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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 17, 2014 15:57:21 GMT -5
Maxwell is one of the few male voices (John Legend, another) who can bring me to tears. If I get another "Lifetime" from him, I would definitely die. The runs at the end of that are too much. Oh...and what a fucking brilliant interpreter. He more than made Kate Bush's This Woman's Work his own. The original legit ceases to exist and I love that song.
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 17, 2014 18:08:16 GMT -5
Maxwell is one of the few male voices (John Legend, another) who can bring me to tears. If I get another "Lifetime" from him, I would definitely die. The runs at the end of that are too much. Oh...and what a f**king brilliant interpreter. He more than made Kate Bush's This Woman's Work his own. The original legit ceases to exist and I love that song. Now is easily one of the best R&B albums I've ever heard. Changed my life!
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Post by Nick on Mar 29, 2014 17:47:07 GMT -5
From his Facebook page: AUSTRALIA - Playing #SOULFEST! COME ON OUT! TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 7, 9AM
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Post by Nick on Apr 21, 2014 15:52:44 GMT -5
Maxwell Announces Summer 2014 Tour06-14 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater 06-15 Minneapolis, MN - State Theater 06-18 Broomfield, CO - 1st Bank Center 06-19 Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen 06-21 Tacoma, WA - Emerald Queen Casino 06-23 Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery 06-24 Modesto, CA - Gallo Center for the Arts 06-26 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl 06-27 Los Angeles, CA - BET Experience, Staples Center 07-02 Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival 07-05 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall 07-06 Montreal, Quebec - Festival International De Jazz 07-08 Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Hall 07-09 Albany, NY - Palace Theater 07-11 Mashentucket, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino 07-12 Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion 07-16 Bethlehem, PA - Sands Bethlehem Event Center 07-17 Syracuse, NY - Crouse Hinds Theatre 07-19 Cincinnati, OH - Horseshoe Cincinnati - The Shoe 07-20 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre 07-22 Louisville, KY - Palace Theater 07-23 Nashville, TN - Schermerhorn Symphony Center 07-25 Norfolk, VA - Chrysler Hall 07-26 Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center 07-29 Charleston, SC - N. Charleston Performing Arts Center 07-30 Columbia, SC - Township Auditorium 08-01 St. Petersburg, FL - Ruth Eckard 08-02 Orlando, FL - Bob Carr Performing Arts Center 08-03 Jacksonville, FL - Moran Theater 08-06 Jackson, MS - Thalia Mara Hall 08-09 Montgomery, AL - Garrett Coliseum 08-10 Baton Rouge, LA - River Center Theater 08-12 San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theater 08-13 Austin, TX - Long Center 08-15 Shreveport, LA - Municipal Auditorium 08-16 Oklahoma City, OK - OKC Downtown Air Park 08-17 Albuquerque, NM - Route 66 Casino pitchfork.com/news/54868-maxwell-announces-summer-tour/
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Post by Rican@ on Apr 21, 2014 15:55:03 GMT -5
He really does get on my nerves. Ugh!
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Apr 21, 2014 16:15:42 GMT -5
08-12 San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theater 08-13 Austin, TX - Long Center
YASS! The pre-sale is next Wednesday so I will be perched!
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Post by Active Aggressive on Apr 21, 2014 16:22:00 GMT -5
The Boston show is on a Saturday and I won't be out of the country. Thank the LORDE!
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Post by Caviar on Apr 22, 2014 6:57:48 GMT -5
Why all the small cities?!? Dallas, Houston, and ATL are noticably missing but he goes to Miss. and Alabama? I would have loved if he came to ATL.
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Post by Nick on Apr 25, 2014 17:23:07 GMT -5
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Post by steevy on Apr 25, 2014 17:26:14 GMT -5
where's this coming from?
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Post by Nick on Apr 25, 2014 17:27:38 GMT -5
His Twitter.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Apr 25, 2014 18:15:49 GMT -5
What's the significance of this photo?
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Post by Nick on Apr 25, 2014 18:22:35 GMT -5
What's the significance of this photo? He said all these pics would make sense when the album came out. I'm guessing he filmed the recording and stuff, the first intstallment came with a DVD. I'm still hoping he made Mariah's album, at least the Jennifer Lopez collab for her album was confirmed.
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Post by Nick on May 9, 2014 18:16:49 GMT -5
MAXWELL @_MAXWELL_ May 8
"the album drops during the shows a surprise release.. so stay focused"
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Post by Rican@ on May 9, 2014 19:27:38 GMT -5
What the hell does he mean though?
