BK Got Music Summer Soul Tour is a concert tour by American recording artists Luther Vandross, Gerald Levert, Angie Stone and Michelle Williams. Sponsored by Burger King and produced by Clear Channel Entertainment and Haymon Entertainment, the tour commenced August 15, 2002 at the FleetBoston Pavilion, with strong ticket sales, playing a 19-date run of amphitheater shows. Ticket prices ranged from $25 to $100.
The tour was anchored by Vandross, who had released his J Records debut Luther Vandross the year before. Tour promoter Al Hymon explained "We were looking for compatible acts in the young adult vein, which brought us to Gerald Levert and Angie Stone [...] The idea was to offer a lot of entertainment for the dollar, and each of these acts is capable of doing a full set. In the case of Luther and Levert, they've headlined many, many shows. This is a show capable of crossing all color lines and demos."
It was Williams’ first tour without her Destiny’s Child bandmates, in support of her solo debut Heart to Yours, which reached number-one on the US Top Gospel Albums chart that year. Stone's second album, Mahogany Soul, had debuted at No. 22 on the US Billboard 200 in November 2001 and Levert was due to release his sixth studio album The G Spot on September 24, 2002. Keke Wyatt performed in place of Williams at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach on August 17, 2002.
Shows + List of 2002 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, attendance and gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue August 15, 2002 Boston United States FleetBoston Pavilion August 17, 2002 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 13,206 / 20,000 $372,804 August 18, 2002 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre rowspan="3" rowspan="3" August 23, 2002 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center August 24, 2002 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre August 25, 2002 Rosemont Allstate Arena 6,879 / 14,998 $413,222 August 30, 2002 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion rowspan="2" rowspan="2" August 31, 2002 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre September 1, 2002 Washington, D.C. MCI Center 8,023 / 10,000 $605,737 September 6, 2002 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater rowspan="2" rowspan="2" September 7, 2002 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center September 8, 2002 Philadelphia First Union Center 10,904 / 15,169 $581,856 September 13, 2002 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre September 14, 2002 Kansas City Starlight Theatre 7,668 / 7,794 $335,307 September 15, 2002 St. Louis Savvis Center rowspan="2" rowspan="2" September 17, 2002 Cleveland Nautica Stage September 20, 2002 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center 8,287 / 8,566 $466,345 September 21, 2002 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 7,946 / 10,063 $406,213 September 22, 2002 Concord Concord Pavilion 12,245 / 12,500 $573,480
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