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Jennifer Hudson to tour with Robin Thicke!

Jennifer Hudson has annouced she will kick off her tour April 2, 2009 with R & B Soul singer Robin Thicke! Excerpt and link provided below.

Jennifer Hudson to Kick Off Concert Tour in April
By Michelle Tan

Originally posted Monday February 09, 2009 08:30 AM EST
Jennifer Hudson

After a week of rousing performances, including her knockout appearance at Sunday's Grammys, Jennifer Hudson is ready to take her show on the road.

The Grammy winner, 27, will kick off her first solo tour on April 2 in Philadelphia alongside R&B singer Robin Thicke.

The duo will co-headline a five-week U.S. tour that will wrap up ends in Houston on May 8.

"I am so grateful – my first Grammy and my first tour. It doesn't get better than that," Hudson told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20257816,00.html

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JHud and Robin to make stop in Greensboro April 18, 2009. CONGRATULATIONS GREENSBOROANS! Excerpt and link below.

Jennifer Hudson, Robin Thicke concert to be held April 18Thursday, February 12 ( updated 11:33 pm)
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GREENSBORO - Grammy-award winning artists Jennifer Hudson and Robin Thicke will make a stop in Greensboro in April as part of their multi-city tour, the Greensboro Coliseum announced Thursday.

The duo will play April 18 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex's Special Events Center. The show starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at the Coliseum box office, www.ticketmaster.com, at participating area Lowes Foods, FYE and Macy's stores.

Tickets will also be available to charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

A pre-sale will be held for American Express cardholders on Feb. 18 at 10 a.m.

Tickets prices range from $45 to $59.50.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/02/12/article/jennifer_hudson_robin_thicke_concert_to_be_held_april_18

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JENNIFER HUDSON/ROBIN THICKE COMPLETE TOUR ITINERARY LISTED BELOW.

Robin Thicke and Jennifer Hudson hit the road together

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Robin Thicke and Jennifer Hudson hit the road in March. EPA/TANNEN MAURY

By Patrick Luce Feb 18, 2009, 16:48 GMT

Grammy winners Robin Thicke and Jennifer Hudson have announced plans for a multi-city co-headlining tour kicking off March 31st at Albany, NY’s Palace Theater.

The two singers will perform for crowds across major US cities including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and more. Tickets go on sale today for the Palace Theater date and American Express pre-sales are available in most markets.

Hudson and Thicke have also teamed with I Love All Access for a variety of VIP ticket packages for the tour – which will include premium seats, meet and greets, parties and more.

Hudson, who recently won a Grammy Award for “Best R&B Album” for her RIAA-certified Gold self-titled debut album, is known for her live vocal prowess, but this will mark her first official tour.

In a press release, Hudson stated: “I am so grateful. My first Grammy and my first tour, it doesn’t get any better than this!”

The singer has also received three NAACP Image Awards for “Outstanding New Artist,” “Outstanding Album” and “Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration” for “I’m His Only Woman” featuring Fantasia.

Robin Thicke returned with the 2008 release of “Something Else” – which is described as a joyful and modern tribute to the ‘70s soul and pop records that have inspired his career. The album had a No. 3 debut on The Billboard 200.

His previous album “The Evolution Of Robin Thicke” is on track to reach double platinum status, and features the hit “Lost Without U” - which became the #1 most played song on the Urban Adult Contemporary BDS as well as topping four Billboard charts simultaneously.

The Robin Thicke-Jennifer Hudson tour dates are as follows:

DATE, CITY, STATE, VENUE

March 31 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
April 2 Newark, NJ NJ PAC
April 3 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theater
April 4 Baltimore, MD Lyric Theatre
April 5 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
April 9 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand at Foxwoods
April 10 New York, NY WAMU Theater at MSG
April 12 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall
April 15 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
April 17 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
April 18 Greensboro, NC Special Events Center
April 19 Richmond, VA Landmark Theater
April 23 St Louis, MO Fox Theatre
April 24 Detroit, MI Opera House
April 25 Chicago, IL Arie Crown Theater
May 2 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
May 3 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre
May 7 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
May 8 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/news/article_1460301.php/Robin_Thicke_and_Jennifer_Hudson_hit_the_road_together

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Robin Thicke speaks on touring with Jennifer Hudson. Excerpt and link provided below.

Robin Thicke on J.Hud: Touring Will Be Cathartic

Marc Malkin – Fri Mar 13, 7:13 pm ET E! Online – Robin Thicke on J.Hud: Touring Will Be Cathartic(E! Online)

(E! Online) – Teaming up for a nationwide tour with Jennifer Hudson was a no-brainer for Robin Thicke.

