Soul Strutter: Anita Baker [2023] The Songstress Tour

Anita Baker celebrates her 65th birthday on 26 Jan 2023, and also the 40th anniversary of her debut solo album, with a 15 city US tour, "The Songstress" tour, running until Dec 2023. She is also currently completing some new music, so although she may not be coming to UK/Europe we may still get to hear some new music from her in the new year.

Supporting her on the tour will be Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds who she duetted with on "Like You Used To" from her last studio album "My Everything" in 2004. They have no fewer than twenty Grammy awards between them, Baker eight and Edmonds twelve!

So why not post her debut album, is it really 40 years old? It's most certainly one of the albums of the 80s which I distinctly remember being on constant rotation in my ear lobes along with Luther's "The Night I Fell In Love" and "Give Me The Reason" albums around the same time.

The dates are:

Feb 11 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live

Feb 14 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

Feb 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center

May 10 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

May 12 – Belmont, NY @ UBS Arena

May 14 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena

Jun 30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

Jul 02 – Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre

Nov 18 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex

Nov 22 – Memphis, TN @ FedExForum

Nov 24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena