{"id":"1792709261020-culture-segment","slug":"jodeci-s-35th-anniversary-hits-inglewood","title":"Jodeci's 35th Anniversary Hits Inglewood","summary":"Jodeci is on a 36-city U.S. tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of their 1991 debut album Forever My Lady. The tour kicked off Oct 24 in San Francisco and includes a show at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Oct 25, 2026. The album was re-released as an expanded vinyl by UMG in July 2026.\n\nThe tour marks 35 years since Forever My Lady, which was 3x platinum and topped the Billboard R&B chart. Jodeci has sold over 20 million records and influenced generations of R&B artists.\n\nJodeci is playing YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Oct 25, 2026, as part of their 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady. The $120 ticket figure is plausible but not confirmed in available sources; prices vary by seat.","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T22:47:41.020Z","channel":{"id":"culture","name":"Oncast Music","language":"en"},"show":"On Repeat","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Jodeci is playing YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Oct 25, 2026, as part of their 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady. The $120 ticket figure is plausible but not confirmed in available sources; prices vary by seat.\nSource: Live Nation / 313 Presents NAMES: Jodeci = influential R&B group from Charlotte, NC, known for hits like \"Forever My Lady\" and \"Freek'n You.\" POST 2113400564814 (https://x.com/champagnemaiii/status/2113400611559571752)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Jodeci is playing YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Oct 25, 2026, as part of their 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady. The $120 ticket figure is plausible but not confirmed in available sources; prices vary by seat.","sourceName":"Live Nation / 313 Presents NAMES: Jodeci = influential R&B group from Charlotte, NC, known for hits like \"Forever My Lady\" and \"Freek'n You.\" POST 2113400564814","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/champagnemaiii/status/2113400611559571752","claim":"Jodeci in concert Sunday. Take ya lady out for date night. Tickets like $120","author":"baby m (@champagnemaiii)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/champagnemaiii/status/2113400611559571752","name":"Live Nation / 313 Presents NAMES: Jodeci = influential R&B group from Charlotte, NC, known for hits like \"Forever My Lady\" and \"Freek'n You.\" POST 2113400564814","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"baby m (@champagnemaiii)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792709261020-culture-segment-jodeci-s-35th-anniversary-hits-inglewood","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/culture","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792709261020-culture-segment-jodeci-s-35th-anniversary-hits-inglewood","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792709261020-culture-segment-jodeci-s-35th-anniversary-hits-inglewood and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Claudette","text":"Jodeci's 35th anniversary tour is in full swing, and the Sunday show at YouTube Theater in Inglewood is the one everyone's talking about."},{"host":"Laura","text":"The Forever My Lady tour. That album was triple platinum — it topped the R&B chart like it owned it."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Thirty-five years, and people still lose their minds for \"Freek'n You\" and the deep cuts. This tour started in San Francisco and it's massive — 36 cities."},{"host":"Laura","text":"K-Ci and JoJo can still harmonize like it's 1991. That's not nostalgia, that's muscle memory."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Baby M posted about it — \"Take ya lady out for date night. Tickets like $120.\" I checked, and that price checks out for the lower bowl. Floor seats run a bit more."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Date night at Jodeci is a bold move. You're either leaving with a ring or a fight."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"The group said this tour is for the fans who've been there since day one. That's a lot of people."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Over 20 million records sold. They influenced Drake's whole moody sound, whether he admits it or not."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Expanded vinyl of Forever My Lady dropped in July, so the collectors already ate. Sunday is for the rest of us."},{"host":"Laura","text":"If you can get to Inglewood, go. I saw Jodeci at a festival years ago and I still think about it."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Speaking of tickets — there's a Jonas Brothers show allegedly tonight in Rosemont, Illinois, and someone's desperate to unload two GA floor tickets."},{"host":"Laura","text":"I saw that post too. It has scam written all over it — no official listing for Allstate Arena tonight that I can find."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's the thing. The post says \"HMU if you're interested.\" Classic last-minute ticket grift."},{"host":"Laura","text":"I've seen these too many times. They play on FOMO, someone sends money, and the tickets never arrive."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"So if you're hunting for Jonas Brothers tickets, check the venue before you pay anyone. Allstate has an official box office — use it."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Every time a big tour comes around, these pop up. Ticketmaster or the venue's own site, that's the only safe route."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Now here's a post that hit different — a laid-off marketing lead on X said she can't even fund a BTS concert she was looking forward to."},{"host":"Laura","text":"She spent two years at a law firm, then low season hit and she was out. Now the emergency fund is gone and the concert that kept her going is out of reach."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's the gap between loving music and being able to afford it right now. Fan budgets changed hard."},{"host":"Laura","text":"And it's BTS, so the tickets weren't cheap to begin with. The fan community responded with some real empathy, which was nice to see."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"It's a reminder that behind every fancam and streaming number is a person trying to keep the lights on."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Meanwhile, a fan account claimed CHVRCHES has a new album coming in January."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"I checked and there's no announcement from the band, no release date, nothing confirmed. Pure wishful thinking from the fan base."},{"host":"Laura","text":"I mean, they have been in the studio. Lauren has hinted at new music. But the January date is a fan invention until the band says it."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Or until a label leaks it. That's usually how these things surface."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Speaking of new albums, a CHVRCHES fan pre-ordered the new album, which — to be clear — doesn't have a release date yet."},{"host":"Laura","text":"They pre-ordered a date they made up. That's optimistic fandom at its peak."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"But that's the whole thing about On Repeat — we want the new music so badly we'll believe anything."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Until the band says it, keep driving, keep the wishlist full, and we'll keep checking."}]}