Summer Tour (Erykah Badu)

The Summer Tour was a concert tour in 2006 by American R&B singer Erykah Badu. The tour started on June 10, in Knoxville, Tennessee with three shows in North America and several shows through the summer in Europe and a second outing in North America. Badu co-headlined dates in August with Jill Scott and Queen Latifah for their "Sugar Water Tour".^[1]

Summer Tour

Tour by Erykah Badu
Start date	June 10, 2006
End date	August 13, 2006
Legs	4
No. of shows	8 in North America 12 in Europe 2 in Asia 22 in total
Erykah Badu concert chronology

Set list

1. "Band Jam Intro"
2. "Your My"
3. "Suga"/"Kiss Me On My Neck"
4. "I Want You"
5. "Cleva"
6. "Back in the Day (Puff)" ¹
7. "Black Ghost"
8. "Other Side of the Game"
9. "Danger"
10. "On & On" / "...& On"
11. "Penitentiary Philosophy"
12. "Orange Moon" ¹
13. "Didn't Cha Know?"
14. "Green Eyes"
15. "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (contains elements of "Rapper's Delight" and "Gangsta Gangsta")
16. "Tyrone"
17. "Bag Lady"

¹ performed only at select dates in North America and Europe.

Band

• Director/Keyboards: R.C. Williams
• Percussion: James Clemons
• Bass: Braylon Lacy
• Flute: Dwayne Kerr
• Drums: Christopher Dave
• DJ: Burtron Smith
• VJ: Kerwin Detracy Devonish
• Background vocals: Eugenia Bess, Keisha Jackson

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
February 26, 2006[A]	Charlotte	United States	Ovens Auditorium
May 19, 2006[B]	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
June 10, 2006	Knoxville		Caswell Park
June 17, 2006	Baltimore		Oriole Park at Camden Yards
June 29, 2006	Honolulu		Pipeline Cafe
Asia
July 1, 2006	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-jō Hall (Springroove Festival)
July 2, 2006	Tokyo		Makuhari Messe (Springroove Festival)
Europe[2][3]
July 7, 2006	Bruges	Belgium	Minnewaterpark
July 11, 2006	Warsaw	Poland	Grand Theatre
July 13, 2006	Zürich	Switzerland	Maag Halle
July 14, 2006	London	England	Somerset House
July 15, 2006
July 16, 2006	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
July 17, 2006	Rome	Italy	Cavea Auditorium
July 19, 2006	Nice	France	Arènes et Jardins de Cimiez
July 20, 2006	Barcelona	Spain	Poble Espanyol
July 21, 2006	Málaga		Teatro Cervantes de Málaga
July 22, 2006	San Sebastián		Kursaal Auditorium
July 24, 2006	Madrid		Cuartel del Conde-Duque
North America
August 3, 2006	Grand Prairie	United States	Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 5, 2006	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheater
August 12, 2006	New York City		Prospect Park Bandshell
August 13, 2006	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion

Concerts and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of Dave Chappelle's Block Party in 2006 at Oven Auditorium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

^B This concert was a part of "The Roots & Friends" at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

References

1. www.dallasobserver.com-music-tour
2. Flutist Dwayne Kerr performs with Erykah Badu on her Summer Tour 2006
3. Erykah Badu at Rotterdam's North Sea Jazz Festival.NorthSeaJazz.com