{"id":385497,"date":"2026-04-10T19:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385497\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:20:08","slug":"chris-brown-and-usher-are-going-on-tour-together-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385497\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown and Usher are going on tour together: &#8216;It&#8217;s time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Usher and Chris Brown are teaming up again.<\/p>\n<p>The singers shared a promotional video Friday on Instagram announcing  a joint tour, \u201cR&amp;B: Raymond &amp; Brown\u201d \u2014 a reference to Usher\u2019s birth name, Usher Raymond IV. The announcement did not include further details on tour dates or cities.<\/p>\n<p>The video depicts the pair speeding through a city on motorcycles, chased by fans. They arrive at a stadium. An elevator door opens, and the two walk out onto a stage, greeting a packed crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time,\u201d Usher  says in the video. \u201cHell yeah,\u201d Brown  replies.<\/p>\n<p>The pair has collaborated before, most recently with the 2025 song \u201cIt Depends (The Remix),\u201d which also featured Bryson Tiller. They also worked together on Chris Brown\u2019s 2014  single \u201cNew Flame\u201d and 2017 song \u201cParty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usher started his career in the 1990s and has released nine studio albums, most recently 2024\u2019s \u201cComing Home.\u201d He has won eight Grammy Awards and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2024-02-08\/usher-has-always-been-romantic-he-wants-to-bring-it-back-to-music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">headlined<\/a> the Super Bowl halftime show in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Brown launched his recording career in the early aughts and has released 11 studio albums and won two Grammys. His 12th studio album, \u201cBrown,\u201d is set to be released May 8.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Brown has  faced multiple legal challenges and controversies. He was arrested at a Manchester hotel in May 2025  for allegedly using a tequila bottle to <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2025-05-15\/chris-brown-arrested-alleged-bottle-attack-music-producer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attack a man in a U.K. nightclub<\/a>. Earlier this year, he was granted bail ahead of a preliminary hearing in April. The trial begins in October, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Brown was sued for $50 million for allegedly attacking four fans backstage at his concert in Fort Worth (his entourage and tour promoter Live Nation were also named in the lawsuit). In 2009, he pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Usher and Chris Brown are teaming up again. The singers shared a promotional video Friday on Instagram announcing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[183825,9412,20968,958,146,13258,85,46,24513,166636,119910,2702,24299,762,37098,172906,2059,1661],"class_list":{"0":"post-385497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-birth-name","9":"tag-career","10":"tag-chris-brown","11":"tag-city","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-fan","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-may","17":"tag-pair","18":"tag-raymond","19":"tag-song","20":"tag-studio-album","21":"tag-time","22":"tag-tour","23":"tag-usher","24":"tag-video","25":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}