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Right after a 20th-anniversary tour of Jill Scott’s chart-topping album, “Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol I” was forced to stop prematurely thanks to the pandemic, it will resume.
Scott has introduced that she’ll be back on the road upcoming yr for displays all through which she will participate in the album in full, which include her hits like “Gettin’ in the Way,” “A Extensive Walk” and other tunes.
The tour, generated by Stay Country City, will play in about 20 markets across the state. Scott will also have special multi-show residencies in Washington, D.C. at the MGM National Harbor on Mother’s Working day weekend and Scott’s hometown of Philadelphia at The Met Philadelphia. It marks the initial time the North Philadelphia indigenous will play there.
The Philadelphia cease will element a fundraiser at the Arden Theatre in aid of Scott’s non-earnings, the Blues Babe Foundation.
“My band and I have been so excited a few decades back, but that damn COVID shut us down,” Scott explained in a press launch. “Now, we exterior! Arrive see me. Come feel once again. Relive your preferred times. Ya’ll prepared to settle down and get with this?!? It’s a ton of really like listed here.”
Scott released her debut history in July 2000. It went double platinum album and gained her various Grammy nominations, which include very best new artist (2001), finest R&B album (2001), and best feminine R&B vocal overall performance for three decades in a row (2001-2003).
Pre-revenue for Scott’s tour will start off Dec. 6.
The tour will kick off in February in Augusta, GA at the Bell Auditorium.