Today, multi-platinum recording artist and singer/songwriter Summer Walker has announced The Summer Walker Series, a limited engagement run of Live Nation produced shows visiting Houston’s 713 Music Hall on March 20th, Chicago’s Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom on March 31st, and Dallas’ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on April 16th. Special guests NO1-NOAH and MARVXXL will be featured on all dates with Erica Banks joining as a special guest for the Houston and Dallas shows. Her latest announcement follows five previously announced festival performances including Sol Blume Festival, Broccoli City Festival, Roots Picnic Festival, Wireless Festival Birmingham, and Wireless Festival London.
In 2018, Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Summer Walker arrived on the scene with her emotive single “Girls Need Love.” After the first listen, the young singer left listeners enthralled by her ethereal vocals and searing honesty. The song became an instant success, going triple-platinum and earning the remix treatment from music icon Drake.
Walker’s stardom crescendoed when she released her debut album Over It in 2019. With a fistful of singles at her disposal, including “Playing Games” [2X Platinum] feat. Bryson Tiller and “Come Thru” [1X Platinum] with Usher, Walked evolved into a significant player in the R&B circuit by carving out an outstanding effort for the genre. Associated Press voted the acclaimed project No. 2 on their Top 50 albums list of 2019.
Walker has racked up numerous accolades because of her scorching run with Over It, including two Soul Train Music Awards in 2019 and 2020 for Best New Artist and Album of the Year, respectively. In 2020, she won an iHeart Music Award for Best New R&B Artist and Top R&B Female Artist for Billboard that same year. “Come Thru” and “Playing Games” helped Walker win several ASCAP Awards as well. Last year, she also graced several illustrious magazine covers, including Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians issue, Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players issue.
She also treated fans to her Life on Earth EP, which debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. In December 2020, she launched her new imprint Ghetto Earth Records in a joint venture with Interscope Records. The first artist she signed was singer/songwriter NO1-NOAH.
Summer upped the ante with her lauded sophomore album Still Over It. Tacked with starry features from SZA, Ari Lennox, and more, the R&B neophyte landed her first Billboard 200 No. 1 album by 166,000 album-equivalent units. Summer’s volcanic debut broke the record for the highest one-week streams by a female R&B act, with 201 million song streams in its opening week. Still Over It was also the first album by a female R&B singer to debut at No. 1 since Solange’s A Seat at the Table in 2016.
Accolades poured down for the perennial star as she landed magazine covers for Spin, Sniffers, and NME. Summer was also awarded Chartbreaker for Billboard’s Woman in Music celebrations.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Summer Walker
Randy Henderson | randy.henderson@umusic.com
Live Nation Concerts
THE SUMMER WALKER SERIES DATES:
Sun Mar 20 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall*
Thu Mar 31 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom^
Sat Apr 16 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
^ with special guests NO1-NOAH and MARVXXL
* with special guests NO1-NOAH, MARVXXL and Erica Banks
UPCOMING FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES:
May 1 – Sacramento, CA – Sol Blume Festival
May 8 – Washington, DC – Broccoli City Festival
June 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Roots Picnic Festival
July 8 – Birmingham, UK – Wireless Festival Birmingham
July 9 – London, UK – Wireless Festival London
