Love Letter Tour
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Love Letter Tour was a summer tour headlined by R&B artist R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...

 with special guests Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Myeshia Cole Gibson born October 15, 1981) is an American singer–songwriter and actress. She gained nationwide acclaim when her 2005 debut album, The Way It Is went platinum. Her sophomore album Just Like You went into production shortly after that and was released in September 2007...

 and Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius or Marsha is an English singer/songwriter. A former member of the English Soul/R&B duo Floetry, she released her first solo album Late Nights & Early Mornings on March 1, 2011.-Early career with Floetry:...

. It started in Southaven, MS at the DeSoto Civic Center
DeSoto Civic Center
The DeSoto Civic Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It was built in 2000. It is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League....

 on June 2, 2011, and ended on July 14, 2011 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

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R. Kelly performed at California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...

 for the Spring Concert on May 7, 2011 before he officialy started the tour.http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123804657695455

Set list

'Marsha Ambrosius'
  • "Late Nights And Early Mornings"
  • "Butterflies"
  • "Old School Medley"
  • "Hope She Cheats On You (With A Basketball Player)"
  • "Freak'in Me"
  • "Say Yes"
  • "Far Away"
  • "Soul Glow (Eddie Murphy cover)"


'Keyshia Cole'
  • "Last Night
    Last Night (Diddy song)
    "Last Night" is the third single off Diddy's album, Press Play. It features R&B singer Keyshia Cole. The radio edit version is on Keyshia Cole's second album Just like You. Part of the recording session was shown on Keyshia Cole's reality show, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is, on BET in July 2006...

    "
  • "(I Just Want It) To Be Over
    (I Just Want It) To Be Over
    " To Be Over" was the second single off Keyshia Cole's The Way It Is. It had moderate success on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts, peaking at #30. It was produced by Kerry "Krucial" Brothers of KrucialKeys, a duo consisting of R&B superstar Alicia Keys and Kerry Brothers. It was co-written by Cole, Kerry...

    "
  • "Shoulda Let You Go
    Shoulda Let You Go
    "Shoulda Let You Go" is the second single from R&B singer Keyshia Cole from her second album Just like You, produced by Darkchild. It premiered on August 25, 2007, on V103, an Atlanta based radio station.- Promo CD :...

    "
  • "I Changed My Mind
    I Changed My Mind
    "I Changed My Mind" is the debut single from American R&B singer, Keyshia Cole from her platinum debut album, The Way It Is. The song was mildly successful, peaking at #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #23 on the R&B charts. There was a remix to the song that featured rapper Shyne, who was...

    "
  • "I Should Have Cheated
    I Should Have Cheated
    "I Should Have Cheated" is Keyshia Cole's third single from her platinum-selling first album The Way It Is. After her first two singles were mildly successful, this single rose to number 4 on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 30 on Billboard's Hot 100. The single is certified platinum...

    "
  • "I'm Going Down
    I'm Going Down (Rose Royce song)
    "I'm Going Down" is a Grammy Award-nominated 1977 R&B single written and produced by the late American singer-songwriter Norman Whitfield, as performed by R&B/soul band Rose Royce, the single is from the film, Car Wash and is featured on the film's soundtrack...

    " (Rose Royce cover)
  • "I Remember
    I Remember (Keyshia Cole song)
    "I Remember" is a song by R&B singer Keyshia Cole, released as the third single from her second album Just like You. "I Remember" reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100....

    "
  • "Heaven Sent"
  • "Take Me Away
    Take Me Away (Keyshia Cole song)
    "Take Me Away" is a song recorded by American singer Keyshia Cole. It was produced by Chink Santana and serves as the third single on her fourth studio album Calling All Hearts.-Music Video:The music video was shot and directed by Taj Stansberry...

    "
  • "Love
    Love (Keyshia Cole song)
    "Love" is the fourth single from American R&B singer Keyshia Cole. The song is from her debut album The Way It Is. "Love" is the most successful single from her debut album peaking at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at #3 on the Hip-Hop/R&B chart, becoming her breakthrough record after a...

    "
  • "Let It Go
    Let It Go (Keyshia Cole song)
    "Let It Go" is a song by R&B singer Keyshia Cole released as the lead single from her second album Just like You. It features rappers Lil' Kim and Missy Elliott. Elliott also produced the song, which samples "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume, and "Don't Stop the Music" by Yarbrough and Peoples...

