Love You Too Tour

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Love You Too Tour
Tour by Ledisi
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Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated album The Crown
Start dateMay 28, 2025 (2025-05-28)
End dateJuly 19, 2025 (2025-07-19)
No. of shows34
Supporting act(s)
Ledisi concert chronology

The Love You Too Tour (also known as the Love You Too: The Tour [1] ) was the thirteenth concert tour by American singer and songwriter Ledisi in support of her twelfth studio album The Crown (2025). As her eleventh overall solo tour, it commenced on May 28, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland, and concluded on July 19, 2025, in Warsaw.

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Background

On January 31, 2025, Ledisi released a single titled "Love You Too". [2] On February 9, 2015, Ledisi performed the "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. [3] [4] The Love You Too Tour was announced on February 10, 2025. [4] Singers Marsha Ambrosius, Rahsaan Patterson, and music group Kindred the Family Soul will also be touring as opening acts on selected dates. On February 12, 2025, concert tickets went on presale. [5]

Starting on April 1, 2025, Ledisi and Marsha Ambrosius uploaded a videos together in-studio, discussing the making of the concert tour, their favorite venue to perform at, and songs they love to perform. On April 25, 2025, Ledisi released her twelfth album The Crown . [6] In May 2025, The Baltimore Sun held a brief entry contest to give two concert tickets for the Lyric Baltimore show in Baltimore. [7]

Production

On May 27, 2025, one day before the opening night of the tour, Ledisi unveiled a preview of the stage layout and rehearsal via social media. [8] The staging consists of a wide structure with a LED lit quadrupled-stacked circular platform in the center of the stage. The stage also featured rotating pink and purple lights. [9] The tour's wardrobe was mostly custom-made or styled by fashion designer Nonja McKenzie. Ledisi donned a black sequined shawl-lapel blazer jacket, a black corset, and black tights. [9] The outfit serves as her sole attire for throughout each concert.

Concert synopsis

Ledisi performing "BLKWMN", during a stop of the Love You Tour at The Dome in Virginia Beach. The performance saw her donning a golden cape. LedisiLoveYouTooTour1.jpg
Ledisi performing "BLKWMN", during a stop of the Love You Tour at The Dome in Virginia Beach. The performance saw her donning a golden cape.

The concert begins with Ledisi emerging onto a quadruple-layered LED platform in the center of the stage. She opens the show with "Keep U in Mind". [9] Before the start of "I Need to Know", Ledisi returned to the top of platform and performs the song with the microphone held a microphone stand. She remains on the platform throughout the performance of "7 Days of Weak" as red LED lights are surrounding her. She steps off of the platform for the song "Daydreaming".

During the tribute segment, Ledisi is joined by her band in a stationary seated performance. She began by performing "Happy Feelings", a tribute to Frankie Beverly who died in September 2024, respectively. [9] She continued with "No More Rain (In This Cloud)", "Whatever You Want", and "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", a tribute to Angie Stone, D'Wayne Wiggins, and Roy Ayers; all of whom died in March 2025. [9]

Following the tribute segment, Ledisi is joined by her guitarist Xavier Lynn as duet partner for "Stay Together". After the performance of "In the Morning", the band retreat back to their original positions on stage. She donned a golden cape during the performance of "BLKWMN". She closed the show with "Anything for You", followed by "I Blame You" before exiting the stage. [9]

Critical reception

Ledisi performing "Daydreaming" during the Love You Too Tour. The song serves as the opening track of tour's associated album The Crown. LedisiLoveYouTooTour.jpg
Ledisi performing "Daydreaming" during the Love You Too Tour. The song serves as the opening track of tour's associated album The Crown .

Martin Tsai of New Jersey Arts remarked that "what stood out from her set were the extended ad-libs that you didn't get on the records, which drove fans wild." [10] Brian Lumley of the Cleveland Scene , who attended the House of Blues show, praised Ambrosius' performance by stating, "Rarely has an opening act received as much applause from the attendees, but Marsha Ambrosius pulled as many cheers as headliner Ledisi did an hour later." [11] Zaria Mac of The St. Louis American wrote "Though singing live, her voice perfectly matched the record. She sang in tandem with the audience, getting lost in her signature runs as she moved along the edge of the stage." [9]

Set list

  1. "Keep U in Mind"
  2. "Add to Me"
  3. "Good Life"
  4. "Alright"
  5. "Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)"
  6. "High"
  7. "Love You Too"
  8. "I Need to Know"
  9. "7 Days of Weak"
  10. "Daydreaming"
  11. "Happy Feelings"
  12. "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" / "Whatever You Want" / "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" / "My Life"
  13. "Stay Together" / "Goin' Thru Changes"
  14. "In the Morning"
  15. "I Do"
  16. "BLKWMN"
  17. "Pieces of Me"
  18. "Anything for You"
  19. "I Blame You"

Tour dates

List of concerts showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts [5]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendance
May 28 Baltimore United States Lyric Baltimore Marsha Ambrosius
May 30 National Harbor [a] The Theater at MGM National Harbor 3,000 / 3,000
May 31
June 1 Newark New Jersey Performing Arts Center
June 3 Virginia Beach The Dome
June 4 Wilmington Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College
June 6 Atlantic City Circus Maximus Theater
June 7 Durham Durham Performing Arts Center
June 8 Columbia Columbia Township Auditorium
June 10 Louisville Palace Theatre
June 12 Chicago Chicago Theatre
June 13 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
June 14 Detroit Aretha Franklin Amphitheater Rahsaan Patterson
June 17 Cleveland United States House of Blues Marsha Ambrosius
June 19 St. Louis Stifel Theatre
June 20 Florence Turfway Park Event Center
June 21 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
June 22 Huntsville Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
June 24 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
June 25 Greenville Peace Center
June 27 Jacksonville Florida Theatre
June 28 Stockbridge Stockbridge Amphitheater Kindred the Family Soul
June 29Savannah Savannah Civic Center Marsha Ambrosius
July 4 Rudolstadt Germany Rudolstadt-Festival
July 5 Hamburg Nica Jazz Festival
July 6 Copenhagen DenmarkRoots & Jazz
July 8 Stuttgart GermanyBIX Jazzclub & Lounge
July 9 Paris France Alhambra
July 11 Batumi United StatesBatumi Tennis Club
July 13ThomeryFranceFestival Rosa Bonheur
July 15PerugiaItalyUmbria Jazz Festival
July 18WarsawPolandLazienki Park
July 19 Kraków Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Cancellations
June 16, 2025 Toronto Massey Hall Cancelled

Personnel

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