Jam Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Jam Tour
Artist:	Erykah Badu
Album:	New Amerykah Part One
Start Date:	May 24, 2009
End Date:	October 16, 2009
Number Of Legs:	3
Last Tour:	The Vortex World Tour (2008)
This Tour:	Jam Tour (2009)
Next Tour:	Out My Mind, Just in Time World Tour (2010)

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]

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

• Jay Electronica (USA - Leg 2)

Set list

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

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.

Notes and References

1. http://dailyconcertinfo.tumblr.com/post/108235766/erykah-badu-is-going-on-tour-this-may-through Erykah Badu is going on tour in May.
2. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.9673/title.erykah-badu-joins-leg-of-mos-def-s-ecstatic-tour Erykah Badu joins Mos Def's Ecstatic Tour
3. http://www.urb.com/2009/08/21/erykah-badu-gets-on-mos-defs-tour/ Erykah Badu Gets On Board Mos Def's Tour
4. Web site: Erykah Badu and Mos Def bring Ecstatic Tour to Oakland, California. . 2011-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717193928/http://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/live_reviews/6372/Erykah_Badu_and_Mos_Def_bring_the_Ecstatic_Tour_to_Oakland . 2011-07-17 . dead .