Usher and Chris Brown Expand 'The R&B Tour' With Eight New Stadium Dates

The business of live R&B is currently operating at an astronomical scale. According to a report by K97.5, Usher and Chris Brown have expanded their massive co-headlining run, "The R&B Tour," adding eight new stadium dates to meet relentless ticket demand. This brings the tour's total to 59 dates. To understand the sheer financial weight of this run, look at the data. Pollstar reports that the first 20 shows alone generated $153.4 million in ticket sales, pulling in over 863,000 attendees. That is an average of nearly 72,000 tickets per night. While most legacy co-headlining tours feel like lazy nostalgia plays, this run works because both artists are delivering full, individual sets of their massive catalogs rather than trading quick cameos. It is a grueling schedule, but the market is clearly hungry for it. The newly added dates expand stops in several major markets. Atlanta is up to five total shows, Los Angeles gets a fourth, and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford is locked in for a third night. The new dates: Oct. 15: East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium Oct. 17: Baltimore, MD - M&T Stadium Oct. 24: Cincinnati, OH - Paycor Stadium Oct. 29: Columbia, SC - Williams-Brice Stadium Oct. 31: Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium Nov. 5: Atlanta, GA - Mercedes-Benz Stadium Nov. 16: Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium Dec. 6: Miami, FL - Hard Rock Stadium Tickets for these eight new dates go on sale to the general public on Monday, Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster.