John Legend is going global with the 20th anniversary celebration of his debut album Get Lifted. The 13-time Grammy Award winner’s Get Lifted 20th Anniversary World Tour — with select dates produced by Live Nation — will visit more than 40 cities across the U.K., Europe and North America when it begins on May 27 in Glasgow, U.K. Additional major stops include The O2 in London, Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Accor Arena in Paris, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Barclays Center in New York before the tour wraps on Dec. 9 in Oakland, Calif.
In tandem with the tour announcement, Legend will visit The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday (March 18). Doubling as both a talk and musical guest, he will perform the Get Lifted track “Used to Love U” along with Black Thought and backed by The Roots.
“Used to Love U” is one of several fan faves featured on Legend’s Grammy-winning breakthrough album. Released Dec. 28, 2004 (Legend’s 26th birthday) via GOOD Music, Sony Urban Music and Columbia Records, the 14-track Get Lifted was comprised of songs written or co-written by Legend, who also served as an executive producer. In addition to “Used to Love U,” the album spun off the singles “Number One,” “So High” and “Ordinary People” (his first top 40 Hot 100 hit at No. 24) while notching No. 4 and No. 1, respectively, on the U.K. Singles Chart and U.K. R&B Singles Chart.
With its engaging and seamless fusion of R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop and pop, Get Lifted gave Legend his first Billboard 200 top 10 (No. 4) and first No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It later scored eight Grammy nominations and won Legend three statuettes — best new artist, best R&B album and best male R&B vocal performance for “Ordinary People.” The single as well as the album have since attained RIAA double-Platinum status.
Also available now are two special Get Lifted (20th Anniversary) packages:the digital deluxe and deluxe 3LP vinyl editions. Highlights on both include remixed versions of eight tracks such as the aforementioned Black Thought guesting on the revamped “Used 2 Love U.” Among the editions’ other special guests are Tems, Killer Mike and Lil Wayne, and Simi. Expanding on the original album with 11 bonus tracks, Get Lifted (20th Anniversary) offers eight brand new remixes, rare B-sides and two previously unreleased studio performances recorded during the original Get Lifted sessions.
Legend will be backed by his full band on the forthcoming world tour. The setlist will include fan faves, deep cuts and fresh interpretations of seminal tracks from Get Lifted. The EGOT-winning singer-songwriter-pianist will also perform an array of his other career-defining hits.
Additional dates for the Get Lifted 20th Anniversary World Tour will be announced soon. In the meantime, presales for the U.K./Europe dates begin March 19, with general onsale starting March 21. North America presales kick off March 26, followed by general on-sale starting March 28. For additional tour details and ticket information, visit Legend’s website.
See the full list of tour dates below:
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