Johnny Gill Tickets

The show was off the hook. I am glad Case was late. The guys stayed on the stage longer and was able to sing more songs. LUV IT!!!!! I can't wait until all of the fellas get back together. I hope when they do they will come to the Theater.

I really enjoyed the concert and hearing the old New Edition songs, as well as their individual songs was wonderful. All 3 of the gentlemen still looked good and move really well. I was very disappointed in the Paradise Theater and the fact that Case was late. I paid a lot of money for my tickets and not to get a full show was very upsetting.

Ok. So, those of you who have been following my reviews for a while know that I'm a huge New Edition fan, right? (I know I'm a huge fan of several artists, but I'm just sayin'.) Well, then you know I was excited when Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, and Bobby Brown formed Heads of State as a touring trio to showcase their solo material a couple of years ago. But between the recession and my schedule, I missed their last two shows in New York. So this time, I was determined to be there. Tonight's show at New York's Paradise Theater kicked off a string of spot dates for the trio, and Bell Biv Devoe and Johnny Gill (solo) are performing dates of their own throughout the summer, too. The show did not sell out (it's a beautiful, huge theater that seats over 3,700, which is big for New York's small venues), so people in the balcony were allowed to come down and sit in empty seats in the back of the main level. That was after the show was already off to a slow start--opening act Case was delayed flying from Mississippi where tornadoes had plagued the region that day (he did arrive later and performed last). In the interest of time, Heads of State went on without him shortly after 10 p.m. "Hey, Bronx!" Bobby shouted after the curtain opened. Everyone was immediately on their feet and stood for the entire show. The guys strolled out on stage one by one. Hundreds of women rushed the stage and greeted the guys with screams, hands in the air, and a storm of camera flashes. The audience was a sea of illuminated cell phone and camera displays. The aisles were full of women for at least 10 rows. The guys were dressed in white jackets, white shirts, black pants, and untied black bowties. Ralph and Johnny wore black dress shoes while Bobby sported white sneakers. Ralph and Bobby wore black fedoras while Johnny did not. The set was mostly comprised of the guys' solo material with only a small handful of New Edition hits. All three guys remained on stage for the entire show, taking turns backing up each other on their respective songs. Bobby was up first with "On Our Own," which went right into Ralph's "Stone Cold Gentleman," then Johnny's "Fairweather Friend." The energy in the theater was hot! Johnny had us waving our hands from side to side. Ralph chimed in with an unexpected performance of "Money Can't Buy You Love" (from the Mo' Money soundtrack). That one shocked me! LOL. But throughout the set, it would be Bobby's hits that would generate the biggest response, and "Every Little Step" basically set the place on fire. It was 1988 all over again! And they were just getting started. The guys took a break (and gave us a break) in the show to talk and slow things down. The love and camaraderie between the guys was genuine and strong. Ralph pointed to Bobby's "abs" and congratulated him for losing weight on VH1's reality show, Celebrity Fit Club. Bobby proudly showed off his torso and said, "That's what you get when you put ya mind to something." Bobby went on to talk about how he finally learned the lesson that all you have to do is "try." He said that when you've been beaten down by people and circumstances in your life, there's nothing wrong with getting yourself together and starting over. Sitting on stools the guys thanked us for supporting them over the years. They took us back through those glory years with a medley of mostly New Edition material. With Johnny on acoustic guitar, they started with what I consider one of their career theme songs, "Home Again." Any diehard fan worth his/her salt will agree that this song's lyrics of remaining bonded through their music in spite of their challenges still ring true for them today. The guys took turns with their respective verses and saved the chorus for the end. It wasn't quite the rousing rendition I would have wanted, but I understand it wasn't exactly a big hit like "Boys to Men," a song that holds an equally special place in the hearts of New Edition fans, which they disappointed by not performing tonight. "Let's see how many real New Edition heads we have in the house," Ralph said. They tested us with a brief rendition of "Helplessly In Love," a New Edition song from the Dragnet soundtrack. Johnny surprised us all with an amazing extended falsetto at the end. People were screaming for him, and Bobby waved his white towel in Johnny's direction for