The Real Thing Tour

The Real Thing Tour

Tour by Jill Scott
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album	The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
Start date	February 5, 2008
End date	August 28, 2008
Legs	5
Number of shows	55 in North America 8 in Europe 63 Total
Jill Scott concert chronology

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]

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 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

• Raheem DeVaughn (North America—Leg 1)^[5]
• Bilal (North America—Leg 2)^[6]

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

21. "The Way"
22. "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"
23. "And I Heard...(Do You Understand)"

North America/Europe (Set II)^[7] 

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

17. "Golden"
18. "Hate On Me"
19. "He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)"
20. "And I Heard...(Do You Understand)"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America—Leg 1 [8][9][10]
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	Ahoy Rotterdam
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 Etoiles
North America—Leg 3[11][12]
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

^A This concert was a part of the "JVC Jazz Festival"[13] ^B This concert was a part of the "Hampton Jazz Festival"[14] ^C This concert was a part of the "Essence Music Festival"[15] ^D This concert was a part of the "North Sea Jazz Festival"[16] ^E This concert was a part of the "Montreux Jazz Festival"[17]

^F This concert was a part of the "Sporting Summer Festival" ^G This concert was a part of the "Macy's Music Festival"[18] ^H This concert was a part of the "Classic Soul Series"[19] ^I This concert was a part of the "Summer Spirit Concert Series"[20] ^J This concert was a part of the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series"[21]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

August 12, 2008	New York City, New York	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[22]
Gibson Amphitheatre	Los Angeles	5,654 / 5,987 (94%)	$296,675[23]
Dodge Theatre	Phoenix	2,626 / 3,770 (70%)	$139,062[24]
Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie	4,868 / 4,868 (100%)	$262,374[25]
Verizon Wireless Theater	Houston	4,988 / 4,988 (100%)	$284,531[24][26]
Fox Theatre	Atlanta	8,852 / 8,852 (100%)	$551,325[22]
Prudential Hall	Newark	4,795 / 5,370 (89%)	$354,785[27]
Liacouras Center	Philadelphia	7,412 / 7,575 (98%)	$366,622[27]
Orpheum Theatre	Boston	2,640 / 2,749 (96%)	$121,520[27]
Fox Theatre	Detroit	4,793 / 4,839 (99%)	$299,865[28]
Chicago Theatre	Chicago	7,082 / 7,082 (100%)	$418,659[25]
Murat Theater	Indianapolis	2,513 / |2,513 (100%)	$125,427[25]
Merriweather Post Pavilion	Columbia	12,237 / 15,000 (81%)	$634,332[29]
Charter One Pavilion	Chicago	4,771 / 7,290 (65%)	$263,545[30]
Allen Theatre	Cleveland	2,362 / 2,504 (94%)	$143,398[30]
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, Pennsylvania 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.^[31]

Personnel

Crew^[32]

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

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