The First Lady Tour

The First Lady Tour is a music concert tour by American R&B singer Faith Evans, and supports her gold selling album The First Lady, visiting cities throughout North America.[1] The trek started on June 18 in Pittsburgh, PA at the WAMO Summer Jam concert featuring Master P, Common, Teairra Mari and Cassidy.[2]

The First Lady Tour
Tour by Faith Evans
Associated albumThe First Lady
Start dateJune 18, 2005
End dateSeptember 3, 2005
Legs1
No. of shows35 in North America
Faith Evans concert chronology

Following the North American outing, Evans performed additional dates in Europe. To support the album and tour, BET aired, "An Evening with The First Lady", showcasing Evans performing songs from the album.

Kameelah Williams, lead singer of the R&B female group 702, joined the tour as a background singer and contributed backing vocals on a few songs on Faith's The First Lady album. At select dates Williams showcased her vocal skills during Faith's introduction of her Band.

Opening acts

Set list
  1. "All Night Long"
  2. "Burnin' Up"
  3. "Love Like This"
  4. "Can't Believe"
  5. "I Love You"
  6. "No Other Love"
  7. "Come Over"
  8. "Soon as I Get Home"
  9. "Ain't Nobody"
  10. Notorious B.I.G. Tribute: "Hypnotize" / "One More Chance" / "Juicy" / "Mo Money Mo Problems"
  11. "Faithful" (Interlude) / "Faithfully"
  12. "Alone in This World"
  13. "Fallin' in Love"
  14. "You Used to Love Me"
  15. "You Gets No Love"
  16. "Never Gonna Let You Go"
  17. "Goin' Out"
  18. "Jealous"
  19. "Again"
  20. "Get Over You"
  21. "Tru Love"
  22. "I Don't Need It"
Encore
  1. "Stop N Go"
  2. "Mesmerized"

Notes
  • The set list included a tribute to her ex-husband rapper the Notorious B.I.G., that consisted of a DJ medley of his pop hit songs.

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America[3][4]
June 18, 2005[A] Pittsburgh United States Chevrolet Amphitheatre
June 24, 2005[B] Chicago Petrillo Music Shell
June 26, 2005 Baltimore Oriole Park at Camden Yards Lot
June 28, 2005 Anaheim House of Blues
June 29, 2005 West Hollywood
July 2, 2005[C] Detroit New Center
July 5, 2005 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
July 7, 2005 Atlantic City House of Blues
July 9, 2005 Ledyard Fox Theatre
July 10, 2005 Poughkeepsie Chance Theatre
July 14, 2005 Philadelphia Trocadero Theatre
July 15, 2005 Newark Newark Symphony Hall
July 16, 2005 New York City B.B. King's Blues Club
July 17, 2005[D] Rochester Genesee Valley Park
July 19, 2005 North Myrtle Beach House of Blues
July 20, 2005 Atlanta EarthLink Live
July 23, 2005 Orlando House of Blues
July 24, 2005 Miami Mansion Nightclub
July 27, 2005 Dallas Gypsy Tea Room
July 28, 2005 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
July 29, 2005 New Orleans House of Blues
July 30, 2005 Houma City Lights
August 2, 2005 Minneapolis Quest
August 3, 2005 Chicago House of Blues
August 5, 2005[E] Columbus Celeste Center
August 7, 2005 Cleveland House of Blues
August 19, 2005[F] Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium
August 20, 2005 St. Louis America's Center
August 26, 2005 Las Vegas House of Blues
August 28, 2005 San Francisco Fillmore Auditorium
August 29, 2005 Anaheim House of Blues
August 30, 2005 San Diego
August 31, 2005 West Hollywood
September 1, 2005 Las Vegas
September 3, 2005 West Hollywood
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A WAMA Summer Jam
B Taste of Chicago[5]
C Comerica TasteFest
D Rochester MusicFest[6]
E Ohio State Fair[7]
F Cincinnati Jazz Festival[8]

References
  1. Faith Evans sets out tour in the USA.www.soundspike.com
  2. Faith Evans kicks off tour Archived 2007-10-24 at archive.today.www.livedaily.com
  3. IGN Music (June 24, 2005). "Faith Evans Near You". IGN. j2 Global. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  4. Zahlaway, Jon (June 15, 2005). "'First Lady' Faith Evans works the road". LiveDaily. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  5. Faith Evans concert at the Taste of Chicago
  6. Crichton, Alex (April 26, 2005). "Rochester Music Fest Returns For 11th Year". WXXI-TV. WXXI Public Broadcasting Council. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  7. Hladik, Michele C. (August 1, 2005). "Event set to be a bit on tree-ditional side with new entertainer". The Vindicator. Vindicator Printing Company. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. Varias, Chris (August 20, 2005). "Jazz Fest is back". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
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