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New Edition Announces ‘Legacy Tour’ With Keith Sweat and Guy

Tank will appear as a special guest..

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New Edition is heading back on the road in 2023. The iconic R&B group has announced their headlining Legacy Tour ’23. They will be joined by Keith Sweat, Guy and special guest Tank.

The Legacy Tour kicks off March 9, 2023, at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina.

From there, the tour will hit various U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Miami. The  Legacy Tour  will conclude April 30 in Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena.

Presale begins this Thursday, Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. local time.

New Edition’s upcoming tour will follow 2022’s  Culture Tour , which included special guests Charlie Wilson and Jodeci.

In 2021, it was announced that New Edition had signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA)  to represent them worldwide for touring, TV/film, theater and more.

Tank’s appearance on tour will support his final album,  R&B Money , which dropped in August and was included on Rated R&B’s Best R&B Albums of 2022 list. 

R&B Money  includes Tank’s radio hits “ Can’t Let It Show ,” “ I Deserve ” and the most recent “ Slow ” featuring J. Valentine. The two performed the bedroom banger at the 2022 Soul Train Awards .

Tank described his final album as “a labor of love to my fans and to the genre of R&B.” He added, “I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for artists like Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, Keith Sweat, Al Green, as well as my fans who inspire me every day to make music. I wanted this album to pay homage to my influences and my evolution as an artist, and I think that’s what this final album represents.”

See New Edition’s tour dates below.

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New Edition The Legacy Tour 2023 Dates

Mar 9 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena Mar 10 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center Mar 11 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at BJCC Mar 12 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum Mar 16 – Washington, D.C. @ Capitol One Arena Mar 17 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum Mar 18 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall Mar 19 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center Mar 23 – Chicago, IL @ United Center Mar 24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse Mar 25 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena Mar 26 -Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center Mar 30 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena Mar 31 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center Apr 1 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center Apr 2 – Dallas/ Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena Apr 6 – San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena Apr 7 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena Apr 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum Apr 9 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena Apr 13 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Apr 14 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center Apr 15 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center Apr 16 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena Apr 20 – Elmont, NY @ UBS Arena Apr 22 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena Apr 23 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Apr 28 – Miami, FL @ FTX Arena Apr 29 – Jacksonville, FL @ Vystar Arena Apr 30 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena

Get tickets for the Legacy Tour on blackpromoterscollective.com .

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Keith Sweat, Guy & Tank will support the 30 city trek

Iconic Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling R&B supergroup New Edition closed out 2022 with the highly successful The Culture Tour, nominated as one of the Top R&B Tours in the country by Pollstar. Selling out arenas across the country, the icons and The Black Promoters Collective (BPC) are happy to announce the 30 city Legacy Tour with a must-see lineup that includes a New Jack Swing reunion with Keith Sweat and the original members of Guy — featuring Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall — and Tank starting on Thursday, March 9th in Columbia, SC and ending on Sunday, April 30th in Tampa, FL.

Before offering to the general public, Legacy Tour tickets go on presale to American Express Card Members beginning Wednesday, December 14th at 10 am local time through Thursday, December 15th at 11:59 pm local time. Tickets will be available to the general public on Friday, December 16th at 10 am local and range from $59.50 to $179.50 via Ticketmaster .

“Few recording artists can attest to a superior 40-year career that stands the test of time, but New Edition can. When we partnered with NE for “The Culture Tour,” although I knew it would be stellar, their show exceeded my expectations; the guys were nothing short of miraculous. We are excited about partnering with New Edition to further the legacy of the foundation they have already laid,” states BPC CEO Gary Guidry.

New Edition hit the scene in 1983 with their iconic No. 1 debut album Candy Girl disrupting the music industry forty years ago. That same year, the album’s title cut knocked Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. The group has gone on to win many awards, including BET’s Lifetime Achievement awards, and has one of the most highly watched biopics in music history, the three-part BET series: The New Edition Story , which attracted more than 29 million viewers. Comprised of Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill, New Edition has remained one of the most influential R&B groups in the world for close to four decades. With a vast catalog, New Edition is ready to perform a host of new hits that weren’t performed in 2022’s The Culture Tour , giving their fans a whole new experience to tuck in their memory book.

