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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYour guide to the best concerts coming to Memphis in March 2026<\/p>\n
From Jason Isbell to New Edition, Katt Williams to Nate Bargatze, here are some of the top shows coming to Memphis in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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R&B boy band turned supergroup New Edition is returning to Memphis for a concert on March 19.<\/p>\n All six members of New Edition’s iconic lineup \u2014 Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant \u2014 will take the stage of Downtown\u2019s FedExForum<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hailed as one of the most influential R&B outfits of all time, the group helped redefine pop and soul with their signature harmonies, choreography and hits, selling more than 50 million albums worldwide, including solo projects, with chart-topping classics like “Cool It Now,” “Mr. Telephone Man,” “If It Isn’t Love,” “Can You Stand the Rain” and “Hit Me Off.”<\/p>\n The group comes to the Bluff City riding a wave of momentum, having been recently nominated for induction into the Rock \u2018n’ Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>. The FedExForum show will also feature performances by Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton\u00a0in what promises to be one of the more anticipated old school concerts of the year.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to know before you go.<\/p>\n In 1983, the Boston-based New Edition released its debut single, “Candy Girl,” off its self-titled album, hitting No.1 on the Billboard Hot Black Single Charts and\u00a0jumping ahead of Michael Jackson\u2019s “Beat It.” Since then, New Edition has released more than six studio albums and received multiple Soul Train and American Music Awards, as well as a Grammy Award nomination.<\/p>\n In 2017, the group’s three-part biopic “The New Edition Story” aired on BET, earning 29 million total views. That same year, the group earned the BET Lifetime Achievement Award. And just last month, New Edition was among the acts nominated for the Rock \u2018n\u2019 \u00a0Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n New Edition has been coming to the Mid-South since the mid-’80s, and four decades on the group continues to dazzle local crowds.<\/p>\n The band\u2019s 2022 show at FedExForum, part of The Culture Tour,\u00a0was the first local concert featuring the full six-man New Edition lineup in a quarter century.\u00a0They wowed the FedExForum faithful<\/a> during a 26-song spectacular that touched on the group’s biggest hits, as well as the band members’ solo and post-NE offerings. A year later, in 2023, the band returned to the venue as part of The Legacy Tour.<\/p>\n In 2026, the group brings their spectacle back to FedExForum as part of The New Edition Way Tour, which kicked off at the end of January in California and will\u00a0travel to 30 cities across the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0and conclude on\u00a0April 4 in Houston<\/a>.<\/p>\nNew Edition’s storied history, memorable Memphis shows \u00a0<\/h2>\n