The Real Thing Tour

The Real Thing Tour (also known as The Real Thing: An Evening with Jill Scott) is the fifth concert tour by American recording artist, Jill Scott. Visiting North America and Europe, the tour promoted the singer's third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3. The trek yielded the singer's first concert special for TV One entitled, Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly).[1] The tour featured singers Raheem DeVaughn and Bilal as opening acts.

The Real Thing Tour
Tour by Jill Scott
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumThe Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
Start dateFebruary 5, 2008 (2008-02-05)
End dateAugust 28, 2008 (2008-08-28)
Legs5
No. of shows55 in North America
8 in Europe
63 Total
Jill Scott concert chronology

Background

Stemming from the success of her album, Scott announced the tour through her website in December 2007 with 17 dates. In January, additional dates were released.[2] Opening for Scott on tour was fellow neo soul singer, Raheem DeVaughn. To coincide with the tour, Hidden Beach decided to release the singer's second live album, Jill Scott: Live in Paris+. Filmed and recorded at the historic Élysée Montmartre, the CD/DVD package contains selected tracks from Scott's 2004 European tour.[3] Additionally, it contains four new tracks from her current album, performed during her U.S. promotional tour. During the stint of the tour, Scott received a Grammy Award for Daydreamin'.[4]

The singer Bilal also joined the tour as an opening act, in the midst of his own period of touring in the aftermath of his unreleased but leaked second album Love for Sale. His live band included pianist Robert Glasper, bassist Conley "Tone" Whitfield, and drummer Chris "Daddy" Dave.[5]

The trek originally concluded in March 2008, however, Scott added additional dates in the United States during the summer, along with festival appearances in Europe. Once the tour was complete, Scott returned to Botswana to film the series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Opening acts

Set list
North America (Set I)

February 5 – March 30

  1. "Let It Be" (Instrumental Interlude)
  2. "The Real Thing"
  3. "Gimme"
  4. "Cross My Mind"
  5. "Honey Molasses"
  6. "Come See Me"
  7. "Crown Royal"
  8. "A Long Walk" (contains elements of "Everybody Loves the Sunshine")
  9. "Only You"
  10. "Whenever You're Around"
  11. "How It Make You Feel"
  12. "My Love"
  13. "Wanna Be Loved"
  14. "The Fact Is (I Need You)" (contains elements of "Send For Me")
  15. "Not Like Crazy"
  16. "Epiphany" (contains elements of "This Place Hotel")
  17. "Slowly Surely" (contains elements of "Stakes Is High")
  18. "Golden"
  19. "Hate on Me"
  20. "It's Love" (contains elements of "Crank That (Soulja Boy)")
Encore
  1. "The Way"
  2. "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"
  3. "And I Heard...(Do You Understand)"
North America/Europe (Set II)[8]

