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Jam Tour

The Jam Tour was a summer and fall concert tour in 2009 by American R&B singer Erykah Badu.[1] The tour started on May 24 in Los Angeles, Badu played dates across North America twice and Europe, which ended in Dallas, Texas on October 16. During the North America second leg, Badu was featured as a special guest co-headliner on hip-hop artist Mos Def's Ecstatic Tour[2] on select September dates.[3]

Jam Tour
Tour by Erykah Badu
Associated albumNew Amerykah Part One
Start dateMay 24, 2009
End dateOctober 16, 2009
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 22 in North America
  • 10 in Europe
  • 32 in total
Erykah Badu concert chronology

Prior to the start of tour, Badu performed two shows in April at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Her fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was released the following year in March 2010.[4]

Opening act

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Set list

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  1. "A Milli" (intro interlude)
  2. "Amerykahn Promise"
  3. "The Healer"
  4. "Me"
  5. "My People"
  6. "Soldier" 1
  7. "On & On" / "...& On"
  8. "Orange Moon" 1
  9. "Didn't Cha Know?"
  10. "That Hump" 1
  11. "Back in the Day (Puff)" (contains elements of "Juicy Fruit")
  12. "Appletree"
  13. Michael Jackson Tribute: "Off the Wall"
  14. "I Want You"
  15. "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (contains elements of "Rapper's Delight" and "Gangsta Gangsta")
  16. "Love of My Life Worldwide"
  17. "Black Ghost" (reprise)
  18. "Otherside of the Game"
  19. "The Healer" (reprise)
  20. "A Milli" (outro interlude)

1 performed on select dates in Europe and the U.S.

Notes

  • The song "A Milli" by hip-hop rapper Lil Wayne was featured as opening and closing instrumental for Badu's set list for the tour.

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America
April 24, 2009 New Orleans United States New Orleans Jazz Festival
April 25, 2009
May 24, 2009 Los Angeles Jazz Reggae Festival
May 25, 2009 George The Gorge Amphitheatre
May 29, 2009 Honolulu Aloha Tower
May 30, 2009 Phoenix Celebrity Theatre
May 31, 2009 Las Vegas House of Blues
June 2, 2009 Anaheim The Grove of Anaheim
June 4, 2009 San Diego Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
June 5, 2009 Los Angeles Club Nokia
June 6, 2009 San Francisco The Warfield
June 12, 2009 Manchester Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14, 2009
Europe
July 1, 2009 Dublin Ireland Vicar Music Festival
July 8, 2009 Milan Italy Arena Civica
July 10, 2009 Paris France Zénith de Paris
July 11, 2009 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
July 13, 2009 Copenhagen Denmark The Vega
July 15, 2009 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
July 16, 2009 Milan Italy Milano Jazzin' Festival
July 17, 2009 Pori Finland Pori Jazz Festival
July 19, 2009 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Jazz Festival
July 21, 2009 Nice France Nice Jazz Festival
North America
August 4, 2009 New York City United States Governors Island
August 6, 2009 Atlantic City House of Blues
August 7, 2009 Detroit Chene Park Amphitheatre
August 8, 2009 Columbia Summer Spirit Festival
August 29, 2009 Raleigh Soul Music Festival
September 3, 2009 San Francisco Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
September 4, 2009 Oakland Paramount Theatre
September 5, 2009 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
September 10, 2009 Memphis Orpheum Theater
September 17, 2009 Philadelphia Electric Factory
October 16, 2009 Dallas Red Bull Soundclash

Note

  • Not all of the U.S. dates may be listed.

References

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  1. ^ Erykah Badu is going on tour in May.
  2. ^ Erykah Badu joins Mos Def's Ecstatic Tour Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.www.hiphopdx.com
  3. ^ Erykah Badu Gets On Board Mos Def's Tour Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.www.urb.com
  4. ^ "Erykah Badu and Mos Def bring Ecstatic Tour to Oakland, California". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
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