They first collaborated on "Giving Myself," a beautiful track from her self-titled debut album.

"Luckily, her voice is ready to go at all times," Thicke told me earlier today. "She showed up, I had this great little song in the spirit of Whitney Houston, and she sat down next to me and I started singing it for her, and she loved it right off the bat. We got her behind the microphone and she Jennifer Hudson-ed it."

The two kick off their coheadlining six-week tour on March 31 in Albany, N.Y.

Thicke predicts the tour will be "very cathartic" for Hudson. "I think it's going to be the perfect thing for her to do, to get out there and get outside her head and feel the love she's been getting," he said. "She's a special lady."

Hudson began her return to the spotlight last month by singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. It was her first performance—and public appearance, for that matter—since her mother, brother and nephew were murdered in the fall.

Thicke says there's a good chance he and Hudson will perform together during the tour. "Normally, by the time I leave the stage, I like to leave the stage," he said. "But I don't know. I might come back and play piano and sing backup."

But before the tour begins, Thicke will continue working on his new album. After we spoke, he was off to a studio session with über-producer Pharrell.

A self-described workaholic, Thicke said he and his wife of four years, actress Paula Patton, always make sure to find time for just the two of them. "She's also a very busy lady, which is why we try to schedule as much vacation and together time when we're both not working," he said. "But I pretty much work all the time, so that's why we have to take four or five days to go to Napa Valley or something like that."

With acting all around him (there's his wife, plus his dad is Growing Pains actor Alan Thicke and mom is soap opera star Gloria Loring), it sounds like Thicke is itching to get into the movies.

"It's in the blood," he said. "I wasn't very good at it when I was a kid because it didn't come naturally to me, but after being in a house with an artiste like my wife…it's like being around an acting coach. I wouldn't do anything just for the celebrity of it, but I would love to be involved with some great project."

He then laughed, "Watch, now you'll see me doing a horror movie with Paris Hilton."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090313/en_movies_eo/104403

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JHud and Robin Thicke to perform together during tour.

Jennifer Hudson To Get 'Intimate And Personal' On Tour
Jennifer Hudson ready for her first-full scale concert tour.

March 17, 2009 08:21 AM ET

Gary Graff, Detroit
Jennifer Hudson is buzzing at the prospect of the first-full scale concert tour of her career.

"I'm excited to get out and meet the people and sing for the people," Hudson, who hits the road March 31 in Albany, N.Y. with Robin Thicke, told Billboard.com Monday during a conference call with reporters. "I always love to perform live. The only other tour I've been part of is the (American) Idol tour, so this'll be more intimate and personal."

But Hudson did acknowledge that with just one album (2008's Grammy Award-winning "Jennifer Hudson") and material from her Academy Award-winning role in "Dreamgirls," co-headlining with Thicke made more sense for an inaugural tour rather than going out on her own.

"I'm in a weird place," she says, "like, 'Wow, everybody knows Jennifer, but where do you place her? Who do you put her with? Where do I go?' That was the hardest part of the puzzle to put together. I think we came out with a great solution."

Thicke said that the Hudson would be using musicians from his band during the tour, along with her own backing singers. Each plans to perform for about an hour, and they confirmed that they'll sing together.

"The good thing is Jennifer and I did a song on her album together (the Thicke-written 'Giving Myself')," Thicke noted, "so there's a likelihood of me coming out and doing something with that. And then me and her are going to talk about doing an old song together, something that'll get people all excited. First of all her and I have got to get comfortable with our own songs, then we're gonna...see what we can do together."

Hudson and Thicke will play 25 theater and casino dates together, wrapping up May 9 in Biloxi, Miss.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/jennifer-hudson-to-get-intimate-and-personal-1003952101.story

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TODAY, MARCH 31, 2009 KICKS OFF THE JENNIFER HUDSON/ROBIN THICKE TOUR WITH A STOP IN ALBANY, NY!!!

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First reviews are in from Albany, NY. Excerpt and link provided below.

Jennifer Hudson shows off her full singing range at Palace
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
By David Singer

ALBANY — Jennifer Hudson can sing. And she can shout, roar, cry and whisper. Yeah, she over-sings everything, that’s the American Idol way. But her voice is so sensationally strong that it might take decades before the 27-year-old even considers calming it down. Meanwhile, I say for her, let it rip.

