Raitt, Mavis Staples to bring tour to San Diego

Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples are teaming up for a 2022 summer tour that will open July 19 in Cincinnati and conclude Sept. 27 in San Diego at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

The tour will include performances in 28 cities

across the nation and follows a spring tour by Raitt, without Staples, that begins March 28 in Modesto.

“To celebrate finally being able to play live concerts again by reuniting with my dear friend and inspiration, the great Mavis Staples, is a thrill words can’t really express,” Raitt said in a statement released Tuesday morning.

Tickets for the general public for Raitt and Staples’

summer tour, including their Sept. 27 San Diego concert, go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday at ticketmaster.com. A presale for Raitt fan club members begins at 10 a.m. today.

Prices for the San Diego concert range from $40 to $160, plus service fees. The performance is being presented as part of the San Diego Symphony’s summer season.

As she has done in the

past, Raitt will — in conjunction with The Guacamole Fund and her Green Highway campaign — donate $1 from every ticket purchased to grassroots organizations that focus on safe and sustainable energy, environmental protection, social justice, human rights, and blues and music education.