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1999-08-06 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-08-01 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-29 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-27 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-26 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-24 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-20 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-18 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-07-15 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
1999-06-27 Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway
1999-06-26 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999-06-24 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
1999-06-23 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
1999-06-20 Gelredome, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1999-06-19 Gelredome, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1999-06-17 Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany
1999-06-15 Stadion Am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach, Germany
1999-06-13 Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig, Germany
1999-06-11 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy
1999-06-07 Estadio De La Comunidad De Madrid, Madrid, Spain
1999-06-05 Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain
1999-06-03 Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy, Paris, France 

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• Destination
• Just Blaze heavily sampled the song for Kanye West's 2006 single "Touch the Sky", using a slowed down version of the horns. 

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942, Chicago, IL–December 26, 1999, Roswell, GA) was an African-American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Mayfield is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American music. Curtis Mayfield was a two time inductee into the GrammyHall of fame and winner of the Grammy Legend Award and lifetimes Achievement Award which was personally presented by Bruce in 1995

 

• 01.03.94 Grammy Awards, after "The Curtis Mayfield Medley"

"Curtis, on behalf of all the musicians gathered here on stage and in the audience, we wanna thank you for the lasting soul and the deep beauty of the music that you´ve made… you´ve been an inspiration to all of us and it´s an honor to be up here with you tonight and I´m glad to present you with the Grammy Legend Award, we love you…"

 

• Bruce mentioned Curtis Mayfield also in his SXSW Keynote speech 

" There's a beautifully socially–conscious soul of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, "We're a Winner," keep on pushin'. Just great, great records that just filled the airwaves at a time when you couldn't have needed them more. You just couldn't have needed them more. "A Woman's Got Soul," what a beautiful, beautiful record to women. "It's All Right." It was the sound track of the Civil Rights Movement. And it was here, amongst these great African–American artists, that I learned my craft. You learned how to write. You learned how to arrange. You learned what mattered and what didn't. You learned what a great production sounds like. You learned how to lead a band. You learned how to front a band. "

 

• Bruce also covered a song (Gypsy Woman) on a compilation album of various artists: 

Celebrating the music of Curtis Mayfield. While many tribute albums are recorded after an artist has passed, this album was completed five years before Mayfield's death : released 1994. ( A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield )