Love Letter Tour

Love Letter Tour

Tour by R. Kelly
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Love Letter
Start date	April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)
End date	July 14, 2011 (2011-07-14)
Legs	2
No. of shows	10 in Europe 24 in North America 34 Total
R. Kelly concert chronology
Ladies Make Some Noise Tour (2009) Love Letter Tour (2011) Single Ladies Tour (2012)

The 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) ^[1]
• Marsha Ambrosius (North America) ^[1]

Setlist

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

1. "Video Sequence"
2. "Step in the Name of Love" (Remix) / "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 Sequence"
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 Sequence"
21. "When a Woman Loves"
22. "Step in the Name of Love" (Reprise)
23. "My Way"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe [3]
April 17, 2011	Nuremberg	Germany	Planet
April 18, 2011	Zürich	Switzerland	X-tra
April 19, 2011	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
April 22, 2011	Manchester	England	O2 Apollo
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 [4]
June 2, 2011	Southaven	United States	DeSoto Civic Center
June 3, 2011	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
June 4, 2011	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
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

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A WZAK 30th Anniversary Celebration ^[5]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

June 14, 2011	Council Bluffs, Iowa	Mid-America Center	Cancelled [6]
July 12, 2011	Richmond, Virginia	Landmark Theater	Cancelled [7]
July 19, 2011	Savannah, Georgia	Martin Luther King Jr. Arena	Cancelled [8]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / Available	Gross revenue
Oracle Arena	Oakland	5,131 / 6,535 (79%)	$384,678 [9]
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live	Los Angeles	13,764 / 13,764 (100%)	$950,547 [10]
Verizon Theatre	Grand Prairie	5,706 / 5,952 (96%)	$393,466 [11]
Philips Arena	Atlanta	11,024 / 11,024 (100%)	$699,821 [12]
Prudential Center	Newark	7,217 / 7,804 (92%)	$582,894 [11]
Verizon Center	Washington, D.C.	7,652 / 12,546 (61%)	$648,356 [13]
Mann Center for the Performing Arts	Philadelphia	6,947 / 7,421 (94%)	$473,216 [14]
Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	4,626 / 7,407 (86%)	$294,555 [12]
TOTAL		62,067 / 72,453 (86%)	$4,427,533

References

1. Kennedy, Gerrick D. (April 19, 2011). "R. Kelly to give fans 'love letter' on summer tour". Los Angeles Times . 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. Sources for tour dates in Europe:
   • Larson, Jeremy D. (April 26, 2011). "R. Kelly announces 2011 summer tour". Consequence of Sound . Complex Media Networks. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
   • Hall, Tara (April 20, 2011). "R. Kelly delivers "Love Letter" across the U.S. this summer". SoundSpike. SoundSpike Media, LLC. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
4. Sources for tour dates in North America:
   • "R. Kelly Announces 'Love Letter' Tour with Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius". Rap-Up . April 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 28, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
   • "Past Events". The Official R. Kelly Site. Zomba Recordings LLC. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
5. "R. Kelly Performs Live At WZAK 30th Anniversary Concert". WZAK . Radio One. July 7, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
6. Loza, Josefina (June 2, 2011). "Hopefully R. Kelly can squeeze in an Omaha concert". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved October 13, 2013.
7. "CANCELED -- R Kelly: Love Letter Tour". Richmond CenterStage . Retrieved October 13, 2013.
8. "R. Kelly's Savannah concert rescheduled". Savannah Morning News . November 2, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
9. "Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 42. Nashville, Tennessee: Prometheus Global Media. November 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
10. "Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 23. Nashville, Tennessee: Prometheus Global Media. July 2, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
11. "Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 43. Nashville, Tennessee: Prometheus Global Media. November 26, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
12. "Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 26. Nashville, Tennessee: Prometheus Global Media. July 30, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
13. "Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 34. Nashville, Tennessee: Prometheus Global Media. September 24, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
14. "Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 37. Nashville, Tennessee: Prometheus Global Media. October 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.