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Sugar Water Festival

Tour by Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, Jill Scott

Promotional poster for festival

Associated albums

Start date

July 8, 2005

End date

August 13, 2006

Legs

No. of shows

24 in North America

Erykah Badu tour chronology
Worldwide Underground Tour (2004)	Sugar Water Festival (2005–06)	Summer Tour (2006)

Queen Latifah tour chronology
	Sugar Water Festival (2005–06)	Trav'lin' Light Tour (2007)

Jill Scott tour chronology
Big Beautiful Tour (2005)	Sugar Water Festival (2005–06)	The Real Thing Tour (2008)

The Sugar Water Festival was a music festival founded by American recording artists Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah and Jill Scott. The trek played to amphitheaters and arenas in the United States during the summer of 2005 and 2006. It began in 2005 as an event to bring awareness to health issues to African-American women. British duo Floetry opened shows during the 2005 run. The festival was relaunched briefly in 2006 with Kelis opening the show and comedian Mo'Nique hosting the festival.^[1] 2006 was the final year for the outing. The festival had plans to expand into Europe and Asia, however, this did not come to fruition.

Background

The festival was announced in May 2005. Forming the "Suger Water Festival, LLC, the trek was headlined by Badu, Latifah and Scott. The singers stated performing Lilith Fair was the inspiration for the outing—with each singer wanting to bring a specific message to African American women.^[2] The festival was planned within six months, not providing enough times to gain notable sponsors. Badu says the meaning behind the name is the symbolism of "water" to "Earth", as the planet is three-fourths water. She continues to say women are the sweetness to the water, giving them the name of the tour."

To introduce the shows, Badu stated:^[3]

The Sugar Water Festival is much more than a concert tour", said Badu. "It's about educating, enlightening and entertaining. Queen, Jill and I are all committed to tapping into the communities we play—to raise awareness, in a positive way, of what we can all do to create a better world.

Opening acts

Floetry (2005)^[4]
Kelis (2006)^[5]

Set list

For the 2005 outing, the set list included an opening performance by, Scott, Latifah and Badu performing "Night's Over Egypt" and closing finale, "Never Too Much" as a tribute to R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross.

2005 ^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

"Nights Over Egypt"

Queen Latifah

Jill Scott

Erykah Badu

"Rimshot (Intro)" (Instrumental Interlude)
"Green Eyes"
"Didn't Cha Know?"
"Cleva"
"Orange Moon"
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
"Otherside of the Game"
"Danger"
Medley: "On & On" / "...& On"
"Back in the Day (Puff)"
"Bag Lady"

Encore

"Never Too Much"

2006

Jill Scott

"Exclusively"
"The Way
"Cross My Mind"
"Bedda at Home"
"Whatever"
"A Long Walk"
"Golden"
"The Fact Is (I Need You)"
"He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"

Queen Latifah

"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
"If I Had You"
"California Dreamin'"
"Simply Beautiful"
"Lush Life"
"A Good Woman"
"Just Another Day..."
"Come into My House"
"Ladies First"
"U.N.I.T.Y."

Erykah Badu

"I Want You"
Medley: "On & On" / "...& On"
"Next Lifetime"
"Tyrone"
"Back in the Day (Puff)"
"Otherside of the Game"
"Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi)"
"Cleva"
"Green Eyes"
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (contains elements of "Rapper's Delight")
"Danger"
"Bag Lady"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America—Leg 1^[3]
July 8, 2005	Virginia Beach	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 9, 2005	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 12, 2005	Wantagh		Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
July 13, 2005	Boston		Bank of America Pavilion
July 15, 2005	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
July 16, 2005	Camden		Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 17, 2005	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
July 21, 2005	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheater
July 22, 2005	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheater
July 23, 2005	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 26, 2005	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 27, 2005	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
July 29, 2005	Chicago	United States	Lakefront Pavilion
July 30, 2005	Columbus		Germain Amphitheater
July 31, 2005	Maryland Heights		UMB Bank Pavilion
August 2, 2005	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 4, 2005	Concord		Chronicle Pavilion
August 6, 2005	Paradise		Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 9, 2005	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
August 10, 2005	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
North America—Leg 2^[10]
August 3, 2006	Grand Prairie	United States	Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 5, 2006	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheater
August 12, 2006	New York City		Prospect Park Bandshell
August 13, 2006	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion

Additional notes

During the August 13, 2006 show in Columbia, Maryland, Scott along with Latifah and MoNique performed with Badu on her closing finale, "Bag Lady".

References

^ McCabe, Brent (9 August 2006). "Sugar Water Festival with Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, Kelis, and Mo'nique". Baltimore City Paper. Times-Shamrock Communications. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Wynn Jr., Terry (18 July 2005). "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". NBC News. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Sugar Water Festival to Kick Off July 8 in Virginia Beach; Grammy Winners Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah and Jill Scott to Join Forces for Summer Concert Tour" (Press release). Business Wire. 6 July 2005. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Vaziri, Aidin (2 August 2005). "Divas of hip-hop and R&B ready to spice up Sugar Water Festival". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ "The Week of June 30". The Washington Post. 23 June 2006. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Reid, Shaheem (13 July 2005). "Latifah, Badu And Scott's Beach Party Small But Loud". MTV News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Anderman, Joan (15 July 2005). "Sugar Water makes inspiring debut". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Patterson, Spencer. "Sugar Water Festival great for Scott". Las Vegas Sun. The Greenspun Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Gathers, Katrina T. (20 July 2005). "It's ladies first at the sublime Sugar Water Festival". The Day. p. D3. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ "Queen Latifah Launches 2006 CURVATION(SM) PROJECT CONFIDENCE(SM) Awards at Sugar Water Festival" (Press release). PR Newswire. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

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