Stevie Wonder to perform classic album on rare tour

September 16, 2014 | 14:48

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Stevie Wonder will perform his classic album "Songs in the Key of Life" in full as he embarks on a rare tour across North America starting in November.

File photo of Singer Stevie Wonder performing onstage during the 45th NAACP Image Awards presented by TV One at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Feb 22, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards/AFP)

NEW YORK: Stevie Wonder will perform his classic album "Songs in the Key of Life" in full as he embarks on a rare tour across North America starting in November.

The blind Motown legend will launch the 11-date tour at New York's Madison Square Garden on Nov 6 to play the 1976 double-album, which featured hits such as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I Wish."

Wonder decided on the tour after playing "Songs in the Key of Life" in full in December at his annual Los Angeles charity concert which raises money to provide holiday gifts for low-income children.

The tour will be the 64-year-old singer-keyboardist's first across the United States since 2009. A pre-sale for tickets starts on Tuesday (Sep 16).

Wonder has remained a regular presence at festivals, playing Montreux in Switzerland and Roskilde in Denmark among other European venues this summer.

AFP

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