Jodeci Returns to the Stage for 35th Anniversary Forever My Lady Tour
Jodeci are putting Forever My Lady back on the road — 35 years after the debut helped rewrite what R&B could sound like. According to Complex, the group has announced a 36-city U.S.
tour celebrating the anniversary, launching October 24 at The Masonic in San Francisco and closing December 20 at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city where K-Ci and JoJo Hailey, DeVante Swing, and Mr. Dalvin first built their sound.
The Route: 36 Nights Built for Close-Up Vocals
The routing stays in theaters, not arenas — a deliberate scale for a four-part harmony act. Los Angeles gets YouTube Theatre on October 25; Chicago pulls into the Arie Crown Theater; Detroit lands at the Fox Theatre. Houston, Miami, and Atlanta follow, with Cleveland's KeyBank State Theatre, Memphis's Orpheum, and the Louisville Palace threading between casino dates in Las Vegas and Bristol. Theater rooms put K-Ci's leads, JoJo's lower register, and the grit in between right where the crowd can feel it — closer than the group has played in years.
Why Forever My Lady Still Cuts in 2026
Released May 28, 1991, Forever My Lady debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart and went on to triple platinum. DeVante Swing's synthesizer-heavy production, sharpened alongside Al B. Sure!, folded hip-hop swing into slow-jam templates and pulled no punches about love, desire, or heartbreak. The result was a run of records — "Come and Talk to Me," "Stay," and the title track — that still set the bar for grown-folk R&B.
Jodeci built from that foundation. Follow-ups Diary of a Mad Band and The Show, the After Party, and the Hotel pushed the group past 20 million records sold worldwide, banked five No. 1 singles and three No. 1 albums, and added "Cry for You," "Freek'n You," and "Love U 4 Life" to the catalog. In July, Forever My Lady received an expanded 35th-anniversary release on vinyl and CD with five bonus tracks, including a previously unreleased a cappella take on "Stay" — the kind of deep cut that hints the live band is digging past the obvious hits.
The Stakes — and What to Watch
"Thirty-five years ago, Forever My Lady changed our lives," K-Ci Hailey and Mr. Dalvin said in a joint statement announcing the run. "The love and connection we share with our fans is unmatched, and this tour is for them — the people who stood by us from day one. Get ready, we're going to leave everything on the stage for you."
Cities and venues are locked; on-sale dates, pricing, and final routing details across all 36 stops are still to be confirmed. The Charlotte closer at Ovens Auditorium carries the most weight — it's a hometown return for the four members who made the album that started everything. For fans weighing tickets, the next announcements will show whether the run leans greatest-hits or pulls deeper cuts out of the vault the way the anniversary edition just did.