stevie wonder tour rumours

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http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6244228/stevie-wonder-songs-in-the-key-of-life-tour
i'm prepared to lay down a few bills here

Yeah, definitely gonna try to go, but shit, only one night in NYC? One in Boston? Dude could sell out a week in each city.

Got my tickets! Very fucking hyped about this!

Anyone with a tip on codes/scoring tickets, wd love the help. I'm very new to this game.

And increasingly aware that waiting until they're open to the public will result in instant disappointment.

thanks, forks, for the reminder that these are on sale! just got mine!

eric h: find someone you know who has a citibank credit card. the first six digits of the credit card number is the presale password. (and once you get past that, it looks like you can pay with any card.)

:-/

I figured it was such.

Checked the site this morning on a whim, found out it was presale day, found I actually have a citi card (which I didn't think I did), got tix, am insanely psyched, my partner even moreso -- she called it a once-in-a-liftime event, and I'm inclined to agree.

I hit up a friend with a citibank card and had them buy some for me. I have no idea where I'm seated. I am somewhat unreasonably obsessed with finding out.
the last live stevie wonder show i remember was a $200 ticket at The Apollo that i simply couldn't afford at the time. I heard that show ran four hours and was a knockout. I promised myself never again.

would love to hear his announcing he's going to drum for the whole set

Wish I knew someone with a city card I have to be at that Philly show. Hoping for the best on Monday.

i thought tix werent available til the 22nd??

halp

I think there might be a Facebook code available tomorrow? (Which means in effect they are available to the public tomorrow?)

I really hate that I'm not going to be able to go without paying a scalper. This is exactly why I don't do concerts.

A quick search of a citi bank card code will allow you to buy them today. I have my pair and I can't wait!

Dug around and found a code. Presto! 2 tickets!

Is it too much to ask that Stevie tours every album from Music of My Mind to Hotter than July? Also he has to play Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants!

I'd even buy tickets to that one.

Even? Especially!

I thought that.. them writers and their free tickets, hey ho.

i have a few minor quibbles (the tech was regularly fucked up and it's clear that stevie himself hasn't done much rehearsal) but that was fucking great

Yeah, it was annoying that his mic wasn't on multiple times, but he killed. "Superstition" was fucking transcendent.

how was it that they couldn't get the mics on for the female vocalists for the second half of "ordinary pain" FOR THE WHOLE SONG i mean come on
but the Sir Duke/I Wish doublepunch was very very very special to me and overall it absolutely delivered

agreed on all, mostly on the part about it being fucking great. technical crap aside, i thought stevie sounded amazing at the top of the show, then his voice flagged noticeably over the last few songs of the opening set (not sure he sang any of "pastime paradise" in the same key as the band), and then he came back full force for album sides three and four.

highlights for me: "contusion" (amazing fucking guitars), "village ghetto land" and "knocks me off my feet.

i liked india.arie but did she really need to hold a lyric sheet in her hand for the two verses of "have a talk with god" that she sang?

yeah this show was fucking amazing

stevie crying during "summer soft" and "joy inside my tears" was very contagious crying

This sounds great. Gonna be out of town and miss the show in my hood

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/stevie-wonder-songs-in-the-key-of-life-tour-msg-20141107

good review. i've spent all day listening to stevie and the memory of the show is fast burnishing into something important
worth basically whatever you have to pay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDMiyG3WWA
2.53 to the end here literally makes me tear up almost every time.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/stevie-wonder-songs-in-the-key-of-life-tour-msg-20141107

― look what you did, you lil durk (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, November 7, 2014 11:51 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nailed it. This was a lot closer to my experience of the show than Pareles' Times review.

Well, it's official. I'm going to cry every single time I listen to "Joy Inside My Tears" for the rest of my life.

Was anybody else at the Philly show last night? The only way that show gets topped is if he tours Innervisions. DJ Tick Tick Boom!

Couldn't make it to the local shows, alas. When was the last time Wonder toured?

I think he did a larger tour than this one in 2008.

Want to say I saw him at Taste of Chicago that summer, me and 300,000 others.

DJ Tick Tick Boom!

OTM! I was there, it was phenomenal. I don't think I've ever seen someone with such a presence; like I actually teared up when he first took the stage. And his band just destroyed! So good. Maybe this will convince him to tour the U.S. more often!

Yes to all of that. I don't like "Love's in Need..." much at all, and yet I was shuddering in my seat.

