Fans will be treated to a Toni Braxton and Kenny ”Babyface” Edmonds double-bill as they each perform their own shows with songs from their outstanding catalogues of classics for the first time in Africa at the following venues:
28 August 2015 - Harare, Zimbabwe - Borrowdale Racecourse
30 August 2015 - Durban - Moses Mabhida Stadium
1 September 2015 - Cape Town - Grand Arena, Grandwest
3 September 2015 - Johannesburg – The Ticketpro Dome
Tickets start at R450 from ticketpro.co.za.
Known and loved around the world for their chart-topping radio classics, both iconic singer/songwriters shaped the sound of R&B throughout the ‘90s both as individual superstars and collaborators.
A hit making machine with enviable longevity, 11-time Grammy award winning Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds has to his name no less than 130 Top 10 R&B and Pop hits, 43 number 1 R&B hits and 55 Top 10 Pop hits. Edmonds is the recipient of numerous awards, including Soul Train Music Awards, BMI Awards, NAACP Image Awards and American Music Awards. He was also the recipient of the third BET Walk of Fame Award, and was named BET’s “Entertainer of the Year” at the First Annual BET Awards Ceremony.
Just a few of the vocalists from which his music can be heard: Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Eric Clapton, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson, TLC, Toni Braxton, Celine Dion and many more.
Over the course of her storied career, Toni Braxton has earned a total of seven Grammy Awards and sold over 66 million records worldwide. Among other achievements, she’s received nine Billboard Music Awards and seven American Music Awards and been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
Decades after “Give You My Heart”, the 1992 hit single on which they first sang together, the two paired up to share their experiences of love on the 2014 co-written Grammy winning duets album “Love, Marriage and Divorce”. It struck a chord with South African fans who made it the highest-selling album in the country in 2014.
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