The Voodoo World Tour

{{Short description|2000 concert tour by D'Angelo}} {{Infobox concert | concert_tour_name = The Voodoo World Tour | image = | image_caption = | artist = D'Angelo | album = ''Voodoo'' | start_date = March 1, 2000 | end_date = October 20, 2000 | number_of_legs = 4 | number_of_shows = {{unbulleted list|68 in United States|1 in Canada|1 in South America|7 in Europe|77 total}} | last_tour = Brown Sugar Tour<br />(1996) | this_tour = '''The Voodoo World Tour'''<br />(2000) | next_tour = Occupy Music Tour<br />(2012) }}

'''The Voodoo World Tour''' was a concert tour by American R&B/neo soul singer D'Angelo in support of his Platinum selling album, ''Voodoo''. The tour started March 1, with the first of five nights in Los Angeles, CA at the House of Blues.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/#/news/billboard-bits-d-angelo-will-smith-q-tip-871348.story billboard bits-d'angelo tour].''www.billboard.com-February 2000''</ref> The singer's itinerary included two North American legs,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120905122451/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427446/dangelo-eyes-qtip-common-others-us-tour.jhtml d'angelo eyes q-tip, mosdef and common for u.s. tour].''www.mtv.com/news''.Feb.9,2000</ref> as well as dates throughout Europe and South America.

==Background== Following ''Voodoo''{{'}}s release, D'Angelo embarked on his second international tour in support of the album. The tour was sponsored by the clothing company Levi Strauss & Co., and it featured D'Angelo promoting an end to gun violence.<ref name=venues>Rosen, Craig. [https://archive.today/20240524222428/https://www.webcitation.org/5q9Sg4Spr?url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12029721 D'Angelo Wants To End Gun Violence]. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.</ref> After signing an initiative on June 7, 2000, at Hamilton High School in West Los Angeles to collect a million signatures by November 7 in support of "common-sense solutions" to end gun violence, the anti-gun violence organization PAX agreed to sponsor the tour.<ref name=venues/> The tour was also set to feature a wall composed of denim by Levi's, made available for fans to sign in support of anti-gun violence.<ref name=venues/> Consisting of a group assembled and directed by Questlove, the Soultronics, composed mostly of session personnel, the tour became one of the most attended shows of the year. According to a July 2000 issue of ''Jet'' magazine, the tour's first half "sold out in every city."<ref name=jet>Columnist. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=17QDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58&dq= Hot Singer D'Angelo]". ''Jet'': 58–62. July 3, 2000.</ref> It began on March 1, 2000, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles,<ref name="livedaily.com">Evan, Rob. [http://www.livedaily.com/news/482.html Chart-Topper D'Angelo Sets Tour Plans] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208032854/http://www.livedaily.com/news/482.html |date=February 8, 2010 }}. LiveDaily. Retrieved on 2010-08-09.</ref> The tour lasted nearly eight months, while performances went for up to three hours a night.<ref name="Peisner">"Peisner"</ref><ref name="webcitation.org">Rosen, Craig. [https://archive.today/20240524222348/https://www.webcitation.org/5q9SbFYLO?url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046582 D'Angelo Recalls The Artist's Influence on Him]. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.</ref> "The Voodoo Tour" was taken internationally to venues including Paris Olympia, Trump Taj Mahal, Brixton Academy, the Montreux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Free Jazz Festival in Brazil.<ref name="Video: Brown Sugar Live in Brazil">[http://video.aol.com/video-detail/dangelo-brown-sugar-live-in-brazil/3143231809 Video: Brown Sugar Live in Brazil]. AOL. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.</ref> Tour manager Alan Leeds, who previously headed James Brown's late 1960s and early 1970s outings, as well as Prince's ''Purple Rain'' tour in the mid-1980s, cited "The Voodoo Tour" as his most memorable gig.<ref name="Peisner"/> J Dilla's group Slum Village opened on several dates, while R&B singer Anthony Hamilton sang backup within the Soultronics on occasion.<ref>Nelson, Trevor. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/ayianapa2000/slum_village2.shtml Ayia Napa 2000 Slum Village Interview]. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.</ref><ref>Collar, Matt. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/anthony-hamilton-p201706/biography Biography: Anthony Hamilton]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.</ref>

