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Stevie Wonder returns to Summerfest on June 28
Stevie Wonder at Summerfest in 2008.  
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers
Photography by Andy Tarnoff

Published May 12, 2009 at 4:41 p.m.
Tags: stevie wonder, summerfest, john legend


Summerfest announced this afternoon that Stevie Wonder will return to the Marcus Amphitheater for this year's festival on June 28. John Legend will play with the R&B icon.

Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday, May 16 at 10 a.m. and will be available from $32 to 72, plus fees. All prices include Summerfest admission. Wonder also performed at the 2008 Summerfest.

Wonder has chrated 30 top 10 hits, including "Living For The City," "Signed Sealed Delivered," "My Cherie Amour" and "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 as well as the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2002.

Neo-soul singer and pianist John Legend began singing gospel and playing piano at the age of five. He has earned seven Grammy Awards including Best R&B Album, Best R&B Male Vocal Performance and Best New Artist, and his hit singles include "Ordinary People," and "Green Light." Legend was recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009.

This is the only date that Wonder and Legend will perform together this summer.

2009's Summerfest runs from June 25 - July 5.



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Marcus Amphitheater
200 N. Harbor Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-2600
http://www.summerfest.com/entertainment/marcus.php

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Posted by Fan on May 12, 2009 at 4:54 p.m. (report)

Cool that this is the only date that Wonder and Legend will perform together this summer, but I saw him last year and once is enough. He's great, but I'd only see him in a smaller venue for a second time. Who else is on Summerfest's wish list? Still two more dates open, right?

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