The First Lady Tour is a music concert tour by American R&B singer Faith Evans , and supports her gold selling album The First Lady , visiting cities throughout North America.[ 1] The trek started on June 18 in Pittsburgh, PA at the WAMO Summer Jam concert featuring Master P , Common , Teairra Mari and Cassidy .[ 2]
Following the North American outing, Evans performed additional dates in Europe. To support the album and tour, BET aired, "An Evening with The First Lady" , showcasing Evans performing songs from the album.
Kameelah Williams, lead singer of the R&B female group 702 , joined the tour as a background singer and contributed backing vocals on a few songs on Faith's The First Lady album. At select dates Williams showcased her vocal skills during Faith's introduction of her Band .
Opening acts
Set list
"All Night Long "
"Burnin' Up "
"Love Like This "
"Can't Believe "
"I Love You "
"No Other Love"
"Come Over "
"Soon as I Get Home "
"Ain't Nobody "
Notorious B.I.G. Tribute: "Hypnotize " / "One More Chance " / "Juicy" / "Mo Money Mo Problems "
"Faithful" (Interlude) / "Faithfully"
"Alone in This World "
"Fallin' in Love"
"You Used to Love Me "
"You Gets No Love "
"Never Gonna Let You Go "
"Goin' Out"
"Jealous"
"Again "
"Get Over You"
"Tru Love "
"I Don't Need It"
Encore
"Stop N Go"
"Mesmerized "
Notes
The set list included a tribute to her late husband rapper the Notorious B.I.G. , that consisted of a DJ medley of his pop hit songs.
Tour dates
Date
City
Country
Venue
North America [ 3] [ 4]
June 18, 2005[A]
Pittsburgh
United States
Chevrolet Amphitheatre
June 24, 2005[B]
Chicago
Petrillo Music Shell
June 26, 2005
Baltimore
Oriole Park at Camden Yards Lot
June 28, 2005
Anaheim
House of Blues
June 29, 2005
West Hollywood
July 2, 2005[C]
Detroit
New Center
July 5, 2005
Washington, D.C.
9:30 Club
July 7, 2005
Atlantic City
House of Blues
July 9, 2005
Ledyard
Fox Theatre
July 10, 2005
Poughkeepsie
Chance Theatre
July 14, 2005
Philadelphia
Trocadero Theatre
July 15, 2005
Newark
Newark Symphony Hall
July 16, 2005
New York City
B.B. King's Blues Club
July 17, 2005[D]
Rochester
Genesee Valley Park
July 19, 2005
North Myrtle Beach
House of Blues
July 20, 2005
Atlanta
EarthLink Live
July 23, 2005
Orlando
House of Blues
July 24, 2005
Miami
Mansion Nightclub
July 27, 2005
Dallas
Gypsy Tea Room
July 28, 2005
Houston
Verizon Wireless Theater
July 29, 2005
New Orleans
House of Blues
July 30, 2005
Houma
City Lights
August 2, 2005
Minneapolis
Quest
August 3, 2005
Chicago
House of Blues
August 5, 2005[E]
Columbus
Celeste Center
August 7, 2005
Cleveland
House of Blues
August 19, 2005[F]
Cincinnati
Paul Brown Stadium
August 20, 2005
St. Louis
America's Center
August 26, 2005
Las Vegas
House of Blues
August 28, 2005
San Francisco
Fillmore Auditorium
August 29, 2005
Anaheim
House of Blues
August 30, 2005
San Diego
August 31, 2005
West Hollywood
September 1, 2005
Las Vegas
September 3, 2005
West Hollywood
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A WAMA Summer Jam
B Taste of Chicago [ 5]
C Comerica TasteFest
D Rochester MusicFest[ 6]
E Ohio State Fair [ 7]
F Cincinnati Jazz Festival[ 8]
References
↑ Faith Evans sets out tour in the USA .www.soundspike.com
↑ Faith Evans kicks off tour Archived 2007-10-24 at archive.today .www.livedaily.com
↑ IGN Music (June 24, 2005). "Faith Evans Near You" . IGN . j2 Global . Retrieved September 22, 2013 .
↑ Zahlaway, Jon (June 15, 2005). " 'First Lady' Faith Evans works the road" . LiveDaily . Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc . Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2013 .
↑ Faith Evans concert at the Taste of Chicago
↑ Crichton, Alex (April 26, 2005). "Rochester Music Fest Returns For 11th Year" . WXXI-TV . WXXI Public Broadcasting Council . Retrieved September 22, 2013 .
↑ Hladik, Michele C. (August 1, 2005). "Event set to be a bit on tree-ditional side with new entertainer" . The Vindicator . Vindicator Printing Company. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
↑ Varias, Chris (August 20, 2005). "Jazz Fest is back" . The Cincinnati Enquirer . Gannett Company . Retrieved September 22, 2013 .
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