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Alicia Keys Announces 2022 Dates for ‘ALICIA + Keys World Tour’

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Note (4-21-22): This story has been updated with a new schedule, including opening acts.

Alicia Keys is ready to get back on the road and perform her new and timeless hits. Her world tour in support of her seventh album,  ALICIA ,   has been rescheduled for 2022. It was originally  slated to launch in June 2020 but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Keys will kick off the European leg of the world tour on June 9, 2022, at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena. From then until July 15, 2022, she will play shows in other countries, including Germany, France, and Spain, to name a few. 

On August 2, 2022, Keys will return to the states to perform the first North American show at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre in Charlotte, N.C. Additional cities to hear Keys belt out favorites include Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Tampa, and Atlanta. The tour will wrap up on September 24, 2022, at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville. 

Ticket information can be found on her official website . 

In March, Keys made Billboard history, becoming the only artist to  claim the most number-one hits  on the Adult R&B Airplay chart. She has 12 chart leaders, with “So Done” featuring Khalid as the last. The song appears on ALICIA , considered an  “artistic breakthrough”  for Keys by Rated R&B. 

Keys is the subject of a  YouTube docu-series  slated to arrive sometime later this year. 

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Alicia Keys Announces North American Summer Tour 

THE  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  LIGHTS UP A CITY NEAR YOU STARTING JUNE 28 th  AND FEATURES AN ALL NEW 360 “IN THE ROUND” CONCERT EXPERIENCE GENERAL ON SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, APRIL 21 st          

Alicia Keys announced today that she will be launching a North American summer concert tour which starts June 28 th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL .  Produced by Live Nation, the  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR   follows her sold-out and critically acclaimed The Alicia + Keys World Tour which brought Keys across Europe, North America and will soon head to Latin America.  

The general on sale for the  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  will begin  Friday, April 21 st  at 9am local time.  Pre-sales will run from Tuesday, April 18 th  – Thursday, April 20 th . Alicia Keys Fan Club and Keys Soulcare Pre-Sales will launch Tuesday, April 18 th  at 1pm ET. Spotify, Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Venue Pre-sales will launch Thursday, April 20 th  at 10am local time. For more ticketing information visit  LiveNation.com .

The  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  will bring the GRAMMY Award-winning global superstar back to North America for 23 arena dates and an all new, completely reimagined and redesigned concert experience and set list. The tour will feature Keys, for the first time ever, in a 360-degree, “in the round” production setup which will allow fans to experience her live performance in an entirely new and exhilarating way. Keys, known for incorporating innovative and engaging production design into her live performances, worked with director Diane Martel (who directed “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Like You’ll Never See Me Again” – two of Keys’ most powerful videos) and designer Chiara Stephenson to design the concept and staging of the  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR . 

Of the first-time, “in the round” production staging, Keys says, “The  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  is going to be completely unforgettable and unmissable! I describe it as a celebration of freedom and self-liberation! It’s going to be colorful, magical and will light up your body, soul and all of your senses! This is my first time creating a 360 experience and we’ve made sure it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen! I’m so excited to see y’all this summer!”

The tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary and will range from inclusion of premium tickets to the chance to join Keys in an exclusive, intimate and inspirational “Soulcare Session” before the show. For more information, visit vipnation.com.

Critically acclaimed for her stunning live concert performances, Keys’ last North American tour earned rave reviews from press with the  Tampa Bay Times  calling it an “outstanding live performance that cemented her as one of the greatest musicians and singers of all time.”  VIBE  dubbed the show “beautiful to witness” and  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  said Keys set Atlanta “on fire.”  

KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR DATES:  

June 28           Ft. Lauderdale, FL      FLA Live Arena

June 30           Tampa, FL                  Amalie Arena

July 2              Charlotte, NC              Spectrum Center

July 3              Atlanta, GA                 State Farm Arena

July 5              Memphis, TN              FedExForum

July 7              Washington, DC         Capital One Arena

July 9              Boston, MA                 TD Garden

July 10            Philadelphia, PA         Wells Fargo Center

July 12            Brooklyn, NY               Barclays Center

July 14            Toronto, ON                Scotiabank Arena

July 15            Cleveland, OH            Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

July 17            Detroit, MI                   Little Caesars Arena

July 18            Chicago, IL                 United Center

July 20            Louisville, KY              KFC Yum! Center

July 21            St. Louis, MO              Enterprise Center

July 23            New Orleans, LA        Smoothie King Center

July 24            Austin, TX                   Moody Center

July 27            Denver, CO                 Ball Arena

July 28            Salt Lake City, UT      Maverik Center

July 30            Seattle, WA                 Climate Pledge Arena

August 1          Oakland, CA               Oakland Arena

August 2          Los Angeles, CA         The KIA Forum

For more information on the tour and for tickets please visit  AliciaKeys.com

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Alicia Keys is a 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, founder of Keys Soulcare, New York Times best-selling author, film/television and Broadway producer, accomplished actress, entrepreneur, and a powerful force in the world of activism. Since the release of her monumental 2001 debut album, SONGS IN A MINOR, Keys has sold over 65 million records and built an unparalleled repertoire of hits and accomplishments. Alicia has become the #1 RIAA certified Female R&B artist of the millennium with over 27.5 Million worldwide certified digital sales (US) and 20 Million Album Sales (US). She released her eighth studio album, KEYS (Original and Unlocked) – a double album, in December 2021. A first look from the new music was featured in Alicia’s YouTube Docu-Series titled, Noted: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories. Alicia released her book, “More Myself: A Journey” via Flatiron Books which debuted and spent multiple weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. In March, she released her first graphic novel titled, “Girl On Fire” with HarperCollins. Alicia kicked off her sold-out ALICIA + KEYS World Tour in June of 2022 which was followed by the release of the Deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed KEYS album in August. Keys released her first-ever holiday album SANTA BABY on November 4, 2022 which includes 4 original songs including the single “December Back 2 June.”

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Alicia Keys Announces ‘Keys to the Summer’ 2023 North American Tour

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Alicia Keys will spend her upcoming summer on the road playing shows as part of the Keys to the Summer tour. The stretch of North American dates will find the singer making stops at 23 arenas with a 360-degree stage set to pack in as many fans as possible.

“The Keys to the Summer tour is going to be completely unforgettable and unmissable,” Keys shared in a statement. “I describe it as a celebration of freedom and self-liberation! It’s going to be colorful, magical and will light up your body, soul and all of your senses! This is my first time creating a 360 experience and we’ve made sure it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen! I’m so excited to see y’all this summer!”

