The fall run opens Oct. 13 in Birmingham, England, and includes stops in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles, with Wonder performing the double album in full.
The fall run opens Oct. 13 in Birmingham, England, and includes stops in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles, with Wonder performing the double album in full.
After a widely panned national anthem performance, the Motown legend deflected fault onto her backing vocalists, then sang it again solo — with similar results.
For his 2010 Motown covers album Going Back, the drummer and singer got most of the details right — except one iconic opening.
A rehearsal video shows the Motown veteran halting the vocalists mid-song. Reeves later attributed the widely shared performance to wet conditions and missing stage monitors.
The musician who played on “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady,” and “Easy” spent his final decades in New Zealand, where he occasionally reunited with former bandmates.
The London singer’s rise is built on a grounded authenticity, drawing a clear line from Motown elegance to her own understated anthems.
A Los Angeles judge has rejected Smokey Robinson’s attempt to dismiss labor and harassment claims from two accusers in an ongoing lawsuit.