackSUMMERS’night,” With a concert with a world-class appeal to it, the duo have nothing but good things coming from various commentators on their solo shows. While Jill Scott has been compared to piping hot bravado that compares to Motown machine glitz, Maxwell produced a Broadway musical extravaganza on a stage that icons James Brown, Cab Colloway and Sam Cooke were made to execute performances night-after-night. And the praise is unanimous: Both perform better live than in their studios, meaning we’ve all been duped.
Interested? Here are the dates where you can get a ticket:
Fri. May 21 / Cleveland / Quicken Loans Arena
Sat. May 22 / Detroit / Palace of Auburn Hills
Mon. May 24 / Indianapolis / Conseco Fieldhouse
Tue. May 25 / Chicago / United Center
Sat. May 29 / St. Louis / Scottrade Center
Wed. Jun 2 / Seattle / Key Arena
Fri. Jun 4 / Oakland / Oracle Arena
Sat. Jun 5 / Los Angeles / Staples Center
Tue. Jun 8 / Dallas / American Airlines Center
Wed. Jun 9 / Houston / Toyota Center
Sat. Jun 12 / Atlanta / Philips Arena
Mon. Jun 14 / Miami / American Airlines Arena
Fri. Jun 18 / Washington DC / Verizon Center
Sat. Jun 19 / Philadelphia / Wachovia Center
Mon. Jun 21 / Uncasville, CT / Mohegan Sun
Fri. Jun 25 / New York City / Madison Square Garden
Tue. Oct 12/ Dallas / American Airlines Center
With the brassy soprano Jill Scott at his side, Neo-Soul's king of cool returns to shine an ethereal light on the masses.
By Marcus Scott
Just last year, the trailblazing neo-soul artiste Maxwell wowed audiences when he chopped his halo of hair, dropping his now universally-acclaimed “BLACKsummers’night,” now seen by many cynics and fans alike as a crowning achievement in the R&B and soul genres. The stratospheric-falsetto-swooping NAACP Image Award winning luminary that enthralled audiences with his dynamic Superbad soul power machismo and bohemian Mat Hatter eccentricity decided to roll up his sleeves, teamed up with Live Nation to produce a nationwide 17-city US arena tour that kicks-off May 21st. Fresh from his catapulting two-time Grammy Award win for his platinum-selling, No.1 hit “BLACKsummers’night,” Maxwell left his handprints on the hearts of music lovers everywhere, landing on several critics’ year-end best of list.
The “Fortunate” singer decided to display “a woman’s work” of art this time around on tour, and acting as his support is fellow neo-soul pioneer Jill Scott—the soul sistah songbird enchantress with the ebullient glass-shattering operatic soprano—who will be touring with her forthcoming album, “The Light of The Sun.” The busy bee recently had a leading role in HBO’s critically-acclaimed Anthony Minghella-directed miniseries “The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” and Lifetime film “Sins of the Mother,” is in the process of promoting two feature-length films, prepping a cartoon series, and has branching out in the fashion world by designing a new bra for her Ashley Stewart intimate apparel line. No worries. With a career spanning a little over a decade, the sometimes actress—who will return in the Tyler Perry ensemble film “Why Did I Get Married, Too?”—will be performing previous hits, starting with her double-platinum ever-influential nu-soul staple “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1” to her three-time Grammy triumphant crowd-pleasing present-day career.
Both of the shinign supernovas will be supporting new releases as Maxwell shall be promoting his most-anticipated “blackSUMMERS’night,” With a concert with a world-class appeal to it, the duo have nothing but good things coming from various commentators on their solo shows. While Jill Scott has been compared to piping hot bravado that compares to Motown machine glitz, Maxwell produced a Broadway musical extravaganza on a stage that icons James Brown, Cab Colloway and Sam Cooke were made to execute performances night-after-night. And the praise is unanimous: Both perform better live than in their studios, meaning we’ve all been duped.
Interested? Here are the dates where you can get a ticket:
Fri. May 21 / Cleveland / Quicken Loans Arena
Sat. May 22 / Detroit / Palace of Auburn Hills
Mon. May 24 / Indianapolis / Conseco Fieldhouse
Tue. May 25 / Chicago / United Center
Sat. May 29 / St. Louis / Scottrade Center
Wed. Jun 2 / Seattle / Key Arena
Fri. Jun 4 / Oakland / Oracle Arena
Sat. Jun 5 / Los Angeles / Staples Center
Tue. Jun 8 / Dallas / American Airlines Center
Wed. Jun 9 / Houston / Toyota Center
Sat. Jun 12 / Atlanta / Philips Arena
Mon. Jun 14 / Miami / American Airlines Arena
Fri. Jun 18 / Washington DC / Verizon Center
Sat. Jun 19 / Philadelphia / Wachovia Center
Mon. Jun 21 / Uncasville, CT / Mohegan Sun
Fri. Jun 25 / New York City / Madison Square Garden
Tue. Oct 12/ Dallas / American Airlines Center
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