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The Keys to the Summer tour marks the singer’s return to North America just under a year after she wrapped the second leg of the Alicia + Keys world tour in support of her seventh and eighth studio albums Alicia and Keys , released in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Before then, she hadn’t been on an official tour since 2013’s Set the World on Fire tour. Now, it seems, Keys is making up for lost time.

Alicia Keys North American Tour 2023 June 28 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ FLA Live Arena June 30 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena July 2 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center July 3 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena July 5 – Memphis, TN @ FedExForum July 7 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena July 9 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden July 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center July 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center July 14 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena July 15 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse July 17 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena July 18 – Chicago, IL @ United Center July 20 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center July 21 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center July 23 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Arena July 24 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center July 27 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena July 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center July 30 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena August 1 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena August 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The KIA Forum

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Alicia Keys tour 2022: Where to buy tickets, schedule, dates

• Updated: Aug. 02, 2022, 9:03 a.m. |
• Published: Aug. 02, 2022, 12:30 a.m.

Alicia Keys will bring her wide-ranging array of hits to venues all over the world this year. AP

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After a two-year delay, Alicia Keys’ “ALICIA The World Tour ” is finally coming to venues all over the country.

The tour, which follows the release of Keys’ 2021 eighth studio album “KEYS,” includes quite a few concerts in and around her New York City hometown though.

On Aug. 6 , Keys will perform at Atlantic City’s Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Then, on Aug. 7 , she’ll be at Philadelphia’s The Met.

After those nearby gigs, Keys will swoop into New York City’s Radio City Music Hall for a pair of back to back concerts on Aug. 11 and 12.

Tickets for all concerts are available on sites like StubHub , Vivid Seats , TicketCity , MegaSeats and Ticketmaster .

First-time Vivid Seats users can save $20 off ticket orders over $200 by entering promo code NJ20 at checkout.

Although fans should be excited to hear Keys’ classics like “New York State Of Mind,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Fallin’,” make sure to dive into her new 26-track album, as well.

Rolling Stone called it Keys’ “most ambitious to date, going from torch ballads to dance tracks and spanning decades with ease.”

If this sounds like the tour for you, a complete calendar featuring all tour dates, venues, show start times and links to buy tickets can be found here .

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A number of stars with similar sounds to Keys are brining the goods to venues all over North America this year.

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Watch a Very Bummed Out Alicia Keys Avatar Announce the Postponement of Her ALICIA World Tour

Alicia Keys revealed on Thursday (May 21) that she has been forced to postpone her ALICIA World Tour 2020 due to the coronavirus.

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Alicia Keys is the latest artist to postpone a major tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The singer revealed on Thursday (May 21) that she has been forced to reschedule the dates on her ALICIA World Tour 2020 after waiting to see if there was any way to avoid disappointing her fans.

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“We’ve all been waiting patiently to see how the world is going,” she tweeted. “We held onto the dates as long as we could BUT safety and the good health of my beautiful fam is paramount.”

The tour was slated to kick off on June 5 in Dublin, Ireland, and keep the singer on the road through a Sept. 22 show at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Fla. “Oooh, you can’t believe how bummed out I am that we have to postpone the ALICIA world tour,” a Keys avatar says in the tweet. “Just trust me and know that I can’t wait to be with you. I miss you so much.”

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On March 19, Keys told fans that she needed to postpone the tour for her book  More Myself: A Journey , even as she moved forward with plans to release her seventh studio album, ALICIA .

Watch the message from Keys below.

To my beloved fam: you know my heart is 💔 because The ALICIA World tour 2020 will have to be rescheduled. We’ve all been waiting patiently to see how the world is going. We held onto the dates as long as we could BUT safety and the good health of my beautiful fam is paramount. pic.twitter.com/TyVOHiH5Zu — Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) May 21, 2020

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Alicia Keys sets new San Diego concert date after her September show was postponed due to weather concerns

Her concert is moving from an outdoor SDSU venue to a nearby indoor venue on the campus

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Alicia Keys has rescheduled her Sept. 9 San Diego concert, which was postponed the day of the show because of weather concerns.

The new date is Nov. 5 and will be held at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena. That is a short walk from where Keys’ Sept. 9 concert was scheduled to be held at SDSU’s Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheatre.

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This will mark the fourth effort by the 15-time Grammy Award-winner to perform in San Diego since she and her family became La Jolla residents in 2019. Her sold-out 2020 concert at the SDSU amphitheater was postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic, then postponed again until Sept. 9, then postponed yet again.

Keys’ current tour is scheduled to conclude Sept, 26 in Nashville. Apart from her new Nov. 5 San Diego concert, her website does not list any other performances for the rest of this year.

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Tickets for Keys’ Sept. 9 SDSU concert can be exchanged online through Ticketmaster for tickets for her Nov. 5 SDSU concert, or can be refunded online.

Concerts at Viejas Arena can accommodate up to 13,500 attendees, depending on the seating configuration. The capacity of SDSU’s Open Air Theatre, where Keys’ sold-out Sept. 9 concert was scheduled, is 4,500.

This suggests that more tickets could go on sale for her new Nov. 5 Viejas Arena concert. Live Nation, the concert’s promoter, has not yet disclosed if — or when — any new tickets will be available for the show. The Ticketmaster link for Keys’ Nov. 5 concert reads: “Sorry, tickets are not currently available online.”

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Alicia Keys is stepping into the round.

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The versatile singer has announced dates for her 2023 Keys to the Summer Tour. The 22-date trek sees her performing in the round for the first time on a 360-degree stage that puts her in the middle of the audience, “which will allow fans to experience her live performance in an entirely new and exhilarating way,” according to a press release. Keys teamed up with Diane Martel, director of the music videos for two of her biggest hits “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Like You’ll Never See Me Again,” and creative designer for live music and theatre Chiara Stephenson to create the staging concept.

Kicking off on June 28 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Keys will travel across North America throughout the summer visiting major cities such as Atlanta, Georgia; Memphis, Tennessee; Washington, DC; Boston, Massachusetts; Austin, Texas; Toronto, Canada; and Denver, Colorado before concluding on August 2 in Los Angeles, California, at the Kia Forum. Tickets for the Keys to the Summer Tour go on sale Friday (April 21) at 9 a.m. local time.

“KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR, I’m about to bring you these NEW VIBRATIONNNSSSS,” Keys cheers on Instagram . “My first ever 360 tour!! Where are you pullin’ up to rock with me?”  

The “Karma” singer is also in the midst of The Alicia + Keys World Tour that heads to Latin America for eight shows in May. The Latin American leg begins on May 3 in Brazil and will visit Argentina, Chile and Colombia before concluding with a three-night stay in Mexico.

“Latin America Fam!!” she shares on Instagram . “This is finally happening!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been dreaming about this and you’ve been asking me about this!! We had to make it happen!!! I can’t wait to see you and lose ourselves in the music!!”

Keys to the Summer Tour Dates:

June 28           Ft. Lauderdale, FL      FLA Live Arena

June 30           Tampa, FL                  Amalie Arena

July 2              Charlotte, NC              Spectrum Center

July 3              Atlanta, GA                 State Farm Arena

July 5              Memphis, TN              FedExForum

July 7              Washington, DC         Capital One Arena

July 9              Boston, MA                 TD Garden

July 10            Philadelphia, PA         Wells Fargo Center

July 12            Brooklyn, NY               Barclays Center

July 14            Toronto, ON                Scotiabank Arena

July 15            Cleveland, OH            Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

July 17            Detroit, MI                   Little Caesars Arena

July 18            Chicago, IL                 United Center

July 20            Louisville, KY              KFC Yum! Center

July 21            St. Louis, MO              Enterprise Center

July 23            New Orleans, LA        Smoothie King Center

July 24            Austin, TX                   Moody Center

July 27            Denver, CO                 Ball Arena

July 28            Salt Lake City, UT      Maverik Center

July 30            Seattle, WA                 Climate Pledge Arena

August 1          Oakland, CA               Oakland Arena

August 2          Los Angeles, CA         The KIA Forum

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Alicia Keys has switched venues for her upcoming tour stop in the Bay Area.

She’s also combining what was initially supposed to be a two-night stand into one single show.

The15-time Grammy winner, who was originally supposed to play Sept. 2-3 at the Masonic, is now performing Sept. 3 at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

The move to the much larger venue was made “due to overwhelming demand,” according to a news release.

Ticket-holders for the Masonic shows will be receiving emails from Ticketmaster with their new ducats for the Chase Center show.

The North American leg of Keys’ tour promises “an unforgettable musical performance” as well as “an all-new custom designed staging, costuming and lighting, providing an amazing night.”

For more information, visit aliciakeys.com .

Here are the tour dates:

Tue Aug 16 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill

Thu Aug 18 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

Fri Aug 19 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica

Sun Aug 21 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park

Tue Aug 23 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

Wed Aug 24 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre*

Thu Aug 25 – Denver, CO – Bellco Theatre

Sun Aug 28 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater

Mon Aug 29 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Wed Aug 31 – Portland, OR – Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center

Sat Sep 03 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

Mon Sep 05 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater

Tue Sep 06 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre

Wed Sep 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre

Fri Sep 09 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU

Sat Sep 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre

Tue Sep 13 – Houston, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land

Wed Sep 14 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

Sat Sep 17 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Fri Sep 23 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

Sat Sep 24 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

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Alicia Keys Announces ‘Keys to the Summer’ U.S. Tour

Today, Alicia Keys made the announcement that she will begin a summer concert tour in North America on June 28 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR , which Live Nation is putting on, comes after Keys’ critically acclaimed and sold-out The Alicia + Keys World Tour, which took her across Europe, North America, and will soon reach Latin America.

The KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR general on sale will start on Friday, April 21 at 9 a.m. local time. The pre-sale period will be Tuesday, April 18, through Thursday, April 20. Tuesday, April 18th, at 1 pm ET, the Alicia Keys Fan Club and Keys Soulcare Presales will begin. On Thursday, April 20th, at 10 am local time, Spotify, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and Venue Presales will begin operations. Visit LiveNation.com for additional information on purchasing tickets.

The GRAMMY Award-winning worldwide superstar will return to North America for 23 arena dates on the KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR with a brand-new, entirely rebuilt, and revised concert experience and set list. In a 360-degree, “in the round” production structure, Keys will perform live for the first time ever on this tour, giving fans a totally new and thrilling experience.

Keys says, “The  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  is going to be completely unforgettable and unmissable! I describe it as a celebration of freedom and self-liberation! It’s going to be colorful, magical and will light up your body, soul and all of your senses! This is my first time creating a 360 experience and we’ve made sure it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen! I’m so excited to see y’all this summer!”

You can see dates for the shows below.

June 28           Ft. Lauderdale, FL      FLA Live Arena June 30           Tampa, FL                   Amalie Arena July 2               Charlotte, NC              Spectrum Center July 3               Atlanta, GA                 State Farm Arena July 5               Memphis, TN              FedExForum July 7               Washington, DC         Capital One Arena July 9               Boston, MA                 TD Garden July 10             Philadelphia, PA         Wells Fargo Center July 12            Brooklyn, NY               Barclays Center July 14             Toronto, ON                Scotiabank Arena July 15             Cleveland, OH            Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse July 17             Detroit, MI                   Little Caesars Arena July 18             Chicago, IL                  United Center July 20            Louisville, KY              KFC Yum! Center July 21             St. Louis, MO              Enterprise Center July 23             New Orleans, LA        Smoothie King Arena July 24             Austin, TX                   Moody Center July 27             Denver, CO                 Ball Arena July 28             Salt Lake City, UT       Maverik Center July 30             Seattle, WA                 Climate Pledge Arena August 1          Oakland, CA               Oakland Arena August 2          Los Angeles, CA         The KIA Forum

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Alicia Keys Announces ‘Keys To The Summer’ North American Tour Dates – Setlist & Ticket Info

Alicia Keys will hit the road this summer as part of her Keys to the Summer tour. The concerts will feature a 360-degree stage experience.

The tour is scheduled to begin on June 28 and go through August 2.

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This trek is just under a year after the singer finished her Alicia + Keys world tour in support of her albums of the same name (2020 and 2021).

Alicia Keys is an R&B singer. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor , earned her five Grammy Awards in 2002 and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys , was also successful, winning her an additional four Grammy Awards.

Keys has reportedly inspired many artists, including Adele , Rihanna and Janelle Monáe .

The below setlist was taken from her performance on February 24, 2023 Al-‘Ula, Saudi Arabia.

Girl on Fire (Intro) You Don’t Know My Name Wasted Energy Karma New Day Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready) Diary City of Gods (Part II) Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart Girl on Fire Superwoman Fallin’ In Common Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) (Crystal Waters cover) Underdog No One Like You’ll Never See Me Again If I Ain’t Got You

Alicia Keys North American Tour 2023 June 28 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ FLA Live Arena June 30 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena July 2 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center July 3 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena July 5 – Memphis, TN @ FedExForum July 7 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena July 9 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden July 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center July 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center July 14 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena July 15 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse July 17 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena July 18 – Chicago, IL @ United Center July 20 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center July 21 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center July 23 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Arena July 24 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center July 27 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena July 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center July 30 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena August 1 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena August 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The KIA Forum

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ALICIA KEYS Announces Dates For 2023 ‘KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR’

Alicia Keys announced today that she will be launching a North American summer concert tour which starts June 28 th  in Ft. Lauderdale, FL . Produced by Live Nation, the  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR   follows her sold-out and critically acclaimed The Alicia + Keys World Tour which brought Keys across Europe, North America and will soon head to Latin America.    

The general on sale for the KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  will begin  Friday, April 21 st  at 9am local time.  Pre-sales will run from Tuesday, April 18 th  –Thursday, April 20 th . Alicia Keys Fan Club and Keys Soulcare Pre-Sales will launch Tuesday, April 18 th at 1pm ET. Spotify, Live Nation, Ticketmaster andVenue Pre-sales will launch Thursday, April 20 th ?at 10am local time. For more ticketing information visit LiveNation.com .    

The KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  will bring the GRAMMY Award-winning global superstar back to North America for 23 arena dates and an all new,completely reimagined and redesigned concert experience and set list. The tour will feature Keys, for the first time ever, in a 360-degree, “in the round” production setup which will allow fans to experience her live performance in an entirely new and exhilarating way. Keys, known for incorporating innovative and engaging production design into her live performances, worked with director Diane Martel (who directed “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Like You’ll Never See Me Again” – two of Keys’ most powerful videos) and designer Chiara Stephenson to design the concept and staging of the  KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR .   

Of the first-time, “in the round” production staging, Keys says, “ The KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR  is going to be completely unforgettable and unmissable! I describe it as a celebration of freedom and self-liberation! It’s going to be colorful, magical and will light up your body, soul and all of your senses! This is my first time creating a 360 experience and we’ve made sure it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen! I’m so excited to see y’all this summer!”  

The tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary and will range from inclusion of premium tickets to the chance to join Keys in an exclusive, intimate and inspirational “Soulcare Session” before the show. For more information, visit vipnation.com .  

Critically acclaimed for her stunning live concert performances, Keys’ last North American tour earned rave reviews from press with the Tampa Bay Times calling it an “ outstanding live performance that cemented her as one of the greatest musicians and singers of all time.”   VIBE  dubbed the show “beautiful to witness” and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  said Keys set Atlanta “on fire.”      

KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR DATES: ?  

June 28 ????Ft. Lauderdale, FL ?????FLA Live Arena  

June 30 ???Tampa, FL ????????????Amalie Arena  

July 2 ????? Charlotte, NC .                Spectrum Center  

July 3 ????   Atlanta, GA ???????????State Farm Arena  

July 5           Memphis, TN                  FedExForum  

July 7           Washington, DC             Capital One Arena  

July 9          Boston, MA                    TD Garden  

July 10         Philadelphia, PA             Wells Fargo Center  

July 12       Brooklyn, NY                   Barclays Center  

July 14        Toronto, ON                     Scotiabank Arena  

July 15        Cleveland, OH                 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse  

July 17        Detroit, MI                        Little Caesars Arena  

July 18        Chicago, IL                      United Center  

July 20        Louisville, KY                   KFC Yum! Center  

July 21        St. Louis, MO                   Enterprise Center  

July 23        New Orleans, LA             Smoothie King Arena  

July 24        Austin, TX                       Moody Center  

July 27        Denver, CO                     Ball Arena  

July 28       Salt Lake City, UT            Maverik Center  

July 30       Seattle, WA                      Climate Pledge Arena  

August 1    Oakland, CA                    Oakland Arena  

August 2    Los Angeles, CA              The KIA Forum  

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Alicia Keys is a 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, founder of Keys Soulcare, New York Times best-selling author, film/television and Broadway producer, accomplished actress, entrepreneur, and a powerful force in the world of activism. Since the release of her monumental 2001 debut album,?SONGS IN A MINOR, Keys has sold over 65 million records and built an unparalleled repertoire of hits and accomplishments. Alicia has become the #1 RIAA certified Female R&B artist of the millennium with over 27.5 Million worldwide certified digital sales (US) and 20 Million Album Sales (US). She released her eighth studio album,?KEYS?(Original and Unlocked) – a double album, in December 2021. A first lookfrom the new music was featured in Alicia’s YouTube Docu-Series titled, Noted: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories. Alicia released her book,?“More Myself: A Journey”?via Flatiron Books which debuted and spent multiple weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. In March, she released her first graphic novel titled, “Girl On Fire” with HarperCollins. Alicia kicked off her sold-out ALICIA + KEYS World Tour in June of 2022 which was followed by the release of the Deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed KEYS album in August. Keys released her first-ever holiday album SANTA BABY on November 4, 2022 which includes 4 original songs including the single “December Back 2 June.”  

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The 23-city trek kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

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Alicia Keys joins the growing list of musicians planning to keep fans outside this year. On Tuesday, (April 18) the R&B singer revealed dates for the Keys To The Summer tour, set to kick off in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on June 28.

In a statement provided to Live Nation, the 42-year-old described the tour as “going to be completely unforgettable and unmissable!” 

Jill Scott Joins Alicia Keys For Final Tour Stop In Nashville

With 23 dates across North America, the Girl On Fire performer has stops in Atlanta, Boston, New Orleans, Philadephia, Toronto, and Washington D.C., before closing on Aug. 2 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Announcing the tour, the New York City native shared a vibrant video on social media. In the clip, viewers get a glimpse into Keys’ personal life with intimate footage of her and her family. The video also shows appreciation for her fans.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys)

In September 2022, the Grammy Award-winning musician wrapped the Alicia + Keys World Tour in Nashville with a surprise performance from Jill Scott.

