Three-time Grammy-winning R&B/Soul veteran Jill Scott proclaims a nationwide, North American 2020 tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her critically-acclaimed debut album, Who Is Jill Scott Phrases and Sounds Vol. 1.
The primary leg of the trek will launch on February 7, 2020 in Kansas Metropolis, MO with further stops in Chicago, New York, Houston, and Georgia earlier than wrapping on March 21, 2020 in Columbia, SC. The second leg of the tour will are available time for Summer time 2020!
“I’m going to be true to the album set checklist. I’ll do each track within the order of the album,” Scott advised Billboard. “My viewers ought to carry their cd covers. Some might know the checklist by coronary heart. I’ll create musical preparations for the songs functions with new vitality however preserve the integrity of the unique songs they love. Count on theatre. Count on unimaginable musicianship. Count on love.”
Final month, Scott created anticipation for one thing new, writing on Instagram, “I’m working in silence however know, I acquired love coming, only for you, on a golden platter with a blackass bow.”
Nearing twenty years since Miss Scott launched the world to her genuine, unapologetic, sultry self, Who Is Jill Scott Phrases and Sounds Vol. 1, launched July 18, 2000, has gone on to be thought to be an album that spawned actions of feminine self-empowerment and self-assuredness in music at an impressionable time when it narrowly existed — a resurging motion that resonates to the rules of many artistic artists we see right now greater than ever earlier than. The album went double platinum and earned Scott a number of Grammy nominations, together with Finest New Artist.
Who Jill Scott 20th Anniversary 2020 U.S. Tour Dates:
02/07/2020 / Kansas Metropolis, MO / Arvest Financial institution Theatre at Midland Theatre
02/09/2020 / St. Louis, MO / Fox Theatre
02/12/2020 / Chicago, IL / The Chicago Theatre
02/14/2020 / Hanover, MD / The Corridor at Reside! On line casino & Lodge
02/15/2020 / Atlantic Metropolis, NJ / Borgata Lodge
02/20/2020 / New York, NY / Radio Metropolis Music Corridor
02/21/2020 / Northfield, OH / MGM Northfield Park
02/23/2020 / Indianapolis, IN / Murat Theatre
02/25/2020 / Minneapolis, MN / The Fillmore Minneapolis
02/28/2020 / Elizabeth, IN / Caesars Occasion Heart at Caesars Southern Indiana
02/29/2020 / Wetumpka, AL / Wind Creek Lodge & On line casino
03/03/2020 / Memphis, TN / Cannon Heart For The Performing Arts
03/05/2020 / Dallas, TX / The Music Corridor at Truthful Park
03/07/2020 / Austin, TX / ACL Reside at The Moody Theater
03/08/2020 / Houston, TX / Revention Music Heart
03/11/2020 / Huntsville, AL / Von Braun Heart
03/13/2020 / Augusta, GA / William B. Bell Memorial Auditorium
03/17/2020 / Clearwater, FL / Ruth Eckerd Corridor
03/18/2020 / Orlando, FL / Arduous Rock Reside
03/20/2020 / Macon, GA / Metropolis Auditorium at Macon Centreplex
03/21/2020 / Columbia, SC / Township Auditorium
Jill’s most up-to-date endeavor finds her taking up the function of “Hazel” within the BET+ remake of the 1996 romantic comedy, The First Wives Membership. A second season for the acclaimed collection was not too long ago introduced final month.