Arts & Entertainment

New Edition To Play UBS Arena, 40 Years After Debut Album

The Grammy-nominated R&B group will perform on April 20.

Popular 1980s R&B group New Edition is headed for UBS Arena in the spring.
Popular 1980s R&B group New Edition is headed for UBS Arena in the spring. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

ELMONT, NY — Multi-platinum selling R&B supergroup New Edition is coming to UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

The "Legacy Tour" brings the original members: Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill.

They burst onto the scene in 1983 with the iconic number-one album Candy Girl.

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The April 20 show also features a New Jack Swing reunion with Keith Sweat and original members of GUY (Teddy Riley, Aaron Riley and Damion Hall) and Tank.

Tickets to the general public go on sale Friday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m.

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