{"id":98107,"date":"2026-01-27T18:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98107\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:30:06","slug":"lionel-richie-and-earth-wind-fire-are-coming-to-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98107\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind &#038; Fire are coming to Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"390\" data-start=\"224\">Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind &amp; Fire are teaming up for a 2026 North American tour, with a stop in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 16, at Xfinity Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"834\" data-start=\"392\">The show brings together two artists whose music has been part of pop culture for decades. Richie is best known for his run of solo hits in the 1980s and his early success with the Commodores. In recent years, he has also been a longtime judge on \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201d introducing his music to a new generation of fans. Earth, Wind &amp; Fire built their reputation on feel-good funk and R&amp;B songs that are still staples at parties and weddings today.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"964\" data-start=\"836\">The tour includes more than two dozen cities across the U.S. and Canada, making the Philly date one of the key East Coast stops.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1057\" data-start=\"966\">Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind &amp; Fire<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1057\" data-start=\"966\">Thursday, July 16<br \/>Xfinity Mobile Arena<br \/>3601 S Broad St.<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19148<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1057\" data-start=\"966\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the editorial staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind &amp; Fire are teaming up for a 2026 North American tour, with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20157,1681,69,71,70,20159],"class_list":["post-98107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-concerts","tag-entertainment","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-xfinity-mobile-arena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}