Jill Scott is back, and she is doing it at full scale. The Philadelphia-born neo-soul icon has announced To Whom This May Concern, her first album in over a decade and the follow-up to 2015’s Woman. Alongside it comes a world tour of genuine ambition, running from early June through November and touching the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.
The domestic run is extensive and deliberately paced, with multiple nights booked in Nashville, Washington D.C., Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, and more. Scott plays her hometown of Philadelphia across three nights at The Met in late July. These are not quick in-and-out market stops. This is an artist giving her audience real time and real access.
The international stretch carries the same weight. Scott hits Birmingham, Manchester, Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam before two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London on October 13 and 14. The tour closes with dates in Pretoria and Cape Town in November, rounding out one of the most geographically complete tours any artist has announced this year.
To Whom This May Concern arrives after more than ten years of quiet, and the demand behind this tour reflects exactly how much that absence has meant to Scott’s audience. The venues are large, the nights are stacking up, and the appetite is real.
Jill Scott has always understood the relationship between a song and the person it reaches. This tour is that philosophy made physical, city by city, night by night.
To Whom This May Concern World Tour Dates:
June 4 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
June 5 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
June 11 – Washington, D.C. – The Theater at MGM National Harbor
June 13 – Washington, D.C. – The Theater at MGM National Harbor
June 14 – Washington, D.C. – The Theater at MGM National Harbor
June 16 – Charlotte, NC – Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
June 18 – Raleigh, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
July 10 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
July 11 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
July 16 – New York, NY – Kings Theatre
July 18 – New York, NY – Kings Theatre
July 19 – New York, NY – Kings Theatre
July 24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
July 25 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
July 27 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
August 6 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre
August 7 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre
August 11 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theatre
August 12 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theatre
August 15 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Theater
August 20 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
August 22 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
August 23 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
August 26 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
August 30 – Houston, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
September 3 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
September 29 – Birmingham, England – O2 Academy
October 1 – Manchester, England – O2 Apollo Manchester
October 5 – Brussels, Belgium – Bozar
October 6 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
October 9 – Paris, France – Zenith
October 10 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live
October 13 – London, England – Royal Albert Hall
October 14 – London, England – Royal Albert Hall
November 7 – Pretoria, South Africa – SunBet Arena
November 11 – Cape Town, South Africa – GrandWest Arena