The Good Life Tour

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The Good Life Tour
Tour by Ledisi
LedisiTheGoodLifeTour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated album Good Life
Start dateMarch 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)
End dateJune 22, 2024 (2024-06-22)
Legs2
No. of shows33
Ledisi concert chronology
  • The Soul II Soul Tour
    (2023)
  • The Good Life Tour
    (2024)

The Good Life Tour was the twelfth concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her eleventh studio album Good Life (2024).

Contents

Background

In November 2023, Ledisi announced the tour via her Facebook account. Tickets were distributed through Ticketmaster. [1] The US leg of the tour began on March 6 at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York, Pennsylvania. The US leg also stopped in Ledisi's home city New Orleans and finished at Connor Palace in Cleveland, Ohio on June 22, 2024.

Critical reception

The tour received positive reviews from critics, who praised the tour for reviving R&B despite the narrative that "R&B was dead". [2] Mya Abrabam of Vibe praised the show for being "the 'one thing' they were craving" which was "music they could relate to, dance to, sing along with, and get them to feel all the feelings and process them". [2] Rolling Out writer Derrel Johnson praised the show as it "showcases Ledisi's stellar vocals". [3]

Opening act

Set list

  1. "Alright"
  2. "Add to Me"
  3. "Good Life"
  4. "I Need to Know"
  5. "High"
  6. "Think of You"
  7. "Going Thru Changes"
  8. "Sell Me No Dreams"
  9. "Magic (Voila)"
  10. "In the Morning"
  11. "Hello Love"
  12. "Anything for You"
  13. "Perfect Stranger" (featuring David Michael Wyatt)
  14. "Good Year"
  15. "Pieces of Me"
  16. "I Blame You"

Tour dates

List of concerts showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueOpening act
March 6 York, Pennsylvania United States Appell Center for the Performing Arts
March 7 Newark, New Jersey Prudential Hall Raheem DeVaughn
March 8 Rochester, New York The Theater at Innovation SquareRaheem DeVaughn
March 9 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Opera House
March 12 Boston, Massachusetts Wilbur Theatre
March 13 New Haven, Connecticut Shubert Theatre
March 15 Oxon Hill, Maryland Theater At MGM National Harbor Raheem DeVaughn
March 16 Baltimore, Maryland Lyric Baltimore Raheem DeVaughn
March 17 Durham, North Carolina Durham Performing Arts Center Raheem DeVaughn
March 19 Richmond, Virginia Dominion Energy Center Raheem DeVaughn
March 21 Charlotte, North Carolina Ovens Auditorium Raheem DeVaughn
March 22 Louisville, Kentucky Palace Theatre Raheem DeVaughn
March 23 St. Louis, Missouri Stifel Theatre Raheem DeVaughn
March 24 Nashville, Tennessee Ryman Auditorium Raheem DeVaughn
March 26 Columbus, Ohio Mershon AuditoriumRaheem DeVaughn
March 28 Indianapolis, Indiana Old National Centre Raheem DeVaughn
March 29 Detroit, Michigan Fisher Theatre BJ the Chicago Kid
March 30 Chicago, Illinois Chicago Theatre BJ the Chicago Kid
April 1 Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Symphony Hall
April 3 Birmingham, Alabama Alabama Theatre Raheem DeVaughn
April 5 New Orleans, Louisiana Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Raheem DeVaughn
April 6 Houston, Texas Bayou Music Center Raheem DeVaughn
April 7 Dallas, Texas Music Hall at Fair Park BJ the Chicago Kid
April 10 Fort Collins, Colorado Lincoln Center
April 12 Chandler, Arizona Chandler Center for the Arts
April 13 Inglewood, California YouTube Theater Raheem DeVaughn
April 14 Oakland, California Fox Oakland Theatre Raheem DeVaughn
April 25 Helsinki EuropeKulttuuritehdas Korjaamo April Jazz Festival
April 26 Lahti Sibelius Hall
April 27 Kaunas National Kaunas Drama Theatre
April 28 Tallinn Jaik
April 30 Oslo Cosmopolite Scene
May 1 Rotterdam LantarenVenster
May 2 Paris New Morning
May 3 Birmingham O2 Institute
May 4 Manchester Manchester Academy
May 5 London Electric Brixton
June 15 Orlando, Florida United StatesCentral Florida Fairgrounds
June 22 Cleveland, Ohio Connor Palace

Personnel

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