During the event, the women performed  Keys’ song “ Jill Scott ,” named for and dedicated to the Philly native. The duo also delivered a live version of” The Way” from Scott’s acclaimed debut album,  Who Is Jill Scott?

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jill Scott (@missjillscott)

Tickets for the one-of-a-kind Keys To The Summer tour go on sale to the general public on Friday (April 21) at 9 a.m. local time. Pre-sales for Spotify, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and each venue on the tour will begin Thursday (April 20) at 10 a.m. local time. Additionally, fans belonging to the Alicia Keys Fan Club and Keys Soulcare have advanced access.

Take a look at the full tour schedule below.

Keys To The Summer Tour Dates

June 28 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FLA Live Arena

June 30 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena July 2 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center

July 3 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena

July 5 Memphis, TN FedExForum

July 7 Washington, DC Capital One Arena

July 9 Boston, MA TD Garden

July 10 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

July 12 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center

July 14 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena

July 15 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

July 17 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena

July 18 Chicago, IL United Center

July 20 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center

July 21 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center

July 23 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center

July 24 Austin, TX Moody Center

July 27 Denver, CO Ball Arena

July 28 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center

July 30 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena

August 1 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena

August 2 Los Angeles, CA The KIA Forum

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Alicia Keys is officially hitting the road once again. Today (April 18), the Grammy award-winning singer announced that she will be launching a North American summer concert journey named “KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR.” Produced by Live Nation, the 23-date trek closely follows her critically acclaimed “The Alicia + Keys World Tour,” which brought her across Europe and will soon head to Latin America.

The “KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR” will kick off on June 28 in Fort Lauderdale and make stops in major cities like Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, and more before coming to a close in Los Angeles on Aug. 2. The general on sale will begin on April 21 at 9 a.m. local time. Fans can find more ticketing information on LiveNation.com .

For the first time ever, the forthcoming tour will feature the “If I Ain’t Got You” singer in an 360-degree “in the round” production setup, which will allow fans to experience her live performance in an entirely new way. Of the tour and exciting new stage design, Keys said via press release, “The ‘KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR’ is going to be completely unforgettable and unmissable! I describe it as a celebration of freedom and self-liberation! It’s going to be colorful, magical and will light up your body, soul, and all of your senses! This is my first time creating a 360 experience and we’ve made sure it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen! I’m so excited to see y’all this summer!”

Check out the full list of dates for Alicia Keys’ “KEYS TO THE SUMMER TOUR” down below.

June 28 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL June 30 – Tampa, FL July 2 – Charlotte, NC July 3 – Atlanta, GA July 5 – Memphis, TN July 7 – Washington, D.C. July 9 – Boston, MA July 10 – Philadelphia, PA July 12 – Brooklyn, NY July 14 – Toronto, ON July 15 – Cleveland, OH July 17 – Detroit, MI July 18 – Chicago, IL July 20 – Louisville, KY July 21 – St. Louis, MO July 23 – New Orleans, LA July 24 – Austin, TX July 27 – Denver, CO July 28 – Salt Lake City, UT July 30 – Seattle, WA Aug. 1 – Oakland, CA Aug. 2 – Los Angeles, CA

Preview: Alicia Keys’ first show in San Diego since making it her adopted hometown

Alicia Keys’ tour includes a sold-out concert tonight Sept. 9 concert at the 4,600-capacity Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheatre at San Diego State University.

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Is Alicia Keys an underachiever, an overachiever, or both?

A 15-time Grammy Award winner, the classically trained pianist is a versatile singer and songwriter who has made a broad impact with — and beyond — her music.

Keys is currently on the North American leg of her 2022 world tour, which was pushed back from 2020 to last year — and then once more from 2021 — because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tour includes a sold-out concert Sept. 9 at the 4,600-capacity Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheatre at San Diego State University. The venue is about 18 miles southeast of the seaside La Jolla mansion Keys lives in with her husband, noted record producer Swizz Beatz, and their two sons, Egypt, 11, and Genesis, 7.

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This will be her first concert in her adopted hometown since Keys moved here several years ago. The New York-born musician has kept a decidedly low-profile, although she and her husband did attend hip-hop dynamo Nas’ concert last summer at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

Striking gold and platinum

Keys’ albums have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. They were propelled by a slew of hit songs that include “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You,” “No One,” “Girl On Fire” and — with Jay-Z — 2009’s “Empire State of Mind,” which she subsequently re-did on her own as “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”

In April, Keys’ 2001 debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Her candid 2020 memoir, “More Myself: A Journey,” made the New York Times bestsellers list, while this March saw the release of her first graphic novel, “Girl on Fire.”

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An entrepreneur with her own skin-care line, Keys’ credits also include work as a film, TV and Broadway theater producer. In 2003, she co-founded Keep A Child Alive, a nonprofit organization that provides care and support to families with HIV and AIDS in Africa and India.

Keys, 41, is also a devoted social justice champion. Her performance at the 2016 Democratic National Convention included an impassioned plea for peace and solidarity.

“Until we deal with gun violence in this country, we can’t claim ‘home of the brave’,” Keys told the DNC audience. “It’s time to stand together and be unified. We have to show the world that bigotry and fear will never win, ’cause we have so much in common.”

Given her many accomplishments and commitment to the causes she supports, it might seem churlish to even suggest Keys may be an underachiever.

Her many awards and heady commercial success are formidable testaments to what she has accomplished, after signing a major record label deal when she was just 15. But Keys’ body of work as a musician has only sometimes revealed the full depth of her artistry — and her potential for creating truly innovative work that explores new vistas by digging deeper into her creativity.

By her own account, it was only with her eighth album — 2016’s socially charged “Here” — that Keys largely cast commercial considerations to the wind. It was then that she let her emotions fully come to the fore.

“Here” is a brave if uneven album that sees her addressing such diverse topics as climate change (“Kill Your Mama”), addiction (“Illusion of Bliss”), impossible beauty standards (“Girl Can’t Be Herself”), same-sex relationships (“Where Do We Begin Now”) and racial inequities (the Nina Simone-inspired “The Gospel”).

‘Challenge the status quo’

Speaking of her “Here” album in a 2020 interview with The Guardian newspaper, Keys said: “That was the first time in my life that I didn’t compromise. I wanted to challenge the status quo, and challenge my own self to be truthful. You work so hard at being digestible, at being something that people are not offended by.