A well-dressed, somewhat fancy crowd packed the Palace Tuesday night for the double-header of Hudson and Robin Thicke. And while the show kicked off Hudson’s first headline tour, the night seemed to move without a hitch, besides being a drop behind schedule.

She opened with “One Night Only,” “Invisible,” “We Gon’ Fight,” and “You Pulled Me Through,” a ballad with a tinge of Hudson’s gospel side, driven by her soul band that played it with the drama of a pop act.

Hudson travels a range of scales — and decibels — for every song, sometimes moving two or three octaves within a chorus.

She performed a “Dreamgirls” medley, starting with the upbeat “Love You I Do.” She followed with the theatrical “I Can Change,” topped off with sharp accents from the horn section that pushed Hudson into her highest scales of the night.

When the Palace finally settled, it erupted instantly when Hudson chimed the first note of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going,” her anti-breakup anthem. She sang this hard, and you can only wonder what her voice will sound like after her 10th or 20th show. No matter, we got to see the first and her voice didn’t waver for a nanosecond, nor did she seem like she was interested in preserving it. Good to have young vocal chords.

We got a break with a light but classy instrumental sans Hudson, then came the emotional and soulful “I Believe in Music,” which she personalized, insisting everyone sing the chorus with her. From there she slid into the finale of the night, which included “Pocketbook,” “If This Isn’t Love,” and the encore “Spotlight.”

Hudson is a star and she was definitely special to see.

Thicke opened the show with the same full-tilt R&B band that supported Hudson. Now that’s a lot of playing for the musicians, but economical for management. Still, the group blasted with searing horns, the high-sticking mayhem drummer, dancing female back-up vocals, and then himself — the sex-appealing ’70s soulman. He spent most of his one-hour set in a falsetto voice crooning his newer songs like “The Sweetest Love,” “Magic” and “You’re My Baby.”

He borrows from Michael Jackson on some, and the Motown side of Stevie Wonder on others, like on “Shadow of Doubt.” A true R&B lover, he sang about Marvin Gaye and played some Al Greene and Bob Marley.

Thicke elicited collective craziness from the mostly female crowd when he dropped to one knee to sing a verse. A young woman sacrificed her throat to repeatedly scream into the music, “I love you,” enough for her friend to move her seat.

He offered kind and hopeful words for President Barack Obama before singing “Dreamworld,” calling for a world without racism and poverty. A smart warm-up act for Hudson’s big show.

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/mar/31/0401_hudsonreview/

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Here's another review of the J-Hud/Robin Thicke Tour. Excerpt below.

In her first full concert tour, Jennifer Hudson shinesby Jay Lustig/The Star-Ledger
Friday April 03, 2009, 1:22 PM

ARISTA RECORDS
Jennifer Hudson, along with Robin Thicke, will perform Friday at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Jennifer Hudson, Robin Thicke. Where: WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street, New York. When: 8 p.m. Friday. How much: $49.50-$79.50; call (201) 507-8900 or visit ticketmaster.com.

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Jennifer Hudson doesn't waste any time.
She won the Supporting Actress Oscar for her debut film, "Dreamgirls," and the R&B Album Grammy for her self-titled debut album. Now, on her first real concert tour, she is singing with the kind of power and assurance few more established stars can match.

Hudson, 27, has toured before, as part of a package show featuring "American Idol" alumni; she finished seventh on the TV talent show in 2004. But on her current tour, where she is co-billed with Robin Thicke, she is the focal point.

Thicke, a proven concert act, was listed first in advertisements for the pair's Thursday night show at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. (The tour also comes to the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Friday.) Thicke was also listed first on the tickets, and in the concert program. But he opened, and she closed.

That was clearly the right way to go. There is a built-in excitement to seeing Hudson on her first real concert tour that he couldn't match. There is also a built-in drama, as this tour is taking place less than half a year after Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were murdered (the estranged husband of Hudson's sister has been charged with the crimes).

Hudson didn't talk much about this, or any other aspect of her personal life, on Thursday. But it was impossible for a listener not to make the connection as she belted out survivor anthems like "You Pulled Me Through," "Invisible" and "I Am Changing" with steely determination.

Hudson's closing number, the "Dreamgirls" showstopper "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," was, on one level, about a woman who can't accept that a love affair is over. But on this night, it also seemed to be about holding onto your strength and dignity after a life-changing tragedy.