Keith Sweat entered the charts with his 3x Platinum debut solo album, Make It Last Forever , in 1987, giving the world its first New Jack Swing Billboard Hot 100 hit, “I Want Her.” The song, produced by Teddy Riley and Sweat, became the most successful R&B song in 1988 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. In 1997, Sweat formed the group LSG (Levert, Sweat, and Gill – Johnny Gill of New Edition), whose debut album, Levert.Sweat.Gill sold 2x Platinum and produced the hit song “My Body,” which became a Platinum single, spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the charts. In addition to touring and making new music, Sweat currently has the No. 1 nationally syndicated R&B evening radio show called The Sweat Hotel with Keith Sweat , reaching more than 50 markets across the country.

Teddy Riley ushered in a new musical genre called New Jack Swing, which included the formation of his group Guy with Aaron Hall and Damion Hall in 1987. The group’s first album, the self-titled masterpiece, quickly spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hit “I Like,” which, along with four other hit singles such as “Groove Me” and “Teddy’s Jam,” helped to propel the debut album to 2x Platinum status. The group disbanded after their second album, The Future , citing the stresses of the tragic loss of their former manager. However, Teddy Riley went on to produce for the likes of Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga. In addition, he was instrumental in the rise of Bobby Brown’s solo career, creating the megahit “My Prerogative.” The Legacy Tour will be the first time the group has come together to tour in more than 15 years.

New Edition 2023 Legacy Tour Dates:

Mar 9 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena Mar 10 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center Mar 11 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at BJCC Mar 12 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum Mar 16 – Washington, DC @ Capitol One Center Mar 17 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum Mar 18 – Atlantic City, NNJ @ Boardwalk Hall Mar 19 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center Mar 23 – Chicago @ United Center Mar 24 – Indianapolis @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse Mar 25 – Detroit @ Little Caesars Arena Mar 26 – Cincinnati @ Heritage Bank Center Mar 30 – Atlanta @ State Farm Arena Mar 31 – New Orleans @ Smoothing King Center Apr 1 – Houston @ Toyota Center Apr 2 – Ft Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena Apr 6 – San Diego @ Pechanga Arena Apr 7 – Las Vegas @ T-Mobile Arena Apr 8 – Los Angeles @ Kia Forum Apr 9 – Oakland @ Oakland Arena Apr 13 – Cleveland @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Apr 14 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center Apr 15 – St. Louis @ Enterprise Center Apr 16 – Nashville @ Bridgestone Arena Apr 20 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena Apr 22 – Baltimore @ CFG Bank Arena Apr 23 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Apr 28 – Miami @ FTX Arena Apr 29 – Jacksonville, FL @ VyStar Arena Apr 30 – Tampa @ Amalie Arena

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New Edition With Special Guests Keith Sweat, Guy, and Tank

Iconic Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling R&B supergroup NEW EDITION is returning with the LEGACY TOUR with KEITH SWEAT, the original members of GUY (Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall) and special guest TANK.

Hang out at the United Center from 6:00-8:00 PM  before New Edition, Keith Sweat, Tank, and Guy take the stage! Enjoy this all-inclusive pre-show party  featuring... Private Entry Live Music Open Bar with Specialty Cocktails Passed Appetizers Photobooth Limited tickets are available now for $125 per person!

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Big New Edition Legacy Tour features Bobby Brown, full lineup and two New Jersey shows

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Here's to the Legacy.

The complete New Edition lineup — Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Johnny Gill, and Ronnie DeVoe — is hitting the road in 2023 for the 30-city Legacy Tour. Two shows are in New Jersey: March 18 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and March 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark.

Keith Sweat; a Guy reunion with Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall; and Tank are also on the bill.

Tickets, $59.50 to $179.50, go on presale to American Express credit card holders 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. After that, a general public onsale begins 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Tickets can be purchased via blackpromoterscollective.com .

The New Edition reunited last year for the Culture Tour. It marked the first time on the road for the whole lineup since 2014.

"Few recording artists can attest to a superior 40-year career that stands the test of time, but New Edition can," said Gary Guidry of the Black Promoters Collective, the promoter of the tour, in a statement. "When we partnered with (New Edition) for the Culture Tour, although I knew it would be stellar, their show exceeded my expectations. The guys were nothing short of miraculous. We are excited about partnering with New Edition to further the legacy of the foundation they have already laid.”

