Tony! Toni! Toné! Renuite For First Tour in 25 Years
Tony! Toni! Toné! is back in action! The popular 90s group will be going on tour for the first time in 25 years.
Tony! Toni! Toné!’s lead singer Raphael Saadiq shared the news on Instagram with a list of tour dates.
The “Feels Good” trio is comprised of Saadiq, his brother D’Wayne Wiggins, and Timothy Christian Riley.
Tony! Toni! Toné! is one of the most beloved R&B groups. From 1988 to 1996, they released four albums and stacked up numerous hits, including “Little Walter,” “It Feels Good,” “The Blues,” “Whatever You Want,” “If I Had No Loot,” “Anniversary,” “Let’s Get Down, and “It Never Rains (In Southern California).”
This week, the group will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their most successful album, Sons of Soul. The album received double platinum certification.
The new jack swing group disbanded in the late 1990s after releasing the R&B staple House of Music album; Saadiq went on to collaborate with the likes of D’Angelo and Beyonce amid a string of solo albums, starting with 2002’s Instant Vintage. He also collaborated with A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad and En Vogue’s Dawn Robinson in Lucy Pearl, where they released their hit single, Dance Tonight.” Lucy Pearl only released one album.
Saadiq’s songwriting contribution to Beyonce’s hit single “Cuff It” earned him the Best R&B Song award at the 65th Grammy Awards. He also co-wrote on Daniel Caesar’s new album, Never Enough, out now.
Wiggins and Riley also went on as a duo act.
“I’ve always wanted to put my family back together,” Saadiq said in a press statement. “Playing with the Tonys again is a thank you to the fans, the Super Tonians, for supporting all my musical efforts. Without those who were with us from Day One, where would I be? But the main reason is that my father, Charlie Wiggins, would’ve wanted it this way–to see me, D’Wayne, and Tim playing together again.”
In 2019, Saadiq showed an eagerness for Tony! Toni! Toné! to reconnect on Sway’s Universe.
“I’ve been working on new Tonys music for about 15 years. I just felt like we should do something, a few songs, maybe seven or eight of them and then do a few shows,” he said at the time. “So I’m not gonna be back-back because I have way too many things going on, but as far as doing a tour and an EP or something, I’m down for that.”
He continued: “I’d actually like to perform the very last record we did together, House of Music. We never toured that record so if everyone is up for it I’d like to do that and put out three new records.”
At the shows, Saadiq will perform songs with the group and sing some of his solo material.
The “Just Me and You Tour” tour is set to kick off this fall. To access the presale code for the upcoming tour, fans can sign up for an exclusive password on his official website. Other presales will begin on Tuesday, June 21, at 10 a.m. local time. The general on-sale will start Friday, June 23, at 10 a.m. local time.
Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné!: Just Me and You Tour Dates
Sep 21 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC Concert Hall
Sep 22 – Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
Sep 24 – Washington, D.C. @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
Sep 26 – Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric
Sep 28 – Philadephia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
Sep 30 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
Oct 1 – Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
Oct 5 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre presented by Citizens
Oct 8 – Cleveland, OH @ KeyBank State Theatre
Oct 10 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
Oct 11 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Oct 12 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
Oct 13 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre Detroit
Oct 19 – Greensboro, NC @ Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 20 – Columbia, SC @ Township Auditorium
Oct 21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts – Moran Theater
Oct 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
Oct 26 – Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
Oct 27 – New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
Oct 28 – Dallas, TX @ Music Hall At Fair Park
Oct 29 – Houston, TX @ Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
Nov 10 – Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
Nov 14 – Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre-Oakland
Nov 17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
