No Rihanna tour? No problem, check out these upcoming tours
Prior to Rihanna’s highly-anticipated Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, fans speculated that the singer and makeup mogul – who’s last performance and album were seven years ago – would announce new music and a tour. While the Barbados-born businesswoman did announce her pregnancy with baby number two, Rihanna fans will have to continue waiting for her triumphant return to music. Until then, artists from Anita Baker to Beyonce are hitting the road throughout 2023 to satiate your live music fix.
Ari Lennox, Age/Sex/Location Tour
Start date: Jan. 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada at House of Blues
End date: March 28 in Washington D.C. at Howard Theatre
Tickets: https://www.arilennox.com/#
Anita Baker, The Songstress Tour
Start date: February 11 in Hollywood Florida at Hard Rock Live
End date: December 23 in Oakland, California at Oakland Arena
Tickets: Ticketmaster
KEM, Ledisi, Soul II Soul Tour (Special Guest: Musiq Soulchild)
Start Date: February 3 in Columbia, South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena
End Date: May 12 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the Raising Canes River Center
Tickets: https://www.thesouliisoultour.com/
SZA, The SOS Tour (Special guest: Omar Apollo)
Start date: Feb. 21 in Columbus, Ohio at Schottenstein Center
End date: March 23 in Inglewood, California at Kia Forum
Tickets: https://www.szasos.com/tour/
Jill Scott, The ‘Who is Jill Scott?’ Tour
Start date: February 28 in Augusta Georgia at The Bell Auditorium
End date: June 22 in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl
Tickets: https://www.missjillscott.com/
WizKid, More Love, Less Ego Tour
Start date: March 3 in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center
End date: April 7 in Los Angeles, California at The Kia Forum
Tickets: https://www.wizkidofficial.com/#tour
Ella Mai, Heart on My Sleeve Tour
Start date: May 31 in Wallingford, Connecticut at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
End date: June 1 in Toronto, Canada at History
Tickets: https://www.ellamai.com/tour/
Janet Jackson, Together Again Tour (Special guest: Ludacris)
Start date: April 14 in Hollywood, Florida at Hard Rock Live
End date: June 21 in Seattle, Washington at Climate Pledge Arena
Tickets: https://www.janetjackson.com/tour
Lizzo, Special 2our (Special guest: Latto)
Start date: April 21 in Knoxville, Tennessee at Thompson Boling-Arena
End date: June 2 in Thousand Palms, California at Acrisure Arena
Tickets: https://www.lizzomusic.com/tour
Bryson Tiller, Back and I’m Better Tour (Special guest: DJ Nitrane)
Start date: May 4 in San Diego, California at House of Blues San Diego
End date: May 21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The Fillmore Philadelphia
Tickets available on Ticketmaster
Beyonce, Renaissance World Tour
Start date: May 10 in Stockholm, Sweden at Friends Arena
End date: September 27 in New Orleans, Louisiana at Caesars Superdome
Tickets: https://tour.beyonce.com/
The Weeknd, After Hours Til Dawn Tour (second leg) (Special guests: Kaytranada, Mike Dean)
Start date: June 6 in Lisbon, Portugal
End date: October 16 in Santiago, Chile
Tickets: https://www.theweeknd.com/tour/
Drake, It’s All a Blur Tour (Special guest: 21 Savage)
Start date: June 16 in New Orleans, Louisiana at Smoothie King Center
End date: September 5 in Glendale, Arizona at Desert Diamond Arena
Tickets: https://drakerelated.com/pages/tour
Tour in progress
End date: October 7 in New York at Madison Square Garden
Tickets: https://www.realblackcoffee.net/tour
Roshae Hemmings is an arts and culture magazine journalist from St. Louis, MO. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, her bylines include discussing pop culture, social justice and eat and drink. Roshae is a foodie at heart and enjoys eating food as much as learning the story behind it.