Jill Scott has announced her 36-date “To Whom This May Concern” world tour, slated to kick off this summer.
The R&B singer is partnering with Live Nation Urban for the global run in celebration of her sixth album, which released in February. She’ll kick off the trek at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium before heading off across the United States with stops at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theatre and New York’s Kings Theatre. She’ll wrap the Stateside shows in Dallas on September 3 before heading off to Europe, the United Kingdom and South Africa, where the tour will conclude in Cape Town on November 11.
Presale begins on March 10 at 10 a.m. local time on her site. General on-sale starts on March 11 at 10 a.m. local time.
“To Whom This May Concern” was Scott’s first album in over a decade, touting collaborations with Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack and Too Short. The project also featured a long list of contributors including DJ Premier, Adam Blackstone, Om’Mas Keith, Camper, Andre Harris, Trombone Shorty, Seige Montracity, Eric Wortham, DW Wright and VT Tolan.
Check out the dates for the “To Whom This May Concern” world tour below:
June 4 Nashville, TN Ryman AuditoriumJune 5 Nashville, TN Ryman AuditoriumJune 11 Washington, DC The Theater at MGM National HarborJune 13 Washington, DC The Theater at MGM National HarborJune 14 Washington, DC The Theater at MGM National HarborJune 16 Charlotte, NC Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts CenterJune 18 Raleigh, NC Durham Performing Arts CenterJuly 10 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre AtlantaJuly 11 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre AtlantaJuly 16 New York, NY Kings TheatreJuly 18 New York, NY Kings TheatreJuly 19 New York, NY Kings TheatreJuly 24 Philadelphia, PA The Met PhiladelphiaJuly 25 Philadelphia, PA The Met PhiladelphiaJuly 27 Philadelphia, PA The Met PhiladelphiaAugust 6 Oakland, CA Paramount TheatreAugust 7 Oakland, CA Paramount TheatreAugust 11 Los Angeles, CA YouTube TheatreAugust 12 Los Angeles, CA YouTube TheatreAugust 15 Las Vegas, NV Pearl TheaterAugust 20 Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreAugust 22 Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreAugust 23 Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreAugust 26 Detroit, MI Fox TheatreAugust 30 Houston, TX Smart Financial Centre at Sugar LandSeptember 3 Dallas, TX Toyota Music Factory
EUROPE & UK TOUR DATESSeptember 29 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy =October 1 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester =October 5 Brussels, BE BOZAR =October 6 Berlin, DE Tempodrom =October 9 Paris, FR Zenith =October 10 Amsterdam, NL AFAS Live =October 13 London, UK Royal Albert Hall =October 14 London, UK Royal Albert Hall =
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR DATESNovember 7 Pretoria, South Africa SunBet Arena =November 11 Cape Town, South Africa GrandWest Arena =