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Post by Nick on May 30, 2014 17:13:39 GMT -5
www.rollingstone.com/music/news/maxwell-returns-to-the-road-to-prep-cyborg-y-new-album-20140530By Jordan Sargent May 30, 2014 11:20 AM ET One of the most ambitious arena tours of the past few years never actually happened. In 2012, the soul singer Maxwell was set to hit Los Angeles, Atlanta and Newark, New Jersey, to perform his entire discography over the course of back-to-back nights — his first two the initial night, his latter two the second night. But a month before the first date, he announced he was having surgery to repair a ruptured vocal cord, a procedure that took him off the road and slowed the recording of his fifth album. But roughly two years later, he's managed to circle back: This time, Maxwell is about to embark on a nearly 40-date summer tour in order to road test new material with that new record — he swears — on the way. We talked to him over the phone about the fragility of his career, following up a Number One album, his "cyborg-y" new sound and, naturally, EDM. Going back to your surgery, was there ever a point where you were scared of your career ending? Did you think about the mortality of your career at that point?You know, you always think about it. I thought to myself, "Damn." But luckily my doctor, Dr. Jimmy Morales, who works with so many people — from rappers to public speakers, it's insane who he's involved with — he assured me that it was not major, that it was something you must deal with now. It's better to deal with it now and cancel these dates, which, you know, even when I canceled the dates, I paid my entire staff — the musicians, the crew, everything. Literally out of my own pocket because everyone has families, so I didn't want them to be restricted because of the experience I was going through. So, I took care of them, and I think it was good karma in itself. [It] kind of helped with the healing process, so, you know, I was back in motion. I think the thing that I did soon after that whole experience was "Fire We Make" with Alicia Keys. So, that was nice because I went to the studio and it took me about 20 minutes to get through it. She was in the studio with me, in the control room, and I just did what I had to do. When I heard the song, it was like, "OK, we're good. We're OK, we can do some shows now." And that's what we ended up doing. Let's focus on the upcoming tour. On the dates that you canceled, you were going to do this thing where you sing two albums one night and two albums the next night. What can we expect from this upcoming tour? What's it going to look like?Well, I can tell you that it's a secondary-market tour, and I like to get those out of the way first because I never get to really go to these beautiful, rare places like Albuquerque, New Mexico and Grand Rapids, which is the home of DeBarge, whom I love. I love DeBarge, the falsetto, the family, the songs — everything they've ever done, I'm obsessed with. So, you know, you get to go to these places in America that most people don't usually get to. They usually do the big city. So, I get to build a show, test out some of the songs, and then gear up for a much more expansive production down the road. The album is going to come out. Since you brought it up, how far along are you with the record? Did you record it all, is it written?Yeah, absolutely. We were in Miami for three months earlier this year. We've been working over the course of the last three years. I kind of lost my cousin about a month and a half ago — probably my best friend in the world. He was like my little brother, really. We grew up together. I remember when he moved into the house when he was just a baby. I was about six years old. So you can imagine, a six-year difference — I'm 13 and he's six — so you're just kind of helping someone fend for himself. So that's the relationship and he passed away suddenly. He had an enlarged heart and had a heart attack. So when that happened, it totally changed everything about the album on some level because there's a certain amount of counting your blessings, forgiving things that you thought were unforgivable. Being an artist, it's like, "Damn, why do I need to have f**ked up things happen for things to sound so nice for people?" It's weird. It's so weird, bro. I don't even get it. I take it as it comes and I go, "This is what you're here to do. You're here to take on your life and what you go through — mostly the worst part of it — and make it into something nice so people feel that they can relate and they can overcome certain experiences." So that's what I'm doing now. Your last record was really successful. You had huge singles on the radio, next to people like Trey Songz. Do you think about that? Do you ever worry that one day you're going to release an album and it's not going to go number one?You know, yeah. I'd be lying to you if I said I wouldn't want it to be Number One again. Even the last album, those are all live instruments at a time when Auto-Tune and EDM were really emerging, which, I love by the way. I love all kinds of music. If we ever sat down and went through the catalog of what I listen to, you might be appalled and slightly shocked. Like, "What? Why are you listening to this?" But for me, I still work with the same people. Stuart Matthewman, Hod David, my manager I've known since I was 19. So it's the same group. I feel like the Rolling Stones, you know. We're like this band. I don't deviate from working with them. I stay true and loyal. And I think because they knew me before things happened, they know where I need to be for the next progression. You've talked about the summers'night trilogy. How does the new record fit into that and relate to the first record?You know, the best way to say it without giving too much away is that you'll find the titles… there's a flipside to the titles in the first and the second. A run-on sentence, maybe? If there was "Pretty Wings" then there'd be something else, you know what I mean? But it would tie in somehow. Sonically, it's a lot more hi-fi. I wouldn't say electronic because it's still pretty soulful and we have strings and we have all the live instruments going on, but it's just a little bit more trippier than the first album. Because the first part was BLACK, and I associate that with soul. I really wanted it to be really traditional. Obviously the way it ended up being, it's just a classic, sonic band sound. This one has the same elements, but there's something a little bit more… I would say cyborg-ish about it. I was looking at your Twitter feed today and you linked to a mix by Cyril Hahn. You were talking about Dev Hynes a few weeks ago. How do you keep up with new music?Well, my friends, you know. But I do have to say that — oh, man, I hope I get an honorary membership or stock in the company, but it's called Hype Machine. It's this new app that aggregates any music from any blog onto the actual app. So, I'm obsessed with Hype Machine because, for example, there's, like, this Lido remix of Bill Withers, "Ain't No Sunshine." So I don't know if you heard it, but it's amazing. If we can follow on Twitter and you can follow my Hype Machine via Twitter, if you want, or you can go to the "Known Unknown," that's kind of my handle, at Hype Machine. It's there, it's saved under my favorites. Have you ever been to an EDM show?I've been to EDM shows. I love them. Big fan of so many of those guys. I do believe there's a new wave of a certain sound, you know a Chris Malinchak and Cyril Hahn. Disclosure. Things are getting more soulful, and I'm excited about that. I think that that's a good look. But I love all that stuff.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on May 30, 2014 17:23:37 GMT -5
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Post by Kishi KCM on May 30, 2014 19:22:45 GMT -5
He's dating the gorgeous Julissa Bermudez!!!
