CHICAGO-BORN PERFORMER ADA DYER BEGAN HER MUSICAL CAREER SINGING IN LOCAL BANDS AND MUSICAL THEATER.

In 1979, jazz drummer and recording artist Norman Connors tapped her for his album Invitation; billed as “Adaritha,” she contributed lead vocals to Connors’ 1980 follow-up, Take It To The Limit. As a member of electro-funk combo Warp 9, she sang on the ‘80s club hits “Light Years” and “No Man Is An Island,” and later cut two solo albums for Motown, Meant to Be (1988) and Ada Dyer (1990). She has toured with Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, Lenny Kravitz, and Boz Skaggs, and her studio credits include U2, Sting, Cher, Ronnie Spector, and Luther Vandross. This is her first Springsteen tour.