Sade Kick Off North American Tour
06/20/2011
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Live Nation sent this over on Friday: Sade made their return to U.S. shores last week when they opened their 54-date North American tour with a jubilant, sold-out performance at Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena. Their first tour in over a decade, the 120-minute set featured all of Sade's best known songs, including their recent Grammy-winning hit, "Soldier of Love." Directed by longtime collaborator Sophie Muller, and with production and lighting design by Baz Halpin, the tour is groundbreaking from a visual perspective. With a 23' x 52' high resolution LED screen behind the band, and enormous projection screens all around the stage, beautiful, larger than life images accompany the music which has made Sade one of the most adored and enduring live bands in the world. The result is a visually stunning setting in which to hear one of the world's greatest bands on tour for the first time since 2001. John Legend, the acclaimed singer, songwriter and pianist who is opening for Sade on all of the dates, treated fans to a long list of his well known songs. The tour continues on includes multiple nights in Atlanta, Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles and Anaheim before finishing in mid-September. June 19 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center June 21 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum June 22 Washington, DC Verizon Center June 24 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center June 25 Newark, NJ Prudential Center June 28 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre June 30 Montreal, QC Bell Centre July 02 Atlantic City, NJ Etess Arena - Trump Taj Mahal *Sade only* July 03 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena July 06 Boston, MT TD Garden July 08 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse July 09 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena July 10 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center July 12 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena July 13 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena July 15 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center July 16 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena July 17 Orlando, FL Amway Center July 22 New Orleans, New Orleans Arena July 23 Houston, TX Toyota Center July 24 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center July 26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center July 28 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center July 29 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum July 31 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena August 01 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena August 03 Detroit, MI The Palace at Auburn Hills August 05 Chicago, IL United Center August 06 Chicago, IL United Center August 07 Chicago, IL United Center August 09 Minneapolis, MN Target Center August 11 Denver, CO Pepsi Center August 13 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena August 14 Seattle, WA Key Arena August 15 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena August 17 Sacramento, CA Power Balance Pavilion August 19 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center August 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center August 21 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center August 23 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre August 25 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion August 26 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena August 27 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena August 30 Anaheim, CA Honda Center August 31 Anaheim, CA Honda Center Sept 02 Phoenix, AZ U.S. Airways Center Sept 03 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Arena Sept 04 Salt Lake City, UT E-Center* Sept 07 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center* Sept 09 Raleigh, NC RBC Arena* Sept 10 Louisville, KY KFC Yum Center* Sept 11 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena* *Dates, cities and venues are subject to change. On sale dates are TBA.
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