adminSOUL legend Lionel Richie, will be heading to South Africa next year for five shows in four Mzansi cities. Big Concerts announced this week that the four-time Grammy Award winner will be performing on March 13 in Durban at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, March 16 in Port Elizabeth at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, March 18 in Cape Town at the Cape Town Stadium and lastly in Johannesburg at the TicketPro Dome on March 20 and 21. Tickets for Richie’s “All The Hits All Night Long” tour go on sale tonight and can be purchased from Big Concerts and Computicket.
The artiste who has been topping charts with hit songs such as All Night Long, Dancing on the Ceiling, Hello and Penny Lover over the years started his career as a member of the iconic musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records. He then pursued his solo career in 1982 with the album Lionel Richie and the number-one hit Truly.
One of the world’s best selling artistes of all time, Lionel Richie has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. As a member of the Commodores, Lionel developed a groundbreaking style that defied genre categories, penning smashes such as Three Times A Lady, Still, and Easy. After writing Lady for Kenny Rogers, and Endless Love with Diana Ross (which garnered an Academy Award and a Golden Globe nomination), Motown asked him to do a solo album. The self-titled debut would cement him as a star in his own right and earn him his very first Grammy for the hit Truly. The diamond-certified Album of the Year winner Can’t Slow Down followed in 1983, giving the world classics such as All Night Long (All Night), Penny Lover, Stuck On You, and Hello.
Bongani Ndlovu