New Edition hits include “Candy Girl,” “Cool It Now,” “Count Me Out,” “If It Isn't Love,” and “Mr. Telephone Man.” The group emerged from Boston in the early ‘80s.

Brown, who lived in Mendham with his late wife, Whitney Houston, is the subject of a new A&E reality television show, "Bobby Brown: Every Little Step."

Brown will be portrayed by "Moonlight" actor Ashton Sanders in the new Houston biopic "I Wanna dance with Somebody," in theaters Dec. 23. Naomi Ackie plays Houston.

New Edition Legacy Tour

• March 9 at Columbia, SC, Colonial Life Arena
• March 10 at Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center
• March 11 at Birmingham, AL, Legacy Arena at BJCC
• March 12 at Memphis, TN , FedExForum
• March 16 at Washington, D.C. , Capital One Center
• March 17 at Hampton, VA, Hampton Coliseum
• March 18 at Atlantic City, Boardwalk Hall
• March 19 at Newark, Prudential Center
• March 23 at Chicago, IL, United Center
• March 24 at Indianapolis, IN, Gainbridge Fieldhouse
• March 25 at Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena
• March 26 at Cincinnati, OH, Heritage Bank Center
• March 30 at Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
• March 31 at New Orleans, LA, Smoothie King Center
• April 1 at Houston, TX, Toyota Center
• April 2 at Fort Worth, TX, Dickies Arena
• April 6 at San Diego, CA, Pechanga Arena
• April 7 at Las Vegas, NV, T-Mobile Arena
• April 8 at Los Angeles, CA, Kia Forum
• April 9 at Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena
• April 13 at Cleveland, OH, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
• April 14 at Louisville, KY, KFC Yum! Center
• April 15 at St. Louis, MO, Enterprise Center
• April 16 at Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
• April 20 at Belmont Park, NY, UBS Arena
• April 22 at Baltimore, MD, CFG Bank Arena
• April 23 at Greensboro, NC, Greensboro Coliseum
• April 28 at Miami, FL, FTX Arena
• April 29 at Jacksonville, FL, VyStar Arena
• April 30 at Tampa, FL, Amalie Arena

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“The Legacy Tour” coincides with the 40th anniversary year of New Edition’s debut, “Candy Girl.”

New Edition will embark on a new tour in 2023 and will bring along some important guests. The R&B group announced that its “Legacy Tour” will have support from Keith Sweat , Guy and Tank.

The supergroup sextet of Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown , Ricky Bell, Mike Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill is scheduled to perform in 30 venues in only a two-month span next spring. From March 9 to April 30, the group will play Charlotte, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Newark, New Jersey, Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Las Vegas and other cities.

Sweat, a longtime collaborator of Riley and Gill, is behind R&B classics, including “Make It Last Forever,” “Make You Sweat,” “Twisted” and “Nobody.” Guy — the reunited New Jack Swing pioneers Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall and Damion Hall — are known for hits like “Groove Me,” “I Like,” “Let’s Chill” and “Piece of My Love.”

Tank expressed his excitement about touring with his R&B heroes in a video he tweeted on Wednesday. “After 22 years of hard work and dedication, it is an honor to open for those who paved the way.”

The “Please Don’t Go” singer starred in both “The New Edition Story” and “The Bobby Brown Story” BET miniseries, playing former MCA Records executive Jheryl Busby.

The Legacy Tour kicks off as New Edition celebrates the 40th anniversary of its debut album, 1983’s “Candy Girl.” That album launched the then-quintet into music stardom with hits like the title track, “Popcorn Love” and “Is This the End.”

The group announced its return to the road less than a year after wrapping the “Culture Tour ” earlier this year. It featured Charlie Wilson and special guest, Jodeci.

Tour tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster . Pre-sales begin at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 15, while general public tickets go on sell at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 16.

