Stevie Wonder is taking ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ on 50th-anniversary tour

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Stevie Wonder is bringing “Songs in the Key of Life” back to the stage this fall, 50 years after its release.

The 25-time Grammy winner announced a US and European tour in an Instagram post Tuesday, celebrating the anniversary of his landmark 1976 album, which he will perform in its entirety at each show.

The 18-date tour will kick off in Birmingham, England, on October 13 before making stops across Europe, including Paris, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London.

The US leg will begin at New York’s Madison Square Garden on November 19, followed by shows in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Detroit, before wrapping up at the Intuit Dome in the Los Angeles area on December 19.

Presales began at 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, September 9, with general sales for most US dates opening at the same time on 10 September. General sales for dates in Europe and the UK open on September 11.

After “Songs in the Key of Life” was released in September 1976, it topped the charts for 14 weeks and spawned two No. 1 hits, “I Wish” and “Sir Duke.”

The record earned Wonder his third Grammy for Album of the Year and was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, which annually selects 25 recordings based on their cultural, historical and aesthetic significance to American life for preservation.

The 21-track record also includes songs such as “Isn’t She Lovely,” “As” and “Pastime Paradise,” which was later sampled in Coolio’s 1995 hit “Gangsta’s Paradise.”

The anniversary shows will mark Wonder’s first full tour since his 2024 “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” series of US concerts.

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The 76-year-old musician was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950. He was just 11 when he signed to Motown’s Tamla label, and he scored his first Billboard Hot 100 hit at 13 with “Fingertips”.

Wonder was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

In 2024, on his 74th birthday, Wonder was granted Ghanaian citizenship by then-President Nana Akufo-Addo.

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今年秋天，史蒂夫·旺德将携《生命之歌》重返舞台，距离该专辑发行已过去 50 年。

这位 25 次格莱美奖得主周二在 Instagram 上发帖宣布将在美国和欧洲巡回演出，以庆祝他 1976 年的里程碑式专辑发行周年纪念日，他将在每场演出中完整演唱这张专辑。

此次为期 18 天的巡回演出将于 10 月 13 日在英国伯明翰拉开帷幕，随后将在欧洲各地巡回演出，包括巴黎、哥本哈根、阿姆斯特丹和伦敦。

美国巡演将于 11 月 19 日在纽约麦迪逊广场花园拉开帷幕，随后将在芝加哥、华盛顿特区和底特律举行演出，最后于 12 月 19 日在洛杉矶地区的 Intuit Dome 落下帷幕。

预售于当地时间9月9日星期三上午10点开始，美国大部分场次的公开售票也于9月10日同一时间开始。欧洲和英国场次的公开售票将于9月11日开始。

《生命之歌》于 1976 年 9 月发行后，连续 14 周位居排行榜榜首，并诞生了两首冠军单曲《我希望》和《公爵爵士》。

这张唱片为旺德赢得了他的第三座格莱美年度专辑奖，并被列入美国国会图书馆的国家录音登记册。该登记册每年根据唱片对美国生活的文化、历史和美学意义，挑选 25 张唱片进行保存。

这张包含 21 首歌曲的专辑还包括《Isn't She Lovely》、《As》和《Pastime Paradise》等歌曲，其中《Pastime Paradise》后来被 Coolio 在 1995 年的热门歌曲《Gangsta's Paradise》中采样。

此次周年纪念演出将是 Wonder 自 2024 年“唱出你的歌！当我们修复我们国家破碎的心”美国系列演唱会以来的首次完整巡演。

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好莱坞速递：王子去世后发行的专辑涵盖了这位传奇人物的整个职业生涯。

这位 76 岁的音乐家于 1950 年出生于密歇根州萨吉诺。他 11 岁时就与摩城唱片的 Tamla 唱片公司签约，13 岁时凭借歌曲《Fingertips》首次登上公告牌百强单曲榜。

旺德于 1989 年入选摇滚名人堂。

2024 年，在他 74 岁生日那天，时任加纳总统纳纳·阿库福-阿多授予 Wonder 加纳公民身份。