Almost as priceless as the songs themselves were the stories behind them:  comedic takes of sneaking out of church to listen to soft rock on the radio, falling in love…and writing his first song” – Boston Globe

      “While his own catalog of material would suffice alone, it was the segments where he performed medleys of songs composed for the male and female artists that reminded all that his historic run of three consecutive Grammy Awards as Producer of the Year were well deserved.” – Amsterdam News

            (January 22, 2008 – New York, NY)  Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds continues to work the road with a brand new 13-city schedule of U.S. tour dates in support of PLAYLIST, his current album and the first release on the newly re-launched Mercury Records label (distributed world­wide by Island Def Jam Music Group).  The upcoming tour will begin February 15th at Trocadero’s in Minneapolis, and run through March 5th at The Vault in Long Beach, California.  (Please see tour dates below.)

            PLAYLIST  is the first Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds album devoted to cover versions of some of his favorite songs.  The album rose to #9 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart on the strength of the Top 10 AC success of his version of James Taylor’s “Fire & Rain.”  Babyface’s original “Not Going Nowhere,” the second single, moved inside the Top 40 at Urban AC. 

            In addition to another Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds original, “The Soldier Song,” an evocative and topical elegy for wartime, PLAYLIST contains definitive new versions of songs written by Eric Clapton (“Wonderful Tonight”), Jim Croce (“Time In A Bottle”), Bob Dylan (“Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”), Dan Fogelberg (“Longer”) , Bread (“Diary”), Dave Loggins (“Please Come To Boston”), and James Taylor (“Shower The People”).

           Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds has maintained a high profile on TV and in the media including appearances on NBC’s The Today Show ( A live outdoor performance on the plaza) and ABC’s Live with Regis & Kelly, “Wake Up With Whoopi” [Goldberg] Show, The Ellen Show, The Tyra Banks show, Opra, ABC-TV’s “Frosted Pink” breast cancer special (with Heart, Joss Stone, Rascal Flatts, and Olivia Newton John), and PBS’s The Tavis Smiley Show. He also shared a stage with country music star Trisha Yearwood on the CMT Crossroads Concert Special in Nashville.

            PLAYLIST is the third album in the new millennium by 10-time Grammy-winning megastar Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, the follow-up to Grown & Sexy (July 2005) and Face2Face (released on the fateful Tuesday of September 11, 2001).  Over the past two decades, his albums and singles have amassed U.S. sales exceeding 10 million units: Lovers By Babyface (1987); Tender Lover (1989, double-platinum), a #1 R&B album in Billboard for 11 weeks, including the #1 R&B singles “It’s No Crime” and “Tender Love,” “Whip Appeal” (#2), and “My Kinda Girl” (#3); For the Cool In You (1993, triple-platinum), on the R&B album chart for 87 weeks, with the top 10 R&B singles “For the Cool In You,” “Never Keeping Secrets,” “And Our Feelings,” and “When Can I See You”; The Day (1996, double-platinum), with the top 5 R&B/pop crossover hits “This Is For the Lover In You” (platinum) and “Every Time I Close My Eyes” (gold); MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 (gold); and Christmas With Babyface (1998).

KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS ON TOUR

Date(s)              City                                 Venue                              

Feb.   15            Minneapolis, MN             Trocadero’s

Feb.   16            Merrillville, IN                  Star Plaza                                                                 

Feb.   17            Covington, KY                 Madison Theater

Feb.   18            Youngstown, OH             Chevrolet Center

Feb.   21            Orlando, FL                     House of Blues

Feb.   22            Miami, FL                        Carnival Ctr. for the Perf. Arts

Feb.   23            Phoenix, AZ                     Fort McDowell Casino

Feb.   24            Tucson, AZ                      Tucson Convention Ctr.

Feb.   26            Alexandria, VA                Birchmere

Feb.   28            Richmond, VA                 The National

Feb.   29 –         Atlantic City, NJ               Borgata

    Mar. 1            Atlantic City, NJ               Borgata

Mar.   3              Nashville, TN                   Ryman Auditorium

Mar.   5              Long Beach, CA              The Vault