MaHirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LAĪpril 18-20, 1986 Front Row Theater, Highland Heights, OH SeptemCivic Center, Baltimore, MD (w/Jesse Johsnon Revue/Ready For The World) July 11 & 13, 1985 Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Cheryl Lynn)Īugust 7 & 9-11, 1985 Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, IL (supported by Cheryl Lynn)Īugust 29-30, 1985 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (w/Jesse Johsnon Revue/Ready For The World)
JUniversal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL outing started on Mathat included dates to late-August 1986, with multiple dates in select cities. The Night I Fell in Love Tour (1985) – the tour supports his hit album, The Night I Fell in Love. July 29‑30, 1984 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (supported by Whispers & Cherelle)ĪugBurke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH (supported by Cameo, Whispers, Midnight Star, Cherelle)ĪugCivic Center, Baltimore, MD (supported by Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill)
January 21-23, 1984 Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI The tour resumed for a second outing with additional dates throughout the summer. tour in early January, visiting several cities across the U.S.
Following the album release and its first single, "I'll Let You Slide", Vandross kicked-off the four-month U.S. July 30-31, 1983 Holiday Star, Merriville, IN (supported by Cheryl Lynn) NovemFront Row Theater, Highland Heights, OHįebruary 13-14, 1983 Dominion Theatre, London, ENG NovemCincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH November 18-19, 1982 Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI Constitution Hall, Washington, DC (supported by Cheryl Lynn) NovemRadio City Music Hall, New York City, NY (2 shows, supported by Cheryl Lynn) NovemVeterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH (supported by Cheryl Lynn) Louis, MO (supported by Cheryl Lynn) (billboard)? November 3-4, 1982 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (supported by Cheryl Lynn) and Europe from 1982 to the summer of 1983.įebruMemorial Coliseum (U of Alabama), Tuscaloosa, AL (supporting Kool & The Gang)įebruFrank Erwin Center, Austin, TX (supporting Kool & The Gang)įebruLeon County Civic Center Arena, Tallahassee, FL (supporting Kool & The Gang)ĪugRose Bowl, Pasadena, CA (Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Patti Austin, James Ingram, Ashford & Simpson, Luther Vandross, Maze with Frankie Beverly, Third World) The outing spanned over a year, starting on February 14, in Boston, Massachusetts, visiting several cities across the U.S. November 6-7, 1981 Painter's Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD (supporting Teddy Pendergrass)įorever For Always For Love Tour (1982) – the first major headlining tour by Luther Vandross, it supported his second Platinum hit album Forever, For Always, For Love. October 25-26, 1981 Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA (supporting The Commodores) OctoMcKale Memorial Center, Tucson, AZ (supporting The Commodores) OctoCompton Terrace, Tempe, AZ (supporting The Commodores) OctoUniversity Arena - University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (supporting The Commodores) OctoThe Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (supporting Rick James & Teena Marie)
OctoBuffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY (supporting The Commodores & Evelyn King) OctoCivic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (supporting The Commodores & Evelyn King) Now the toast of the town, he’s profiled in New York Magazine and performs his first solo set at New York’s super-sophisticated Savoy Theater, opening for Chaka Khan. While on tour with Roberta Flack, she implores Luther to follow his joy. SeptemRadio City Music Hall, New York City, NY (with Luther, supporting Marvin Gaye) Luther forms the group Luther, and releases a self-titled album on Atlantic’s Cotillion label. Bowie hires Luther on the spot and then reworks Luther’s “Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me)” as his own “Fascination.” Luther goes on tour with Bowie. Listen My Brother appears onSesame Street in the first two years of the show.Ĭarlos Alomar invites Luther and Robin Clark to the sessions for David Bowie’s Young Americans album. Luther joins the Listen My Brother Revue, and later recruits Robin Clark, Diane Sumler, Fonzi Thornton, Bruce Wallace and Carlos Alomar to join the group. The group earns second place twice and is never booed off the stage. The Shades of Jade that appeared on Apollo Amateur Night consisted of Luther Vandross, Fonzi Thornton, Bruce Wallace, Gayle Matthews and Brenda West. Luther makes four appearances at the Apollo Theater’s brutal Amateur Night competition, but never wins. Carlos Alomar plays guitar for the Shades during that earliest incarnation. Luther forms Shades of Jade during a summer program for gifted high school students at Fordham University called Upward Bound. At William Howard Taft High School, Luther meets singers Robin Clark and Diane Sumler.
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