Maxwell is plotting his return. In February, he shared details about the sequel to BLACKsummers'night. "It takes a long time before I have to realize that what used to be a rock is now a statue," he noted. "Sometimes people have to tap me on my shoulder and say, 'Look, dude, that’s a sculpture.'"
The first evidence of the sculpture surfaced this month in the form of "Lake By The Ocean." "Thx for makin this new single #LBTO special," he wrote on Instagram yesterday. "We made it the old school no autotune & over compressed mixes the 90s way.. No disrespect to those who do it how they do but we never buckle to trends we bow to timelessness."
blackSUMMERS'night is due out July 1, and today Maxwell announced tour dates to support his first full length since 2009. After a few spot days in April and June, the tour stars in earnest in July with a performance at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. After that, he'll play 22 more gigs, any of which are in the northeast and the south. Check out the full list below.
04-23 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Fair Ground
04-24 Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago - Tobago Jazz Experience
06-10 Tacoma, WA - Emerald Queen Casino
06-20 Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Convention Center
06-21 Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery
06-23 Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre
06-28 Albuquerque, NM - Sandia Resort and Casino
06-29 Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion
07-01-03 New Orleans, LA - Essence Festival
07-04 Montreal, Quebec - Olympia Theatre
07-05 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
07-06 Buffalo, NY - Shea's Performing Arts Center
07-08 New London, CT - The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
07-09 Brooklyn, NY - Coney Island Amphitheatre
07-11 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
07-12 Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
07-14 Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace Theater
07-15 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
07-16 Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena
07-18 Austin, TX - Moody Theater
07-19 San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theatre
07-22 Coachella, CA - Spotlight 29 Casino
07-26 Greenville, SC - The Peace Center Concert Hall
07-29 Norfolk, VA - Chrysler Hall
07-29 Raleigh, NC - The Red Hat Amphitheatre
07-30 Chattanooga, TN - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
07-31 Birmingham, AL - Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
08-03 Orlando, FL - Walt Disney Theatre at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing arts
08-04 Clearwater, FL - Richard B. Baumgardner Center for the Performing Arts
08-06 North Augusta, SC - Richmond County Civic Center
08-07 Jacksonville, FL - Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