“It becomes a habit — especially for women — and it really starts in childhood. For our whole life we’re trying to figure out how to be the good girl, when really, the bad girl is not bad, they’re just expressing another side, or in touch with anger or frustration. Finally, I turned around, like: ‘I just want to talk about the sh-- that makes me mad’.”

It was a sound move, even if “Here” remains the lowest-selling album of Keys’ career.

Her follow-up, 2020’s more upbeat “Alicia,” saw its release date pushed back by half a year because of the pandemic. It sounded like a retreat, musically, to safer, more listener-friendly territory, perhaps in response to the limited commercial success of “Here.”

But the pandemic did more than just delay “Alicia” and Keys’ world tour. It gave her an unplanned period of extended solitude at home here with her family.

With no concert dates or deadline pressures, Keys was free to ruminate and to explore making music simply for the sake of making music.

The result was her largely homegrown 2021 double-album, “Keys,” which — at 21 songs and about 90 minutes — is her most expansive and ambitious release to date.

The album features two distinctly different discs. The first, the intimate, 11-song “Originals,” puts Keys and her supple singing and piano playing in the spotlight. The second, the 10-song “Unlocked,” reimagines eight of the songs from “Originals,” but in newly mixed or remixed versions that are more beat-conscious and comparatively radio-friendly, if still musically left of center.

For those listeners who want to hear Keys stretching out and taking chances, “Originals” offers many pleasures They include the bluesy torch songs “Old Memories” and “Nat King Cole,” the jazzy ballad “Is It Insane” and the gospel-flavored “Dead End Road.”

All four songs are reimagined, some subtly, some overtly, in their “Unlocked” versions. The intertwining nature of “Keys” — which presents two disparate but complementary versions of the same music — is a fascinating creative exploration, if not an altogether unprecedented one.

Shania Twain simultaneously released three versions of her “Up!” album in 2002, while Taylor Swift has thus far released two versions of two of her albums, “Fearless” and “Red.”

But Swift’s new versions, which were released a decade or more after the original albums came out, were prompted by a legal dispute over the ownership of her songs. And Twain spent several years working on her three versions of “Up!” (one country, one pop, and one fashioned in the style of Bollywood film music from India).

Keys, conversely, put “Keys” together in a much shorter period of time and made it as a double album, not two individual releases. The quiet, fanfare-free release of “Keys” at the end of last year suggests she realized this was not an album that would propel her back to the top of the charts.

And that is precisely the point.

Because what makes “Keys” so enjoyable, and commendable, is that Keys was willing to take chances and experiment, to stretch at will, without worrying about how listeners might respond.

It’s a move one might expect from a cult artist, not from a high-profile performer who has sold more than 65 million albums. And it’s a move that strongly suggests that the more curves Alicia Keys takes in the future, the better.

Some key collaborators

Alicia Keys has done an array of vocal collaborations since the release of her 2001 debut album. Here are 10 of the most notable.

2004: “My Boo,” with Usher

2006: “Changes,” with David Bowie

2008: “Another Way to Die,” with Jack White

2009: “Empire State of Mind,” with Jay Z

2010: “Put It in a Love Song,” with Beyoncé

2012: “Fireworks,” with Drake

2013: “Fire We Make,” with Maxwell

2017: “Summertime,” with Chick Corea

2018: “The Great Curve,” with Angelique Kidjo

2020: “A Beautiful Noise,” with Brandi Carlile

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The second verse of Bob Dylan’s 2006 song, “Thunder on the Mountain,” is about Alicia Keys and references the New York City neighborhood in which she grew up.

I was thinkin’ ‘bout Alicia Keys, couldn’t keep from crying / But she was born in Hell’s Kitchen, I was living down the line / I’m wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be / I been looking for her, even clear through Tennessee

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The KFC Yum! Center is about to be "on fire" this summer when Alicia Keys stops in town on her tour.

Keys announced she'll be stopping in the Derby City this July as part of her "Keys to the Summer" tour.

The Grammy-winning singer, known for hits like "Girl on Fire" and "Fallin'," will be in town on July 20. This marks the singer's second time performing in Louisville, with her last concert being in 2002 at the Kentucky Exposition Center.

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Alicia Keys Details Son Genesis' Wholesome Reunion with Taylor Swift: 'Is She Gonna Remember Me?'

T he singer recalled her son meeting Swift at the 'Eras Tour' in 2023, years after they first met at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Some people want it all, but Alicia Keys ' son Genesis just wanted to meet Taylor Swift again!

During a Friday night appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Keys, 43, described what it was like to raise a Swiftie in her and Swizz Beatz 's youngest son.

As she explained, the 9-year-old first met Swift when he was younger at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, as he was seated next to the musician. In a video shared by host Jimmy Fallon , Genesis could be seen playfully waving at the 34-year-old "Karma" singer while his mom was on stage giving a speech.

"He was flirting. ... I was pouring my heart out about all my thank you's, and he's [waving at Swift]," Keys joked.

Related: Alicia Keys and Son Genesis Pose with Taylor Swift in Then and Now Photos: 'Big Beautiful Spirit'

Keys then mentioned a time when Genesis got to hang out with Swift during an Eras Tour stop in August 2023. At the time, Keys applauded Swift on Instagram for her "big beautiful spirit that makes everyone feel loved."

"They met up again recently, and he was like, 'Is she gonna remember me?' And it was a whole thing," Keys said on The Tonight Show . "He was like, 'She knew me since I was three, right, mom?' "

The encounter went smoothly, as Keys shared behind-the-scenes footage of Genesis getting both a kiss on the cheek and a touching note from his idol.

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Genesis' fandom extends beyond Swift, too, as he's also a big fan of Billie Eilish , Keys revealed on The Tonight Show. Keys said Genesis even attempted to convince his mom to let him leave her a voice message at one point.

"He just asked me every single day, 'Mom can I please leave her a voice message?' And I'm like, 'I don't know.' Like, what kind of voice message are you gonna leave her? He was like, 'I'm just gonna say, like, ... I would like to be friends and I really like her music.' And so he leaves her this whole message after harassing me for days and days on end," Keys laughed. "And then he continued to harass me [about] if she wrote him a message back."

"And so every night I couldn't go to sleep, he wakes me up in the morning," she added. "In the nighttime, he won't go to sleep. 'Did she write me? Did she write me? Did she write me? Did she leave me a message?' She left him a message. Can you believe it? It was so sweet. ... Big love to Billie and Taylor."