New Edition’s “The Legacy Tour” dates and venues:

March 9 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena

March 10 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center

March 11 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at BJCC

March 12 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum

March 16 – Washington, D.C. @ Capitol One Arena

March 17 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum

March 18 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall

March 19 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

March 23 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

March 24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse

March 25 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

March 26 -Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center

March 30 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

March 31 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center

April 1 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

April 2 – Dallas/ Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena

April 6 – San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena

April 7 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena

April 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum

April 9 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena

April 13 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

April 14 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center

April 15 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center

April 16 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

April 20 – Elmont, NY @ UBS Arena

April 22 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena

April 23 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum

April 28 – Miami, FL @ FTX Arena

April 29 – Jacksonville, FL @ Vystar Arena

April 30 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena

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Iconic Grammy®-nominated, multi-platinum-selling R&B supergroup New Edition closed out 2022 with the highly successful “The Culture Tour,” nominated as one of the Top R&B Tours in the country by Pollstar. Selling out arenas across the country, the icons and The Black Promoters Collective (BPC) are happy to announce the 30-city “Legacy Tour” with a must-see lineup that includes a New Jack Swing reunion with Keith Sweat and the original members of Guy (Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall) and Tank will visit Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.

“Few recording artists can attest to a superior 40-year career that stands the test of time, but New Edition can. When we partnered with NE for “The Culture Tour,” although I knew it would be stellar, their show exceeded my expectations; the guys were nothing short of miraculous. We are excited about partnering with New Edition to further the legacy of the foundation they have already laid,” states BPC CEO Gary Guidry.

New Edition hit the scene in 1983 with their iconic #1 debut album Candy Girl disrupting the music industry 40 years ago. That same year, the album’s title cut knocked Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” out of the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. The group has gone on to win many awards, including BET’s “Lifetime Achievement” awards, and has one of the most highly watched biopics in music history, the 3-part BET series: The New Edition Story, which attracted more than 29 million viewers. Comprised of Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill, New Edition has remained one of the most influential R&B groups in the world for close to four decades. With a vast catalog, New Edition is ready to perform a host of new hits that weren’t performed in 2022’s “The Culture Tour,” giving their fans a whole new experience to tuck in their memory book.

Keith Sweat entered the charts with his 3X platinum debut solo album, Make It Last Forever, in 1987, giving the world its first New Jack Swing Billboard Hot 100 hit, “I Want Her.” The song, produced by Teddy Riley and Sweat, became the most successful R&B song in 1988 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. In 1997, Sweat formed the group LSG (Levert, Sweat, and Gill – Johnny Gill of New Edition), whose debut album, Levert.Sweat.Gill sold double platinum and produced the hit song “My Body,” which became a platinum single, spending seven weeks at #1 on the charts. In addition to touring and making new music, Sweat currently has the #1 nationally syndicated R&B evening radio show called The Sweat Hotel with Keith Sweat, reaching more than 50 markets across the country.

Teddy Riley ushered in a new musical genre called New Jack Swing, which included the formation of his group Guy with Aaron Hall and Damion Hall in 1987. The group’s first album, the self-titled masterpiece, quickly spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hit “I Like,” which, along with four other hit singles such as “Groove Me” and “Teddy’s Jam,” helped to propel the debut album to double platinum status. The group disbanded after their second album, The Future, citing the stresses of the tragic loss of their former manager. However, Teddy Riley went on to produce for the likes of Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga. In addition, he was instrumental in the rise of Bobby Brown’s solo career, creating the megahit “My Prerogative,” which Complex magazine says is the #1 New Jack Swing song of all time. The “Legacy Tour” will be the first time the group has come together to tour in more than 15 years.

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New Edition coming to Memphis with Keith Sweat and Guy: What to know about the show

In March 2022, New Edition brought The Culture Tour to FedExForum , playing for a near-capacity crowd at the Downtown Memphis venue.

The show, which also featured performances by Charlie Wilson and Jodeci, felt like a homecoming for New Edition, who have been performing in the Mid-South since exploding onto the music scene in the 1980s.

Four decades on, the group still managed to dazzle the local faithful during a 2-hour concert spectacular.

Given the response to their show and tour last year — which proved a rousing success among fans hungry for unapologetically nostalgic post-pandemic entertainment — it’s little surprise that the group is headed back to Memphis this week.

This time, New Edition is headlining The Legacy Tour, which will also feature a reunion with fellow New Jack icons Keith Sweat and Guy, as well as a special guest appearance by R&B singer Tank.

This upcoming FedExForum show , like the previous concert, is being presented by the Black Promoters Collective and is part of a 30-date arena tour that will cross the country in March and April.

