Following performances from his opening acts Chrisette Michele and Common, R&B singer/songwriter Maxwell performed Monday night (Sep 28) in concert in his hometown of New York City at the world-famous Madison Square Garden in support of his BLACKsummers’night fall tour.

The homecoming for headliner Maxwell was sweet: The Garden went completely dark for a few seconds as the chorus from Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” warmed up the arena. Max walked out in a dark three-piece suit. The singer started his set on the main stage, but later took to a runway that split into a Y-shaped fork. He had a giant video screen behind him that broke into four smaller screens and later into two ones. “Even though she pays me no attention/ All I wanna show is my affection/ Lose myself inside her ebony,” he sang during “Sumthin’ Sumthin’.” “She ain’t even checking me,” he continued, dropping to his knees to add drama. On cue, women in the audience started screaming.

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Check out R&B singer Maxwell’s brand new music video for “Bad Habits,” the second single off of his highly successful return to the music scene, his latest album, BLACKsummers’night, in stores now. Actress Kerry Washington stars as Maxwell’s leading lady and love interest in the clip. Continue reading to peep the new video!

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R&B crooner Maxwell is best known as the guy who moistens panties with the sound of his falsetto. But he wants you to know that there’s more to him than making women’s drawls (or drawers, whichever you prefer) perspire.

The “Pretty Wings” singer is featured on the cover of the September 2009 issue if Giant Magazine, where they delve deep into his personal life by answering questions that haven’t been answered, and you get a glimpse at what made him who he is today. PIck up the issue when it hits newsstands August 11th!

Columbia artist Maxwell is set to move between 275K to 325K on the Billboard 200 chart with his first album in nearly eight years, BLACKsummers’night. In comparison, his last album Now opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 296,000 units moved. However, it may not end up being the top selling album of the week. Sales for Michael Jackson were reportedly “very brisk” on the day of his memorial.

In other Billboard news, the Hannah Montana 3 TV soundtrack will take in between 100,000 – 125,000 and All Time Low’s third studio album Nothing Personal will move between 60,000 and 75,000.

Here are some more recent pictures of celebs hitting up various events throughout the past couple of days.

Bow Wow walked the red carpet of the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth season of HBO’s “Entourage,” Maxwell performed on CBS’ “The Early Show” and Ashanti attended the NYC premiere of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

Continue reading to see photos of Adrienne Bailon, Kevin Liles and more!

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R&B crooner Maxwell performed Saturday night (Jul 4) at Day 2 of the Coca-Cola sponsored 2009 Essence Music Festival, held in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Louisiana Superdome. Fellow R&B singer Robin Thicke also took the main stage that night, while singer/producer Ryan Leslie performed on one of the smaller stages. Continue reading for lots of photos of celebrities performing and enjoying the weekend’s festivities.

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The 2009 BET Awards went down this past Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles and if you haven’t had a chance to peep the performances from the show (Keyshia Cole, Monica, Beyonce, Soulja Boy, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, and more!) and the pre-show yourself, then continue reading to get your fix, courtesy of Mr. Word Premiere.
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Here Jamie Foxx can be seen paying tribute to Michael Jackson (comedically, of course) as the host of the 2009 BET Awards, which aired live from Los Angeles Sunday night (Jun 28) on BET. Jamie Foxx is probably one of the few people who can make light of a sad situation and have everyone laughing and crying at the same time. The BET Awards was supposed to dedicate the entire show to Michael, per the press release sent out Friday, but failed to impress.

The show itself was pretty good, but they should have never mentioned dedicating the show to MIchael if they didn’t have the time to do it right. That said, we really hope they put together an entire special to honor the late King of Pop so they can at least try to save face. But for now, continue reading for photos of Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Monica, Beyonce, Ne-Yo and many more celebrities who participated in this year’s BET Awards.

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BET Networks recently announced via press release that rappers Jay-Z, Fabolous and Young Jeezy and gospel duo Mary Mary have all been added to the official line-up of performers for the 2009 BET Awards. The annual ceremony’s star-studded line-up of performers already includes platinum-selling artists like Beyonce, Kanye West, The Dream, Soulja Boy, Ne-Yo and Maxwell so the new additions to the roster will no doubt be in good company.

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R&B singer Maxwell is back on the scene, but not without worries. It’s been almost 8 years since he released his last album, Now, which reached #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K, and when the time came to put out new music, he knew his absence to the scene for nearly a decade would be a gamble. And it definitely had folks talking and making their own speculations. But the 36-year-old Brooklyn native says he didn’t really pay attention to those crazy rumors:

“I don’t really put power into that. It’s just what people do and there’s no way I can control that. I can’t stand up at every moment and say ‘this true and this is not.’ There aren’t that many hours in the day to do that.”

His Jet Magazine cover story is on stands now and his upcoming album, BLACKsummers’night is set for a July 7th release. Peep the entire story on page 36 of the June 15th 2009 edition of Jet Magazine! And if you haven’t checked out his latest music video for the new album’s debut single, Pretty Wings, you can do so here.