Tony! Toni! Toné! are set to return
for their first tour in nearly 25 years this September – find details below and purchase your tickets here.
The R&B and soul trio – Raphael Saadiq, his brother D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley – have announced that they will be embarking on a the ‘Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné Just Me and You’ US tour this September.
Kicking off in Birmingham, Alabama on September 21, the group will make stops in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Nashville, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and many more, before finishing up in San Francisco, California on November 17.
Fans can access pre-sale here, some of which are happening now, before general sale starts Friday (June 23) at 10am EDT. You can find the full list of dates below and purchase tickets here.
Announcing the news in a press statement, Saadiq, who will also perform works from his solo career, shared: “I’ve always wanted to put my family back together. 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.”
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— Raphael Saadiq (@RaphaelSaadiq) June 20, 2023
Tony! Toni! Toné! disbanded back in 1996 after the release of their fourth studio album ‘House of Music’.
Saadiq, who has also worked with the likes of Beyoncé and Solange, released his debut solo album ‘Instant Village’ in 2002, followed by ‘Ray Ray’ (2004), ‘The Way I See It’ (2008) and Stone Rollin’’ (2011). Eight years later, he released 2019 album ‘Jimmy Lee’.
Around the release of his last solo album, the artist told NME that “I’ve been working on new Tonys music for about 15 years”.
Speaking about a revival at the time, he said: “I just felt like we should do something, a few songs, maybe seven or eight of them and then do a few shows. So I’m not gonna be back-back because I have way too many things going on, but as far as doing a tour and an EP or something, I’m down for that.
“I’d actually like to perform the very last record we did together, ‘House of Music’. We never toured that record so if everyone is up for it I’d like to do that and put out three new records.”
‘Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné Just Me and You Tour’
2023
SEPTEMBER
21 – Birmingham, AL, BJCC Concert Hall
22 – Charlotte, NC, Ovens Auditorium
24 – Washington, D.C., The Theater at MGM National Harbor
26 – Baltimore, MD, Lyric Opera House
28 – Philadelphia, PA, The Met
30 – New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall
OCTOBER
1 – Durham, NC, Durham Performing Arts Center
5 – Boston, MA, Orpheum Theatre
8 – Cleveland, OH, State Theatre
10 – Louisville, KY, Louisville Palace
11 – Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium
12 – Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre
13 – Detroit, MI, Fox Theatre
19 – Greensboro, NC, Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
20 – Columbia, SC, The Township Auditorium
21 – Jacksonville, FL, Moran Theater
22 – Atlanta, GA, Fox Theatre
26 – Memphis, TN, Orpheum Theatre
27 – New Orleans, LA, Orpheum Theatre
28 – Dallas, TX, Music Hall at Fair Park
29 – Sugar Land, TX, Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
NOVEMBER
10 – Las Vegas, NV, Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
11 – Los Angeles, CA, YouTube Theater
14 – Oakland, CA, Paramount Theatre
17 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
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