I've always been more of a Talking Book and Innervisions guy, but last night, performed live, every song on that record hit home for me. What the heck was that instrument he played during "I Am Singing"? That was one of the best solos I've ever heard. The only way the night could have been better is if he hopped on the kit for a song.

Yeah, Songs might be my least-favorite of his peak-era records, but I found myself freaking out to songs I didn't think I liked ("Contusion," for one).

I don't know what that instrument is either, and frustratingly, among the technical glitches at the NY show was that it was inaudible for the first half of the solo. But as soon as the audience could hear it, people were paying rapt attention in a way that I've never experienced before in an arena-sized crowd.

Apparently it is called a harpejji, and yeah that solo was unbelieveable.

I really wanted to include that in my review and I couldn't figure out what it was!

I bought a ticket.

stevie wonder discovers the harpejji at namm in 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwzeLg1wf3c

that was driving me nuts, thanks!

i got tickets for the oakland show and i'm hoping for an amazing finish to the tour (last show) and that all the bugs are ironed out by then. absolutely cannot wait.

I like your chances. The medley that he's doing is a recent addition and they did a brief version of "Fever" last night.

xp yeah the bugs are pretty much ironed out.

Yeah, Songs might be my least-favorite of his peak-era records, but I found myself freaking out to songs I didn't think I liked ("Contusion," for one).

^^^

Chicago set was predominately bug-free. A couple mic upcuts but on the order of seconds, not minutes (or whole songs).

Stevie Wonder - 2015 Tour Dates
March 17 - Denver @ Pepsi Center
March 20 - Houston @ Houston Toyota Center
March 22 - Dallas @ American Airlines Center
March 24 - New Orleans @ Smoothie King Center
March 27 - Louisville, Kentucky @ KFC Yum! Center
March 29 - Minneapolis @ Target Center
April 1 - Columbus, Ohio @ The Schottenstein Center
April 4 - Austin @ Frank Erwin Center
April 7 - Nashville @ Bridgestone Arena
April 9 - Baltimore @ Royal Farms Arena
April 12 - Brooklyn @ Barclays Center

Stoked to see him again!

Oh, was out of town and missed last time. Want to go this time. Saw hhim once before in the 80s or 90s? I forget...but he was good of course

Wonder if they're doing this again re ticket sales:

A quick search of a citi bank card code will allow you to buy them today. I have my pair and I can't wait!

― DavidLeeRoth, Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:01 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dug around and found a code. Presto! 2 tickets!

Presale happening

need a citi card, even with the code. ugh

There was a separate presale last time where the code was posted on his Facebook page...maybe they'll do that again?

xp shoot

Facebook code not working ...Will try it again

Oh, Facebook code is for a couple of days from now, need Citi code for today. grrrr

Not seeing the FB code for some reason?

I see it, [Key], but ticketmaster is requiring first 6 digits of a Citicard today

I'll just take my chances with the FB key tomorrow morning.

http://ticketcrusader.com/stevie-wonder-presale-passwords/

actual Citi Card might still be needed

yeah, not understanding how you can get tickets with just a citi code. you still need a citi card for the purchase. i can confirm because it happened to me for the oakland 'songs in the key of life tour' back in december. i ended up having to borrow a friend's citi card to complete the transaction.

friend of mine did sound at his Oakland show. I was jealous.

I did get the Citi code to work with a Visa payment last October, so ... ?

Facebook works today. Citi code still does not for Baltimore without a Citicard

Got Mpls to do the Citi code without any problems, even using a Visa.

Stevie Wonder performing "As" and "Watermelon Man" with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiLRll4svqo

ha, my coworker saw that last night -- i don't really do the big arena shows, but i was jealous.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/04/08/stevie-wonder-plays-almost-hours-nashville/25449401/

I'm seeing him tomorrow. Will see how it compares

Fun show in Baltimore last night. Not as many guests as Nashville, just a string section from Baltimore and Frederick Yonnet, a harmonica playing neo-soul local. Stevie loves to talk and joke and frequently took breaks between songs to do so. Songs in the Key of Life material sounded great. Somewhere in the middle, Stevie switched over to a small mini lap steel looking thing though and did Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" with India.Arie joining him on vocals. Then he grinned and went into "Tequila" from that. Unusual but still entertaining. His backup vocalists (including Ethiopian-American singer Wayna) are great. More powerful than India.Arie.

