Now that Freestyle Explosion is behind us, the next big show we’re looking forward to at Amalie Arena this month is Lionel Richie and Earth Wind & Fire‘s Sing A Song All Night Long Tour. The concert happens Saturday, August 26. But the tour has already kicked off so we have a pretty good idea of which Lionel classics you’ll hear that night.
The show hasn’t sold out yet, but looking at the Amalie Arena website, I think it’s safe to assume it will by the day of the show. There are only scattered seats left when you look at the seating chart. Tickets start in the $100 range once you add fees. And we’re talking seats that are up in the 300 level for that price.
I saw Lionel for the first time at Amalie about 5 years ago. I’m lucky with this job that I get to go to a lot of concerts. So when one stands out, that’s saying something. This was the first concert I can think of where everyone knew the word to every song from beginning to end. There’s zero filler with a Lionel Richie concert. It’s hit after hit after hit… (pun intended) all night long.
Is it going to be that way on this tour? Not so much. As I look at the set list from the tour kick off, I see a few songs that I don’t know – but you might. There are a lot more Commodores songs on this tour than I remember when I went to that Tampa concert a few years ago.