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In the statement announcing the tour, Black Promoters Collective CEO Gary Guidry said: “When we partnered with NE for 'The Culture Tour,' although I knew it would be stellar, their show exceeded my expectations; the guys were nothing short of miraculous. We are excited about partnering with New Edition to further the legacy of the foundation they have already laid.”

Here are three things to know ahead of Sunday's show in Memphis.

The Legacy Tour lineup

Formed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1978, New Edition — Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe and Ralph Tresvant — began as a boy band modeled after the Jackson 5.

The group broke out nationally in 1982 with the release of the infectious single “Candy Girl,” launching a seven-year run of hits from “Mr. Telephone Man” to "Can You Stand the Rain." Brown left the band in 1985 for a solo career, with vocalist Johnny Gill eventually joining up as his replacement.

After the group split in 1989, the various members would find considerable success as solo acts and as part of Bell Biv DeVoe. Starting in the mid-'90s, New Edition would reunite in various permutations. Last year’s show was the first time in more than a decade that the full six-man lineup — featuring Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie DeVoe and Johnny Gill  — had performed in Memphis.

What makes this current New Edition-led tour so interesting is the synergy of the lineup, particular the inclusion of fellow New Jack Swing acts Keith Sweat and the original lineup of Guy, led by Teddy Riley.

Sweat first made his mark in 1987 with the release of his debut “Make It Last Forever,” and the hit "I Want Her." A decade later, in 1997, Sweat formed the groupLSG (Levert, Sweat, and Gill with Johnny Gill of New Edition), whose debut album went double platinum. In addition to his solo career, Sweat currently hosts the popular nationally syndicated R&B evening radio show "The Sweat Hotel with Keith Sweat."

If New Jack Swing has an architect, then it’s writer/producer and Guy leader Teddy Riley. Guy — featuring Aaron Hall and Damion Hall — launched in 1987, with their self-titled classic LP, and hit singles "I Like," "Groove Me" and "Teddy's Jam." The group split up after their sophomore album, and Teddy Riley went on to produce hits for Bobby Brown, Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga, among others.

What to expect at New Edition show

New Edition’s Legacy Tour will kick off officially Thursday, with a concert in South Carolina. After stops in Charlotte and Birmingham, the tour will arrive in Memphis on Sunday.

Because Memphis comes fairly early in the run, there won’t be much advance buzz on what the show will be like, but based on last year’s tour, concertgoers can expect all three main acts to focus on their hits and fan favorites. None of the acts have new albums to promote or are looking to dig too deep into their catalog, but rather serving up much-loved classics.

Last year, New Edition’s set packed the best from the group’s catalog — all the way back to 1982’s "Candy Girl" through to 1988's smash "If It Isn’t Love" and even 1995’s comeback single “Hit Me Off" — while incorporating songs from their various solo and post-New Edition projects.

This includes bangers from Brown (“My Prerogative,” “Every Little Step”), Gill (“Rub You The Right Way”), and Tresvant (“Sensitivity”), as well as Bell Biv DeVoe (“Poison,” “Do Me!”). The group has even been doing some throwback covers, including The Floaters “Float On” and David Oliver’s “Love TKO.”

Sweat and Guy are expected to deliver similarly sharp sets of favorites. In short, expect plenty of familiar jams.

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Given New Edition’s quick return to the Mid-South market, it’s clear the group remains a popular attraction and early ticket sales for the FedExForum show back that up.  

A quick look at Ticketmaster reveals that there are just a relative handful of prime front section seats — designated as Diamond and Gold premium tickets — remaining. Those range from $379.50 to $529.50.

Mostly, though, the seats available are in the mid-level Sapphire Premium area, costing $179.50. Upper level seating costs $79.50.

Based on the way the show has been selling to date, it’s very likely the event will be sold out by Sunday.

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Iconic Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling R&B supergroup NEW EDITION closed out 2022 with the highly successful “The Culture Tour,” nominated as one of the Top R&B Tours in the country by Pollstar. Selling out arenas across the country, the icons and The Black Promoters Collective (BPC) are happy to announce the 30-city “LEGACY TOUR” with a must-see lineup that includes a New Jack Swing reunion with KEITH SWEAT and the original members of GUY ( Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall ) and TANK including a stop to Dickies Arena on Sunday, April 2 nd .

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It was 1997, and New Edition, the most gifted vocal group since the Jackson 5, was imploding.

