00:00Stevie Wonder Announces Dates for Songs in the Key of Life 50th Anniversary Tour
00:04Stevie Wonder has announced the Songs in the Key of Life performances 50th Anniversary Tour
00:11celebrating his classic 1976 album with full album performances.
00:16The tour begins October 13th in Birmingham, UK before reaching North America on November 19th
00:22at New York's Madison Square Garden with additional stops in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Detroit and Los Angeles.
00:30Stevie Wonder is performing Songs in the Key of Life in full-on tour, marking the album's 50th anniversary.
00:36His 18th studio album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, topped the chart for 13 weeks,
00:42earned Diamond Certification and features classics including I Wish, Sir Duke, Isn't She Lovely,
00:48As, Another Star and Loves in Need of Love Today.
00:52The North American run begins November 19th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
00:57Additional stops include United Center in Chicago on November 21st, Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
01:04on November 23rd, and Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on December 19th.
01:10Wonder will return to Detroit for two performances at the Fox Theater on December 8th and 9th.
01:15The Detroit Dates carry special significance, as Wonder was born in Michigan and has deep ties to its Motown history.
01:22North American tickets, except Detroit, go on sale September 10th at 10 a.m. local time, with Detroit tickets available
01:30September 15th.
01:32Wonder's European tour begins October 13th in Birmingham and visits Paris, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Hanover, Cologne, Amsterdam, Dublin, London, Manchester,
01:42and Glasgow, ending November 11th in Glasgow.
01:45Songs in the Key of Life debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent 13 weeks at the
01:51top of the chart, eventually receiving Diamond certification from the RIAA.
01:55The album earned Wonder the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 1977 ceremony, along with Best Male
02:02Pop Vocal Performance and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for I Wish.
02:07It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 and added to the National Recording Registry in 2005.
02:15The tour marks Wonder's first full-scale world tour since his 2024 Sing Your Song, As We Fix Our Nation's
02:22Broken Heart Run.
02:23In a 1995 interview with Q Magazine, Wonder called songs in the key of life, the album he was most
02:30happy about.
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