It took a while to confirm a Denver date, but itap now a go: The multi-platinum R&B icon will headline a Denver venue this summer.
The singer will play the on Aug. 11 – with in support. The singer’s latest record, “Soldier of Love,” came out more than a year ago, but she’s still announcing tour dates in support of the album.
“Soldier” made this critic’s year-end Top 10 list in December 2010, nestled between Mumford & Sons and Eminem at No. 5. Itap a warm record full of emotive stories and plentiful confidence.
Reverb reviewer Ray Mark Rinaldi wrote this of the record upon its February 2010 release: “Sade seems mostly unaffected by the things that have gone on in music since her debut 25 years ago. For example, the song ‘The Moon and the Sky,’ with its regretful refrain and jaunty guitar strumming, would be right at home on 1985’s ‘Promise.’
“There are a few welcome surprises. ‘In Another Time’ is the sort of soulful ’70s ballad that Sade has avoided. It leaves the lilt behind and lets the singer have her gentle rant. The last 45 seconds of ‘Soldier of Love’ feature an unexpected remix/dub combo that give a gimmicky single some depth. And it’s hard not to love the way ‘Babyfather,’ a sentimental track about parenting, evolves into a catchy layered groove at its close.”
Tickets, $49.50-$149.50, will go on sale at noon April 2 at TicketHorse outlets and .
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Ricardo Baca is the founder and co-editor of and an award-winning critic and journalist at The Denver Post.
