Lionel Richie & Earth, Wind & Fire in San Francisco

Lionel Richie is an American singer, songwriter and producer, born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1949. He first recorded with Motown group the Commodores, singing and writing songs including “Easy” and “Three Times a Lady,” before beginning a solo career. His best-known solo recordings include “All Night Long (All Night),” “Hello,” “Say You, Say Me” and “Dancing on the Ceiling,” while the album Can’t Slow Down became a central work in his catalogue. In 1984, Richie performed “All Night Long (All Night)” at the Olympic Games closing ceremony in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. He later appeared on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2015, followed by the Lionel Richie: All the Hits residency at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. In 2023, he returned to arenas for the Sing a Song All Night Long tour with Earth, Wind & Fire.

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American band founded in Chicago in 1969 by drummer and songwriter Maurice White. The group plays funk, soul and R&B shaped by vocal harmonies and a prominent horn section. Its best-known recordings include “September,” “Shining Star,” “Boogie Wonderland” and “Let’s Groove,” as well as the album That’s the Way of the World. The Raise! Tour brought Earth, Wind & Fire to Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1981, where performances were filmed for the concert release Live in Oakland. The band later reunited several times with Chicago for the co-headlining Heart and Soul arena tours across North America. International festival appearances included Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1997 and the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in England in 2016.