The multi platinum-selling and Grammy Award®-winning rock band, Maroon 5, is coming to Chase Center.
The Los Angeles pop-rock band band burst onto the scene in 2002 with debut album Songs About Jane, which featured a successful string of singles that included "This Love," "Sunday Morning," and "She Will Be Loved." Fronted by lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, Maroon 5 is rounded out by rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton, and bassist and sampler Sam Farrar.
Maroon 5 have released seven studio albums to date, tracking through blends of rock, funk, R&B, and pop with chart-topping singles like "Moves Like Jagger" and "Sugar." Having cultivated a reputation for bright production and energetic hooks, the band have headlined multiple world tours and performed at major global events, including the Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show in 2019. Known for a staunch commitment to the environment, Maroon 5 have partnered with non-profit organization Reverb since 2008 to reduce their carbon footprint on tour, and the bandmates are members of the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council).
Over the course of their career, Maroon 5 have earned three Grammy Awards and sold over 120 million records. The band is hitting the road in October of 2025 for the LOVE IS LIKE Tour.
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More about Maroon 5
Capturing their first of two Grammys as Best New Artist of 2005, and going on to sell more than ten million albums worldwide, Maroon 5 won plaudits with the hybrid rock/R&B sound they introduced on their debut album Songs About Jane. On May 22nd, after four years and live shows alongside the likes of The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder, the quintet is set to release their much-anticipated second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (A&M/Octone Records). Listeners can expect this sophomore outing to be "sexier," "stronger" and even "lyrically darker" than Jane, according to vocalist/guitarist Adam Levine, who affirms that "it's rooted in what we've always been, which is different."
High school mates in West L.A., Levine, Carmichael and Madden, first achieved recognition under the moniker Kara's Flowers. Although the world seemed to open oyster-like for them - recording their first album with legendary producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls) - their debut, The Fourth World, proved a commercial disappointment. Kara's Flowers was given a release from the label, and its members mulled their collective future. College became the intermediate answer, and while Madden stayed in Los Angeles to study at UCLA, Levine and Carmichael headed east to State University of New York.
The SUNY dorms yielded an epiphany. "The halls were blasting gospel music and people were listening to stuff we'd never actually listened to, like Biggie Smalls, Missy Elliot and Jay-Z," recalls Levine. "The Aaliyah record had come out around then, and we were just blown away." Until then, his songwriting influences had been The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel and other artists he'd grown up with. But now his musical landscape had experienced a tectonic shift. Levine began to actively listen to Stevie Wonder and embraced a new singing style. Carmichael started playing keyboards. And the future suddenly looked bright again, in a very different light.
When the duo hooked back up with Madden in L.A., they were reinvigorated by adding an R&B, groove-based tint to their explosive rock & roll. With the new musical frame of mind came a new name, Maroon 5, and a fifth member, guitarist James Valentine. "James came along right as we were deciding on the name," says Levine. "We clearly weren't Kara's Flowers anymore, with the addition of James and an entirely new approach to music."
Also known for their commitment to the environment, Maroon 5 has pledged their time and energy toward Global Cool, an initiative to fight global warming by motivating a billion people worldwide to reduce their personal energy use.
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