Jesse McCartney in Kansas City, MO at The Midland Theatre

Name: Jesse McCartney in Kansas City, MO at The Midland Theatre
Start: 2024-11-01T20:00:00-05:00
Location: The Midland Theatre

Schedule

Fri Nov 01 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Midland Theatre | Kansas City, MO

AEG Presents
All's Well Tour Part 2
JESSE MCCARTNEY
FRI, 1 NOV 2024 at 08:00PM CDT
Ages: All Ages
Doors Open: 07:00PM
OnSale: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 at 10:00AM CDT
Announcement: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 at 09:00AM CDT
Jesse McCartney has cracked an untapped code for himself—a code for promoting joy andwellbeing. The pop star’s pursuit of radical defiance refuses to stick to anyone’s expectations. His followup to 2021’s New Stage, All’s Well (due March TK, 2024) is a fun, supple, and fascinating step on the multi-talented multi-hyphenate’s journey of expressing a true self beyond the expectations and demands—equal parts vintage Hall and Oates, postmodern swag, and honeymoon sincerity packaged in that undeniable McCartney charm.
McCartney has spent the last two and a half decades evolving in the public eye, from kicking off with boy band Dream Street, launching a solo career teeming with nostalgic hits, landing memorable TV and film roles, and even became an award-winning video game voice actor. As a solo artist, he rapidly established himself as a pop smash: His solo debut went platinum, he’s had Gold and Platinum singles both in the US and internationally, and even co-wrote a quadruple-platinum, Grammy-nominated single for Leona Lewis. Through it all, he’s worked to conjure a future he could really revel in, something truly his own rather than any trite, traditional pop career.
With All’s Well, McCartney continues that quest with a vengeance, four tracks that carry through that instantly recognizable voice but reach new soulful, swanky depths. McCartney teamed with producer Morgan Taylor Reid for three of the tracks, including lead single “Faux Fur”, taking the initial sketches and pushing them to their horn, string, and synth-laden glory via live band. Elsewhere, the EP’s second single, The Eleven-produced “Make a Baby”, is a pitch-perfect blend of ‘00s Timbaland beat-making and modern pop R&B flow, with pop rap sensation Yung Gravy offering a verse on an alternate version.
Throughout, All’s Well finds McCartney relishing the freedom he’s found as an independent artist over his last two records. “I’ve discovered that there’s no rules and I’m capable of doing everything,” he says. “I tend to care less about what people think now, because at the end of the day you have to be proud of what you’ve done, and the things you’ve made. Now I understand what authenticity means to me.”
Since the start of his career, New York-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, artist, and actor Jesse McCartney has built a catalog of instantly recognizable anthems and captivated audiences on the road and on-screen. His first three albums — the Platinum Beautiful Soul [2004], Right Where You Want Me [2006], and Departure [2008] — consecutively bowed in the Top 15 of the Billboard Top 200 with the singles "Beautiful Soul" minted Gold and "Leavin'" certified Platinum. Plus, he collaborated with T-Pain on the cross-genre banger "Body Language." Meanwhile, SPIN touted In Technicolor among its "Top 20 Pop Albums of 2014." Along the way, he performed in arenas alongside the likes of New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys in addition to packing global headline tours and hosting shows for both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. A sought-after songwriter, he notably wrote the 4x-Platinum GRAMMY® Award-nominated "Bleeding Love" for Leona Lewis. In 2018, the one-off single "Better With You" racked up nearly 30 million cumulative streams and paved the way for his fifth offering. Simultaneously, his acting credits grew to include everything from Chernobyl Diaries and Fear The Walking Dead to Alvin and the Chipmunks, and even voicing the character Roxas/Ventus in gamer favorite Kingdom Hearts. In 2020, Jesse was revealed as the runner-up and popular fan favorite Turtle in the third season finale of Fox's The Masked Singer. Now, he opens up more than ever on his fifth full-length album New Stage, due out later this year. His second single "Friends," an homage to the people who became chosen family, followed the release of "Yours" in 2020, an introspective look at the different roles he's played throughout his life. Then there's "Kiss The World Goodbye," the third release from the forthcoming album. Soft piano gives way to an impressive vocal performance. Handclaps build towards a heavenly hook inspired by his future wife. As he notes, it catalogs a "Bonnie and Clyde moment about me and my lady ready to take on anything and everything. At this point in my life everything feels like it's clicking into place. I'm looking forward to a whole new stage."