For Ralph Tresvant, Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Johnny Gill, the “Home Again” reunion tour was supposed to be a victory lap. Since making their 1983 debut with their wide-eyed bubblegum jam “ Candy Girl ,” the young singers from Boston’s tough Orchard Park projects had beaten the odds to sell over 20 million records worldwide, highlighted by their self-titled breakthrough (1984), the dramatic “All for Love” (1985) and the landmark Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis-produced “Heart Break” (1988). (Gill, from Washington, D.C., joined the group in 1987.)

After scoring their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 1996’s “Home Again” and a string of solo successes, New Edition was ready for its coronation as R&B icons. Instead, the 1997 shows were a full-blown disaster.

Brown, who’d married pop superstar Whitney Houston in 1992 and whose issues with drugs and alcohol and run-ins with the law made him the subject of tabloid headlines and the butt of late-night jokes, had suffered a heart attack just two weeks before the tour kicked off. During the course of the tour, each New Edition member traveled on a separate bus. At one show in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Brown, DeVoe and their entourages got into a fight, onstage. Security teams for the two camps pulled guns on each other.

Toward the end of the tour, Tresvant had had enough. “F— it,” he told his childhood friends. “I ain’t doing no more shows.” The concerts left New Edition in debt. Gill summed up the entire experience to one interviewer: “It’s been hell, absolute hell.”

Nearly 25 years later, New Edition are in a Chicago rehearsal space, and this time around the mood is considerably lighter. The men, now in their 50s, are in high spirits, and a genuine sense of brotherhood abounds. There’s good reason: New Edition’s 30-city “Culture” tour — featuring the Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson and ’90s R&B stars Jodeci, and coming to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday — has been filling large venues with fans spanning generations and races.

The last time all six members performed together on an extended bill was in 2014. “We didn’t know if New Edition performing together was ever going to happen again,” says Tresvant, the group’s smooth-singing lead vocalist. “I believe that motivated people to come out and make sure they got the chance to see all six members out there.”

“The fans who grew up with us are really happy to come out and celebrate,” says Bell, who is also a member of New Edition’s ’90s hip-hop-fueled spinoff trio Bell Biv DeVoe.

Brown, who was kicked out of New Edition in 1985 over his constant showboating and missed performances before emerging as a solo star with his 7-million-selling “Don’t Be Cruel,” is hopeful that the group’s days of infighting are behind them.

“With the ‘Home Again’ tour everybody thought they were the star,” says Brown from his Los Angeles home. “We definitely dealt with each other totally differently back then. We were a lot younger and there wasn’t a lot of [unity]. We left our egos at the door this time.”

Brown seems particularly happy to be reunited with his friends in New Edition. You could say Brown, who’s been drug free for nearly 20 years and sober from alcohol for over a year, is just happy to be alive. Between 2012 and 2020, the singer lost his ex-wife Houston , the couple’s 22-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown , and his 28-year-old son, Bobby Brown Jr., all to drug-related deaths.

“This tour has been therapeutic for me,” says Brown. “We pray a lot. We talk a lot.”

Says Bell, who overcame his own battles with drug addiction, “To see Bobby out there doing his joints ... it’s been beautiful, man.”

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The group — all are now married, some even with adult children — credit longtime manager, choreographer and “7th member” Brooke Payne with getting them back into fighting shape for the tour. “Oh, man, Brooke is still kicking us in the ass everyday,” laughs Brown. “Muscle memory is one thing, but being 53 years old and still trying to dance like you’re 20 is really difficult.

“We know that ticket prices are high,” he adds, “which is why it’s been so surprising to us that people are actually taking the time to pay homage to New Edition.”

Joe Hadley, the band’s booking agent at CAA, who helped sign New Edition last year to a worldwide representation deal encompassing touring, film, television, composing and literature, notes the success of the tour has caught the attention of concert promoters who traditionally lean heavily on classic rock acts as arena attractions.

“[Promoters] are starting to understand that there are [middle-age] Black music fans with disposable income,” says Hadley. “You have Black artists who are global superstars, but maybe haven’t toured in a while. There are going to be artists from different eras, like a Missy Elliott, that we will see tour again in the near future. It’s a really exciting space.”

