http://www.who.com.au/article/entertainment/brandy-brings-her-slayana-world-tour-to-australia
QuoteActress and Grammy-winning singer Brandy, who hit the ARIA charts with songs such as "I Wanna Be Down" and the Monica duet "The Boy Is Mine," will tour Australia for the first time this month with three dates on her Slayana World Tour ? June 17 at Metro City in Perth, June 20 at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, and June 21 at Hamer Hall in Melbourne.
"It's about time," Brandy tells WHO, adding that her daughter Sy'rai, who turns 14 on June 16, will join her on the trip.
"I want to have an open mind and I want my daughter to have an open mind," says Brandy, 37. "I told her, do not go on the Internet, don't look ? because my daughter loves to research ? and I'm like, 'Listen, we're going to get there and we're just going to explore and in that way, we don't have any preconceived thoughts or anything.' We can just embrace Australia for what it really is."
With stylistic influences from her recent stint as Chicago's Roxie Hart on Broadway, Brandy says fans can expect a high-energy show fusing retro sounds and a theatre vibe akin to the video for new single "Beggin' and Pleadin.'"
"I think that's how growth happens," she says of her Broadway experience. " You learn things in the present moment and then you take it with you into other moments, and then you apply what you've learned and you continue to evolve. I think that's what life is all about, constant growth, constant change and then wisdom ? all of it kind of happens for you."
Brandy also gets inspiration from her all-time favourite idol, Whitney Houston.
"The first concert that I saw was [Whitney's]," she says. "She played in Los Angeles at the Forum. I didn't really see the concert because I was in the nosebleed section, so I spent most the concert talking my way down to try to get to backstage!"
Houston would later pick a 16-year-old Brandy to play Cinderella in a multicultural version of the musical for US television. "I was able to make history with her," Brandy recalls. "I was the first African American princess and she played my fairy godmother? I think I was more excited about working with her and being around her than I was being Cinderella."
Brandy adds she is fuelling 20 years of experience into her tour, too. "I think passion and reinventing yourself are all a part of longevity, and loving what you do," she says. "I really love what I do. There were times where I hated the industry and didn't want to sing anymore. I've had my moments like every other artist, but after a while, you start to feel unfulfilled and you start to feel like something is off, and what's off is that you are not living your purpose. Like I'm here to inspire people, I'm here to relate through music and change moods and emotions, and that's a gift, and so when that gift isn't being used, something is not right and you have to get back to it."
For more with Brandy, pick up a copy of WHO on newsstands this week.
What is WHO and are there any Australia Starz who can get a copy for the rest of the interview?
QuoteWith stylistic influences from her recent stint as Chicago's Roxie Hart on Broadway, Brandy says fans can expect a high-energy show fusing retro sounds and a theatre vibe akin to the video for new single "Beggin' and Pleadin.'"
this sounds GREAT
http://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/brandy-auckland-2016/
QuoteYou may remember her as the star of TV's Moesha, or the teen singer behind 90s hits Sitting Up In My Room, Baby, Have You Ever and, with Monica, The Boy is Mine.
Since her 1994 self-titled debut (at just 15-years old), Brandy Norwood, most commonly known as Brandy, has released five albums, sung the lead in Chicago on Broadway and starred in a number of TV shows and movies (including I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Cinderella alongside her idol Whitney Houston).
Now, Brandy has her own TV show again (Zoe Ever After, which launched in January this year) and is celebrating the release of her single Beggin & Pleadin, the first on her new label Slayana Records (currently the singer is suing her former label for blocking her from recording or releasing new music).
Brandy launches her Slayana World Tour next week in Auckland. We spoke to her, en route to rehearsal in LA, about her first visit to New Zealand, the 90s and the inspiration for her new work.
Brandy on her upcoming tour...
?I always get nervous because I want for it to be so great, you know, for you to all have a great time. I really care about that so I'm gonna work really hard, so you guys get exactly what you've been waiting for.?
On stage fright...
?I love the stage, even though I have so much stage fright weeks in advance and moments before, when I go on stage I become somebody completely different.?