    "


'R. Kelly'
  • "Step In The Name Of Love
    Step in the Name of Love
    "Step in the Name of Love" is the title of a hit song by R&B singer R. Kelly. Taken from the 2003 album Chocolate Factory, the song became the tenth single from Kelly to reach #1 on the R&B chart, particularly on the strength of the song's remix. It also peaked at number nine on the pop charts...

    " / "Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)" / "Chocolate Factory" / "If I Could Make The World Dance"
  • "Band Introduction"
  • "Love Letter"
  • "Number One Hit"
  • "Happy People
    Happy People
    "Happy People" is a 1974 single by The Temptations, co-written by Lionel Richie. The song was the first single from the A Song For You album. In the United States, the single went to number one on the R&B chart and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "Happy People" also peaked at...

    "
  • "Freaky In The Club"
  • "So Sexy
    So Sexy
    "So Sexy" was the second single released from Twista's fourth album, Kamikaze. The song was produced and featured R&B singer R. Kelly and became Twista's third straight top 40 hit from the album, having peaked at 25 on the Billboard Hot 100...

     / Hotel / "Wonderful" (Ja Rule song)
    Wonderful (Ja Rule song)
    "Wonderful" is the lead single from rapper Ja Rule's 2004 album R.U.L.E.. The song features American pop-R&B singers R. Kelly and Ashanti. Hype Williams directed the music video....

     / Slow Wind"
  • "Strip For You (Remix)"
  • "12 Play
    12 Play
    -Personnel:* All songs were written and arranged by R. Kelly* Executive Producer: Barry HankersonCo-ProducerTimmy Allen-External links:* at Discogs* at 12Play.net...

    "
  • "Bump N' Grind
    Bump n' Grind
    "Bump n' Grind" is a song written, produced and performed by R&B musician R. Kelly. It was the second single released from his first solo album 12 Play in 1994. The track became a number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S...

    " (Opera A Capella) [Video intermission]
  • "Home Alone / Thoia Thoing
    Thoia Thoing
    "Thoia Thoing" is an R&B single by R. Kelly from his 2003 album The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1. It peaked at #6 R&B and #13 pop.-Remixes:...

     / Gigolo
    Gigolo
    Gigolo may refer to:* A male prostitute, escort, or dancer, who offers services to women* Gigolo , a 2006 single by Helena Paparizou* Gigolo , a 2003 single by Nick Cannon...

     / "Snake
    Snake (song)
    "Snake" is a song by American recording artist R. Kelly, featuring Cam'ron and Big Tigger, from his fifth studio album, Chocolate Factory. It was released on December 15, 2003, by Jive Records as the second single from the album. The R&B song with latin music inspiration was written and produced by R...

    " / "Use To Me Spending"
  • "Ignition (Remix)
    Ignition (Remix)
    "Ignition " is a song written and produced by American R&B singer R. Kelly from his 2003 album Chocolate Factory. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 comedy/romance film, Love Don't Cost a Thing. It is viewed as one of his signature songs and has been very popular in the United...

    "
  • "Fiesta"
  • "Number One"
  • "Contagious (song)
    Contagious (song)
    "Contagious" is a song by The Isley Brothers featuring group member Ronald Isley. It was released as a single off of their 2001 album "Eternal". The song was written and produced by R...

     / Friend Of Mine / Feelin' On Yo Booty
    Feelin' on Yo Booty
    "Feelin' on Yo Booty" is a single by R. Kelly from his fourth studio album TP-2.com....

     / Real Talk"
  • "Bump N' Grind
    Bump n' Grind
    "Bump n' Grind" is a song written, produced and performed by R&B musician R. Kelly. It was the second single released from his first solo album 12 Play in 1994. The track became a number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S...

    " (Old School Remix)
  • "Sex In The Kitchen / Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)
    Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)
    Slow Dance is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer R. Kelly and Public Announcement, from the album Born into the '90s. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and number forty-three on the Hot 100...

     / Bump N' Grind
    Bump n' Grind
    "Bump n' Grind" is a song written, produced and performed by R&B musician R. Kelly. It was the second single released from his first solo album 12 Play in 1994. The track became a number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S...

     (Intro) / 12 Play
    12 Play
    -Personnel:* All songs were written and arranged by R. Kelly* Executive Producer: Barry HankersonCo-ProducerTimmy Allen-External links:* at Discogs* at 12Play.net...

