The Isley Brothers
(Feb. 7, 2007 – New York, NY) Hot on the heels of their two Soul Train Music Awards nominations this week, the Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley aka ‘Mr. Biggs’ are about to give back the love to their fans, as they announce their headlining winter-spring 2007 U.S. performance dates. The tour will open on March 14th at Prince’s 3121 Club (the Hotel Rio) in Las Vegas, and will wrap up at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia on April 28th. (Please see complete itinerary below.)
The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley aka ‘Mr. Biggs’ earned the first of their two Soul Train Music Awards nominations for Best R&B/Soul Album by a Group, Band or Duo for BABY MAKIN’ MUSIC, their first album for Def Jam’s Def Soul Recordings, which hit #1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and #5 on the pop side. “Just Came Here to Chill,” which rose to #25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, was nominated for Best R&B Soul Single by a Group, Band or Duo. The 21st annual Soul Train Music Awards will be announced March 10th at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, and the show will air in syndication during the week of March 17th. BABY MAKIN’ MUSIC (released May 2006) took its title from the impending birth of Ronald O’Kelly Isley, Jr. in December 2006, to Mr. and Mrs. Ron & Kandy Isley
