The Vortex Tour was a tour 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 support of her Platinum selling 2008 album, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

New Amerykah Part One is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Erykah Badu, released February 26, 2008, on Universal Motown. It follows her 2003 album Worldwide Underground and a hiatus from recording music...

. The U.S. tour kicked off May 4, in Detroit, MI ending on June 15, in Albuquerque, N.M. The second leg of tour reached Europe on June 25, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Badu toured across Europe playing shows that included an itinerary for the month of July. Several more shows were added throughout August in the U.S.

Setlist

1. "My People/Intro" (Instrumental)
2. "Amerykahn Promise"
3. "The Healer"
4. "Me"
5. "My People"
6. "Twinkle"
7. "The Cell"¹
8. "Back in the Day" (contain elements of "Juicy Fruit
   Juicy Fruit (song)
   "Juicy Fruit" is a funk song written by James Mtume and released as the lead-off single from Mtume's sixth album, also titled Juicy Fruit. The mid-tempo song is arguably Mtume's most well-known, proving enormously successful on R&B radio stations and nightclubs when first released...
   
   )"
9. "On & On"/"...& On"
10. "Didn't Cha Know?
    Didn't Cha Know?
    "Didn't Cha Know?" is the second single from singer Erykah Badu's 2000 album Mama's Gun. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for 2001....
    
    "
11. "Soldier
    Soldier (Erykah Badu song)
    "Soldier" is a song by Erykah Badu released as the second single from her fifth album, New Amerykah Part One . The song was produced by Karriem Riggins. This was strictly a promotional single and did not have a commercial single release or music video...
    
    "
12. "Master Teacher"
13. "Appletree" (Remix)
14. "I Want You" (contain elements of "Love To Love You Baby
    Love to Love You Baby
    Love to Love You Baby is the second album by Donna Summer, and her first to be released internationally and in the US. Her previous album Lady of the Night was released only in the Netherlands. Love to Love You Baby was released in the US on August 27, 1975.-History:In the summer of 1975, Summer...
    
    ")
15. "Next Lifetime"¹
16. "Annie" ¹
17. "Other Side of the Game"
18. "Danger"
19. "Time’s a Wastin’"
20. "Orange Moon"
21. Medley: "Liberation"/ "Green Eyes"¹
22. "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)
    Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)
    "Love of My Life " is the title of a 2002 single by singer Erykah Badu and rapper Common. It spent four weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul...
    
    "
23. "Telephone"²
24. "Tyrone"
25. "Honey
    Honey (Erykah Badu song)
    "Honey" is a song by Erykah Badu, released as the lead single from her third studio album, New Amerykah Part One . The song was produced by 9th Wonder, and samples Nancy Wilson's 1978 song "I'm in Love".-Music video:...
    
    "¹
26. "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...
    
    "

¹only performed on select dates in USA and Europe
²only performed on select dates in the USA

Notes

• On select dates, as Badu performed "Other Side of the Game", members of The Roots
  The Roots
  The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...
  
  would strut and dance across the stage as she adlib, "can't understand the game".

• During select dates in Europe, "The Cell" was peformed followed by "Twinkle", Badu sang the chorus of Common's "The Light
  The Light (Common song)
  ----"The Light" is the Grammy-nominated second single off Common's 2000 album Like Water for Chocolate. It is produced by Jay Dee and features keyboards performed by James Poyser. It samples "Open Your Eyes" as performed by Bobby Caldwell and the drums from "You're Getting a Little too Smart" by...
  
  " after 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...
  
  .

Band

• Director/Keyboards: R.C. Williams
• Guitar: Michael Feingold
• Percussions: James Clemons
• Bass: Stepen Bruner
• Drums: Lamont Taylor
• 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....
  
  
• Turntables: Rashad Smith
• Background vocals: Keisha Jackson
  Keisha Jackson
  Keisha Jackson is a R&B singer, and is the daughter of R&B & Soul Legend Millie Jackson.Having grown up in a family rich with music history, Keisha’s childhood was immersed in music...
  
  , Koryan "Nayrok" Wright, Rachel Yahvah

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
May 4, 2008	Detroit	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Fox Theater
May 5, 2008	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
May 6, 2008	Sherbrooke		Jacques Cartier Park
May 8, 2008	Boston	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Orpheum Theater
May 9, 2008	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
May 10, 2008	Baltimore		Pier Six Pavilion
May 11, 2008	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
May 14, 2008	Washington, DC		DAR Constitution Hall
May 15, 2008
May 16, 2008	Norfolk		Chrysler Hall
May 17, 2008	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
May 18, 2008	Richmond		Landmark Theater
May 20, 2008	Boca Raton		Mizner Park Amphitheater
May 21, 2008	San Juan	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	Coliseum of P.R.
May 23, 2008	Atlanta	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Fox Theater
May 24, 2008	Montgomery		Jubilee Festival
May 25, 2008	Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country...	Aruba Aruba Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...	Soul Beach Music Festival
May 27, 2008	Nashville	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Ryman Auditorium
May 28, 2008	Memphis		Orpheum Theater
May 29, 2008	St. Louis		Fox Theater
May 30, 2008	Chicago		Chicago Theater
May 31, 2008
June 2, 2008	Denver		The Fillmore
June 3, 2008	Salt Lake City		The Depot
June 5, 2008	Redmond		Marymoore Amphitheater
June 6, 2008	Vancouver	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...	Commodore Ballroom
June 8, 2008	Oakland	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Paramount Theater
June 10, 2008	San Diego		Humphrey's Bay
June 12, 2008	Los Angeles		Greek Theater
June 13, 2008	Las Vegas		House OF Blues
June 14, 2008	Mesa		Mesa Amphitheater
June 15, 2008	Albuquerque		Kiva Auditorium

Second Leg

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
June 25, 2008	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	Falconer Salen
June 26, 2008	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	Berns
June 27, 2008	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...	Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	Couleur Cafe
June 28, 2008	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Palias des Congres
June 30, 2008	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 1, 2008	Dublin	Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	The Vicar
July 4, 2008	Montreux Montreux Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration.- History :...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Montreux Jazz Festival
July 5, 2008	Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...	Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	Heineken Opener Festival
July 6, 2008	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Cavea Auditorium
July 8, 2008	Lucca Lucca Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Piazza Napoleone
July 11, 2008	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Conde Duque
July 12, 2008	Malaga Málaga Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Teatro Cervantes
July 14, 2008	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	El Pueblo Espanol
July 17, 2008	Ghent Ghent Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...	Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	Blue Note
July 18, 2008	Luzern	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Blue Ball Festival
July 19, 2008	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....	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...	Jazz Open Festival
July 22, 2008	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	Paradiso
July 23, 2008
July 26, 2008	Wiesen Wiesen Wiesen can mean several places:* Wiesen, Switzerland* Wiesen, Bavaria* Wiesen, Austria, a town in the district of Mattersburg in Burgenland* Wiesen...	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Nova Jazz & Blue Nights
North America
September 27, 2008	Austin	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Austin City Limits Music Fest
October 24, 2008	New Orleans		Voodoo Music Festival