Stevie Wonder celebrates the 50th anniversary of "Songs in the Key of Life" with a world tour

Stevie Wonder will return to perform songs from his famous album "Songs in the Key of Life" on stage this fall, 50 years after its release.

The artist, who has won 25 Grammy Awards, announced a tour that will include the United States and Europe, to celebrate the anniversary of his landmark album released in 1976, and he will perform the album’s songs in full at every concert he holds on this occasion.

The tour, which includes 18 concerts, will start from Birmingham, England, on October 13, and includes stops in several European cities, including Paris, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and London.

As for the American tour, it will begin at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 19, followed by shows in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Detroit, concluding at the Intuit Dome in the Los Angeles area on December 19, late this year.

When “Songs in the Key of Life” was released in September 1976, it topped the charts for 14 weeks and included two songs that reached number one: “I Wish” and “Sir Duke.”

For this album, Wonder won the third Grammy Award in his career in the “Album of the Year” category, and it was also listed in the “National Recording Registry” of the Library of Congress, a list that annually selects 25 recordings for preservation due to their cultural, historical, and aesthetic importance to American life.

The album, consisting of 21 songs, includes famous works such as: “Isn’t She Lovely,” “As,” and “Pastime Paradise.”

These celebratory shows are Wonder's first full-length tour since his 2024 US concert series. The 76-year-old musician was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950.

He was just 11 years old when he signed to Motown's label, Tamla, and had his first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 at age 13 with "Fingertips." Wonder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

In 2024, coinciding with his 74th birthday, Wonder was granted Ghanaian citizenship by the then President, Nana Akufo-Addo.