June 18 – August 28

  1. "Rightness"
  2. "Let It Be"
  3. "The Real Thing"
  4. "A Long Walk"
  5. "Epiphany"
  6. "Insomnia"
  7. "Only You"
  8. "Whenever You're Around"
  9. "Slowly Surely"
  10. "The Way"
  11. "How It Make You Feel"
  12. "Do You Remember"
  13. "Come See Me"
  14. "Imagination (Crown Royal Suite)"
  15. "Gimme"
  16. "It's Love"
Encore
  1. "Golden"
  2. "Hate On Me"
  3. "He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)"
  4. "And I Heard...(Do You Understand)"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America—Leg 1 [9][10][11]
February 5, 2008 Seattle United States Paramount Theatre
February 7, 2008 Oakland Paramount Theatre
February 8, 2008
February 12, 2008 Anaheim The Grove of Anaheim
February 14, 2008 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
February 16, 2008 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
February 19, 2008 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
February 20, 2008 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
February 22, 2008 Atlanta Fox Theatre
February 23, 2008
February 26, 2008 Baltimore Lyric Opera House
February 27, 2008
February 28, 2008 Norfolk Chrysler Hall
March 2, 2008 Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium
March 3, 2008
March 5, 2008 Newark Prudential Hall
March 6, 2008
March 7, 2008 Philadelphia Liacouras Center
March 9, 2008 Boston Orpheum Theatre
March 11, 2008 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
March 12, 2008
March 14, 2008
March 15, 2008
March 16, 2008 Richmond Landmark Theater
March 19, 2008 Pittsburgh Benedum Center
March 21, 2008 Detroit Fox Theatre
March 22, 2008 Chicago Chicago Theatre
March 23, 2008
March 25, 2008 Indianapolis Murat Theater
March 26, 2008 St. Louis Fox Theatre
March 28, 2008 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
March 29, 2008
March 30, 2008 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
North America—Leg 2
June 18, 2008 Bridgeport United States Klein Memorial Auditorium
June 20, 2008[A] New York City Carnegie Hall
June 28, 2008[B] Hampton Hampton Coliseum
June 29, 2008 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
July 1, 2008 Nashville Jackson Hall
July 3, 2008 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
July 4, 2008[C] New Orleans Louisiana Superdome
Europe
July 9, 2008 Warsaw Poland Congress Hall
July 11, 2008[D] Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
July 12, 2008[E] Montreux Switzerland Miles Davis Hall
July 14, 2008 Antwerp Belgium Openluchttheater Rivierenhof
July 15, 2008 Paris France Le Grand Rex
July 18, 2008 London England Brixton Academy
July 20, 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
July 22, 2008[F] Monte Carlo Monaco Salle des Étoiles
North America—Leg 3[12][13]
July 26, 2008[G] Cincinnati United States Paul Brown Stadium
July 27, 2008[H] Detroit Chene Park Amphitheater
July 30, 2008 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater
August 2, 2008[I] Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 3, 2008 Atlantic City Borgata Events Center
August 7, 2008 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
August 8, 2008 Chicago Charter One Pavilion
August 9, 2008 Cleveland Allen Theatre
August 11, 2008[J] New York City Wingate Field
August 15, 2008 Highline Ballroom
August 26, 2008 San Francisco Yoshi's Jazz Club
August 27, 2008
August 28, 2008
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
August 12, 2008 New York City Central Park SummerStage Cancelled

Box office score data
Venue City Tickets Sold / available Gross Revenue
Paramount Theatre Oakland 5,654 / 6,030 (94%) $352,490[23]
Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles 5,654 / 5,987 (94%) $296,675[24]
Dodge Theatre Phoenix 2,626 / 3,770 (70%) $139,062[25]
Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie Grand Prairie 4,868 / 4,868 (100%) $262,374[26]
Verizon Wireless Theater Houston 4,988 / 4,988 (100%) $284,531[25][27]
Fox Theatre Atlanta 8,852 / 8,852 (100%) $551,325[23]
Prudential Hall Newark 4,795 / 5,370 (89%) $354,785[28]
Liacouras Center Philadelphia 7,412 / 7,575 (98%) $366,622[28]
Orpheum Theatre Boston 2,640 / 2,749 (96%) $121,520[28]
Fox Theatre Detroit 4,793 / 4,839 (99%) $299,865[29]
Chicago Theatre Chicago 7,082 / 7,082 (100%) $418,659[26]
Murat Theater Indianapolis 2,513 / |2,513 (100%) $125,427[26]
Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia 12,237 / 15,000 (81%) $634,332[30]
Charter One Pavilion Chicago 4,771 / 7,290 (65%) $263,545[31]
Allen Theatre Cleveland 2,362 / 2,504 (94%) $143,398[31]
TOTAL 81,247 / 89,417 (91%) $4,614,610

Broadcasts and recordings

The tour was recorded for a concert special on the U.S. based TV One. The special, Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly), was filmed in Scott's hometown of Philadelphia at the Liacouras Center. For a crowd of over seven thousand, Scott performed tracks from her newest album, along with her greatest hits. The special aired June 29, 2008.[32]

Personnel
Crew[33]
  • Lighting Designer: Martin Thomas
  • Lighting Crew Chief: Wayne Bukovinsky
  • Lighting Technician: Dylan Haines
  • Musical Director: Noel Terrell

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