The Simply Deeper Tour was the debut

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by American R&B recording artist

Kelly Rowland Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl ...

. It was launched in support of her debut solo album ''

Simply Deep ''Simply Deep'' is the debut solo studio album by American singer Kelly Rowland. It was first released through Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment on October 22, 2002, in North America, and on February 3, 2003, in other areas. Recorded ...

'' (2002). The Simply Deeper Tour only reached Europe.

History

Touring Europe

This was Rowland's first concert tour as a solo artist and it was used to promote her debut solo studio album, ''

''. The concert embarked on a seventeen date tour, hitting up seventeen European cities between September 2003 and October 2003. While Rowland enjoyed moderate success in North American countries such as the

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and

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, her album was a commercial success in the European market and was certified gold or platinum in six countries. ''Simply Deep'' also peaked in the top twenty within nine European countries, peaking at number one in both the

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. Rowland was originally set to embark on her tour at the beginning of April 2003, but pushed the tour back to September 2003 because of fears regarding the ongoing wars with

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Critical response

While the tour received limited reviews, the Simply Deeper Tour's

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show appeared to be well received. Melisa Tang of the U.K. online entertainment webazine, ''The Situation'', states, "Even though the Hammersmith Apollo was smaller than other venues this girl is probably used to, Kelly had given it her all, and it had certainly paid off. Everyone left the auditorium buzzing with delight, and even I was surprised at how this once shy teenager had blossomed into a strong, confident young woman." Lisa Verrico of ''

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'' had mixed reviews of Rowland’s London show. "There’s no question that Rowland has an outstanding voice and there were a surprising number of good songs in her set." Verrico acknowledges before claiming, "The snag was that they weren’t as good as DC’s best."

Opening acts

* Motley * Michael Dion

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featuring Estelle *

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Set list

# "Simply Deep" # "Love/Hate" # " Can't Nobody" # "

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" # "(Love Lives In) Strange Places" # "Everytime You Walk Out That Door" # " Train on a Track" # " Destiny's Child Medley: ## "

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" (contains excerpts from " How Deep Is Your Love") ## "

Bootylicious "Bootylicious" is a song recorded by American group Destiny's Child for their third studio album ''Survivor (Destiny's Child album), Survivor'' (2001). It was written and produced by Rob Fusari, Beyoncé and Falonte Moore. The song contains a pro ...

" # "Make U Wanna Stay" # "Beyond Imagination" # " Stole" # "Past 12" (Encore)

Tour dates

References

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