Chris Brown and Usher Add Eight Shows to R&B Tour, Bringing the Run to 59 Dates

Live Nation announced an eight-show extension for Chris Brown and Usher's co-headlining R&B Tour on Monday, Aug. 17, stretching the stadium run to 59 dates Billboard.

The tour launched in June and was originally planned as a 33-date outing when Live Nation first revealed the schedule in April Live Nation Newsroom. Demand has clearly kept building since then.

The new dates add depth in cities already on the route and bring the tour to four it had not touched. East Rutherford, N.J. gets a third show on Oct. 15, Miami gets a third on Dec. 6, Atlanta picks up a fourth date on Nov. 5, and Los Angeles adds a fifth on Nov. 16. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Columbia, S.C. join the itinerary as entirely new stops Billboard.

Usher announced the added dates on Instagram, telling fans they had made the tour what it is Billboard. The outing has also drawn a rotating cast of guests across its first two months — Future, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Ashanti and Method Man have all appeared on stage during the run Billboard.

The tour is currently on the road, with a show at Foxborough, Mass. on Aug. 17, back-to-back nights in Chicago on Aug. 21–22, and three dates in the San Francisco Bay Area on Aug. 28, 29 and Sept. 1. From there it moves through Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for three nights on Sept. 5, 6 and 18, and on to Houston's Reliant Stadium on Oct. 9 and 10, with a third Houston date on Nov. 24 Billboard; Live Nation.

The whole run wraps up in Florida with two nights at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay on Dec. 11–12 Billboard.

Pre-sale tickets for the added dates go on sale through Ticketmaster starting Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. local time. General public sales follow on Aug. 24, also at 10 a.m. local time Billboard.

Chris Brown released his album Brown in May. It debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 — the chart that ranks the most-consumed albums in the U.S. each week — with 65,000 album-equivalent units, the measure that combines traditional album sales with streaming and track activity Billboard.

For fans, the extension means more chances to catch the co-headlining bill without travelling far. For the crew, the local vendors and the stadium staff at each stop, eight more nights of work — the part of a tour extension that rarely makes the announcement.