wearing us all out! Sang, boy! Johnny received the applause but declared that there weren't any "real" New Edition fans in the house. Bobby walked offstage briefly, and the other guys called him back and asked him to sing "Jealous Girl." Audience blinder lights beamed upon the crowd as they sang along to every line. Bobby then thanked New York for so many memories. "It was New York that made us," he said. "This next song speaks to the strength of New Edition," Bobby said. "When Ralph did this song, I had just left the group. But I knew one day I'd be right back on stage with them." Ralph responded to Bobby saying, "You about to make me cry up here!" "Shut up!" Bobby snapped sarcastically. The whole place laughed. "With You All the Way" was the song Bobby spoke of, and Ralph delivered it with all the necessary drama. He paused three times before finishing the last line of the song, even posing for a fan's camera phone. Bobby then teased Johnny for sporting a "juicy jheri curl" hairstyle in the early days of his career. LOL. Johnny performed a brief rendition of "Half Crazy" from those days. Ralph led a rousing sing-along of New Edition's hit "Lost In Love." Johnny announced the next song as his all-time favorite Bobby Brown song: "Girlfriend," Bobby's very first solo hit. They did a stripped down, finger-popping acoustic version of this song. By now Bobby is out of his jacket, and his bowtie is barely clinging to his shoulder… and he had had enough reminiscing. "Mr. Telephone Man" signaled the end of the medley and set off a high energy string of sing-along hits that also included "Cool It Now." But we all went up for Bobby's "Roni," and he responded with pelvic thrusts and humping the floor (and joking that such moves throw his back out these days). He paused the song to bring out his baby son Cassius, who wore florescent headphones to protect his ears from the loud music. After one too many cameras flashed, he returned Cassius back to the wings. Moments later, shaking hands with female fans almost got him pulled into the audience. These ladies were serious, too! LOL. Johnny's "There You Go" (from the Boomerang soundtrack) went over quite well, and Ralph delivered a dreamy rendition of "Do What I Gotta Do." Ralph's understated brand of drama included spinning around and leaning on a speaker tower and, of course, dragging out the last lines of the song. As if the place weren't already on an amazing high, the next three songs slayed us all dead. Bobby's "Don't Be Cruel" was fire! Ralph's "Sensitivity" was the truth, with the biggest audience sing-along you ever witnessed. Johnny's "Rub You the Right Way" was an ass-shaking power-dance. I mean, we got some serious cardio in on that song with those jerky dance moves we once did in the New Jack Swing era that first gave us these songs. Johnny even snuck in a little of The Gap Band's "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)." The guys slowed things down briefly and passed out roses to the ladies for Johnny's "My, My, My," a song which reportedly was not performed in previous Heads of State shows (though I can't understand why). Arms twisted and tangled in the air, clamoring for roses from the guys. Then, Johnny decided to invite a woman on stage. The lucky woman got serenaded and even humped by Johnny, and she surprised him by throwing her ass back at him. YES, SHE DID! LOL. Johnny finished the song with a growling set of "my-my, my-my, my-my" ad libs that brought the house down. Sang, boy! Bobby's hits closed out the show. "Rock Wit'cha" brought forth R&B nostalgia at its best. Johnny brought out R&B singer Keith Sweat who was standing in the wings and let him sing with them. The audience went wild for Keith, who had nothing but love for the guys. Bobby shared in the love, but he was not going to let it interrupt his performance. Bobby kept singing to the ladies down front as the other guys backed him up. "My Prerogative" was an explosive finish to the night. Hands waving from side to side and Bobby's pelvic thrusts--what more could you ask for? As the song wrapped up, Keith came behind Bobby and picked him up in the air. Bobby cheese-grinned and struck a pose with his sneakers pointed in the air as he glided through the air in Keith's arms. As in any other show, New Edition or solo, this was Bobby's moment. He would be the last one to leave the stage after dropping his microphone on the floor, only to return briefly to get a little more love from the audience. That's Bobby. I wasn't mad at him. In fact, there is very little about this show I didn't like. The set list was an excellent selection of their solo hits, New Edition material that the guys sing lead on, and some surprises. A more perfect set list might have included "Can You Stand the Rain" and "If It Isn't Love," since they were huge New Edition hits lead by Ralph and Johnny, who had a few less solo selections in the set than Bobby. Beyond that, no complaints. My guys did me proud.

