On a crisp yet summer-like Sunday night in Manhattan, Aminé brought his “Tour de Dance” to Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield and turned the SummerStage lawn into an all out party with a shoulder-to-shoulder celebration of hooks, humor, and heavy bass.
With doors at 7 and a swift 8–10 p.m. window, the show moved with no filler, just momentum. Sango’s opening set stitched together groovy R&B, funk inflections, and smooth hip-hop, prepping the crowd for the calm before the storm.
Aminé arrived to roars, beaming like he’d just stepped into a block party he’d been planning for months. The staging at SummerStage draped in clean sightlines, brisk changeovers, and park-framed skyline helped the set feel more intimate rather than overproduced.
Touring behind 13 Months of Sunshine, Aminé leaned confidently into the new material without shorting long-time fans. Early highlights included the strutting “Arc de Triomphe,” “Vacay,” and the sugar-rush of “Raspberry Kisses,” each landing with the the bounce of a basement party. A mid-set run through “13 Months of Sunshine” and lead single “New Flower!” played like postcards from a NYC summer day.
Two hours, no lulls: Aminé used Central Park like a trampoline, bouncing between eras while keeping the focus on 13 Months of Sunshine’s warm center. In a season stuffed with tours angling for viral spectacle, he offered something not often felt: a confident, human-scale show that put songs first and sent thousands into the dark with legs tired and faces lit. If the tour’s promise is to stretch summer into fall, consider this date mission accomplished.
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