Raphael Saadiq
Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné: Just Me
& You Tour 2023
Produced by Live Nation Urban
Multi-City Live Experience Will Encompass
Songs from Saadiq's Entire Catalog Including the Iconic R&B
Hits of Tony! Toni! Toné!, His Trailblazing Solo
Material, and the Groundbreaking Anthems Saadiq Penned for Peers
& Collaborators
Artist Presale Commences Wednesday, June 21 at 7AM
PT/10AM ET Local Time; General
On Sale Friday, June 23 at
10AM Local Time
"After hearing [Tony Toni
Tone's "Thinking of You"] from the Oakland trio's House of
Music album, you're ready to swear that Al Green has gone back into the studio with
the Hodges brothers and the rest of the Hi Records house
band." – LA Times
"Saadiq… broke out as the lead singer of the band
Tony! Toni! Toné!, whose sweet-voiced new jack swing
compositions presaged the neo-soul movement that would come to
define the '90s. – NY Times
LOS
ANGELES, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
multi-award-winning artist, songwriter, film & television
composer, and producer Raphael
Saadiq announced Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni!
Toné!, the Just Me & You Tour, which will grace
stages across the U.S. this fall. The long-awaited return of the
Oakland, CA R&B legends
launches on September 21 in
Birmingham, AL, at the BJCC
Concert Hall and visits major markets coast-to-coast, rolling
through New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Nashville, TN, and Los Angeles, CA, before wrapping the year back
in the bay, at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA, on November 14 and The Masonic in San Francisco on November 17.
Produced by Live Nation Urban, the tour marks a momentous
homecoming as Raphael Saadiq,
his brother D'Wayne Wiggins, and Timothy Christian Riley will perform as
Tony! Toni! Toné! for the first time in nearly 25 years. The
Tonys set will feature classic R&B smashes like "Feels
Good," "Anniversary," and "It Never Rains (In
Southern California)," plus brand-new material. For this
expansive, full-evening performance, Saadiq also taps his own deep
catalog, performing tracks from his acclaimed solo albums, the
music of his short-lived but beloved R&B supergroup
Lucy Pearl, plus the hits he
wrote for artists like D'Angelo, Daniel
Caesar, Brent Faiyaz,
Solange and Beyoncé.
"I've always wanted to put my family back together," says
Saadiq. "Playing with the Tonys again is a thank you to the fans,
the Super Tonians, for supporting all my musical efforts. Without
those who were with us from Day One, where would I be? But the main
reason is that my father, Charlie
Wiggins, would've wanted it this way–to see me, D'Wayne, and
Tim playing together again."
Alex Pappademas in the
New York Times wrote, "For two
decades, [Saadiq has] done it, over and over. As a producer, he's
pulled concise statements out of performers who often default to
the diffuse. But as one of relatively few major figures of the
hip-hop age who grew up playing in bands, he's just as adroit at
leading from behind as a sideman, steering Mary J. Blige to an Oscar nomination (for
"Mighty River," from Mudbound) or playing bass behind Mick Jagger on a Grammy salute to Solomon Burke."
A very special artist presale commences on Wednesday, June 21 at 7 am
PST/10 am EST. Live
Nation and Spotify presales follow on Thursday, June 22, at 10
am local time. General on-sale goes live Friday, June 23 at 10
am local time.
All tickets may be purchased through
RaphaelSaadiqMusic.com.
TOUR DATES
Thu September
21 – Birmingham, AL – BJCC
Concert Hall
Fri September 22 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
Sun September 24 – Washington, DC – The Theater at MGM National
Harbor
Tue September 26 – Baltimore, MD – Lyric Opera House
Thu September 28 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Sat September 30 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
Sun October 1 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
Thu October 5 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
Sun October 8 – Cleveland, OH – State Theatre
Tue October 10 – Louisville, KY – Louisville Palace
Wed October 11 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Thu October 12 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
Fri October 13 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
Thu October 19 – Greensboro, NC – Steven Tanger Center for the
Performing Arts
Fri October 20 – Columbia, SC – The Township Auditorium
Sat October 21 – Jacksonville, FL – Moran Theater
Sun October 22 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
Thu October 26 – Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre
Fri October 27 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theatre
Sat October 28 – Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park
Sun October 29 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre at
Sugar Land
Fri November 10 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theater at Palms
Casino Resort
Sat November 11 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater
Mon November 14 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre
Fri November 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
About Raphael
Saadiq
For over 30 years, multi-instrumentalist,
musician, songwriter, and producer Raphael
Saadiq has influenced the ever-shifting landscape of
pop/R&B music. Saadiq's approach is shaped by his deep
musicality and uncanny creative vision. His timeless fingerprint
can be felt across his solo work, an impressive array of
collaborations with the likes of Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, John Legend, Brent Faiyaz, and Mary
J. Blige, and his trail-blazing time in the beloved R&B
band Tony! Toni! Toné! Hailed for his effortless blend of classic
flair and groundbreaking sensibilities, Saadiq prods at the
rigidity of music to craft profoundly moving, kaleidoscopic sonic
experiences. Saadiq's influence is palpable in film and TV, earning
him multiple award wins and nominations. Movies Mudbound (2018) and
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) both feature Saadiq's
songs, while his scoring and music supervision work can be heard in
Insecure (HBO), Lovecraft Country (HBO), Genius: Aretha (NatGeo),
Underground (WGN) and 61St Street (AMC). Saadiq also serves as the
executive music producer on the critically acclaimed Disney
animated series Marvel's Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur.
About Tony! Toni! Toné!
Platinum-selling R&B
super-band Tony! Toni! Toné! formed out of Oakland, CA, a city ripe for producing the
best of soul and funk musical interpolation. The group's 1986 debut
offering Who? immediately crossed the group over and lived on
Billboard's "Top Pop Albums" chart for forty-four weeks peaking at
#69 in the Top 100. The platinum-selling album spawned the #1
R&B hit "Little Walter," and the next three singles, "Born Not
to Know," "Baby Doll," and "For the
Love of You," were all Top 10 R&B singles. The trio
self-produced their 1990 sophomore offering of The Revival, also
platinum-selling, which bested their debut by charting for
sixty-six weeks on the "Top Pop Albums" chart and peaking at #34.
The album spawned several #1 R&B hits with "It Never Rains (In
Southern California)," "Feels Good," "The Blues," and "Whatever You
Want," all topping the R&B charts. "Feels Good" was the group's
first single to breach the Top 10 of the Billboard "Hot 100." The
group released Sons of Soul in 1992 and their final album House of
Music, in 1996.
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