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MPAC presents Joss Stone on Tuesday

originally published: 10/04/2025

Photo by Tina Turnbow

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Grammy winning artist Joss Stone brings her Less is More tour to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) for one performance only, Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 8:00pm. Less is More features a soulful night of stripped-back performances from the acclaimed performer.

Joss Stone is a Grammy and Brit Award-winning artist who released her acclaimed debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003, at the age of 16. Over her career, she has released nine studio albums, selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

Stone has performed and collaborated with legendary artists including James Brown, Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Sting, Van Morrison, Melissa Etheridge, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and Damien Marley, amassing over one billion streams in the U.S. alone.

In 2014, she completed her audacious Total World Tour, performing and collaborating with local artists and charities in every country in the world.

Her 2022 release, Never Forget My Love, was her eighth studio album, written with and produced by Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, with whom she also co-wrote music and lyrics for the West End musical The Time Traveller's Wife.




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In 2023, Stone embarked on her "20 Years of Soul" anniversary tour, during which she recorded her first live album, 20 Years of Soul - Live in Concert. She followed this with the Ellipsis Tour in 2024.

Tickets range from $67-$139 (all fees included) and are available for purchase online or by calling the Box Office at 973-539-8008.  Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) is located at 100 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey.

Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. Mayo Performing Arts Center was named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres, and is ranked in the top 50 mid-sized performing arts centers by Pollstar Magazine.

The 2025-2026 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals.




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