While Eilish's message to Genesis wasn't shared on air, Swift's message to Genesis during his August Eras Tour visit took him by surprise. In a handwritten note, Swift wrote that she was "so excited" when she found out he was attending the show, and referred to him as her "friend."

"I hope you have so much fun at the show," Swift wrote. "And I'll be waving at you. Love, Taylor."

In response, Genesis shared a message of his own for Swift via his mom's social media: "I loved your show and I'm happy that I got to meet you again."

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Has Fashion Canceled Canceling?

The recent history of John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana and even Ye suggests the answer may be yes.

By Vanessa Friedman

““High & Low: John Galliano,” the feature-length documentary about the former Dior designer’s fall from grace after a drunken antisemitic rant in a Paris bar in 2011, and his long climb back, is interesting for a number of reasons. It is a chance to hear from Mr. Galliano himself about his struggles, for one, and to look back at the fashion world of the 1990s. But just as striking is the number of think pieces it has spawned meditating on Mr. Galliano’s transgressions, repentance and, it seems, current state of forgiveness.

Indeed, the film’s greatest significance may have less to do with the story it tells than with what it seems to represent: the official end of Mr. Galliano’s time in the wilderness. It serves as a coda to a period that began with his firing from Dior and subsequent conviction for hate crimes and that lasted through a prolonged period of atonement and a new job at Maison Margiela, where Mr. Galliano’s work is once again being celebrated .

As such, it also reflects a shift away from the era of outrage, particularly in fashion. “It does seem like, in the end, everyone is allowed back in,” said Achim Berg, a former lead of McKinsey & Company’s global apparel, fashion and luxury group.

Though individuals in other industries have been canceled and have returned to public life — Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. spring to mind — fashion is unique in the way it uses people to humanize brands, meaning their actions are intrinsically connected to the fortunes of a much larger company, as are their creations.

Perhaps the only equivalent is the restaurant world, though designers and celebrities generally have higher name recognition than even the most famous chefs, and the financial implications are significantly greater. As a result, it is possible that in this case, as with many trends, whither fashion, whither the culture. Or vice versa.

After all, beyond Mr. Galliano, a brief list of the once-disgraced-now-re-emerging includes:

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, who was broadly excoriated and lost his corporate deals after his own racist and antisemitic statements in 2022. Last month, however, Ye appeared in the front row at the Marni show, and he is currently featured in Y/Project’s 10th-anniversary lookbook, along with Charli XCX and Tyga. Adidas, despite ending its official relationship with him, continues to promote and sell its Yeezy stock.

Balenciaga, which was inundated by a social media mob in 2022 after a poorly judged holiday ad campaign caused some people to allege that the brand was promoting child pornography. Now it not only has the stamp of approval of brand ambassadors Kim Kardashian (formerly a fan of the brand who distanced herself after the controversy but has very publicly returned to the fold), Nicole Kidman and Michelle Yeoh, but has found new momentum after a highly praised recent show, which shrugged off the hair shirt of atonement for high-octane statement-making.

Dolce & Gabbana, which suffered a fall from grace in 2018, when it appeared to offend all of China with an ad campaign that trafficked in racial stereotype, and which was preceded by numerous slurs about size and sexual orientation. In 2022, the brand not only appeared to sponsor an entire Kardashian wedding but also collaborated with Kim , and recently has been ubiquitous on the red carpet. Both Usher and Alicia Keys wore the brand for their performance at the Super Bowl, watched by 123.7 million viewers .

Marchesa, founded by Georgina Chapman, the former wife of Harvey Weinstein, which went quiet in the immediate aftermath of the exposure of Mr. Weinstein’s criminal actions, but has once more become an awards show go-to for the likes of Hannah Waddingham and Padma Lakshmi.

Alexander Wang, who was accused of sexual misconduct in 2021 , then settled a lawsuit and held a show last year attended by the great and good of New York and Los Angeles.

Theories of Relativity

It’s easy to dismiss fashion’s fickleness as a product of its superficiality — this is, after all, an industry predicated on pushing change almost every four months — but something more complicated and meaningful may be going on.

“I think it’s directly correlated with the industry’s current obsession with discretion and propriety — its nonconfrontational nature and risk aversion,” said Gabriella Karefa-Johnson , the stylist and activist, nodding to the tendency in fashion to play it safe in the face of an uncertain economic and political climate — to revert to the known ( white male designers with the same facial hair , for example), even if the known has some skeletons in its closet.

Mr. Berg said that perhaps it was simply a question of proportion. There are so many tensions in the world at the moment, with so many enormous implications, that everything else seems less serious in comparison. Also, he said, “After the last American election, all parameters about what is and what is not acceptable have changed” — and not just in fashion. In his view, cancel culture itself may have been a phenomenon of the Covid era.

“We may be experiencing a degree of outrage fatigue,” said Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University. “With waves of scandal, the first is the worst, but every apology that we collectively accept lessens the drama of the next incident.”

This is especially true when the actions being apologized for vary so widely, from sexual assault to hate crimes to racial slurs to guilt by association — and from actual crimes that can, and sometimes are, prosecuted in a court of law to crimes in the court of public opinion.

And yet, as Julie Zerbo, the founder of The Fashion Law website, pointed out, the details and severity of the offense may differ, but the story lines are broadly the same. They start with an online outcry, followed by an apology, a retreat to “focus on the work” (or some such), a fallow period and then a re-emergence, chastened but accepted. That pattern has become so predictable, it is almost rote. And it encourages a tendency to see all of the cases as the same, to conflate the most serious with the least.

Especially because transgressions look less shocking the further they recede in the rearview mirror, or the more they are replaced by new ones. In a world of shortened attention spans, people can pay attention to only so much wrongdoing at once.

It is perhaps not an accident that the founders of Diet Prada, the Instagram fashion watchdog account that rose to prominence on its willingness to call out wrongdoing, declined to comment for this article and have pivoted toward broader reporting on fashion.

Crime and Punishment

Is there anything that is not forgivable? “For those who don’t regain their former status — Anand Jon and Harvey Weinstein come to mind — a key reason is that their transgressions are so serious that the justice system intervenes,” Ms. Scafidi said.

It’s also worth noting that, as Ms. Zerbo said, what happens in the echo chamber of, say, fashion X and what the global consumer knows can be different. Balenciaga never experienced the same blowback in Asia that it did in the West. And while celebrities were chary of Dolce & Gabbana for a few months after the China blowup, they soon came around when red carpets (and free trips to Italy for the couture extravaganza) beckoned.