    "
  • "It Seems Like You're Ready"
  • "Your Body's Callin'
    Your Body's Callin'
    "Your Body's Callin" is a 1994 single by R. Kelly from his album 12 Play. Kelly also released a remix as a b-side to the single featuring his protege Aaliyah called the "Your Body's Calling His N Hers Mix". Norman Brown covers the song in 1996 in his album Better Days Ahead...

    "
  • "When A Woman's Fed Up
    When A Woman's Fed Up
    "When a Woman's Fed Up" is an R&B song by R. Kelly from his 1998 double album, R. The song reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. The video, directed by Kelly, features Kelly's protege Sparkle as the woman who's fed up...

    "
  • "Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)
    Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)
    "Down Low " is an R&B song about infidelity, released as a single by R. Kelly and featuring The Isley Brothers, on his self-titled album, in 1996...

    / Down Low Double Life"
  • "Half On A Baby"(Acapella autotune) [Video intermission]
  • "When A Woman Loves
    When a Woman Loves
    When a Woman Loves is the fourteenth solo album released by singer Patti LaBelle, her sixth ever on the MCA Records label.-Background:By 2000, Patti LaBelle had achieved solo success with at least one platinum album and four gold albums. Four of the certified successes were with MCA Records, a...

    "
  • "Step In The Name Of Love
    Step in the Name of Love
    "Step in the Name of Love" is the title of a hit song by R&B singer R. Kelly. Taken from the 2003 album Chocolate Factory, the song became the tenth single from Kelly to reach #1 on the R&B chart, particularly on the strength of the song's remix. It also peaked at number nine on the pop charts...

    "
  • "My Way
    My Way (song)
    "My Way" is a song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibault. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the...

    " (Frank Sinatra cover)

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
June 2, 2011 Southaven, Mississippi
Southaven, Mississippi
-Households And Families:As of the census of 2000, there were 28,977 people, 11,007 households, and 8,134 families residing in the city. The population density was 857.9 people per square mile...

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

DeSoto Civic Center
DeSoto Civic Center
The DeSoto Civic Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It was built in 2000. It is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League....

June 3, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

UNA Lakefront Arena
June 4, 2011 Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

Civic Center
June 5, 2011 Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

Toyota Centre
June 10, 2011 Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

Coliseum
June 11, 2011 Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

Nokia Theater L.A. Live
June 16, 2011 Chicago, Illinois Allstate Arena
June 17, 2011 St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

Chaifetz Arena
June 18, 2011 Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

Sprint Center
June 19, 2011 Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

Verizon Theater
June 23, 2011 Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

Colonial Life Arena
June 24, 2011 Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...

RBC Center
June 25, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

Philips Arena
Philips Arena
Philips Arena is an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia.Completed in 1999 to replace The Omni, at a cost of $213.5 million, it is home to the Atlanta Hawks, of the National Basketball Association, and the Atlanta Dream, of the Women's National Basketball Association...

June 26, 2011 Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

BJCC
June 29, 2011 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

CSU Wolstein Center
June 30, 2011 Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

Prudential Center
July 1, 2011 Baltimore, Maryland 1st Mariner Arena
July 2, 2011 Washington, DC Verizon Center
July 3, 2011 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

Mann Music Center
July 8, 2011 Columbus, OH Schottenstien Center
July 9, 2011 Detroit, MI Fox Theater Detroit
July 10, 2011
July 12, 2011 Richmond, VA Landmark Theater
July 13, 2011 Louisville, KY KFC YUM! CENTER
July 14, 2011 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

Concert Reviews

http://blog.al.com/entertainment-press-register/2011/06/r_kellys_secret_weapons_showma.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/06/live-review-r-kelly-at-the-nokia-theatre-la-live.html

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/kelly-304195-charged-nokia.html

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/06/r_kelly_nokia_live_1.php

http://www.theboombox.com/2011/06/12/r-kelly-love-letter-tour/

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/06/r_kelly_toyota_center.php

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/reviews/article_0494dfe5-fce2-5b7b-b235-d6c65d3be7de.html

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/19/2961522/r-kelly-brings-sex-soul-to-the.html

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2011/06/r_kelly_at_the_chaifetz_arena_tour.php

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/07/r_kelly_prudential_center.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/arts/music/r-kelly-at-the-prudential-center-review.html
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