Stevie Wonder to Play All of 'Songs In the Key of Life' on 50th Anniversary Tour

Stevie Wonder will play all 'Songs In the Key of Life' on a world tour this fall commemorating the 50th anniversary of the legendary 1976 album. Wonder will perform the album in its entirety at each show — an ambitious endeavor for a double LP with 17 tracks and a nearly 90-minute runtime. (It's unclear if Wonder will also play the four additional songs from theThe tour will start with a U.K. and European run that kicks off Oct. 13 in Birmingham, England and wraps Nov. 11 in Glasgow, Scotland. A short U.S. tour will follow, starting Nov. 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and ending Dec. 19 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. In between, Wonder will play shows in Chicago, Washington D.C. , and Detroit. will go on sale Sept. 10 at 10 a.m.; only tickets for the Detroit shows will go on sale Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. local time. Full information is available on, he was close to quitting the music industry and dedicating himself to humanitarian efforts in Africa. He changed his plans after inking a new contract with Motown that was both financially lucrative and gave him complete creative control. , Wonder said, 'I challenged myself as many different things as I could, to cover as many topics as I could, in dealing with the title and representing what it was about. The title would give me a challenge, but equally as important as a challenge it would give me an opportunity to express my feelings as a songwriter and as an artist. '200 Albums chart, earning Diamond certification from the RIAA, and winning Album of the Year at the Grammys. It spawned two Number One hits, 'I Wish' and 'Sir Duke,' and contained plenty more enduring Wonder songs like like 'Isn't She Lovely,' 'Pastime Paradise,' 'Black Man,' and 'Knocks Me Off My Feet. ' Over the years,has remained one of the most revered albums in Wonder's catalog and pop history, landing at Number Four onDave Bautista Shows Off Body Transformation to Play Kratos in 'God of War' Series: 'Two More Months to Get to Where I Need to Be'Rolling Stone is a part of PMX Global, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved.