Summer Tour (Erykah Badu)
{{Short description|2006 concert tour by Erykah Badu}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox concert
|concert_tour_name = Summer Tour
|image =
|artist = Erykah Badu
|album =
|start_date = June 10, 2006
|end_date = August 13, 2006
|number_of_legs = 4
|number_of_shows = {{unbulleted list|8 in North America|12 in Europe|2 in Asia|22 in total}}
|last_tour = Sugar Water Festival
(2005–06)
|this_tour = Summer Tour
(2006)
|next_tour = The Vortex World Tour
(2008)
}}
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".[http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-08-03/music/sugar-water-festival/ www.dallasobserver.com-music-tour]
Set list
- "Band Jam Intro"
- "Your My"
- "Suga"/"Kiss Me On My Neck"
- "I Want You"
- "Cleva"
- "Back in the Day (Puff)" 1
- "Black Ghost"
- "Other Side of the Game"
- "Danger"
- "On & On" / "...& On"
- "Penitentiary Philosophy"
- "Orange Moon" 1
- "Didn't Cha Know?"
- "Green Eyes"
- "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (contains elements of "Rapper's Delight" and "Gangsta Gangsta")
- "Tyrone"
- "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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width="150"| Date ! width="150"| City ! width="150"| Country ! width="250"| Venue |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| colspan=4| North America |
| February 26, 2006{{ref label|A|A}}
|rowspan="5"|United States |
| May 19, 2006{{ref label|B|B}}
|New York City |
| June 10, 2006
|Caswell Park |
| June 17, 2006 |
| June 29, 2006
|Pipeline Cafe |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| colspan=4|Asia |
| July 1, 2006
|rowspan="2"|Japan |Osaka-jō Hall (Springroove Festival) |
| July 2, 2006
|Tokyo |Makuhari Messe (Springroove Festival) |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| colspan=4| Europe[http://www.dwaynekerr.com/news/2006_06_01_archive.html Flutist Dwayne Kerr performs with Erykah Badu on her Summer Tour 2006][http://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/2006/sunday-16-july/3986-erykah-badu/#.Vdeoe9znVuA Erykah Badu at Rotterdam's North Sea Jazz Festival].NorthSeaJazz.com |
| July 7, 2006
|Belgium |
| July 11, 2006
|Poland |
| July 13, 2006
|Switzerland |Maag Halle |
| July 14, 2006
|rowspan="2"|London |rowspan="2"|England |rowspan="2"|Somerset House |
| July 15, 2006 |
| July 16, 2006
|Netherlands |
| July 17, 2006
|Rome |Italy |Cavea Auditorium |
| July 19, 2006
|Nice |France |
| July 20, 2006
|rowspan="4"|Spain |
| July 21, 2006 |
| July 22, 2006 |
| July 24, 2006 |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| colspan=4| North America |
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |
| August 3, 2006
|rowspan="4"|United States |
| August 5, 2006
|Chastain Park Amphitheater |
| August 12, 2006
|New York City |
| August 13, 2006 |
;Concerts and other miscellaneous performances
:{{note label|A|A}}This concert was a part of Dave Chappelle's Block Party in 2006 at Oven Auditorium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
:{{note label|B|B}}This concert was a part of "The Roots & Friends" at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.