Mama's Gun Tour was a world tour and the second by American R&B/Soul singer, Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu

Erica Abi Wright , better known by her stage name Erykah Badu , is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical...

 in 2001 in support of her multi-Platinum selling album Mama's Gun

Mama's Gun

Mama's Gun is the second studio album by American recording artist Erykah Badu, released November 21, 2000, on Motown Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 1999 to 2000 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City...

. The tour started February 10 in Cleveland, OH across the U.S., the second leg continued with additional dates through the summer in Europe and the U.S.

When the tour arrived in Toronto, Canada on February 19, after Badu's final song "Bag Lady" the singer received a gold certification plaque award for her top selling album, "Mama's Gun".

Opening Acts

• Musiq
  Musiq
  Musiq Soulchild or Musiq is a US R&B/soul singer-songwriter whose style blends contemporary R&B, soul, funk, alternative, blues, jazz, some gospel influences and hip hop.-Biography:...
  
   (select dates)

• Talib Kweli
  Talib Kweli
  Talib Kweli Greene , better known as Talib Kweli, is an American hip-hop artist and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" ; his in Swahili means "true"...
  
   (U.S. Leg)

• Common
  Common (rapper)
  Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor....
  
   (U.S. Leg)

Set list

1. "Badu Show" (Intro)
2. "Rimshot"
3. "Certainly"
4. "No Love"
5. "Other Side Of The Game"
6. "Didn't Cha Know"
7. "Times A Wastin'" (select dates)
8. "My Life"
9. "On & On"/"...& On"
10. "Sometimes" (select dates)
11. "Cleva
    Cleva
    "Cleva" is the third and final single from American singer Erykah Badu's second studio album, Mama's Gun . It was produced by Badu, J Dilla, and James Poyser, a member of the Soulquarians and Badu's own production team Frequency...
    
    "
12. "Penitentiary Philosophy"
13. "Hey Suga"/"Kiss Me On My Neck"
14. "A.D. 2000"
15. "Stay" (Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
    
     song) (select dates)
16. **African Dance Segment**
17. "Orange Moon"
18. "Jah No Dead" (Bob Marley Cover)
19. "Green Eyes"
20. "Geto Heaven Part two
    Like Water for Chocolate
    Like Water for Chocolate is a popular novel published in 1989 by first-time Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel.The novel follows the story of a young girl named Tita who longs her entire life to marry her lover, Pedro, but can never have him because of her mother's upholding of the family tradition...
    
    " (with Common
    Common
    Common may refer to:* COMMON, the largest association of users of mid-range IBM computers* Common , a British Thoroughbred racehorse* Common , a part of certain Christian liturgy* Commoner, someone does not hold a title of peerage...
    
    ) (select dates)
21. "Tyrone
    Tyrone
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    "
22. "Bag Lady
    Bag Lady
    "Bag Lady" is the first single from singer Erykah Badu's 2000 album Mama's Gun. The song is about a woman trying to begin anew in a relationship, but who has too much emotional "baggage" and can't get close to people. The message of the song is to "pack light" and have hope for the future...
    
    "

Notes

• During the March 7, concert in San Diego, Common joined Badu on stage and both performed "Geto Heaven Part two" from Common's Platinum selling album, Like Water for Chocolate
  Like Water for Chocolate (album)
  Like Water for Chocolate is the fourth studio album by American hip hop rapper Common, released March 28, 2000 on MCA Records. It was a considerable critical and commercial breakthrough for Common, receiving generally favorable reviews from major magazine publications and selling 70,000 copies in...
  
  (2000).

Band

• Director/Keyboards: Geno "JuneBugg" Young
• Keyboards: R.C. Williams
• Drums: Raphael "Lock Johnson" Iglehart
• Percussions: Ramon Gonzalez
• Flute: Dwayne Kerr
  Dwayne Kerr
  Dwayne Kerr is a UK based Internet marketer who teaches Life Coaches how to use the internet to create online businesses to promote their products and services.Kerr currently lives in London and is known for training students all over the UK....
  
  
• Bass: Braylon Lacy
• Background vocals: N'dambi
  N'dambi
  -Biography:N'dambi is the ninth of eleven children born to a Baptist minister and missionary. Her father was a minister and singer in a quartet group. She got her professional start singing with Gaye Arbuckle, a local gospel singer, touring with Arbuckle for two years...
  
  , Chinah Blac, Yahzarah
  YahZarah
  Dana Nicole Williams is an American singer. She is commonly known by her stage name, Yahzarah or Purple St. James.Yahzarah rose to fame when she became a back-up singer for Erykah Badu in 2000. In 2001, Yahzarah signed to Keo Music Records released her first album, Hear Me...
  
  

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
February 10, 2001	Cleveland	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Allen Theater
February 12, 2001	Washington, DC		DAR Constitution Hall
February 13, 2001
February 14, 2001	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
February 17, 2001	Boston		Orpheum Theater
February 18, 2001	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
February 19, 2001	Toronto	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Massey Hall
February 22, 2001	Detroit	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Fox Theater
February 23, 2001	Chicago, IL		Auditorium Theater
February 24, 2001
February 28, 2001	Atlanta		Fox Theater
March 1, 2001	New Orleans		Saeneger Theater
March 3, 2001	Austin		Austin Music Hall
March 4, 2001	Houston		Ariel Theater
March 6, 2001	Phoenix		Celebrity Theater
March 7, 2001	San Diego		4th & B Club
March 9, 2001	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheater
March 12, 2001	Oakland		Paramount Theater
March 14, 2001	Las Vegas		The Joint
March 16, 2001	Denver		The Fillmore
March 17, 2001	Kansas City		Midland Theater
March 18, 2001	Dallas		Bronco Bowl

Summer dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
July 5, 2001	New Orleans	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Louisiana Superdome
Europe
July 9, 2002	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Olympia Hall
July 10, 2001	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Museumsplatz
July 11, 2001	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Stadpark
July 14, 2001	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...	Holland	Statenhall
July 16, 2001	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Apollo Theater
July 17, 2001	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Brixton Academy
July 18, 2001
July 20, 2001	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...	Holland	Statenhall
North America
August 1, 2001	Portsmouth	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Harbor Center
August 3, 2001	Washington, DC		DAR Constitution Hall
August 4, 2001	Richmond		Landmark Theater
August 5, 2001	Baltimore		Pier Six Pavilion
August 6, 2001	New York City		Central Park Summerstage
August 8, 2001	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theater
August 10, 2001	Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...		Palace Theater
August 11, 2001	Milwaukee		Riverside Theater
August 12, 2001	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theater
August 15, 2001	Seattle		The Pier
August 18, 2001	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
August 19, 2001	Los Angeles		Greek Theater
August 21, 2001	San Diego		Humphrey's
August 23, 2001	Denver		Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 25, 2001	St. Louis		The Pageant
August 26, 2001	Chicago		Arie Crown Theater
September 2, 2001	Atlantic City		Taj Mahal
September 3, 2001	Boston		Fleet Pavilion