Review: Iconic R&B acts combine forces to kick off tour in grand fashion

The chance to see two of the top R&B groups of the ’90s — hitmakers SWV and Xscape — share the stage together proved to be a huge draw, pulling in a capacity crowd of some 13,000 fans on opening night of the Queens of R&B Tour on Thursday (June 27) at the Toyota Pavilion in Concord.

And the show turned out to be as great, and maybe even better, than fans could have hoped for, as the two trios mixed and matched songs — and, most wonderfully, occasionally shared vocals — during the...