Usher and Chris Brown are joining forces for a co-headlining stadium run, and Foxborough is squarely on their map. The pair announced The R&B Tour (also billed as Raymond & Brown) on Tuesday, a 33-date sweep across the U.S. and Canada that pulls into Gillette Stadium on Aug. 17. For Boston-area fans, it is shaping up as one of the marquee stadium shows on an already jam-packed summer calendar.
According to the tour's official site, Citi presales begin Tuesday, April 21, the artist presale opens Thursday, April 23, and general tickets hit the market Monday, April 27 at 12 p.m. local time. Fans can sign up for presale access and check exact on-sale windows at RaymondAndBrownTour.com. Promoters and venue partners are also lining up additional presales in the days leading up to the public sale, so expect a busy week for refresh buttons.
The Gillette date is locked in for Aug. 17, with local event pages listing an evening kickoff time. As reported by NBC Boston, the announcement also locked down the Denver launch and the Dec. 11 finale in Tampa. The news dropped on social media with a cinematic trailer showing both stars rolling up to massive stadium stages, signaling that subtlety is not the plan here.
Tour dates at a glance
Industry listings show a 33-date itinerary that opens June 26 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver and winds through major stadiums, including Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles, before wrapping Dec. 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Pollstar lists a schedule that lines up with what promoters have posted on ticketing pages. The scale of the tour places two R&B headliners in venues that usually host pro sports and large-scale festivals, turning gridirons into dance floors for a night.
A busy summer for Gillette
Gillette Stadium is already booked for seven FIFA World Cup 2026 matches in mid-June and early July, which makes Foxborough unusually packed in the lead-up to the Usher and Chris Brown show. Per FIFA, Boston Stadium (Gillette) will serve as a World Cup host venue, and local reporting shows town officials working through safety and licensing plans tied to the tournament. WCVB noted that the select board and host committee have been hashing out the details for those seven matches, setting the stage for a marathon stretch of big-event traffic.
How to buy tickets
For Boston-area fans, presales are likely the best route to snag prime seats, so signing up early and having payment details ready will matter. General tickets will be available through the tour site and major ticketing partners, including Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Expect additional venue-run presales, and stick with verified seller links to avoid unnecessary markups from third-party resellers.