He started about 8:35 pm, took a 20 minute break in the middle and finished about 11:45pm

If someone had asked me, "What songs would you least expect to hear at a Stevie Wonder concert?" "Tequila" and "Nashville Cats" would be #1 and #2, respectively.

More tour dates announced, plus he's been doing free gigs in some towns. Played for an hour in DC Monday morning

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/stevie-wonder-performs-free-pop-up-concerts-in-northeast/2015/08/17/179cedcc-4556-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html

Can't wait til he tours all the other albums of the '70s.

He made a surprise last-minute tour announcement just a few days ago, and this is clearly aimed at boosting Harris into the Presidency, with ten dates almost entirely in swing states: Pittsburgh comes first on October 8th followed by New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Greensboro, Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Grand Rapids.

It's very last minute - barely any build-up and only two weeks out - so I'm not sure how to gauge the fact that only NYC and Philly was cleaned out today (first day of sale) while everywhere else is at best half sold-out. Except for Detroit where the closest seats are mostly gone, you can pretty much get a pair of tickets in any section you want for these remaining dates, and prices aren't nearly as high as you'd think - you can sit at floor level pretty close to the stage for $150.

(Grand Rapids and to a lesser extent Minneapolis have most of the closest seats gone as well, but maybe half sold overall as well)

Gonna see him again in Baltimore. Saw him there once , and back in the 80s in DC.

JUST ANNOUNCED! 🎹 The legendary @StevieWonder is bringing Songs In The Key of Life to a city near you!

Tickets on sale Thursday, Sept 10th @ 10AM local. https://t.co/0QZrDSGYgd pic.twitter.com/p6aHdSarbc

— Live Nation (@LiveNation) September 8, 2026

50th anniversary Songs in the Key of Life tour

saw him do this show back in 2015 and it was the greatest concert of my life

Hopefully won't be too expensive but I'be never seen him before. Think I need to. Hopefully he's still great live. SITKOL is one of my all time faves.

saw him do this show back in 2015 and it was the greatest concert of my life

seconded. i used to think SITKOL (slightly) lesser than the run of LPs that preceded it, but as the years wear on it becomes my favourite to play - there's just something so joyful and ecstatic and abundantly emotional about the second LP.

He’s been good live every time I have seen him.

Annoying that when I looked at Ticketmaster the other day you can’t see any prices ( but resale sites are already announcing they have tickets for crazy high prices )

I don't get the presale option. How does that work? Do you need to get a member or something? (I don't go to big venue shows anymore so I've not done it before)

presale codes are pretty common in any size venue you usually get in an email if you are on a mailing list for the artist or venue or you have a certain credit card or whatever.

Looks like you have to be a live nation subscriber...

I was googling for presales and usually can find them (you just enter a code usually) but not seeing the tradional ones for Stevie Wonder shows in the US. I am seeing folks in Europe grumbling that the presale tickets for there went quickly

I even became a free version Live Nation subscriber member and didn't see Stevie Wonder US presale information

thinking about taking my son to see this...as a punishment

He will someday be glad

Yeah, no presales for MSG either.

So, now that Dolly's gone, is Stevie Wonder the most beloved living American musician?

Ugh, glad I saw him 2024:

https://i.ibb.co/8gryFNtQ/fuck.jpg

It was so much easier to get tickets then, there was no wait and it took a while to sell out - all in the same venue.

He will someday be glad

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, September 9, 2026 7:06 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

the reason why is because he watches a bunch of YouTube videos about sports and one of them was about bad reffing which included the line "even Stevie Wonder could see that was a foul", which prompted him to ask me "was Stevie Wonder the worst referee of all time?", which brought out some sort of inner Hank Hill in me

After 30 minutes, I'm finally past the 100,000 mark.

Ugh, I got in the queue early but then Ticketmaster page glitched twice ( in a way I haven’t had that before) after I was in trying to buy tickets for dc and now dc show seems to be sold out

At least I have seen him before 3 times

And now I've been kicked out because tickets are officially sold out. I had like 29,000 people in front of me at that point.

FWIW, I found the setlist for the last SITKOL tour which indeed stuck to that album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life_Tour

(The 2024 tour covered all the classic albums which was great. Innervisions is still my favorite, but that's splitting hairs, Talking Book-to-SITKOL is up there with any of the greatest four album runs.)

Managed to get two tickets for London, despite Ticketmaster and the O2 websites both crashing/kicking me out multiple times and accusing me of being a bot because I kept trying to buy tickets. Only been to one arena type show before (Leonard Cohen on his Old Ideas tour in 2012), not exactly how I’d choose to see any artist but I’m buzzing tbh.

is Stevie Wonder the most beloved living American musician?

Maybe (after Mike Love)?

I had like 29,000 people in front of me at that point.

You and 29,000 of your friends can surely break through the gates to make it a free show

lol - they can't stop ALL of us!

xp

Him or Willie Nelson.

So, now that Dolly's gone, is Stevie Wonder the most beloved living American musician?

don't know if Stevie's an equal to Dolly's social justice work or charitable works. I do know I don't think there's an artist whose discography compares to his.

Stevie has done lots of social justice work in his time. MLK holiday efforts, civil rights involvement. Maybe he’s not doling out money and books like Dolly but pretty sure he’s made some donations.

He’s made a career of philanthropy, too: working on AIDS awareness, anti-apartheid efforts, and fundraising for blind children and children with disabilities

From some global citizen site bio

Baker coincidence at coworker was very early and lying on tickets and us so I piggyback on his account to get my tickets for the DC show. Otherwise I was more than 350,000 people in line.

by coincidence a co worker was early in line on tickets

Chicago show sold out now too.

I may go see the latest version of the Blind Boys of Alabama doing a gospel take on Songs in the Key of Life album at their October show at a Md community college near Washington DC . Tickets are still left for that

theres some tickets on viagogo for the london show but theyre in the corner of the venue. wondering is it even worth it if youre sat that far up? (not been to an arena show in years)

The Blind Boys of Alabama tribute to Songs is going to a fair amount of cities in US and some in Uk too

thanks for the heads up. london date is sold out. but im going to see if i can get tickets later.

years ago i had a promo dvd of his 1972 (i think) soul tv performance. sold it on ebay thinking it would be released officially later on but i think they blocked it. now wishing i still had it lol

I don't get why this tour sold out so quick while the 2024 one didn't, is that because that was maybe sold as a more political thing? I was kind of surprised tickets were still available for those shows when I looked.

damn sold out by the time it reached my turn in the queue

for madison square garden

prob people are thinking 'might be the last time to see him'

I don't get why this tour sold out so quick while the 2024 one didn't, is that because that was maybe sold as a more political thing? I was kind of surprised tickets were still available for those shows when I looked.

Same here. It was so easy to get 2024 tickets, NY or LA took their time to sell out but everywhere else never did - some venues were only half full.

He could add some shows but I think he needs a full day between shows to rest his voice.

was the 2024 tour advertised as concentrating on older material? i think it’s the concentration on SITKL that made it.

also I’m sure that scalpers have gotten better at overwhelming Ticketmaster

Stevie has done lots of social justice work in his time. MLK holiday efforts, civil rights involvement. Maybe he’s not doling out money and books like Dolly but pretty sure he’s made some donations.

oh yeah I definitely knew about his good works but did not want to besmirch Dolly's own track record there in the same breath as asserting Stevie as the GOAT, musically

They didn't advertise anything about the 2024 tour except that it was going to be called the "As We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart" tour. But they played SEVEN songs from SITKL, including the four big hits. It was actually a pretty awesome setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/stevie-wonder/2024/madison-square-garden-new-york-ny-7353dad9.html

FWIW, I kind of wondered if Stevie Wonder's lower profile may have meant he was now overlooked (this was in 2024), but I guess I was wrong. Reading his press from the 1970s - see the features Christgau wrote, which are hosted on his website - he was probably the most discussed and covered recording artist of that era. It's just a surprise to see his output slow to a crawl after 1980.

i saw him at the apollo in '05 in support of the voting rights act for whatever it was, fifty bucks or so. i didn't know whether to mostly expect speeches or what, but he wound up giving us like 90 minutes or so. it was wonderful and a great memory and i'm glad i don't have to deal with this madness.

I got a london ticket for £295. but then regret spending that much. i hate the o2. also i never remember gigs lol. so am going to resell it.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/28/stevie-wonder-releases-four-unheard-songs-from-songs-in-the-key-of-life-sessions

I really hope this guest pressed on vinyl

but I also hope I don't have to buy another copy of SITKOL

Then you're not a REAL FAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mxfk7YAPvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3HZ-FEhPjc

between the footage of him showing up at the USC Thornton tribute concert and this EP, I think I made a huge mistake in not copping tix for the tour, I kept on thinking he'd announce a show here in Toronto but I'm beginning to think that's not gonna happen :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvLrbEna9E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXutdlnM5pM