On her role in Chicago and her latest music video, inspired by The Color Purple...
?I love the 20s. I kinda wish I was born back then, just to feel that vibe. But it's so amazing how when you put on the clothes and set the scene with the right lights and the right music, you can really take yourself back in time. Every time I do Chicago it takes me to a different time and to a different world which I love.?
On her new song Beggin & Pleadin...
?It's part of a new movement ? it's my freedom movement, my stance to own myself, own my voice, own my life and own my artistry. Everything is inspired from that one song, and then I'm pushing forward to tell a very real raw story ... Everything that I do from here on, it has to be real, it has to be from the heart.?
On her on-stage style...
?I definitely have a vision for what I'm going to look like. But you know, just to put it out there, I'm a simple girl. I don't need a whole lot of stuff going on. Honestly I just need a mic.?
On depression...
?I go through that, at different times I feel that way, but I have a practice where it kinda keeps me above it. I feel things probably deeper than anyone you know, when you feel so much you can get creative in that space.?
On the 90s music scene...
?I'm so glad I came out in that era ? where legends were still on the charts ? You've got Whitney and Toni and Mariah ? It just kept me on my toes, and it made me reach for greatness. I think in this era it's a little easier to be successful. Talent is what I think prevails at the end of the day and I'm just so glad that I'm able to have preserved my gift and to still be able to do what I love to do in 2016. That's awesome, and to still have sanity, all at the same time!?
QuoteOn the 90s music scene...
?I'm so glad I came out in that era ? where legends were still on the charts ? You've got Whitney and Toni and Mariah ? It just kept me on my toes, and it made me reach for greatness. I think in this era it's a little easier to be successful. Talent is what I think prevails at the end of the day and I'm just so glad that I'm able to have preserved my gift and to still be able to do what I love to do in 2016. That's awesome, and to still have sanity, all at the same time!?
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Yes high-energy show!
Kwe' ain't hea for a Tori Kelly mess!
QuoteEverything that I do from here on, it has to be real, it has to be from the heart.
QuoteI think in this era it's a little easier to be successful. Talent is what I think prevails at the end of the day and I'm just so glad that I'm able to have preserved my gift and to still be able to do what I love to do in 2016.
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Quote....I'm here to relate through music and change moods and emotions, and that's a gift, and so when that gift isn't being used, something is not right and you have to get back to it."
for the ones who thinks she's not interested in music any more :supluv:
she speaks of passion, and doing what you love. I think she just wants CONTROL now, wants to be her own boss. And she's working on that part. The music is coming.
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lol!!
People freaking out over one little clip of a rehearsal as if they don't know what she can do. This show is gonna be everything and even more than what I originally expected
Quote from: 1Rig on June 11, 2016, 11:52:26 PM
Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:gorlonfire:
lol!!
People freaking out over one little clip of a rehearsal as if they don't know what she can do. This show is gonna be everything and even more than what I originally expected
think Black Girls Rock x
1000she is coming for wigs, snatching tape and ALL!!!!
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Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:gorlonfire:
Omg, i can't wait! :stressed:
Imma need for her to add RHD and Torn down back to the setlist, though! :-D
Quote from: 1Rig on June 11, 2016, 10:43:21 PM
QuoteOn the 90s music scene...
?I'm so glad I came out in that era ? where legends were still on the charts ? You've got Whitney and Toni and Mariah ? It just kept me on my toes, and it made me reach for greatness. I think in this era it's a little easier to be successful. Talent is what I think prevails at the end of the day and I'm just so glad that I'm able to have preserved my gift and to still be able to do what I love to do in 2016. That's awesome, and to still have sanity, all at the same time!?
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Yes, very true,
Quote from: 1Rig on June 11, 2016, 11:52:26 PM
Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:gorlonfire:
lol!!
People freaking out over one little clip of a rehearsal as if they don't know what she can do. This show is gonna be everything and even more than what I originally expected
Right smh! I actually LIVED for that clip b/c on stage that choreo is gon be a fuckin problem! Her & Frank got soo many tricks up there sleeves, we bout to get LASHED!!!
