Two of R&B’s most commercially dominant performers are about to share the same stage, at scale. Usher and Chris Brown have confirmed 33 dates for their co-headlining “R&B Tour,” formally billed as the Raymond and Brown Tour, a Live Nation-promoted stadium run that opens June 26 at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High and closes December 11 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. Tickets go on general sale April 27 at noon local time.
The announcement arrives at a moment when both artists are coming off the biggest touring cycles of their careers. Usher’s “Past Present Future“ arena run, which launched in August 2024 and eventually sold over 1.1 million tickets, proved that the eight-time Grammy winner commands arena-level demand without a fresh album cycle driving it. Meanwhile, Chris Brown’s “Breezy Bowl XX“ world tour wrapped in October 2025, ranking No. 7 on Pollstar’s year-end top-grossing tours list, moving over 2 million tickets and generating nearly $300 million, his highest-grossing tour to date. The R&B Tour is, by every metric, the next logical escalation.
A Stadium Route Built for Maximum Reach
The routing reads like a deliberate sweep of every major Black music market in the country. The tour hits Ford Field in Detroit across back-to-back nights on July 3 and 4, followed by two nights at Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C. on July 10 and 11. Two nights at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford anchor the Northeast on August 7 and 8, before a Toronto run at Rogers Stadium on August 11 and 12. The tour then pushes west through Chicago’s Soldier Field, Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco, and two nights each at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Atlanta gets a proper homecoming pair at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on November 7 and 8, and the run closes in Florida with stops in New Orleans, Miami, and Tampa.
Ahead of the tour’s announcement, Chris Brown also revealed that his 12th studio album, “BROWN,” is set for release on May 8, positioning the R&B Tour as a live rollout for new material and a catalogue celebration rolled into one package.
Tickets, Presales, and What Comes Next
Citi cardmember presale access opens April 21, with the official R&B Tour presale beginning April 23. General onsale goes live April 27 at noon local time. Given the demand each artist individually generates at the box office, competition for floor and lower bowl positions is expected to be significant. Both artists are represented by major booking agencies: Usher through Creative Artists Agency’s Darryl Eaton, and Brown through United Talent Agency’s Rob Gibbs.