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED HEADS OF STATE!!! WOULD SEE THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!

the promoter should be ashamed first thing the tickets where marked 6 30pm. the comedian did not come out till 8 30pm she went off at 9pm (she was funny). then they had the nerve to take an intermission they took the dj off the stage to play music from the 50s and 60s era(. the craziest thing was) they did not sell the house out so after intermission at 10pm the longest intermission i have every seen. they invited the people in the balcony that paid half the price of the people on the floor to come down and fill the seats in. the nerve i want a refund. all of this waiting was because they was stalling for case and case was stuck in Mississippi in a hurricane. understandable that he was not there bring on who we paid $96.00 to see HEADS OF STATE. THEY DID THEIR THING. SO SAD THEY STALLED FOR SO LONG THEY COULD HAVE CAME OUT AND PREFORMED A LITTLE LONGER. KEITH SWEAT WAS THERE HE COULD HAVE SING A SONG OR TWO TO FILL IN FOR CASE INSTEAD OF WAITING. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!! THE VENUE CLOSED AT 12AM.

The show was fabulous!!!!! Ralph, Bobby and Johnny still had the same kind of energy and they had the crowd truly on their feet from beginning to end!!!! I enjoy myself and I have the lost voice to prove it :-))))

WOW...MY HUSBAND & I WENT ...I'M SO GLAD WE DID...BEST CONCERT I'VE BEEN TO HANDS DOWN. EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR FEET FROM BEGINNING TO END. ALL THREE OF THEM WERE LOOKING FINE.....EVEN BOBBY WHO LOST QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT...THEY STILL GOT IT!!! IF THEY COME BACK....WE"LL GO AGAIN!!!!!!!!

The voices of New Edition: Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill & Bobby Brown were magnificent. However the sound system at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx was HORRIBLE!!! It was unimaginable that for $82.50 per ticket I would get such poor quality sound! The Paradise Theater is a nice venue with comfortable seats and nicely done interior. The Security was also terrible. People were allowed to run up to the stage and clog the aisle changing my great seat into a poor one! My date and I had to stand up the entire time to see the performance! I could've paid for the cheapest seat and then simply walked up to the stage as the venue allowed! However, I came to see the voices of New Edition and they did not disappoint. I gained new respect for Ralph Tresvant. Johnny Gill needs to stay with the recorded melody of his songs a little longer before digressing into his fabulous riffings. Bobby Brown is the King of R&B! Every one of his songs were amazing! Keith Sweat made an appearance onstage and received a huge approval from all the fans! I recommend seeing this show but a a better sounding venue!

The heads of state were wonderful. They still look good! B Brown lost more weight since Celeb Fit Club even doing his trademark "push-up" for us. Johnny's still got it. Ralph's still smooth and Bobby is still crazy. However, this is the 3rd time I have been to the Paradise Theater and they can't seem to start on time. They told us to doors open at 6:30pm but the show did not start until 9:45pm!!!! They said Case, the opening act, had plane trouble and tried to bring him in AFTER Heads of State! I wish these artists would stop booking the Paradise. Its in the middle of nowhere. There is no after show place to go, its too far to travel and the neighborhood...well...that goes without saying.

While the concert was enjoyable. I found it very disturbing that after waiting two hours for the show to begin (although a comedienne and intermission took place), the announcement made about the opening act (Case) was poorly done. What I also found disturbing was guests from the balcony were invited down to 'fill' up the lower level and they wound up in front of the stage (as well as rows of seats) of those who paid almost a hundred dollars per ticket. It was just tacky and poorly done. On the other hand, I felt that the performance was pretty good.

