New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Multi-platinum-selling neo-soul superstar Maxwell has been announced as the first headliner for next summer's Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which returns to Glynde Place in East Sussex from July 4th - 6th 2025. The 13x Grammy-nominee and triple-Grammy winner, whose debut album Urban Hang Suite propelled him to international fame in the late '90s, will close the festival on the evening of Sunday July 6th for what will be his first UK appearance in 9 years and only UK date of 2025.
Maxwell: "I'm delighted to announce that I'll be performing at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival next summer. I can't believe it's been 9 years since my last UK show. I look forward to reconnecting with all of my incredible UK fans."
Maxwell has artfully managed to transfix music lovers for more than two decades, releasing five studio albums, all in his own time and all duly anointed as classics. The soul singer redefined soul music in April of 1996 when he released his critically acclaimed debut on Columbia, 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite.' It earned Grammy nominations, double platinum status and RIAA platinum for the single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)." The platinum albums 'Embrya' (1998) and 'Now' (2001) followed. In 2009, Maxwell's 'BLACKsummers'night' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning two Grammy awards, including Best R&B Album. With a total of four platinum album certifications from the RIAA, Maxwell's latest album, 'blackSUMMERS'night,' earned him a third Grammy (Best R&B Song for "Lake By The Ocean"), an NAACP Image Award (Outstanding Male Artist), and a Soul Train Award (Best R&B/Soul Male Artist).
Recent accolades for Maxwell include the "Legend" Award at the 2021 Soul Train Awards and a performance at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, where he paid tribute to Michael Jackson with "The Lady In My Life." His critically acclaimed 'The Night Tour' made Pollstar's 2022 list of "Top 20 Global Concert Tours," (determined by average box office gross and the average ticket price for shows worldwide). His recently wrapped Serenade 2024 North American Tour saw the artist play to his legions of fans across the continent, while returning to iconic venues such as Barclays Center and Kia Forum to major praise furthering cementing him a formidable force in the neo-soul and R&B spheres. Maxwell's "Simply Beautiful," a rendition of the classic Al Green cut that has been incorporated into his own mythology for years, topped Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay Radio Chart, marking his ninth #1 single to top the chart and his 16th top ten hit throughout his illustrious career.
The Love Supreme Jazz Festival returns to Glynde Place in East Sussex from Friday July 4th to Sunday July 6th 2025.
More acts will be announced in due course.
Early Bird Tickets start at £68 (day, weekend, camping and Supremium tickets are available) and are on sale this Thursday October 31st from www.lovesupremefestival.com.