Yet despite all the good will, New Edition has a few scores to settle. “There were times we were taken advantage of,” DeVoe says, about the group’s battles with the music industry. “Now we are making sure our budgets are right. We are paying attention to every penny that’s coming in, damn near to the concession stands. Even if we don’t have a piece of it, we are trying to understand it, because of the things that we’ve been through in our careers.”

Tresvant, Brown, Bell, DeVoe and Bivins were first discovered as kids by local songwriter and producer Maurice Starr, at a 1982 Boston-area talent show. Back then, New Edition dreamed only of following in the footsteps of their musical heroes. “We were coming after the Temptations and the Jackson 5,” recalls Tresvant. “These were the people we looked up to. In our era, the hip-hop era, New Edition was the first on the block.”

After the group returned from their first national tour, they were dropped back off at the projects with each member pocketing $1.87 apiece. Starr and New Edition’s label Streetwise Records claimed touring expenses were to blame. The boys promptly hired a lawyer and got released from their contract.

New Edition’s 1984 self-titled album for MCA Records was an even bigger success, going double platinum. They had a top five pop single, “Cool It Now.” New Edition was now a legit arena draw, selling out venues such as Madison Square Garden.

But once again, the money wasn’t adding up. New Edition soon discovered that they were not signed to MCA, but rather to their management’s production company Jump & Shoot. Each member had to borrow $100,000 from MCA to extricate themselves from yet another duplicitous deal.

“As far as New Edition is concerned, that’s never going to happen again,” insists DeVoe.

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When it came time to find a team to organize the new tour, the group went with the African American-owned company the Black Promoters Collective — which has overseen productions for H.E.R., Cardi B and Stevie Wonder — over larger conglomerates such as Live Nation and AEG Presents.

“We are uniquely positioned to work with BIPOC artists,” BPC’s co-partner Shelby Joyner said, “because we are from similar spaces and places as the talent we seek as partners.”

“For Black folks, New Edition has been at the forefront of our lives for a very long time,” says Cori Murray, deputy editor at Essence magazine. The group is scheduled to be one of the headliners at this summer’s Essence Fest at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome.

New Edition admit they haven’t always received the respect they felt due. During their success in the ’80s, a culture-shifting moment when hip-hop was just beginning to take hold of Middle America and Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna were jockeying for pop supremacy on MTV, the teen act was often treated as an afterthought by white mainstream entertainment outlets.

“In 1983, there was no one else like us on TV or on the radio that our community could really relate to,” says Bell. “We weren’t really thinking about crossing over.”

Following Brown’s departure in late ’85, the addition of powerhouse vocalist Johnny Gill gave the group a more mature, dynamic range. New Edition’s evolution from teen-zine favorites to respected artists can be heard on “Heart Break,” now regarded as part of the new jack swing canon.

Meanwhile, New Edition became the prototype for such mammoth (white) boy bands as New Kids on the Block (also discovered and marketed by Starr), the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, as well as multiplatinum R&B vocal groups such as Boyz II Men (who got their name from a New Edition song before being signed by budding music mogul Bivins), Dru Hill and Jagged Edge.

“But none of them can compete with New Edition,” Bell says in a rare moment of chest-beating. “We have the best of R&B, the best of hip-hop, the best of pop … all of that combined in one group.”

Watching New Edition perform its catalog of favorites (“ Jealous Girl ,” “Cool It Now,” “ Mr. Telephone Man ,” “Can You Stand the Rain,” “If It Isn’t Love,” “ Hit Me Off ”) and solo material by Brown (“My Prerogative”), Tresvant (“ Sensitivity ”), Bell Biv Devoe (“ Poison ”) and Gill (“ My, My, My ”) can be revelatory, a living reminder of the connection between Black ’50s doo-wop (New Edition used to cover the Penguins’ classic “Earth Angel”) and today’s airtight K-pop a la BTS.

New Edition remains the only vocal group in music history in which every member has scored a platinum or multiplatinum album. So why has it taken this long for them to capitalize on their legacy? While race has certainly played a factor, DeVoe says a big part of the blame was due to the group’s penchant for getting in their own way.

“At times we’ve played theaters [for] 4,000 fans and we had to have a support act just for that,” he admits of the act’s down period. “Some of the [issues] that we went through minimized the magnitude of what New Edition could do.”

In 2017, the group co-produced the BET scripted miniseries “The New Edition Story,” a three-part dramatization of their soap-operatic run that drew huge ratings and warm reviews. (One writer called it “the best black TV biopic” since the 1992 ABC series “The Jacksons: An American Dream.”)

