The streaming age has been kind to nostalgia acts, keeping the flame of interest in the hits of yesteryear burning with endless dance party playlists and throwback Thursday inspiration.
Take that to its logical conclusion and you get on the national arena circuit.
Enter: Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey, who’ve just announced their All The Hits tour, a 35-show lap around these United States that includes a show at Denver’s own Pepsi Center on April 23, 2017.
Tickets to Richie and Carey’s first-ever team-up tour are $39.95-$149.95 and go on sale Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. via . There are two pre-sales open for the retro hit parade: Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. via and Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. for cardholders.
Former Denver Post music editor Ricardo Baca had this to say about Richie’s :
Yes, the “I’m on my ways” made for a great singalong. Yes, this monster songwriter still has the voice to fill out his songs. But yes, he’s better at soft rock than soft R&B, much of which sounds unfortunately dated in 2014.
The rest of the night was dedicated to the big guns: Richie mashed-up his Commodores wedding-reception favorite “Brick House” into the Ohio Players’ “Fire” and later ended up at a breath-taking “Hello” and a night-defining “All Night Long.” And as Richie and his band shook their hips to “All Night Long” with 9,500 others, there was little question in anybody’s mind about getting their money’s worth.
