What to Know
- R&B icon Usher has announced a new North American tour. After two years of his popular Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, releasing his first solo album in eight years, and headlining the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, Usher will hit the road.
- The "confessions" singer's 24-city “Past Present Future” tour stops in Philadelphia on Friday, Aug. 30, and Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.
- General ticket sales begin Monday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m.at LiveNation.com. Citi and Verizon presales are already underway.
"OMG," "Yeah!" this is now twice the news Usher fans have been waiting for.
Ahead of Usher's Super Bowl halftime show performance, Live Nation on Tuesday announced a "Past Present Future" concert tour stop in Philadelphia for the music "Superstar" this summer.
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Then like "Confessions, Pt. II," Live Nation on Thursday announced a second Wells Fargo Center concert.
When will the 'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love' in Philly?
Usher Raymond will take the Wells Fargo Center stage in South Philadelphia on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 and Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, Live Nation announced.
The second Saturday show was added Thursday "due to incredible fan demand," Live Nation said.
The Labor Day weekend Philly concerts are part of now nearly three dozen shows Usher has announced. The concert dates drop comes just days before the "Confessions" singer drops his new album "Coming Home."
The R&B-pop icon will embark on his “Past Present Future" tour beginning Aug. 20 at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. It will hit many major cities in North America before concluding in Chicago at United Center on Halloween, Oct. 31.
The tour will also hit Baltimore; Boston; Toronto; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Detroit; Denver; Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.; Dallas; Austin, Texas; Miami; Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C. and St. Louis.
'U Don't Have to Call' to get tickets
Like most big concerts these days, tickets to see the multi-platinum Grammy winner are being released in waves, so let's get you "Caught Up."
First dibs for the Friday show went to Citi cardmembers and Verizon Up customers on Wednesday, Feb. 7, and the second show on Thursday, Feb. 8, according to Live Nation. Those presales last through Sunday, Feb. 11 at 10 p.m.
"U Got It Bad?" You could also grab VIP packages on Live Nation. Those sales started Feb. 7.
Those early ticket sales must have been strong that Live Nation already added a second date.
The fan presale then begins Friday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. You can sign up by clicking here.
There are several other presales available on Ticketmaster, including Wells Fargo Center, Ticketmaster and Live Nation presales starting at noon on Friday, Feb. 9.
Don't feel like "Moving Mountains" to get tickets for "My Boo?" Tickets for the general public still in awe of his Super Bowl Sunday performance go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 12.
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