Praying she sells a dvd
Quote from: CandyCrush on June 11, 2016, 11:56:20 PM
Quote from: 1Rig on June 11, 2016, 11:52:26 PM
Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:gorlonfire:
lol!!
People freaking out over one little clip of a rehearsal as if they don't know what she can do. This show is gonna be everything and even more than what I originally expected
think Black Girls Rock x 1000
she is coming for wigs, snatching tape and ALL!!!!
:gorlonfire:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Low-key I think she's gon have one of the best tours this year! Her budget may not be up there with the rest of them but the QUALITY is gon be there for sure!
If the show is going to be high-energy, does that mean she's adding Saddidy & Come As U Are to the setlist?! I would cry if she added Come As U Are...
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Quote from: Glock on June 12, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
Praying she sells a dvd
Yessssss, i really hope so!
I think TAOL & RHD are going to make a comeback this tour!!!
I kinda want Misa Hylton to style Bran this tour... She SLAYED Faith & Total's outfits in the Bad Boy Reunion Concerts
Quote from: CandyCrush on June 11, 2016, 11:56:20 PM
Quote from: 1Rig on June 11, 2016, 11:52:26 PM
Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:gorlonfire:
lol!!
People freaking out over one little clip of a rehearsal as if they don't know what she can do. This show is gonna be everything and even more than what I originally expected
think Black Girls Rock x 1000
she is coming for wigs, snatching tape and ALL!!!!
:gorlonfire:
:gorlonfire:
:gorlonfire:
:cheerup: :cheerup:
Quote from: Glock on June 12, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
Praying she sells a dvd
omg that never even came to mind :dead: :uhh:
you should DM or tweet her the idea. That would be everything
Quote from: Harlem on June 12, 2016, 12:22:04 AM
I think TAOL & RHD are going to make a comeback this tour!!!
omfff the fact that she's been able to put on good shows without those two lead singles :dead:
I DEFINITELY want those to return
Quote from: Harlem on June 11, 2016, 11:45:57 PM
Bitch is bout to bring THEATER to fuckin TOUR!!!! BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE THEN BRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:gorlonfire:
:gorlonfire: biiiiitch!!!
Make up for all these damn videos we never got.
Quote from: TAE! on June 12, 2016, 01:06:11 AM
Make up for all these damn videos we never got.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
her somehow managing to embody each Brandy from each era, would slay me
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Quote from: 1Rig on June 12, 2016, 01:08:40 AM
her somehow managing to embody each Brandy from each era, would slay me
:plzstop:
That would be nice!
gonna merge these threads for now, so nothing is missed
Quote from: 1Rig on June 12, 2016, 01:06:50 AM
Quote from: TAE! on June 12, 2016, 01:06:11 AM
Make up for all these damn videos we never got.
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This is why I always say she needs to have two special shows documented only for Full Moon & Afrodisiac and really embody the best looks from each era, make dope concepts w/ Frank Gatson's team and just SLAY!!! That will put my heart to ease w/ those 2 albums
I can't wait til this starts and we get some US dates
whats her 1st date overseas? its in uk right?
This is everything!
[instagram]
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Quote from: TAE! on June 12, 2016, 01:54:27 PM
This is everything!
[instagram]
https://instagram.com/p/BGWQ79nGJzy/[/instagram]
LOVE
Quote from: TAE! on June 12, 2016, 01:54:27 PM
This is everything!
[instagram]
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Lemme follow them! Lol
Quote from: TAE! on June 12, 2016, 01:54:27 PM
This is everything!
[instagram]https://instagram.com/p/BGWQ79nGJzy/[/instagram]
LOVE the graphics!
Quote from: 1Rig on June 12, 2016, 01:01:03 AM
Quote from: Glock on June 12, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
Praying she sells a dvd
omg that never even came to mind :dead: :uhh:
you should DM or tweet her the idea. That would be everything
she don't follow me no more :'(
Ommf
There's hope for the bet awards
She performs everyday but that day
Ommf
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I'm going to see Brandy y'all :gorlonfire: