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Rock band Alabama Shakes takes reunion tour to Irving this summer

Alabama Shakes will play at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving on September 27.

Photo courtesy of Alabama Shakes

Rock band Alabama Shakes will return to the road after an eight-year absence on a 2025 tour, including a stop at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving on Saturday, September 27.

The 30-city reunion tour will start in Chicago on July 16, taking place over 2-1/2 months through the end of September.

Irving will be the final date on the tour, and will be immediately preceded by two other Texas stops: Austin on September 25 and Houston on September 26.

They'll be joined by opening act Greyhounds at all three Texas shows.

Alabama Shakes gained much acclaim in the mid-2010s, releasing two albums - Boys & Girls in 2012 and Sound & Color in 2015 - and winning multiple Grammy Awards.

Since last playing together in 2017, vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard has released two solo records, including the Grammy-nominated What Now in 2024.

“Last year, Heath (Fogg), Zac (Cockrell), and I started chatting about how much fun it would be to make music together and tour again as Alabama Shakes,” said Howard in a statement. "But, we didn’t want this to entirely be a look back. We wanted it to be as much about the future as the past. So we have a bunch of new music that will be released soon."

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Monday, February 10 at 10 am through Thursday, February 13 at 10 pm through the Citi Entertainment program. The artist presale will begin on Tuesday, February 11 at 10 am at alabamashakes.com.

The general on-sale will begin on Friday, February 14 at 10 am at alabamashakes.com.

ALABAMA SHAKES – 2025 TOUR

July 16: Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed-Fairgrounds
July 18: Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Yacht Club Festival
July 19: La Vista, NE - The Astro Amphitheater
July 20: Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 22: Bentonville, AR - The Momentary
July 25: Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
July 26: Birmingham, AL - Coca-Cola Amphitheater
August 8: Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater
August 9: Las Vegas NV - BleauLive Theater inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas
August 10: San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
August 14: Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
August 16: Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
August 17: Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater
August 20: Bonner, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater
August 22: Salt Lake City, UT - Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 24: Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
September 4: Milwaukee, WI - Miller High Life Theatre
September 5: Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
September 6: Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage
September 8: Cleveland, OH - Jacob’s Pavillion
September 9: Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE (Outdoors)
September 11: Louisville, KY - Bourbon and Beyond Festival
September 14: Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 17: Forest Hills, NY - Forest Hills Stadium
September 18: Philadelphia, PA - TD Pavilion at The Mann
September 19: Washington, DC - The Anthem
September 23: New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
September 25: Austin, TX - Moody Center
September 26: Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall
September 27: Irving, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

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Usher and Chris Brown join forces on 2026 tour headed to Arlington

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Chris Brown and Usher will perform at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on September 10, 2026.

R&B stars Usher and Chris Brown will co-headline the appropriately-titled The R&B Tour in 2026, an all-stadium journey which will include a stop at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Thursday, September 10.

The tour, which has a double meaning of "Raymond and Brown," the singers' last names, will include 33 dates over almost six months, starting in Denver, Colorado on June 26.

In addition to Arlington, other Texas stops will include El Paso on October 3, San Antonio on October 5, and Houston on October 9.

Both artists are coming off of recent solo tours, as Usher toured in 2024 in support of his latest album, Coming Home, while Brown's Breezy Bowl XX tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut album, took place over three months in 2025.

Brown and Usher have each been at or near the top of their genre for a long time, with Brown going to either No. 1 or No. 2 on Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop chart with each of his 11 albums, and Usher doing same with seven of his nine albums.

Tickets for the tour will be available starting with Citi presale beginning Tuesday, April 21 followed by The R&B Tour Presale on Thursday, April 23.

Fans must sign up for The R&B Tour Presale by April 21 at 9 pm. Anyone who signs up for the presale can join, no code needed.

To sign up for the The R&B Tour Presale, fans must be a Live Nation All Access member, which they can join for free when signing up at signup.livenation.com/therandbtour.

Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Monday, April 27 at 12 pm at RaymondAndBrownTour.com.

The tour will also partner with Global Citizen to provide access to quality education for children around the world by donating $1 for every ticket sold to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.

THE RAYMOND & BROWN TOUR 2026 DATES

Fri, Jun 26 | Denver, CO | Empower Field at Mile High
Tue, Jun 30 | Minneapolis, MN | U.S. Bank Stadium
Thu, Jul 2 | Detroit, MI | Ford Field
Fri, Jul 3 | Detroit, MI | Ford Field
Tue, Jul 7 | Cleveland, OH | Huntington Bank Field
Fri, Jul 10 | Washington, DC | Northwest Stadium
Sat, Jul 11 | Washington, DC | Northwest Stadium
Fri, Jul 17 | Charlotte, NC | Bank of America Stadium
Tue, Jul 21 | St. Louis, MO | The Dome at America’s Center
Sat, Jul 25 | Nashville, TN | Nissan Stadium
Tue, Jul 28 | Birmingham, AL | Protective Stadium
Sat, Aug 1 | Syracuse, NY | JMA Wireless Dome
Fri, Aug 7 | East Rutherford, NJ | MetLife Stadium
Sat, Aug 8 | East Rutherford, NJ | MetLife Stadium
Tue, Aug 11 | Toronto, ON | Rogers Stadium
Wed, Aug 12 | Toronto, ON | Rogers Stadium
Mon, Aug 17 | Boston, MA | Gillette Stadium
Fri, Aug 21 | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field
Fri, Aug 28 | San Francisco, CA | Levi's Stadium
Sat, Sep 5 | Las Vegas, NV | Allegiant Stadium
Sun, Sep 6 | Las Vegas, NV | Allegiant Stadium
Thu, Sep 10 | Arlington, TX | AT&T Stadium
Fri, Sep 25 | Los Angeles, CA | SoFi Stadium
Sat, Sep 26 | Los Angeles, CA | SoFi Stadium
Tue, Sep 29 | Glendale, AZ | State Farm Stadium
Sat, Oct 3 | El Paso, TX | Sun Bowl Stadium
Mon, Oct 5 | San Antonio, TX | Alamodome
Fri, Oct 9 | Houston, TX | NRG Stadium
Sat, Nov 7 | Atlanta, GA | Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Sun, Nov 8 | Atlanta, GA | Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Fri, Nov 20 | New Orleans, LA | Caesars Superdome
Thu, Dec 3 | Miami, FL | Hard Rock Stadium
Fri, Dec 11 | Tampa, FL | Raymond James Stadium

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