Chrisette Michele will perform at the 3rd annual Heineken Red Star Soul concert series. The tour kicks off Aug. 6 at Boulevard3 in Los Angeles, featuring performances by Ashanti and Goapele.
Other line ups include Keyshia Cole, Raheem DeVaughn, Musiq Soulchild and Grammy-winning songwriter producer Bryan-Michael Cox.
The tour kicks off in Los Angeles and is scheduled for the following cities (artist lineup subject to change): {Source}
Aug. 13: Dallas (Gilley’s, Raheem DeVaughn and Bryan-Michael Cox)
Aug. 20: Atlanta (Opera, Lyfe Jennings and Bryan-Michael Cox)
Aug. 27: Chicago (House of Blues, Dwele and Chrisette Michelle)
Sept. 4: Detroit (Fillmore, Dwele and Estelle)
Sept. 10: Cleveland (House of Blues, Lyfe Jennings and Bilal)
Sept. 17: Washington, D.C. (Ibiza, Raheem DeVaughn and Chrisette Michelle)
Sept. 24: Philadelphia (World Cafe Live, Musiq Soulchild and Estelle)
Oct. 1: New York (Mansion, Keyshia Cole and Raheem DeVaughn)
Adele, is an English soul and jazz singer. She is the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics’ Choice, which was given to artists who at the time had yet to release an album. Adele has also been hailed by the British press as “the new Amy Winehouse”.
She debuted at number one with her debut album 19 in the UK album chart and has since then been certificated platinum with sales over 300,000 copies.
Adele’s first record, “Hometown Glory”, in which she sings the praises of Tottenham, was released on 22 October 2007 as a limited edition 7″ vinyl on Jamie T’s label Pacemaker Recordings, with B side “Best For Last”. “Hometown Glory” was featured as the single of the week on iTunes. Since launching her MySpace page on Christmas Eve 2004, Adele became popular on the site which she used as a media focus and test point for songs. She then signed to independent music label XL Recordings.
Debut album, American debut which in January 2008 released her second single “Chasing Pavements”, hitting #2 for 4 weeks in the UK Chart and still in the Top 40 14 weeks after release.
In March 2008 Adele signed to Columbia Records in America, and embarked on her first live shows in North America and Canada, playing two sold out shows at Joe’s Pub in New York, a sold out show at LA’s Hotel Cafe, as well as two sold out shows at Cabaret in Montreal and Rivoli in Toronto.
Her voice is amazing! Check out the video and tell me what you think.