Erykah Badu Announces Summer Tour Plans, Schedules North Texas Performance For June 14

We'd been wondering when Erykah Badu would schedule a hometown performance in support of her new album, New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. Earlier this week, when Badu announced her tour schedule, we got our answer: She'll be playing the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie on June 14...

By Pete Freedman

April 22, 2010

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We'd been wondering when Erykah Badu would schedule a hometown performance in support of her new album, New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. Earlier this week, when Badu announced her tour schedule, we got our answer: She'll be playing the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie on June 14.

After the jump, the entire press release announcing the Dallas native's summer plans...

ERYKAH BADU ANNOUNCES 2010 NORTH AMERICAN
OUT MY MIND, JUST IN TIME TOUR

NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO: RETURN OF THE ANKH
IN STORES NOW

ERYKAH BADU has confirmed dates for her 2010 North American tour, Out My Mind, Just In Time. The tour takes its name from the closing track on the multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, director, and actor's new album, NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO: RETURN OF THE ANKH, which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Digital Albums chart and No. 4 on the Top 200 chart.

ERYKAH BADU's Out My Mind, Just In Time Tour will make stops at a mix of amphitheaters and concert halls throughout North America this spring, beginning on May 22 at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore, MD and wrapping up on June 24 at The Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas, NV. For more information and tickets, please visit www.outmymindjustintimetour.com.

A galvanizing live performer renowned for her electrifying stage presence and soulful vocal ability, ERYKAH BADU's Out My Mind, Just In Time Tour promises to deliver a fantastically funky live experience not to be missed. The outing will also feature an exciting revolving cast of opening acts that vary by city, including N.E.R.D., Bilal, Janelle Monae, and drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson from The Roots.

Released by Universal Motown Records on 3.30 2010 AD (((333))), ERYKAH BADU's fifth studio album, NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO: RETURN OF THE ANKH, arrived to a chorus of critical acclaim that hushed critics of the controversial music video for the album's first single, "Window Seat." Newsweek calls NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO "the R&B album of the moment that actually has a hint of timelessness about it." The Washington Post says, "This is Badu at her retro-futuristic best." And People raves, "This is the album that fans have been waiting for."

NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO is the long-awaited follow-up to ERYKAH BADU's superb 2008 disc, New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War. The current single, "Window Seat," has been heating up airwaves and will be featured as Delta Airlines in-flight boarding music throughout the month of April. Other highlights from the new album include the funky fresh party jam "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)," a hypnotic hustler's anthem called "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" that famously contains a sample of "Arrow Through Me" by Paul McCartney and Wings, and the breathtaking three-part suite "Out My Mind Just In Time," which also inspired the concept and title of the album cover artwork designed by ERYKAH BADU in collaboration with famed artist and poster designer EMEK.

ERYKAH BADU has been busy promoting the release of NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO: RETURN OF THE ANKH with recent television performances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (March 3), The Wendy Williams Show (March 25), Good Day New York (March 26), Jimmy Kimmel Live (March 30), Chelsea Lately (March 31), and The Wanda Sykes Show (April 3). She is also visible on newsstands on the April cover of EQ and featured in Nylon, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, Newsweek, and New York Magazine, among many other publications.

In addition to ERYKAH BADU's Out My Mind, Just In Time Tour, she has joined the lineups for this summer's Lollapalooza festival and will reunite with the revamped Lilith Fair tour for 7 Canadian and U.S. dates. She will also be featured as a special guest at Maxwell's upcoming concerts at Phillips Arena in Atlanta on June 11 and Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 26. For more details and ticket information about those shows, please visit www.lollapalooza.com, www.lilithfair.com, www.philipsarena.com, and www.thegarden.com.

ERYKAH BADU 2010 OUT MY MIND, JUST IN TIME TOUR DATES
May 22                        Baltimore, MD                         Pier Six Pavilion
w/ Bilal
May 23                        Boston, MA                             Orpheum Theatre
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
May 25                        New York, NY                        Roseland Ballroom
                                                w/ ?uestlove
May 26                        Philadelphia, PA                       Tower Theater
                                                w/ Bilal
May 28                        Washington, D.C.                     Constitution Hall
                                                w/ N.E.R.D., Janelle Monae
May 30                        Detroit, MI                               Chene Park
                                                w/ N.E.R.D., Janelle Monae
June 2                          Chicago, IL                              Chicago Theater
                                                w/ N.E.R.D., Janelle Monae
June 3                          Chicago, IL                              Chicago Theater
                                                w/ N.E.R.D., Janelle Monae
June 5                          Memphis, TN                           Orpheum Theatre
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 6                          Nashville, TN                           Ryman Auditorium
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 8                          Kansas City, KS                      Midland Theatre
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 9                          St. Louis, MO                          Fox Theatre
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 13                        Houston, TX                            Verizon Wireless Theater
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 14                        Dallas, TX                                Nokia Theatre
June 16                        Denver, CO                             The Fillmore Auditorium
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 18                        Oakland, CA                            Paramount Theatre
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 19                        Saratoga, CA                           The Mountain Winery
June 20                        Los Angeles, CA                      Greek Theater
                                                w/ Janelle Monae
June 22                        San Diego, CA                         TBA
June 23                        Phoenix, AZ                             TBA
June 24                        Las Vegas, NV                        The Pearl Concert Theater

TOUR DATES WITH MAXWELL
June 11                        Atlanta, GA                              Phillips Arena
                                                w/ Maxwell
June 26                        New York, NY                        Madison Square Garden
                                                w/ Maxwell

LILITH FAIR & FESTIVALS
June 27                        Calgary, AB                             MaMahon Stadium
                                                Lilith Fair
June 28                        Edmonton, AB                         Northlands Spectrum
                                                Lilith Fair
June 30                        Vancouver, BC                        Pitt Meadows Airport
                                                Lilith Fair
July 2                           Portland, OR                            Sleep Country Amphitheatre
                                                Lilith Fair
July 3                           George, WA                            The Gorge Amphitheatre
                                                Lilith Fair
August 4                       Raleigh, NC                             Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
                                                Lilith Fair
August 8                       Chicago, IL                              Grant Park, Hutchinson Field
                                                Lollapalooza
August 11                     Tampa, FL                               Ford Amphitheatre
                                                Lilith Fair

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