Raphael Saadiq Expands ‘No Bandwidth' One-Man Show to 22-Date Fall Tour
The musician previously staged a smaller iteration of the show earlier this year, performing nights in Los Angeles, New York City and Oakland. Now, he's expanding the scope even further, beginning the run at Sacramento's Channel 24 on September 7. Over the next month, he'll make stops in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Chicago before rounding the bases in Nashville at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 14.
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'I've always wanted to do a one-man show,' says Saadiq in a statement. 'I want to challenge myself. My one-person show has three acts; I will be talking about my career, bringing a couple of instruments to express myself, singing my original music as well as covers of songs I wish I had written, and more. I want it to feel magical and like a Broadway show.'
Saadiq will also release the vinyl edition of his 2004 album 'Ray Ray' for fans who signed up for the Raphael Saadiq Vinyl Club. Members of the club have access to the Vault, which offers unreleased photos, behind-the-scenes videos and more.
Earlier this year, Saadiq announced the first iteration of the 'No Bandwidth' tour with Variety, revealing that he's also working on a documentary about his career and the Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion tour that took place in 2023.
'It's the span of my career and it'll have the Tony's last tour. I took the phones so nobody really saw the tour,' he told Variety. 'We have so much footage. I collected all the footage already, everything's in one place. And I'm directing it, we just putting everything together. We started editing last week for the first time.'
Check out the tour dates below:
9/7 – Sacramento, CA – Channel 249/8 – San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall9/10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford9/12 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Theater9/14 – Tucson, AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre9/16 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre9/19 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre9/21 – Austin, TX – The Paramount Theatre9/22 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Center9/24 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre9/25 – New Orleans, LA – Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts9/27 – Columbia, SC – The Township Auditorium9/28 – Durham, NC – DPAC – Durham Performing Arts Center9/30 – National Harbor, MD – MGM National Harbor10/2 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center10/4 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre10/7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland10/8 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre10/10 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre10/11 – Detroit, MI – Detroit Opera House10/13 – Louisville, KY – The Louisville Palace10/14 – Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center – Laura Turner Concert Hall
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