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Post by Dreams on Jun 6, 2014 10:03:33 GMT -5
Maxwell plans for tour, new music and possible baby
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 17:28:19 GMT -5
I swear. If another summer goes by without us getting this album....
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Post by Nick on Jun 29, 2014 9:20:25 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6141054/bet-experience-2014-maxwell-captivates-jill-scott-sizzles-at-staples-centerBET Experience 2014: Maxwell Captivates, Jill Scott Sizzles at Staples Center In L.A.The pair kick off BET Experience at L.A. Live’s three-night concert series “Are you feeling delicious tonight?” A resounding chorus of female screams gave Maxwell the unequivocal answer to his question Friday night (June 27) at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. It was the ninth stop on the suave soulster’s “Summer Solstice” tour and the first of three nightly Staples Center concerts anchoring the second annual BET Experience at L.A. Live. Maxwell swiftly and smoothly took command during his 90-minute show. Nattily attired in a three-piece black suit, the sleek singer mirrored a tall, cool glass of water as he slaked heated fans’ thirst with his catalog of sumptuous hits (“Sumthin Sumthin,” “This Woman’s Work,” “Bad Habit,” “Fortunate” and “Lifetime”) and audience faves (“Stop the World,” “Fistful of Tears”). But Maxwell’s shape-shifting voice — from sensuous tenor to heart-melting falsetto — wasn’t the only thing captivating audience attention. So were the limber moves he executed while working the entire stage. Those moves were most apparent during Maxwell’s performance of “Fire We Make.” In reaction to videotaped duet partner Alicia Keys singing her verses, he rocked sensually on his knees before flipping into a sexually charged push-up position. Backed by his Swiss watch-precision band, Maxwell rounded out the evening with two finales: “Pretty Wings” plus a spiritual a cappella audience sing-along to “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder).” With no direct mention of a new album or single, Maxwell did thank concertgoers throughout his show. “Thank you so much for being with me all these years … supporting me through my crazy, crazy life,” he said.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 29, 2014 11:49:50 GMT -5
Aside from his several reminders that he could smell all the "coochie sweat" in the air, his set was amazing. Brilliant performer. I was hoping he would've at least given us a performance of Gods but the show was fantastic regardless.
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Post by Dreams on Aug 1, 2014 9:12:38 GMT -5
I swear. If another summer goes by without us getting this album.... August 1st and there's still no album in sight...
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Post by Nick on Aug 1, 2014 10:11:49 GMT -5
Current leg of tour is over by mid August. He has a "Verses and Flow" episode airing on TV One this month. He did mention a surprise release and that the album would be out before the dates in Australia in October. We shall see.
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Post by Nick on Aug 7, 2014 17:17:07 GMT -5
From his Twitter/Instagram today:
summerSOULstice 7 more shows left and the new sequel from the #blacksummersnight trilogy album begins! thank you to you all who attended!
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Post by Nick on Aug 13, 2014 17:27:42 GMT -5
MAXWELL @_MAXWELL_
"4 more shows an album australia the cruise and the major city concert tour.. making up for time lost and love found"
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Post by Nick on Aug 16, 2014 18:45:56 GMT -5
Maxwell Kicks Off TV One’s ‘Verses and Flow’ Season 4 on Aug. 16 The fourth season of TV One’s Verses and Flow is set to premiere on August 16th with its new host, actor Laz Alonso (Jumping the Broom / Fast & Furious 6) and first big musical guest, Maxwell.
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Post by Nick on Aug 30, 2014 18:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on Aug 31, 2014 7:44:13 GMT -5
Instead of taking glory hole selfies, Maxwell needs to release the album. Unless he wants to screw logic and release this album in the fall or winter, he might as well wait til Summer 2015 at this point. It's no difference to me.
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Post by Dreams on Aug 31, 2014 9:18:54 GMT -5
^ Unless he's super perfectionist or has issues with his label, I don't understand where the hold-up is. Today is technically the last day of Summer, no? I'd love if the album dropped tonight unexpectedly.
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