The Real Thing Tour (also known as The Real Thing: An Evening with Jill Scott) is the fifth concert tour by

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recording artist, Jill Scott. Visiting North America and Europe, the tour promoted the singer's third studio album, '' The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3''. The trek yielded the singer's first concert special for TV One entitled, ''Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly)''. The tour featured singers

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as opening acts.

Background

Stemming from the success of her album, Scott announced the tour through her website in December 2007 with 17 dates. In January, additional dates were released. Opening for Scott on tour was fellow

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singer,

. To coincide with the tour, Hidden Beach decided to release the singer's second live album, ''Jill Scott: Live in Paris+''. Filmed and recorded at the historic

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, the CD/DVD package contains selected tracks from Scott's 2004 European tour. Additionally, it contains four new tracks from her current album, performed during her U.S. promotional tour. During the stint of the tour, Scott received a

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for Daydreamin'. The singer

also joined the tour as an opening act, in the midst of his own period of touring in the aftermath of his unreleased but leaked second album '' Love for Sale''. His live band included pianist

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, bassist Conley "Tone" Whitfield, and drummer Chris "Daddy" Dave. The trek originally concluded in March 2008, however, Scott added additional dates in the United States during the summer, along with festival appearances in Europe. Once the tour was complete, Scott returned to

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to film the series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Opening acts

(North America—Leg 1) *

(North America—Leg 2)

Set list

Tour dates

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Broadcasts and recordings

The tour was recorded for a concert special on the U.S. based TV One. The special, ''Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly)'', was filmed in Scott's hometown of

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at the

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. For a crowd of over seven thousand, Scott performed tracks from her newest album, along with her greatest hits. The special aired June 29, 2008.

Personnel

;Crew *Lighting Designer: Martin Thomas *Lighting Crew Chief: Wayne Bukovinsky *Lighting Technician: Dylan Haines *Musical Director: Noel Terrell

References

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