It’s been seven years since Erykah Badu launched an official tour, back when New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh) was released. But today the singer/rapper/DJ announced a worldwide tour that includes cities from New Orleans to Montreux, and from her hometown of Dallas to Tokyo. She’s calling it the Badu Vs. Everythang Tour:
The neo-soul icon is known to use her live shows to benefit or celebrate causes she believes in—gracing the stage of the Texas Veggie Fair (she’s vegan) last year, donating a portion of Detroit concert earnings toward justice for rape victims—so leave it to the trained doula to also work in a stop at the Midwives Conference in Chicago before heading to Japan.
You can read the full list of tour dates below.
Erykah Badu—Badu Vs. Everythang Tour
05/06—Birmingham Funk Fest—Birmingham, AL
05/19—Atlanta Funk Fest—Atlanta, GA
05/27—Houston Arena Theater—Houston, TX
05/28—Lakefront Arena—New Orleans, LA
07/06-07—Hammerstein Theater—London, England
07/08—Palais Des Sports—Paris, France
07/09—North Sea Jazz Fest—Rotterdam, Netherlands
07/11—Montreux Jazz Fest—Montreux, Switzerland
07/12—Lucca Summer Fest—Tuscany, Italy
07/14—Tivoli Gardens—Copenhagen, Denmark
07/15—Pori Jazz Festival—Pori, Finland
07/20—Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas—Las Vegas, NV
07/22 —Exposition Park—Los Angeles, CA
08/10—TBA—Philadelphia, PA
08/12—Charlotte Funk Fest—Charlotte, NC
08/13—TBA—Richmond, VA
09/01—Riverfront Jazz Fest—Dallas, TX
09/15—TBA—Newark, NJ
09/16—The Meadows Music & Arts Fest—Queens, NY
09/22-23—Midwives Conference—Chicago, IL
10/01-03-06-12—Billboard Live—Tokyo, Japan
10/07—Tokyo Soul Camp Fest—Tokyo, Japan
10/09-10—Billboard Live—Osaka, Japan