Stevie Wonder

 

Stevie Wonder – Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart

Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

First Horizon Coliseum
1921 West Gate City Boulevard
Greensboro, NC 27403

Tickets: $49.50 plus (TickPick)

25-time Grammy Award-winner and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Stevie Wonder, brings his “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour to Greensboro’s First Horizon Coliseum this week. In a call for “joy over anger, kindness over recrimination, peace over war” during election season, Wonder will bring his timeless catalog of hits to North Carolina for the first time since 2015 (Charlotte).

Wonder, a child prodigy who signed with Motown at the age of 11, producing his first No. 1 single, “Fingertips,” in 1963, won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Album of the Year with Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974), and Songs in the Key of Life (1976)– the only artist in history to do so.

With 49 Top 40 singles, 32 No. 1 hits, and over 100 million records sold globally; including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award, Wonder is one of the most prolific artists of our times. His 1976 album, Songs In The Key of Life, was preserved in the National Recording Registry for its cultural significance.

Beyond his music, Wonder’s humanitarian work has made an indelible mark, as he was also instrumental in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday, participating in numerous global causes, such as the ending of apartheid in South Africa. Wonder is also a U.N. Messenger of Peace, focusing on the rights of individuals with disabilities.

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