Anthony Hamilton is scheduled to hit the road for a string of dates, beginning May 12 at Rochester Auditorium Theatre in Rochester, New York.
Along the way, Hamilton will perform at the Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba, as well as in various U.S. cities such as Detroit, Atlanta, and San Jose, California.
Hamilton plans to bring The Ton3s, formerly The HamilTones, for the upcoming stops. He will also play dates featuring J. Holiday, Marsha Ambrosius, Stephanie Mills, Calvin Richardson, Leela James and J. Howell on the bill.
With all these shows on the books, Hamilton’s setlist is bound to include songs from his stacked catalog. He will also tie in material from his 2021 album, Love Is The New Black.
Love Is The New Black was Hamilton’s first album since 2016’s What I’m Feelin’. It included features from Jennifer Hudson, Lil Jon, Rick Ross and the hit single “You Made A Fool Of Me,” which reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart in October 2021.
In a 2021 interview with Rated R&B, Hamilton shared what he hoped his audience would take away from Love Is The New Black.
“We are all worthy of love, and Black love is still beautiful and powerful, no matter what they try to paint around us. We’re still worthy of self-love. This music that we call R&B, soul music or Black music, it’s ours. We’re so unappreciated by most of the world, but to us, we’re legacy within ourselves. Keep shining, melanating and creating,” Hamilton stated.
Love Is The New Black was among Rated R&B’s 30 Best R&B Albums of 2021.
The following year, Hamilton supported the album on Maxwell’s The Night Tour, featuring additional support from R&B gent Joe.
Ahead of joining Maxwell on tour, Hamilton won Outstanding Male Artist at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards. He was also nominated for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for “Complicated (Remix),” on which he joined Leela James for her See Me single.
Up next for Hamilton is tributing this year’s Black Music Honors recipients. He is part of the star-studded performance lineup, including Tamar Braxton, Dave Hollister, Kenny Lattimore, Lil’ Mo, Tweet, The Shindellas and more. Hamilton is taking the stage with The Ton3s.
The eighth annual Black Music Honors will be taped on May 19 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.
The celebration salutes SWV (Urban Music Icon), Evelyn “Champagne” King (R&B Music Icon), Jeffrey Osborne (Legends Award), Missy Elliott (Music Innovator Icon) and The Hawkins Family (Gospel Music Icon).
The ceremony will air Saturday, June 3, with national broadcast syndication from June 10 – July 2. It will also air on Bounce TV on June 19.
Anthony Hamilton 2023 Tour Dates
May 12 – Rochester, NY @ Rochester Auditorium Theatre
May 14 – Lumberton, MS @ I H Bass Jr Memorial Airport-4R1
May 27 – Aruba @ Soul Beach Music Festival
Jun 4 – Beverly Hills, CA @ The Saban Theatre
Jun 8 – Greenville, SC @ Peace Center Concert Hall
Jun 9 – National Harbor, MD @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
Jun 10 – Detroit, MI @ The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
Jun 16 – Winston-Salem, NC @ Winston Salem Fairgrounds
Jun 17 – Birmingham, AL @ Steel City Smooth Jazz Festival
Jun 18 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Jun 23 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
July 14 – Augusta, GA @ James Brown Arena
July 15 – Columbia, SC @ Township Auditorium
Aug 12 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
Tickets for Hamilton’s spring and summer concerts are available at anthonyhamilton.com. Tickets for other select shows can be purchased at soulbeach.net, eventbrite.com and ticketmaster.com.