There were some lighter numbers, too -- most notably, the bouncy "Love You I Do." Hudson flashed some righteous anger on "Pocketbook," and paid affectionate tribute to her influences with covers of songs like Whitney Houston's "You Give Good Love," Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing" and Donny Hathaway's "I Believe in Music." She shook hands with audience members during "Spotlight," and let audience members sing portions of the song.

When she took a moment late in the evening to thank her fans, her band, her record company and so on, she politely thanked "American Idol" too. But the reality is, she doesn't seem like a typical "American Idol" participant anymore. There was no fake emoting in her set, no pointless vocal gymnastics, no show-biz smarminess. There was just one costume change, and Hudson made sure, after it, to point out that she had left her shoes off.

Maybe she's not a full-blown diva yet. But she's something even more rare: a phenomenon.

Thicke, in his opening set, inspired lots of cheers with his smooth falsetto and slick dance moves. But his stage manner reeked of preening self-importance, his love songs seemed formulaic, and his more ambitious songs did not always come off well.

"Dreamworld," for instance, was a well-intentioned but not exactly compelling social anthem. In the better world he dreamed about, Thicke "would just drive my big old car, and everything would be all right," and "energy would just fall down right from the sky."

"Teach U a Lesson" was just tasteless. "You can call me professor .. You won't get the grade you want unless you stay after school," he sang, before calling out to the audience, "How many bad girls are out there?"

While he was gracious enough to let Hudson close, he welcomed the crowd, early in his set, to "the Robin Thicke/Jennifer Hudson World Tour."

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/04/in_her_first_full_concert_tour.html
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Review from Baltimore. Excerpt below.

Jennifer Hudson shows off her voice in Baltimore

Former 'Idol' contestant focused on ballads, covers at Lyric show
By Rashod D. Ollison | rashod.ollison@baltsun.com
7:45 AM EDT, April 6, 2009
Jennifer Hudson may as well go for the diva crown. Her career is barely three years old, yet in that time she has taken home a Golden Globe, an Oscar and a Grammy - all this and just three years shy of 30.

But a proficient and highly expressive talent like hers is a rare thing in today's pop world, where tricked-out, automated sounds often pass for human voices.

During her Friday night show at the Lyric Opera House, where she shared the bill with a tepid Robin Thicke, Hudson's vocal gift was on full display. She swooped through and devastated a few numbers. What she lacks in nuance and emotional authenticity, she makes up with power and technique. Like her diva idols Whitney Houston and Patti LaBelle, Hudson is all about showing off behind the mike.

On Friday night, she was heard before she was seen. As the former American Idol contestant sang "One Night Only," a standout from the Dreamgirls soundtrack, her clear, ringing voice filled the venue. She belted the first verse before the curtains parted, revealing Hudson standing in profile atop a silver staircase. She sang into a rhinestone-studded microphone, as befitting a young diva wannabe. The effect was melodramatic and a tad campy, to be sure, but it worked. The packed house roared.

The first half of Hudson's mostly ingratiating set was heavy with ballads, the best moments taken from her spotty self-titled debut.

Given that she only has one album, Hudson padded the show with covers.

Her rendition of "Something He Can Feel," Aretha Franklin's classic ode to the bedroom, was overdone. Her take of Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing," whose synth-laced arrangement echoed Mary J. Blige's inferior 1992 remake, was rushed and forgettable. In fact, Hudson was nearly upstaged when she handed the mike to a mighty-voiced woman seated in the front row.

But the performer's version of Houston's "You Give Good Love" was impressive. She didn't overpower the sultry ballad, something Hudson tends to do with more pedestrian material.

When she wasn't paying tribute to the pop powerhouses that influenced her, Hudson dipped into Dreamgirls. She performed a faithful rendition of the jaunty "Love You I Do," one of the more ho-hum moments from the soundtrack. But her sweeping take of "I Am Changing" rightfully earned a standing ovation.

If for whatever reason the pop career quickly fizzles (as it did for Jennifer Holliday, who originated the Effie White character Hudson played in Dreamgirls), the Chicago native would be ideal for Broadway or perhaps cabaret.

But for now her Olympian voice is often shoehorned into limited, mediocre material such as "If This Isn't Love" and "Pocketbook," which Hudson's rich belting couldn't salvage on stage, where she was clearly in her element.

"Spotlight," reminiscent of classic Stephanie Mills, is Hudson's most assured and satisfying single to date, and her performance of it was refreshingly sassy. She closed with a soaring rendition of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going." The volcanic showstopper usually solicits a standing ovation. But by this time, the house was already on its feet.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-jennifer-hudson-0406,0,5720310.story

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