==The show== In contrast to D'Angelo's supporting tour for ''Brown Sugar'', which presented him performing behind his keyboard on stage, he exhibited a different style of showmanship and energy. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine called him "confident and worldly" in his performance, while also stating "No wonder he's alive onstage now, dancing, touching the audience, slamming his microphone down, lying on the ground at the lip of the stage to sing 'One Mo' Gin' while girls grab his legs, his stomach, his crotch."<ref name="Touré">"Touré"</ref> D'Angelo's wardrobe during the tour included tank tops, black leather pants, and boots.<ref name="Touré"/> On one of the live outings, ''Rolling Stone'' described the appearance of the performers, stating "The Soultronics begin each show in all black, but beyond that one requirement, each looks completely distinct. One man is in a deacon's robe, another in a long cape with a knit ski cap that says FBI. There’s a feather boa, a few badass leather coats, and Questlove's mighty Afro. There's a P-Funkish freaky flair to the Soultronics' look."<ref name="Touré"/>

In a review of D'Angelo's tour-opening performance at the House of Blues, ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s David Wollock described it as a "three-hour old-school soul marathon that was part 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine', part 'Let's Get It On', part 'Move on Up' gospel exuberance ... with call-and-response and other crowd-rousing church conventions".<ref name="Wollock">"Wollock, David". "[http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4840053-1.html Concert Review: D'angelo House of Blues, West Hollywood]". ''The Hollywood Reporter'': March 3, 2000.</ref> Wollock praised D'Angelo for his energy and display of showmanship, and wrote that "like the best hip-hop emcees who can rock a crowd with two turntables and a microphone, D moved the crowd with pure voice and charisma."<ref name="Wollock"/> A staff writer for the ''Chicago Defender'' lauded his performance at the Chicago Theatre, calling it "an explosive mixture of R&B, soul and funk."<ref name="wows">Columnist. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026125949/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-540616771.html D'Angelo Wows Crowd in Return Concert]". ''Chicago Defender'': August 3, 2000.</ref>

With ticket prices ranging from $49 to $79,<ref name=gazette>Bell, Tanya. "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20000803/ai_n9976463 D'Angelo Serves Up Pure Unadulterated Soul]". ''The Gazette'': August 3, 2000.</ref> the tour became one of the most attended shows of 2000.<ref name=jet/> The tour began on March 1, 2000, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles,<ref name="livedaily.com"/> while other venues included Paris Olympia, Trump Taj Mahal, Brixton Academy, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the ''Essence'' Jazz Festival in New Orleans.<ref name=venues/> By July, the tour's first half had sold out in each city.<ref name=jet/> The tour lasted nearly eight months, while performances went for up to three hours a night.<ref name="Peisner"/><ref name="webcitation.org"/> ''The Voodoo Tour'' was taken internationally, with one of the most notable performances being the Free Jazz Festival in Brazil.<ref name="Video: Brown Sugar Live in Brazil"/>

==Critical reception== Performances earned rave reviews from critics and publications, who praised D'Angelo's energy and "charisma as a live performer", as well as the Soultronics group,<ref name=jazzandsoul>Columnist. [http://www.jazzandsoul.eu/dangelocornerstones1.htm Corner(s)tones of Neo-Soul: D'Angelo ... A Story So Far, Part 1] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720163732/http://www.jazzandsoul.eu/dangelocornerstones1.htm |date=July 20, 2011 }}. JazzandSoul. Retrieved on 2008-12-20.</ref><ref>Hilburn, Robert. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-02-ca-47202-story.html At Midyear, Shining Gems in a Dull Season]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved on 2008-12-20.</ref> and received comparisons to outings by the legendary funk bands Parliament and Sly & the Family Stone.<ref name=gazette/> Tanya Bell of ''The Gazette'' wrote that the group "displayed enormous talent as it took them two hours to play 11 songs."<ref name=gazette/> A staff writer for the ''Chicago Defender'' lauded his performance at the Chicago Theatre, calling it "an explosive mixture of R&B, soul and funk."<ref name="wows"/> ''Rolling Stone'' called him "abundantly gifted, eye-poppingly spectacular", "confident and worldly" in his performance at the House of Blues in Los Angeles.<ref name="Touré"/> It compared the performance to his past concerts, stating "he's alive onstage now, dancing, touching the audience, slamming his microphone down, lying on the ground at the lip of the stage to sing 'One Mo' Gin' while girls grab his legs, his stomach, his crotch."<ref name="Touré"/>

