Tank Announces ‘R&B Money Tour’ With Keri Hilson and Carl Thomas
Tank is hitting the road this spring on his headlining R&B Money Tour. The R&B general has unveiled the dates for the trek, which will see support from fellow R&B vets Keri Hilson and Carl Thomas.
The 25-city U.S. tour kicks off May 10 at The Fillmore in New Orleans. From there, the R&B singers will visit Houston, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Memphis and more before concluding June 23 at The Pearl in Las Vegas.
Presale tickets will be available Wednesday, March 13, at 10 a.m. using the code: RNBMoney. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, March 15, at 10 a.m. local time.
Tank’s tour announcement comes just days after releasing his Fabolous-assisted “Before We Get Started,” his first single in nearly two years.
The track, produced by Bizness Boi and Derelle Rideout, marks a new era for Tank after he previously announced 2022’s R&B Money as his final album.
R&B Money shares the same name as his label and podcast, both of which he co-owns and co-hosts with J. Valentine.
Tank has not confirmed if “Before We Get Started” is a standalone single or a track tied to a future project.
As for Hilson, her debut album, In A Perfect World…, turns 15 later this month.
In her interview on The R&B Money Podcast last fall, Hilson confirmed that she has new music on the way.
“Now it’s back to music,” she said when asked what’s next for her. “That’s all there’s left to do. I’m not done. I’m not finished.” She added, “We’re starting to take meetings to figure out how we want to do this thing [and] where we want to do this thing.”
Thomas, whose second album, Lets Talk About It, turns 20 this month, hasn’t released a full-length project since 2011’s Conquer.
In a 2020 interview with Rated R&B, Thomas mentioned that he had a new project in the works. “I’m currently working on two projects right now. I’m working on a Carl Thomas project (a full-length album) and I’m also working on an EP that is a project that is all about the relationship between people and their dogs,” Thomas told Rated R&B.
Regarding his pet-inspired EP, Thomas noted, “Anybody that knows me knows that I’m a big dog person, so it’s a musical relationship that I think is a very big facet of American life. Me being a dog person, I wanted to share my perspective of the relationship between people and pets to music.”
In the same interview, Thomas reflected on the 20th anniversary of his debut album, Emotional. Later that summer, Thomas released re-recorded editions of his singles “I Wish” and “Summer Rain” from Emotional.
In 2021, he teamed with fellow Chicago natives Dave Hollister and Donell Jones to form a new supergroup, The Chi. The trio appeared on Jones’ “Karma (Remix)” with an additional feature from Jacquees. No other music has been released by The Chi since then.
Before Tank begins his R&B Money Tour, he and Hilson will perform at the Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas. The festival’s star-studded lineup also includes Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Alicia Keys, Monica, Keyshia Cole, and many others.
Tank’s R&B Money Tour Dates
May 10 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore New Orleans
May 11 – Houston, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
May 12 – Dallas, TX @ Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
May 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
May 17 – Raleigh, NC @ Meymandi Concert Hall
May 19 – Jacksonville, FL @ Moran Theatre
May 23 – Washington DC @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
May 24 – Washington, DC @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
May 25 – Portsmouth, VA @ Portsmouth Festival
May 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
May 30 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
May 31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
Jun 1 – Akron, OH @ Akron Civic Center
Jun 2 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
Jun 5 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
Jun 7 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Jun 8 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
Jun 9 – Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
Jun 11 – Charlotte, NC @ Belk Theatre
Jun 13 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Jun 15 – Montgomery, AL @ Montgomery Performing Arts Center
Jun 16 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC Concert Hall
Jun 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
Jun 21 – Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live
Jun 22 – San Francisco, CA @ Masonic
Jun 23 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
Get tickets at thernbmoneytour.com.