I thought they did an okay job. Bobby Brown did a lot better than I anticipated. Johhny Gill should have done more solos, I think he is an awesome singer..better than Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant. There was an appearance by Roz the comedian. There was an intermission afterwards, at 9:30 until 10:15 then Heads of State performed. This was because "Case" never showed up due to a tornado in Mississippi. The intermission was way too long. The crowds all stand up and run to the stage..so if you have an orchestra seat..the only way you can view the performance is to stand througout the whole show. I will never go to the Paridise again to see a show!! Don't waste your money buying orchestra tickets..you will not be able to see the show sitting down!!

I must say I enjoyed seeing all the artist. I was a bit disappointed with the late start. The show should have started at 8:30pm, but Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill did not come on stage until 10pm. One whole hour we sat waiting for the performers to start. The comedian they had precede them was as vulgar as ever, with children in the audience there should have been a lot more reserve. And I was especially disappointed in the way the singer Case was treated. We were told that there were some flight issues, and this is why he would not be there. But then by the end of the show he turned up, and was more than willing to perform, and the Paradise Theater closed the curtain on his performance and pulled his microphone plug. Now how rude was that! I have never seen anything like this in all my years of attending concerts anywhere. I was really disappointed with the Paradise Theater. I think the Theater owes us; the paying customers, an apology as well as Case the performer. I feel short changed for the amount of money I payed for this concert.

I gonna say I wasn't happy with the organizers of the show,they didn't dot all the I's and cross all the T's.Case didn't get to perform due to his late arrival to the theater(delayed flight and traffic)was the reasons that were given.Anyway comedian Roz G and the Heads of State put on a great show they had a lot of energy and I must say Bobby is one funny brother again I enjoyed the show..

The overall show was ok it was suppose to start at 630 the comdian didnt come out until bout 9 the show didnt start till bout 10 and that included intermission then me and my husband brought full price seating tickets and then someone made an annnocement telling all the people who were upstairs who paid cheaper prices for their tickets to come downstairs to compensate for them waiting so long....what about the people who paid full price ticket get for waiting?.....A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING!.......its shame people cant start things on time...my money wasnt late but u learn we still made the best of it.

It was great disappointing that it got a late start (around 10)because Case got caught with travel problems (they let him perform for about 5 minutes at the end before closing the curtains and basically pulling him off stage), but the guys hit the stage with mad energy singing Bobby Browns In control, then they went to Ralph Stone Cold gentleman, then Johnny Gill I think there you go. Throughout the night they would do one or two songs a piece and then someone else would go and the other two would sing background vocals. All of them sounded great. Ralph did sensitivity, do what I got to do, Money can't buy you love, I can't remember the other ones. Bobby sang Girlfriend, Roni which Bobby brought out his youngest son on stage for, Don't be cruel, Rock witcha, and every little step. Johnny sang When something is Wrong with my baby, Rub you the right way, My, My My, and sang it while everyone passed out roses, and Johnny brought a girl on stage to dance and grind with him while singing. As New Edition they sang Home again with Johnny playing the guitar, Mr. Telephone man, Jealous Girl, Cool It now, I think Lost in Love, With you all the way. The close out son was My Prerogative with Keith Sweat joining them on stage to sing it with them. It was just as good as having all of them there. They also announced that a N.E. tour is on it's way and that Keith Sweat is part of Heads of State. The funny thing is while waiting for the concert delay to be over they said it would be an intermission (this is after the comedian got off stage) and I went out in the lobby area and there was Keith Sweat talking and taking pictures with people. I think the people promoting it did a horrible job of promoting it. The place should've been sold out it was a decent size but not sold out. So much they asked people in the balcony to come down to the bottom area. But once the show started people rushed the front of the stage so if you paid good money for front row seats it was wasted, you wouldn't have saw a thing.

The show was great. Bobby Brown is still the man look and sound GREAT love 2 c them again

These guys are unbelievable. After all these years they still know how to work a crowd and put on a show. They still have the dance moves and their voices are still what they were 20 years ago. If you are a NE fan or a fan of any of the great acts spawned from NE, you have to see these guys!