{{Quote box |quote = Totally committed, D'Angelo betrayed neither weakness nor ego—and gave so much Thursday that Friday he canceled with a sore throat I absolutely believe was the truth. He was R&B Jesus, and I'm a believer. Travel to another city to see him now. |source = — Robert Christgau, 2000<ref name="Questlove">Thompson, Ahmir 'Questlove'. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430011914/http://www.okayplayer.com/theroots/viewreview.jsp?rid=6 Review: ''Voodoo'']". ?uestcorner/Okayplayer: 1999. Archived from [http://www.okayplayer.com/theroots/viewreview.jsp?rid=6 the original] on 2008-08-09.</ref> |align = left |salign = center |width = 30% |border = 1px |fontsize = 90% }} In a review of D'Angelo's tour-opening performance at the House of Blues, David Wollock of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' called it a "three-hour old-school soul marathon that was part 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine', part 'Let's Get It On', part 'Move on Up' gospel exuberance [...] with call-and-response and other crowd-rousing church conventions".<ref name="Wollock"/> He added that, "like the best hip-hop emcees who can rock a crowd with two turntables and a microphone, D moved the crowd with pure voice and charisma."<ref name="Wollock"/> Kaia Shivers of the ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' commented that his Los Angeles tour stop placed the city "under a spell that it seems hard pressed to shake."<ref name="Shivers">Shivers, Kaia. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026125959/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79457925.html D'Angelo Puts Los Angeles Under a Spell]". ''Los Angeles Sentinel'': March 15, 2000.</ref>

Reviewing his March performance at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, rock critic Robert Christgau dubbed D'Angelo "R&B Jesus" and proclaimed himself a "believer".<ref>[http://www.umusicpub.com/spotlight.aspx?id=229 Spotlight: D'Angelo]. Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved on 2008-12-20.</ref> Christgau praised D'Angelo's delivery and compared the concert to a 1981 P-Funk outing at the Apollo Theater, stating "D'Angelo sang and danced and preached and flexed and crooned and humped the floor and covered Roberta Flack and snapped a mike stand in two and danced and sang and sang some more. Everything meshed; all stops were pulled out. It was already the greatest concert I'd seen in years when Redman and Method Man propelled the climactic 'Left and Right' through the vaulted ceiling. I flashed on P-Funk's 'Sadie', Apollo 1981. What a privilege to experience such a thing again."<ref name="jesus">Christgau, Robert. [https://archive.today/20130205190831/http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-04-16/music/music/ Jesus Saves: D'Angelo]. ''The Village Voice''. Retrieved on 2008-12-20.</ref> He also compared it to Marvin Gaye in concert, writing that "I saw Marvin Gaye at this venue shortly before he was murdered, and it was no contest. Gaye was fine, but self-indulgent and riddled with blank spots."<ref name="jesus"/>

==Opening acts== * Slum Village (USA—Leg 1 & 2) * Mos Def (USA—Leg 1) * Lucy Pearl (USA—Leg 2 – select dates)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210065015/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427790/dangelo-lucy-pearl-donate-funds-charity.jhtml d'angelo-lucy pearl donate funds to charity]. ''www.mtv.com.news''</ref> * Amel Larrieux (USA—Leg 2)<ref>[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR20000811-01.1.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------]. ''Indianapolis Recorder''</ref>

==Set list== # "Voodoo" (intro) # "Devil's Pie" # "Send It On" # "Smooth" # "Chicken Grease" # "How Does it Feel?" (teaser) # "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" # "Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine" # "Sh*t, Damn, Motherf*cker" # "One Mo' Gin" # "The Root" (teaser) # "Feel Like Makin' Love" # "Left & Right" # "Left & Right (pt. 2)" # Interlude # "Brown Sugar" # "Jonz in my Bonz" # "Lady" # "Fall in Love" # "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" # "Funk Jam"

