Sade to Release ‘The Ultimate Collection’ on May 3

The 28 Track Two-CD Set Includes Two New Tracks and New Remix of “Moon and The Sky” Featuring Jay-Z

Second Round of Highly Anticipated Summer Tour Dates Announced

Album Pre-Orders Include Ultimate Access To Presale Concert Tickets March 30th

John Legend Joins Sade On All North American Tour Dates

NEW YORK, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As a follow up to the platinum-selling Soldier Of Love, which spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart and garnered a well-deserved Grammy, Sade is back with The Ultimate Collection on May 3. In addition to classic Sade songs, the must-have, two-disc album will include three new, never-before heard songs including “Moon & The Sky” (featuring Jay-Z). Here for the first time, fans can find all of their favorite Sade classics from their most iconic albums including songs from the Best Of collection and the greatest hits off of Lover’s Rock and Soldier Of Love. The track listing for The Ultimate Collection will be revealed shortly. Sade also announced today, the second leg of their ultimate summer tour kicking off on June 16th, marking their highly anticipated return to the world stage in ten years.

Pre-orders of the album begin today at Sade.com. Fans who pre-order The Ultimate Collection will have exclusive early access to tickets beginning March 30th in select markets. For complete presale and ticket on sale information, visit Sade.com. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale to the public beginning April 2nd at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

Sade will be joined on tour by fellow Grammy winner John Legend, performing in top arenas across North America, in an effort to reach their vast and loyal fans. Sade’s classic sound set to haunting, unmistakable vocals creates the most intimate of concert experiences in a way that only an unforgettable Sade performance can. Sade performed for more than a million fans during their last tour in 2001.

The accomplishments of Soldier Of Love so far are astounding. The single, “Soldier of Love” – which Sade co-produced with Mike Pela, and was written by Sade along with longtime collaborators Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman made radio history upon its release. In less than four weeks “Soldier of Love” propelled into the top five at both Urban Hot AC and Smooth Jazz radio charts, making it one of the fastest moving records of the year. The track held the #1 spot at Urban Hot AC radio for four weeks straight and topped the Smooth Jazz chart for two weeks. Sade is now the first group since the Isley Brothers in 2001 to earn a #1 spot as a lead act on the R&B Chart.

Known for their one of a kind timeless sound, Sade has enjoyed phenomenal success both internationally and stateside throughout the span of their twenty-seven year career. Since the release of their debut album, Diamond Life in 1984 the band has seen all five of their studio albums land in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart selling a total of more than 50 million albums worldwide to date. They’ve been nominated for American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and have won four Grammy Awards – first in 1986 for Best New Artist, then in 1994 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for “No Ordinary Love”, again in 2002 for Best Pop Vocal Album with Lovers Rock and most recently in 2011 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for “Soldier Of Love”.

John Legend, who will join Sade on all tour stops, is a nine-time Grammy Award winner. His most recent work with the Roots on WAKE UP! won awards for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song (“Shine”) and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (“Hang On In There”) at the 2010 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony.

Sade and John Legend Summer Tour Dates:

(Newly announced dates are noted in bold below.)

June 16	Baltimore, MD	1st Mariner Arena
June 18	Pittsburgh, PA	Consol Energy Center
June 19	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center
June 21	Uniondale, NY	Nassau Coliseum
June 22	Washington, DC	Verizon Center
June 24	East Rutherford, NJ	Izod Center
June 25	Newark, NJ	Prudential Center
June 28	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre
June 30	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre
July 03	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena
July 06	Boston, MA	TD Garden
July 08	Indianapolis, IN	Conseco Fieldhouse
July 09	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
July 10	Columbus, OH	Schottenstein Center
July 12	Atlanta, GA	Philips Arena
July 13	Atlanta, GA	Philips Arena
July 15	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	BankAtlantic Center
July 16	Miami, FL	American Airlines Arena
July 17	Orlando, FL	Amway Center
July 23	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
July 24	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center
July 26	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
July 28	St. Louis, MO	Scottrade Center
July 29	Memphis, TN	FedEx Forum
July 31	Charlotte, NC	Time Warner Cable Arena
August 03	Detroit, MI	The Palace at Auburn Hills
August 05	Chicago, IL	United Center
August 06	Chicago, IL	United Center
August 07	Chicago, IL	United Center
August 09	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center
August 11	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
August 13	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena
August 14	Seattle, WA	Key Arena
August 15	Portland, OR	Rose Garden Arena
August 17	Sacramento, CA	Power Balance Pavilion
August 19	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center
August 20	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center
August 21	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center
August 23	San Diego, CA	Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
August 25	San Jose, CA	HP Pavilion
August 26	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
August 27	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
August 30	Anaheim, CA	Honda Center
August 31	Anaheim, CA	Honda Center
September 02	Phoenix, AZ	U.S. Airways Center
September 03	Las Vegas, NV	MGM Grand Arena