This band has sold over 90 million albums. It’s playing a major outdoor Boise concert

“September” will come early this year for outdoor music fans in Boise.

On June 17, to be exact.

That’s when funk/soul/disco machine Earth, Wind & Fire — creator of ubiquitous smashes such as “September,” “Shining Star” and “Boogie Wonderland” — will perform at the Idaho Botanical Garden’s Outlaw Field.

Formed in 1969, Earth, Wind & Fire — EWF — has sold more than 90 million albums across the globe. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

Featuring dozens of musicians over the years, EWF is almost a collective as much as a band. Key personnel still in the group include bassist and founding member Verdine White, singer Philip Bailey and drummer-percussionist Ralph Johnson.

Tickets will become available to the general public starting at 10 a.m. Friday for $76 at Ticketmaster. Garden members can buy them beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday for $71.

Michael Deeds

Idaho Statesman

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Michael Deeds is a long-serving entertainment reporter and opinion columnist at the Idaho Statesman, where he chronicles the Boise good life: restaurants, concerts, culture, cool stuff. He started as a summer intern after graduating from the University of Nebraska with a news-editorial journalism degree. Deeds’ prior Statesman roles have included sportswriter, music critic and features editor. His other writing has ranged from freelancing album reviews for The Washington Post to bragging about Boise in that inflight magazine you left on the plane.