==Band== * The Soultronics

==Tour dates== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! width="150"| Date ! width="160"| City ! width="125"| Country ! width="300"| Venue |- ! colspan="4"| North America<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142708/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427796/dangelos-throat-woes-postpone-shows.jhtml d'angelo's throat woes postpone shows]. ''www.mtv.com/news''</ref> |- |March 1, 2000 |rowspan="5"|Los Angeles | rowspan="15" |United States |rowspan="5"|House of Blues |- |March 2, 2000 |- |March 3, 2000 |- |March 5, 2000 |- |March 6, 2000 |- |March 14, 2000 |Atlanta |Fox Theatre |- |March 16, 2000 |rowspan="3"|New York City |rowspan="2"|Radio City Music Hall |- |March 18, 2000 |- |March 20, 2000 |Radio City Music Hall (rescheduled from March 17) |- |March 21, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Philadelphia |rowspan="2"|Tower Theater |- |March 22, 2000 |- |March 24, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Washington, D.C. |rowspan="2"|DAR Constitution Hall |- |March 25, 2000 |- |March 26, 2000 |Boston |Wang Center (rescheduled from March 20)<ref>[https://archive.today/20130202143046/http://www.soundspike.com/story2/517/dangelo-back-in-action-after-suffering-throat-problems/ dangelo back in action after suffering throat problems]. ''www.soundpike.com''</ref> |- |March 28, 2000 |Cleveland |Palace Theatre |- |March 29, 2000 |Toronto |Canada |Massey Hall |- |March 31, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Chicago |rowspan="26"|United States |rowspan="2"|Arie Crown Theater |- |April 1, 2000 |- |April 3, 2000 |Denver |Paramount Theatre |- |April 5, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Oakland |rowspan="2"|Paramount Theater |- |April 6, 2000 |- |April 7, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Los Angeles |rowspan="2"|Gibson Amphitheatre |- |April 8, 2000 |- |April 10, 2000 |San Diego |Open Air Theatre |- |April 11, 2000 |Las Vegas |The Joint |- |April 12, 2000 |Phoenix |Celebrity Theatre |- |April 14, 2000 |Dallas |Majestic Theatre |- |April 15, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Houston |rowspan="2"|Aerial Theater |- |April 16, 2000 |- |April 18, 2000 |Nashville |Tennessee Performing Arts Center |- |April 19, 2000 |Kansas City |Midland Theatre |- |April 20, 2000 |St. Louis |Fox Theater |- |April 22, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Detroit |rowspan="2"|Fox Theatre |- |April 23, 2000 |- |April 25, 2000 |Newark |New Jersey Performing Arts Center |- |April 26, 2000 |Washington, D.C. |DAR Constitution Hall |- |April 28, 2000 |Richmond |Landmark Theater |- |April 29, 2000 |Greensboro |Special Events Center |- |April 30, 2000 |Charlotte |Ovens Auditorium |- |May 2, 2000 |Miami |James L. Knight Center |- |July 2, 2000 |New Orleans |Superdome |- |July 4, 2000 |Milwaukee |Marcus Amphitheater |- ! colspan="4"| Europe |- |July 7, 2000 |Kristiansand |Norway |Quart Festival |- |July 8, 2000 |Stockholm |Sweden |Cirkus |- |July 10, 2000 |Hamburg |Germany |Gruenspan |- |July 12, 2000 |Paris |France |Le Grand Rex |- |July 14, 2000 |Montreux |Switzerland |Montreux Jazz Festival |- |July 15, 2000 |Zeebrugge |Belgium |Axion Beach Rock |- |July 16, 2000 |The Hague |Netherlands |North Sea Jazz Festival |- |July 19, 2000 |London |England |Brixton Academy |- ! colspan="4"| North America |- |July 28, 2000 |Cincinnati |rowspan="27"|United States ||Coors Light Festival |- |July 29, 2000 |Chicago |Chicago Theatre |- |July 30, 2000 |Kansas City |Midland Theatre |- |August 1, 2000 |Denver |Paramount Theatre |- |August 3, 2000 |Phoenix |Celebrity Theatre |- |August 4, 2000 |Las Vegas |House of Blues |- |August 5, 2000 |San Diego |Open Air Theater |- |August 7, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Los Angeles |Greek Theatre |- |August 8, 2000 |Universal Amphitheater |- |August 9, 2000 |Concord |Chronicle Pavilion |- |August 10, 2000 |Sacramento |Memorial Auditorium |- |August 12, 2000 |Portland |Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |- |August 13, 2000 |Seattle |The Pier |- |August 16, 2000 |Minneapolis |Orpheum Theatre |- |August 18, 2000 |Indianapolis |Murat Temple |- |August 19, 2000 |Detroit |Chene Park |- |August 20, 2000 |Cleveland |State Theater |- |August 22, 2000 |Pittsburgh |Iron City Light Amphitheater |- |August 23, 2000 |Buffalo |Shea's Performing Arts Center |- |August 24, 2000 |Atlantic City |Trump Taj Mahal |- |August 27, 2000 |Wallingford |Oakdale Theatre |- |August 28, 2000 |Boston |Fleet Boston Pavilion |- |August 29, 2000 |Holmdel Township |PNC Bank Arts Center |- |August 31, 2000 |Baltimore |Pier Six Concert Pavilion |- |September 2, 2000 |Fort Pierce |Sunrise Theatre |- |September 3, 2000 |Orlando |Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre |- |September 4, 2000 |Atlanta |Chastain Park |- ! colspan="4"| South America |- |October 20, 2000 |São Paulo |Brazil |Free Jazz Festival |}

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