Love Letter Tour

Love Letter Tour

Tour by R. Kelly
Associated album	Love Letter
Start date	April 17, 2011
End date	December 23, 2011
Legs	3
No. of shows	10 in Europe 24 in North America 2 in Africa 36 Total
R. Kelly concert chronology

Love Letter Tour was a summer tour headlined by R&B artist R. Kelly. It supported the album, Love Letter.

Opening acts

• Keyshia Cole (North America, June–July 2011)^[1]
• Marsha Ambrosius (North America, June–July 2011)^[1]

Set list

This setlist was obtained from the concert held at the Prudential Center on June 30, 2011. It does not represent all shows during the tour.^[2]

1. "Film Introduction"
2. "Step in the Name of Love" / "Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)" / "Chocolate Factory"
3. "Love Letter"
4. "Number One Hit"
5. "Happy People"
6. "Freaky in the Club"
7. "So Sexy" / "Hotel" / "Thoia Thoing" / "Slow Wind"
8. "Strip for You"
9. "TP-2"
10. "Video Interlude"
11. "Home Alone" / "Gigolo" / "Snake" / "Use to Me Spending" / "I'm a Flirt"
12. "Ignition (Remix)"
13. "Fiesta" / "Number One" / "Friend of Mine" / "Feelin' On Yo Booty" / "Real Talk" / "Bump N' Grind" (Old School Remix)
14. "In the Kitchen" / Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ) / "12 Play"
15. "It Seems Like You're Ready"
16. "Your Body's Callin'"
17. "When a Woman's Fed Up"
18. "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)"
19. "R&B Thug"
20. "Video Interlude"
21. "When a Woman Loves"
22. "Step in the Name of Love"
23. "My Way"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe[3][4][5]
April 17, 2011	Nuremberg	Germany	Planet
April 18, 2011	Zürich	Switzerland	Club X-tra
April 19, 2011	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
April 22, 2011	Manchester	England	O2 Apollo Manchester
April 23, 2011	London		HMV Hammersmith Apollo
April 25, 2011	Berlin	Germany	Admiralspalast
April 26, 2011	Hamburg		Große Freiheit 36
April 27, 2011	Offenbach		Capitol
April 28, 2011	Cologne		Live Music Hall
April 30, 2011	Paris	France	Le Bataclan
North America[6][7]
June 2, 2011	Southaven	United States	DeSoto Civic Center
June 3, 2011	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
June 4, 2011	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center Arena
June 5, 2011	Houston		Toyota Center
June 10, 2011	Oakland		Oracle Arena
June 11, 2011	Los Angeles		Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
June 16, 2011	Rosemont		Allstate Arena
June 17, 2011	St. Louis		Chaifetz Arena
June 18, 2011	Kansas City		Sprint Center
June 19, 2011	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
June 23, 2011	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena
June 24, 2011	Raleigh		RBC Center
June 25, 2011	Atlanta		Philips Arena
June 26, 2011	Birmingham		BJCC Arena
June 29, 2011^[A]	Cleveland		Wolstein Center
June 30, 2011	Newark		Prudential Center
July 1, 2011	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena
July 2, 2011	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
July 3, 2011	Philadelphia		Mann Center for the Performing Arts
July 8, 2011	Columbus		Value City Arena
July 9, 2011	Detroit		Fox Theatre
July 10, 2011
July 13, 2011	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center
July 14, 2011	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
Africa[8]
September 10, 2011	Luanda	Angola	Cine Atlântico
September 11, 2011			Estádio da Cidadela
North America[7]
December 3, 2011	Savannah	United States	Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena
December 23, 2011^[B]	Rosemont		Allstate Arena

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A WZAK 30th Anniversary Celebration^[9]

^B WGCI Big Jam^[10]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

June 14, 2011	Council Bluffs	Mid-America Center	Cancelled. Originally slated for June 15, 2011.[11]
July 12, 2011	Richmond	Landmark Theater	Cancelled[12]
July 19, 2011	Savannah	Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena	Originally moved to July 30, 2011 then later postponed until December 3, 2011.[13]
October 2, 2011	Fort Lauderdale	Revolution Live	Cancelled[14]

References

1. Kennedy, Gerrick D. (April 19, 2011). "R. Kelly to give fans 'love letter' on summer tour". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
2. Johnston, Maura (July 1, 2011). "Live: R. Kelly Does It His Way At The Prudential Center". The Village Voice. Voice Media Group. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
3. Larson, Jeremy D. (April 26, 2011). "R. Kelly announces 2011 summer tour". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
4. Hall, Tara (April 20, 2011). "R. Kelly delivers "Love Letter" across the U.S. this summer". SoundSpike. SoundSpike Media, LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
5. "Events". The Official R. Kelly Site. Zomba Recordings LLC. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
6. "R. Kelly Announces 'Love Letter' Tour with Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius". Rap-Up. April 19, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
7. "Past Events: December 23 2011 – June 18 2011". The Official R. Kelly Site. Zomba Recordings LLC. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
8. "R. Kelly Singing Again, Performs in Angola". ABC News Radio. September 1, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
9. "R. Kelly Performs Live At WZAK 30th Anniversary Concert". WZAK. Radio One. July 7, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
10. Austen, Jake (14 December 2011). "WGCI's Big Jam 2011 with R. Kelly – Concert preview". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
11. Loza, Josefina (June 2, 2011). "Hopefully R. Kelly can squeeze in an Omaha concert". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
12. "CANCELED -- R Kelly: Love Letter Tour". Richmond CenterStage. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
13. "R. Kelly's Savannah concert rescheduled". Savannah Morning News. November 2, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
14. Crandell, Ben (October 4, 2011). "Ticketmaster offers refunds for Sunday's R. Kelly show at Revolution". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved October 13, 2013.