Big Beautiful Tour

Big Beautiful Tour

Tour by Jill Scott
Associated album	Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Start date	February 9, 2005
End date	March 26, 2005
Legs	2
No. of shows	24 in North America 24 in total
Jill Scott concert chronology
Buzz Tour (2004) Big Beautiful Tour (2005) Sugar Water Festival (2005)

Big Beautiful Tour was a concert tour in by American R&B recording artist Jill Scott, in support of her album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 . The tour started on February 9, and ended on March 26, in Upper Darby, PA. ^{[1] [2]} Scott's performance received rave reviews from critics attending the shows. Jill blended a mixed sound of R&B, soul-funk, hip-hop and poetry, while delivering her hits "Golden", "A Long Walk", "The Way" and the 2005 Grammy Award-winning song "Cross My Mind". ^{[3] [4]}

Opening acts

• Common
• Raphael Saadiq (select dates)

Set list

1. "Jilltro" (Intro Suite)
2. "Warm Up"/"It's Love" (Mashup Mix)
3. "Golden" (Remix)
4. "A Long Walk"
5. "Exclusively"
6. "Gettin' In the Way"
7. "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"
8. "Talk To Me"
9. "Cross My Mind"
10. "Bedda At Home" (Acapella)
11. "Whatever"
12. "Can't Explain (42nd Street Happenstance)"
13. "The Fact Is (I Need You)"
14. "One Is The Magic #"
15. "Slowly Surely"
16. "Not Like Crazy"
17. "The Way"

Notes

• On select dates of the tour, opening act hip-hop star Common would ask Scott to appear on stage to perform their R&B/funk infused dance duet, "I Am Music", from his platinum-selling album Electric Circus .

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
February 9, 2005	Sacramento	United States	Memorial Auditorium
February 10, 2005	Oakland		Paramount Theatre
February 11, 2005
February 14, 2005	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
February 17, 2005	San Diego		Copley Symphony Hall
February 20, 2005	Denver		Paramount Theatre
February 22, 2005	Grand Prairie		Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
February 23, 2005	Houston		Verizon Wireless Theater
February 25, 2005	Memphis		Orpheum Theatre
February 26, 2005	New Orleans		Saenger Theater
February 28, 2005	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
March 2, 2005	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
March 3, 2005	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum Complex
March 4, 2005	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
March 5, 2005
March 8, 2005	Richmond		Landmark Theater
March 9, 2005	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
March 10, 2005
March 13, 2005	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
March 16, 2005	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
March 19, 2005	Chicago	United States	Chicago Theatre
March 20, 2005	Pittsburgh		Byham Theater
March 23, 2005	Cleveland		State Theatre
March 24, 2005	Baltimore		Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
March 26, 2005	Upper Darby Township		Tower Theater

References

1. Jill Scott kicks off tour.highbeam.com
2. Scott starts Beautiful tour 2005 Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine .www.livedaily.com
3. Jill Scott, life is 'awesome', and it shows.articles.baltimore.com
4. Concert review; Sunday night with Jill Scott-2005.koranteng.blogspot.com

External links

• jillscott.com-big beautiful tour arrives. 2005
• jillscott.com-tour hits d.c. with common. 2005