KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS ANNOUNCES A 13-CITY U.S. TOUR SCHEDULED, IN
SUPPORT OF PLAYLIST, TOP 10 R&B ALBUM ON MERCURY 

Singles “Fire & Rain” hits Top 10 AC

“Not Going Nowhere” is Top 40 at Urban AC

      “Almost as priceless as the songs themselves were the stories
behind them:  comedic takes of sneaking out of church to listen to soft
rock on the radio, falling in love…and writing his first song” -
Boston Globe

       “While his own catalog of material would suffice alone, it was the
segments where he performed medleys of songs composed for the male and
female artists that reminded all that his historic run of three
consecutive Grammy Awards as Producer of the Year were well deserved.” -
Amsterdam News 

(January 22, 2008 – New York, NY)  Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds
continues to work the road with a brand new 13-city schedule of U.S.
tour dates in support of PLAYLIST, his current album and the first
release on the newly re-launched Mercury Records label (distributed
world-wide by Island Def Jam Music Group).  The upcoming tour will begin
February 15th at Trocadero’s in Minneapolis, and run through March 5th
at The Vault in Long Beach, California.  (Please see tour dates below.) 

PLAYLIST  is the first Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds album
devoted to cover versions of some of his favorite songs.  The album rose
to #9 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart on the strength of
the Top 10 AC success of his version of James Taylor’s “Fire & Rain.”
Babyface’s original “Not Going Nowhere,” the second single, moved inside
the Top 40 at Urban AC.  

In addition to another Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds original,
“The Soldier Song,” an evocative and topical elegy for wartime, PLAYLIST
contains definitive new versions of songs written by Eric Clapton
(“Wonderful Tonight”), Jim Croce (“Time In A Bottle”), Bob Dylan
(“Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”), Dan Fogelberg (“Longer”) , Bread
(“Diary”), Dave Loggins (“Please Come To Boston”), and James Taylor
(“Shower The People”).

Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds has maintained a high profile on TV
and in the media including appearances on NBC’s The Today Show ( A live
outdoor performance on the plaza) and ABC’s Live with Regis & Kelly,
“Wake Up With Whoopi” [Goldberg] Show, The Ellen Show, The Tyra Banks
show, Opra, ABC-TV’s “Frosted Pink” breast cancer special (with Heart,
Joss Stone, Rascal Flatts, and Olivia Newton John), and PBS’s The Tavis
Smiley Show. He also shared a stage with country music star Trisha
Yearwood on the CMT Crossroads Concert Special in Nashville.

PLAYLIST is the third album in the new millennium by 10-time
Grammy-winning megastar Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, the follow-up to Grown
& Sexy (July 2005) and Face2Face (released on the fateful Tuesday of
September 11, 2001).  Over the past two decades, his albums and singles
have amassed U.S. sales exceeding 10 million units: Lovers By Babyface
(1987); Tender Lover (1989, double-platinum), a #1 R&B album in
Billboard for 11 weeks, including the #1 R&B singles “It’s No Crime” and
“Tender Love,” “Whip Appeal” (#2), and “My Kinda Girl” (#3); For the
Cool In You (1993, triple-platinum), on the R&B album chart for 87
weeks, with the top 10 R&B singles “For the Cool In You,” “Never Keeping
Secrets,” “And Our Feelings,” and “When Can I See You”; The Day (1996,
double-platinum), with the top 5 R&B/pop crossover hits “This Is For the
Lover In You” (platinum) and “Every Time I Close My Eyes” (gold); MTV
Unplugged NYC 1997 (gold); and Christmas With Babyface (1998).

KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS ON TOUR

Date(s)              City                                 Venue
Feb.   15            Minneapolis, MN             Trocadero’s

Feb.   16            Merrillville, IN                  Star Plaza

Feb.   17            Covington, KY                 Madison Theater

Feb.   18            Youngstown, OH             Chevrolet Center

Feb.   21            Orlando, FL                     House of Blues

Feb.   22            Miami, FL                        Carnival Ctr. for the Perf. Arts

Feb.   23            Phoenix, AZ                     Fort McDowell Casino                                                              

Feb.   24            Tucson, AZ                      Tucson Convention Ctr.

Feb.   26            Alexandria, VA                Birchmere

Feb.   28            Richmond, VA                 The National

Feb.   29 -         Atlantic City, NJ              Borgata

Mar. 1            Atlantic City, NJ                 Borgata

Mar.   3              Nashville, TN                 Ryman Auditorium

Mar.   5              Long Beach, CA              The Vault