Maxwell Announces Serenade Tour With Jazmine Sullivan
Fresh off the heels of his Urban Hang Suite Cruise, Maxwell is planting his feet back on dry land with the announcement of his new tour, The Serenade Tour. He will joined by special guest, Jazmine Sullivan, and supporting act, October London.
The 26-city run will touch down in most major cities starting on Sept. 14 in Hollywood, Fl., before making stops in Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and more before its conclusion in Los Angeles on Oct. 27. This tour marks a reunion between Maxwell and Jazmine, who joined him on his Maxwell 08 tour—which was his first major tour in six years following his Now Tour from 2001-2002. The two also recently headlined the 2024 Jazz In The Gardens festival in Miami Gardens.
It also seems that Maxwell may be hinting that his highly-anticipated new album, blacksummers’NIGHT, is set to arrive this fall, according to his cryptic caption shared with the tour announcement. The Puerto Rican-Haitian heartthrob wrote, “This fall but before that mmmm hmmm.” However, a set release date for the LP has not been confirmed.
He first announced the conclusion to his blacksummers’night trilogy would be coming back in November 2021 when he released his single, “OFF.”
Back then, he told VIBE that his goal for blacksummers’night is to “bring that love.” Adding, “To bring that universal love, to bring that Black love, that Brown love, that Latin love, that Caribbean love, that African love. Love. L-O-V-E-E-E-E […] this new album is about celebrating love.”
Maxwell recently shared with AP that it’s an album about “true intimacy,” explaining, “It’s a journey into vulnerability, and it just ties up the Trilogy in a way that represents eroticism in a very mature way. Because I see a lot of eroticism happening, but I don’t necessarily feel like those people make me feel like they’re sexy — they make me feel like they’re sex objects. If you want to write lyrics that are very graphic…do what you want to do. I don’t do that — I believe in romance.”
Tickets for The Serenade Tour go on sale this Friday, March 29 at 10 a.m. local time via musze.com. Exclusive meet & greet packages and VIP ticket upgrades will be available for purchase as well.
See full list of dates for the Serenade Tour below.
Sept. 14 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Sept. 15 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Sept. 17 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Sept. 20 – Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
Sept. 21 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Sept. 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Sept. 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Sept. 27 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Sept. 28 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at the BJCC
Sept. 29 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Oct. 1 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Oct. 3 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Oct. 4 – Washington DC – Capital One Arena
Oct. 6 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Oct. 9 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Oct. 10 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 11 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Oct. 13 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Oct. 16 – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum
Oct. 18 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Oct. 19 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Oct. 20 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Oct. 23 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
Oct. 25 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
Oct. 26 – Las Vegas, NV – Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood
Oct. 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
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