R&B legend Raphael Saadiq Announces ‘No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits’ Tour
R&B icon Raphael Saadiq announces his fall U.S. tour No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits, a one-man show blending storytelling, live instrumentation, and timeless music! We discuss it here!
Atlanta, GA, USA – September 8, 2019: Raphael Saadiq takes the stage with a powerful performance on day two of the 2019 ONE Musicfest at Centennial Olympic Park.
Photo cred: Denisha DeLane
By: Joshua Martin
The 59 year old Oakland native is hitting the road. Following back to back sold out shows at the iconic Apollo Theater in New York City and two homecoming nights at Oakland’s Fox Theater, Saadiq is bringing his one man show to cities all across the United States this fall.
“I’ve always wanted to do a one-man show. I want to challenge myself. My one person show has three acts; I will be talking about my career, bringing a couple of instruments to express myself, singing my original music as well as covers of songs I wish I had written, and more. I want it to feel magical and like a Broadway show.” - Raphael Saddiq
Earlier this year, the Tony, Toni, Tone co-founder announced the launch of the Raphael Saadiq Vinyl Club, opening his legendary musical vault to fans for the first time ever. Membership offers exclusive quarterly releases of Saadiq’s most celebrated albums.
“The very thing that got me started was vinyl. The vinyl club is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. This first vinyl is very important for me to release. I call it Lucy Pearl 2.0. When you join the club, you get merch, maybe a song, a download in the middle of the night. Maybe I’ll drop something directly to you, access to private shows. We’re gonna be adding things to it all the time. It’s going to be new music, I’m not just gonna hold stuff in the studio. I’m gonna put stuff that I have in the vault.” - Raphael Saadiq via statement
Pre-sale tickets for ‘No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits’ will begin July 9th, 10 a.m. local time. A Spotify presale also launches the following day, noon local time.
Check out the full list of stops below:
9/7 – Sacramento, CA – Channel 24
9/8 – San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall
9/10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford
9/12 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Theater
9/14 – Tucson, AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre
9/16 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
9/19 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
9/21 – Austin, TX – The Paramount Theatre
9/22 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Center
9/24 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
9/25 – New Orleans, LA – Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
9/27 – Columbia, SC – The Township Auditorium
9/28 – Durham, NC – DPAC – Durham Performing Arts Center
9/30 – National Harbor, MD – MGM National Harbor
10/2 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center
10/4 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
10/7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland
10/8 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
10/10 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
10/11 – Detroit, MI – Detroit Opera House
10/13 – Louisville, KY – The Louisville Palace
10/14 – Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center – Laura Turner Concert Hall
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