R&B is alive. That message was clear Friday night at Soldier Field as Usher Raymond and Chris Brown brought The R&B Tour to Chicago for a celebration of music, love, emotion and two catalogs that have helped define generations of R&B.
And just in case you missed the cleverness in the name, R&B is also a play on Raymond and Brown — Usher Raymond and Chris Brown. R&B. Get it? It is a fun little detail that makes the name of this tour feel even more appropriate.
The excitement surrounding The R&B Tour has been building since it was announced. Bringing Usher and Brown together on one stage feels especially significant at a moment when R&B is experiencing a resurgence…