“None of these people were ever actually canceled,” Ms. Karefa-Johnson said. They were simply moved out of the spotlight. “Eventually enough time passes that the canceled can uncancel themselves — through their work, or their lingering ‘genius,’ or their moneymaking potential or their social capital that never fully depreciated,” she said.

For Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue, who was instrumental in the return of at least three of the canceled designers — Mr. Galliano, whose return to fashion she helped orchestrate ; Ms. Chapman, whom she featured in Vogue in 2018; and Demna of Balenciaga, whose mea culpa she published early last year — this is more of a course correction after a reversion to mob mentality.

“To me the issue isn’t only forgiveness, but also the severity with which we judge people in the first place,” she wrote in an email. “I feel quite strongly that our culture has begun to move too quickly toward condemnation — toward a feeling of certainty that particular offenses or mistakes are unforgivable. The truth is we rarely know the full story, and all of us are fallible.”

Though Ms. Wintour acknowledged that there was behavior that was unforgivable, she declined to specify what might qualify as such, but presumably cases like those Ms. Scafidi cited, which involve a crime. Generally, she said, “we need to show more compassion, understanding and forgiveness, not less.”

Can You Forgive but Not Forget?

The problem is, how does one measure repentance? No one can look into someone else’s soul. Is it in money earmarked for the injured party in perpetuity? In the work itself? Public shaming requires public agreement as to what constitutes atonement and how that can or should be assessed, and that’s a far harder subject to address. Easier, really, to shrug and move on.

“Speaking for myself, I have not forgiven Dolce & Gabbana,” Ms. Karefa-Johnson said. She has refused to shoot that brand’s clothing for the last five years, in part because she found the public apology unconvincing. “For me, there is a very clear route to redemption. It looks a lot like financial reparations”

The issue, Ms. Scafidi said, is this: “At the end of the day, consumers make fashion choices while looking in the mirror, not at the designer behind it. It can be hard to turn away from a flattering look to uphold an invisible principle.” And where consumers and their wallets go, companies follow. To a certain extent, it has been ever thus.

“The ur-text for the public pardoning of a designer may be Chanel after World War II,” Ms. Scafidi went on, referring to the continued global embrace of the brand as a paragon of chic despite Coco Chanel’s role as a Nazi collaborator , now being told onscreen in the Apple TV+ fictionalized series “The New Look.”

“With every biography or dramatization that reminds us of her Nazi associations,” Ms. Scafidi said, “the price of the 2.55 bag seems to rise a bit higher.” She wasn’t talking about money.

Vanessa Friedman has been the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The Times since 2014. More about Vanessa Friedman

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Apple Original Content for the Vision Pro Is Absolutely Stunning – And Casually Terrifying

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I’m balancing on a tightrope, 3,000 feet above the Nordic fjords. As I glance down into the watery abyss, my stomach churns. Then, with a few flicks of my index finger, I’ve ditched Scandinavia for Pangea, where I’m frolicking with velociraptors who come within centimeters of my face to sniff and size me up. Next, I find myself in a present-day sanctuary for dehorned rhinos, so close that I can count individual eyelashes on the majestic creatures (also, rhinos have eyelashes?).

On a sleepy post-Oscars weekday, I was taken to an Apple office stacked with soothing beige fabrics. I was fitted for the device by a man with the bedside manner of a concierge doctor, locking the headset in place with both single and dual loop bands. I was advised that the weight of the Vision Pro should be evenly distributed between my forehead and neck (impossible, ironically, due the withering effect of years spent staring down at an iPhone).

After a full facial scan and a brief orientation, I quickly picked up the rhythm of the mixed-reality machine. A perfect replica of my field of vision appeared in the headset, along with a menu of apps. Anything I looked at directly became selectable. My index finger and thumb served as hardware.

My eyes were the cursor arrow, and my fingers were the mouse, it was explained. The VisionPro has been trotted out for tech bloggers and now lives on dazzling display in Apple stores around the world, but this was the company’s first time screening its original content for press. This included immersive shorts filmed with proprietary cameras, ones that offer dizzying panoramic views delivered with a depth and clarity that make your palms sweat.

Next, I watched a studio session with Alicia Keys where she mashed up her song “No One” with Dawn Penn’s iconic reggae track “No No No.” My proximity to Keys left me a bit breathless (she has amazing skin, by the way, which instantly made me think that talent is going to have to get very comfortable being seen in this super hi-def medium — moisturize!). Lost in the music, it occurred to me that I was sitting between Dominic and an Apple publicist swaying and humming in an otherwise silent room. Only I could hear the audio. It made me self-conscious, but it was nothing I or any other consumer couldn’t eventually overcome. It also hit me that, one day, an industry like air travel could be transformed by technology like this. Rows and rows of people trying to escape the hell of modern flying by strapping into headsets, dancing or gaming or watching MMA on a dead silent plane while the flight crew looks on. I shared this scenario with a production company CEO this week, who had a blunt response: “We’re one step closer to becoming the fat blob people from Wall-E, who sit in recliners and watch TV their entire lives.” This won’t happen tomorrow, though, mostly because buying the device means ponying up nearly $4,000. It’s considerably cheaper to watch your seatback screen.

After the Nordic highliner, dinosaur romp and my time with the glamorous rhinos, I screened the first-ever sports film shot with Apple’s immersive cameras. Following the Major League Soccer cup, the film was shot in 8K 3D, offered a 180-degree view and came with spatial audio. As I watched a stationary camera erected atop the soccer goal and saw the entire field of players vividly fighting for glory, I heard cash registers ringing. The Vision Pro can and should immediately market itself as an unprecedented viewing experience for pro sports. At the end of the film, the winning soccer team popped several bottles of champagne. A cork flew so directly into the camera that I instinctively put my hands up to protect myself.

All in, I watched 30 minutes of footage. The device got hot, especially around my forehead, about halfway through. I barely noticed but that probably would be an issue over time. What was immediately clear is the opportunity filmmakers will have to make enthralling content for such a sensory device — and, perhaps, how many will decry it as the latest downfall of cinema as we know it. I thought about the serene forests I “walked” through during my demo, zooming in on raindrops hitting tree leaves, and how transformative Vision Pro content might be for people living with conditions like PTSD. Could it perhaps eventually cure my fear of heights through exposure therapy?

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