Toni Braxton & Babyface Live

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Toni Braxton & Babyface Live
Tour by Babyface & Toni Braxton
Associated album Love, Marriage & Divorce
Start dateAugust 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)
End dateSeptember 3, 2015 (2015-09-03)
Legs1
No. of shows4 in Africa
4 in total
Babyface tour chronology
Toni Braxton & Babyface Live
(2015)
Toni Braxton tour chronology
2013 Summer Tour
(2013)
Toni Braxton & Babyface Live
(2015)
The Hits Tour
(2016)

Toni Braxton & Babyface Live was a 4-day co-headlining concert tour in Africa by American recording artists Toni Braxton and Babyface, in support of their duet album, Love, Marriage & Divorce . [1] The outing started on August 28, in Zimbabwe and ended on September 3, in Johannesburg. This marked the first time both singers embarked on a tour together. Highlights of the tour, included performing together their Grammy winning duet single "Hurt You". [2]

Contents

Set list

Babyface
  1. "For the Cool in You"
  2. "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
  3. "Never Keeping Secrets"
  4. "Soon as I Get Home"
  5. "Slow Jam"
  6. "Rocky Steady"
  7. "Two Occasions"
  8. "Whip Appeal"
Toni Braxton
  1. "He Wasn't Man Enough"
  2. "You're Makin' Me High"
  3. "I Heart You"
  4. "Seven Whole Days"
  5. "You Mean the World to Me"
  6. "Another Sad Love Song"
  7. "Love Shoulda Brought You Home"
  8. "Just Be a Man About It"
  9. "Breathe Again"
  10. "Hurt You" (performed with Babyface)
  11. "Un-Break My Heart"

Shows

DateCityCountryVenue
Africa [3] [4]
August 28, 2015HarareZimbabweBorrowdale Racecourse
August 30, 2015DurbanSouth AfricaMoses Mabhida Stadium
September 1, 2015Cape TownGrand Arena Grandwest
September 3, 2015JohannesburgTicketpro Dome

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