Oscar-winning R&B star H.E.R. will finally make her Minneapolis debut

Tickets for the April 29 concert at the Armory will go on sale Friday.

February 23, 2022 at 3:26PM
H.E.R. performs “America the Beautiful” before the Super Bowl in 2021 (Gregory Bull, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

H.E.R. — the dazzling young R&B star who grabbed two Grammys and an Oscar last year — will make her Minneapolis debut April 29 at the Armory.

The show is part of her headlining Back of My Mind Tour, named for her 2021 debut album.

Even though that was her first full-length, H.E.R., now 24, has issued five EPs, two compilations and 23 singles, including "I Can't Breathe," "Best Part" with Daniel Caesar and "Blessed & Free" with Kane Brown.

A four-time Grammy winner, she is nominated for eight trophies this year including album of the year ("Back of My Mind") and song of the year ("Fight for You," for which she won an Oscar). She is also a finalist for six NAACP Image Awards, which will take place on Saturday.

The singer/guitarist/pianist is set to appear in the musical film adaptation of "The Color Purple." She also has performed on the Emmys, Grammys and Super Bowl, singing "America the Beautiful" in 2021.

Tickets for the Armory concert will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at ticketmaster.com.

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Jon Bream

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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