Chris Brown & USHER are coming to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on Dec. 11 for The R&B Tour

Get ready to scream "yeah" as superstars Chris Brown and Usher team up for new stadium tour.

GRAMMY Award-winning icons Chris Brown and USHER, officially announce dates for The R&B Tour, a 2026 co-headlining stadium run across North America. Uniting two of the genre’s defining hitmakers, the tour will deliver a must-see run of performances across the U.S. and Canada.

The artists surprised fans last week with a joint teaser commercial on Instagram, sparking widespread excitement and anticipation for the upcoming trek.

Produced by Live Nation, the 33-date outing kicks off on Friday, June 26 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, making stops in major cities including Detroit, Chicago, Toronto, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston and Miami before wrapping up on Friday, December 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

The tour will also partner with Global Citizen to provide access to quality education for children around the world by donating $1 for every ticket sold to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.

This massive live spectacle follows on the heels of record-breaking accomplishments for both artists. At the end of 2024, the North American leg of USHER: Past, Present, Future sold over 1.1M tickets, featuring 62 sold out shows, with multiple nights in each city, followed by an equally impressive European leg.

Last October, Chris Brown officially wrapped his sold-out BREEZY BOWL XX WORLD TOUR, capping off a massive international run celebrating the 20th anniversary of his career. The trek marked Brown’s highest-grossing to date and has become the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo Black American male artist, earning nearly $300 million and drawing 2 million fans across stadiums in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.

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TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with Citi presale (details below) beginning Tuesday April 21 followed by The R&B Tour Presale on Thursday April 23. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Monday, April 27 at 12 pm local time on RaymondAndBrownTour.com.  

Make sure to sign up for The R&B Tour Presale by April 21 at 10 pm ET. Anyone who signs up for the presale can join, no code needed. To sign up for the The R&B Tour Presale, you must be a Live Nation All Access member – you can join for free when signing up for the presale HERE or by visiting livenation.com/allaccess.

CITI PRESALE: Citi is the official card of the The R&B Tour in the United States. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Tuesday, April 21 at 12 pm local time until Wednesday, April 22 at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

VIP: The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, invitation to a behind the scenes tour, access to the pre-show VIP Lounge, exclusive VIP merchandise & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com.

ABOUT CHRIS

topping, multi-Platinum artist Christopher Maurice Brown is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor.

The RCA Records signee is regarded as one of the most prominent artists in R&B music, being credited as an evolver of the genre, and often being referred to by contemporaries as the “King of R&B.” His R&B has been characterized by several influences from other genres, mainly pop music and hip hop.

To date, Chris Brown currently stands as the R&B singer with the most Hot 100 entries in Billboard history and is in the top 10 of all artists across all genres with the most RIAA multi-Platinum certifications.  

His latest tour, Breezy Bowl XX, is Brown’s best-selling and highest-grossing tour to date, and also became the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo Black American male artist, earning nearly $300 million and drawing 2 million fans across stadiums in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Brown’s lyrics develop predominantly over emotional and hedonistic themes.

Brown has had wide comparisons to Michael Jackson for his singing and dancing abilities, as well as for his stage presence.

ABOUT USHER

USHER has changed music, culture, and countless lives. The multiple GRAMMY Award-winning diamond-selling international megastar, actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist inspires change yet again.

Beyond selling over 80 million records worldwide and collecting dozens of awards, he has simultaneously lit up the small screen on NBC’s The Voiceand the big screen in blockbusters such as Hustlers. He has also tirelessly distinguished himself as a devout humanitarian, raising tens of millions of dollars for various causes and uplifting youth via his New Look Foundation.

Since 1999 he has been providing opportunities for young people in underserved communities and enabling them to flourish and achieve seemingly impossible dreams. A long-time supporter and Global Citizen Ambassador, USHER has performed at events since 2015 raising awareness to defeat poverty, defend the planet, and demand equity.

A true outlier, he was equally at home on the stage of his sold-out My Way Las Vegas residency as he was on a 2016 government cultural mission to Cuba as part of President Barack Obama’s Presidential Committee for Arts and Humanities.

In 2024 he celebrated 30 years as an entertainer, releasing his ninth studio album, COMING HOME and was the headline performer at Super Bowl LVIII. USHER: Past, Present, Future’s US & international tour sold over a million tickets with 62+ sold out shows and multiple nights in each city.

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