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Erykah Badu Lights Up Detroit's Fox Theater, Beyonce Shakes it for Hov's Fans
Posted on May 5, 2008 10:00 AM
As I'm sure many of you heard by now Beyonce made a brief appearance at Friday's Madison Square Garden stop on the Jay-Z/Mary J. Blige "Heart of the City" Tour. Take a look...
I wonder if there will ever come a day when that dance gets as old as the phrase "Bootylicious". ..
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I was in the house last night, at Detroit's Fox Theater, when Erykah Badu kicked off "The Vortex Tour,” her twelve-week, 49-city, 42-show tour which ends June 15th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I urge you to get tickets if you haven't yet -- if you are an Erykah fan (which I am) it will make your night. If you only know her hits (like my cousin, who was my guest) you still won't be disappointed.
The Roots are currently opening for Ms. Badu and they got the crowd hyped as they always do. There was an extended intermission between the two sets -- I assume to prepare the stage for Erykah's set -- complete with some pretty magical light changes, four kimono and obi-wrapped background singers and Badu's 7 member band -- who were pretty amazing artists themselves.
After an extremely extended introlude Erykah arrived onstage swathed in a black strapless tiered dress and crowned with her signature voluminous afro singing "Amerykahn Promise" which lead to "The Healer" next she went into a number that I think must be called "Annie Don't Wear No Panties" which I wasn't familiar with but it was pretty funny, especially with her choreography. There were some moments when the band almost stole the show -- especially the flute player who figured prominently into "Kiss Me On My Neck," but Badu did a great job of keeping the focus on her -- striking diva poses and making faces. By the time she got to "On and On" people were up dancing in the aisles.
When she finished "Otherside Of The Game" Erykah addressed the crowd, talking about "the game" before leading into "Block on Lock" which made the audience go wild. Then the band freaked the hell out of "Apple Tree" added some electronica elements and some 808, that ish was nuts. Of course she did "Tyrone" after which she had the nerve to leave the stage -- she came back to do her encore in some leggings and a black tee shirt, wigless with her stocking cap on to do "Green Eyes" and then in the middle of "Bag Lady" she jumped into the audience to sing. Pretty nuts. I was kind of disappointed she didn't do "Honey" but to say I had a great evening is an understatement.
I'm listing the full tour dates below for those of you who want to see her!
DATE: CITY: VENUE:
Sunday, May 04, 2008 Detroit, MI Fox Theater
Monday, May 05, 2008 Toronto, Canada Massey Hall
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Montreal, Canada Jacques Cartier Park
Thursday, May 08, 2008 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater
Friday, May 09, 2008 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
Saturday, May 10, 2008 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theater
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Washington, DC Constitution Hall
Thursday, May 15, 2008 Washington, DC Constitution Hall
Friday, May 16, 2008 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall
Saturday, May 17, 2008 Greensboro, NC Special Events Center
Sunday, May 18, 2008 Richmond, VA Landmark Theater
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Boca Raton, FL Mizner Park Amphitheater
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 San Juan, PR Coliseum of Puerto Rico
Friday, May 23, 2008 Atlanta, GA Fox Theater
Saturday, May 24, 2008 Montgomery, AL Jubilee City Festival
Sunday, May 25, 2008 Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Nashville, TN Andrew Jackson Hall
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theater
Thursday, May 29, 2008 St. Louis, MO Fox Theater
Friday, May 30, 2008 Chicago, IL Chicago Theater
Saturday, May 31, 2008 Chicago, IL Chicago Theater
Monday, June 02, 2008 Denver, CO Fillmore
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
Thursday, June 05, 2008 Redmond, WA Marymoor Amphitheater
Friday, June 06, 2008 Vancouver, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sunday, June 08, 2008 Oakland, CA Paramount Theater
Monday, June 09, 2008 Oakland, CA Paramount Theater
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 San Diego, CA Humphreys
Thursday, June 12, 2008 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater
Friday, June 13, 2008 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Saturday, June 14, 2008 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheater
Sunday, June 15, 2008 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium
Comments
I LOVE Badu!!!!! She can make me crazy like common and Andre3000 any day...
SoulRebel, "annie" is the song Erykah sings in the middle of the Honey video-the homage to Hey Ya!. Did she perform all ten minutes of Green Eyes or just the first part?
0731 she sang the WHOOOOOOOOLE thing. She went into it -- she stretched that mug out and her expressions were PRICELESS.
tight. I might have to go check her out.
I got tickets to her L.A. show. Can't wait. Shit's gonna be bomb!
I wonder if there will ever come a day when that dance gets as old as the phrase "Bootylicious".
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