John Legend Takes On the World
He’s a 30 year old American soul singer, songwriter, and pianist that so far has been awarded with 6 Grammy Awards. Also, he already has launched 3 studio albums with the most recent smashing hit “Evolver”. Recently, he even made it to the 2008 Oscar Night filling in for Peter Gabriel. And for that he got lots of kudos.
John Legend is actually an Ivy League dude. Yeah, he actually attended the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in English with a minor in African American Literature. He actually went on to work for the Boston Consulting Group after college. But then he met Kanye West whom he started working with. And I guess the rest is history. Since artistic career took off after the release of his multi-platinum first album “Get Lifted.” Two tracks from this album, “Used to Love U” (US top 100, UK top 30) and “Ordinary People” (US and UK top 30) catapulted John Legend to popularity in the US and overseas.
But stardom comes with a price. Legend has embarked upon a tour that will have him out of his home for 50 days. The tour started in Dubai. From the Middle East, he went to London. And the next stop is Glasgow, then Manchester and Birmingham. From Europe, Legend will be heading out to East Asia. This is the first trip where Legend will be playing for the first time in cities such as Manila, Seoul, Shanghai, Macau and Beijing. Crazy schedule if you ask me.
So, keep an eye on the tour schedule. For a show near you, check out the following recently released schedule:
April 8 2009
Yunfeng Theater- Shanghai, China
July 3rd – 5th (JL Performance Date TBD)
Essence Music Festival – New Orleans, LA
July 5th
Chastain Park Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
July 31st
Macy’s Music Festival @ Paul Brown Stadium
Cincinnati, OH
September 1, 2009
Greek Theatre- Los Angeles, CA
But, if you can’t wait for John Legend to come play at an arena near you then have fun singing to our karaoke collection of John Legend now!