Yet in 2018, the group had to scrap a much-anticipated tour over a business dispute that boiled over into public view. Tresvant and Gill reportedly trademarked the group’s name without the others’ consent. In an Instagram post, Brown cropped Tresvant out of an early ’80s throwback photo of New Edition. Tresvant responded to his ex bandmates in a 50th birthday shoutout to fans: “This year is the start of Me, Myself, and Mines… NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!!!”

Subsequently, Devoe, Brown, Bell and Biv formed RBRM (Ronnie Bobby Ricky Mike) and launched their own tour. Tresvant and Gill hit the road as a duo. “We built the name and Johnny walked into the name,” Bivins snapped on the Breakfast Club radio show.

As with most New Edition fights, the group chalks it up to miscommunication and the matter has since been resolved. “We never really talked about it,” says Tresvant. “That was the problem.”

Sometimes New Edition just needs to be reminded of their far-reaching impact. “You don’t ever really feel like you’ve made it until you look at the eyes of the guys that came up under you,” says Tresvant. “For the first time in New Edition’s career, we are finally feeling like we are in that spot.”

In addition to the current tour, New Edition is recording tracks for what they hope will be an upcoming reunion album, and there are plans for a Las Vegas residency later this year.

Meanwhile, in May, A&E will air a two-part documentary, “Biography: Bobby Brown,” that will serve as a lead-in to a 12-episode reality series, “Bobby Brown: Every Little Step.”

And if DeVoe has his way, New Edition will be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, just in time for the group’s 40th anniversary. “We are definitely going to hit that home run at some point,” he says. “I’m speaking that one into existence.”

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New Edition is getting back into the New Jack Swing of things.

Following a massive 2022 tour, the famed R&B group decided to do it all over again next year and will take their “Legacy Tour” to arenas all over North America from March 9 through April 30.

And no, you don’t have to worry the whole group— Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny— will be there.

To sweeten the deal, they’re bringing along fellow icons Keith Sweat, the recently reunited Guy and Tank along for the ride as well.

On the 30-concert trek, New Edition and their impressive roster of opening acts will drop into the NY/NJ area three times— first up, they’ll hit Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on March 18, then Newark’s Prudential Center on March 19 and finally, Elmont’s UBS Arena on April 20.

So, if you count yourself among the many #NE4Lifers and can’t wait to hear “Candy Girl,” live, here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 “Legacy Tour.”

New Edition 2023 tour schedule

A complete calendar featuring all upcoming tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.

New Edition opening acts

The lineup for the “Legacy Tour” is truly stacked. In the off chance you’re not acquainted with the tour’s special guests, we’ve got a quick refresher ready to go for you.

Keith Sweat has five Top 10 Billboard hits and 14 huge albums under his belt, making him a bona fide headliner in his own right. In fact, he’s got a few arena gigs of his own lined up for next year. If you’re looking to fall in love with his music all over again, give “Twisted,” one of the all-time great slow jams, a spin.

Guy , currently made up of Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall and Damion Hall, broke up in 1991 and has reunited multiple times since the initial split. Most recently, the New Jack Swing pioneers played a handful of gigs in 2018-19 where they busted out their classic hits “Let’s Chill” and “Groove Me.”

Tank is a bit newer to the scene, getting his start in 2001. Over the past two decades, he’s steadily released music— including smash singles “Maybe I Deserve,” “Please Don’t Go” and “When We”— and developed a nice acting career as well. You very may well recognize him from his work in “The Real Husbands of Hollywood,” “Grown Folks” and, of course, “The New Edition Story.”

Huge R&B tours in 2023

Our musical forecast for next year: Expect lots of slow dances and party-starting anthems.

That’s because many of the biggest names in R&B have lined up tours in the coming months.

Rather than overwhelm you, here are just five of our favorite can’t miss acts you have to catch when they come to a city near you this winter, spring and summer.

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Following their 2022 induction into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, New Edition embarked on The Culture Tour, hitting thirty U.S. cities and proving they can still bring incredible energy and romance to the stage. If you missed them in 2022, here’s your chance to see them live in 2024, as the boys are back with a major new tour! And this site has a great selection of seats at prices to fit every budget.

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