Maxwell 08 Tour

The Maxwell 08 Tour was a tour by American R&B singer Maxwell, his first major tour in over six years.[1][2] The tour started on October 3, performing a one date show in Europe and Africa, afterwards returning to North America for a two-month trek that kicked off on October 8, in Boston throughout several cities in North America and ending on November 23 in New York City.[3] The singer performed new tracks from BLACKsummers'night scheduled for release summer of 2009, and songs from his previous albums.[4]

Maxwell 08 Tour
Tour by Maxwell
Associated albumNone
Start dateOctober 3, 2008
End dateNovember 23, 2008
Legs3
No. of shows31 in United States
1 in Africa
1 in Europe
33 in total
Maxwell concert chronology

Opening Acts

Set list
  1. "Get to Know Ya"
  2. "No One"
  3. "Lifetime"
  4. "This Woman's Work"
  5. "Everwanting: To Want You to Want"
  6. "Sumthin' Sumthin'"
  7. "W/As my Girl
  8. "Pretty Wings" (New)
  9. "Simply Beautiful"
  10. "Fortunate"
  11. "...Til the Cops Come Knockin'"
  12. "Bad Habits" (New)
  13. "Help Somebody"1 (New)
  14. "Cold" (New)
  15. "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)"
  16. "Whenever Wherever Whatever"

1 performed only on select dates in the U.S.

Band
  • Keyboards: Morris Pleasure
  • Guitar: David Hod, Wah Wah Watson
  • Bass: Sean Michael Ray
  • Drums: Ricardo "Rick" Jordan
  • Organs: Shedrick Mitchell
  • Saxophone: Kenneth Wahlum lll
  • Background vocals: Latina Webb

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
Africa
October 3, 2008 Bloemfontein South Africa Macufe Music Festival
Europe
October 5, 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
North America
October 8, 2008 Boston United States Boston Opera House
October 9, 2008 New York City Radio City Music Hall
October 10, 2008 Wallingford Chevrolet Theatre
October 12, 2008 Toronto Canada Massey Hall
October 14, 2008 Cincinnati United States Taft Theatre
October 15, 2008 St. Louis Fox Theater
October 17, 2008 Indianapolis Murat Shrine
October 18, 2008 Chicago Chicago Theatre
October 19, 2008 Detroit Fox Theatre
October 21, 2008 Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre
October 22, 2008 Omaha Omaha Auditorium Music Hall
October 23, 2008 Kansas City Uptown Theater
October 25, 2008 Denver Paramount Theater
October 28, 2008 Oakland Paramount Theater
October 29, 2008
October 31, 2008 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater
November 1, 2008 Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium
November 2, 2008 Gibson Amphitheatre
November 3, 2008 Las Vegas House of Blues
November 6, 2008 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
November 7, 2008
November 8, 2008 Dallas Majestic Theatre
November 10, 2008 Birmingham BJCC Hall
November 11, 2008 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
November 12, 2008 Atlanta Atlanta Civic Center
November 14, 2008 Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium
November 15, 2008 Richmond Landmark Theater
November 17, 2008 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
November 18, 2008
November 19, 2008
November 21, 2008 Philadelphia Susquehanna Bank Center
November 22, 2008 Baltimore Murphy Fine Arts Center
November 23, 2008 New York City United Palace Theater

References
  1. Maxwell breaks six year hiatus with tour.www.concerttour.org
  2. billboard.com-maxwell returns for first tour
  3. Jazmine Sullivan to tour with Maxwell Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.skopmag.com
  4. Maxwell unveils new songs at radio city music hall concert.www.billboard.com
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