NEW YORK - Ashlee Simpson (news) is amped about her upcoming tour — but doesn't want to talk about her embarrassing "Saturday Night Live" or Orange Bowl (news - web sites) appearances.

Simpson turned up Monday at the Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Male Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street. Simpson, the magazine's Fun Fearless Female of the Year, adorns the February cover.

"It's really stripped down," Simpson told The Associated Press about her first solo tour. "There's no pyro(technics) or anything like that. The stage has a mud kind of feel, you know, black and white. The thing about my tour is it's going to be me and my band getting out there and having fun."

Of course. But will there be costume changes?

"Little ones here and there," said Simpson. "I'll be taking off jackets and that kind of stuff."

Simpson was sure the tour, which kicks off Feb. 16 at the Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif., would include a few covers and rearranged tunes from her debut album, "Pieces of Me." But the 20-year-old was unsure about why Cosmo picked her as the Fun Fearless Female of the Year.

"Oh wow. I don't know," said Simpson. "I love to have a great time. I'm not really scared of many things at all. I've been that way since I was a little girl."

After tackling acting and performing, Simpson, who appears on the Cosmo cover in a strappy red dress, would like to dabble in fashion, but she hasn't cut any patterns just yet.

"I would love to do a fashion line," said Simpson. "I'm gonna start to look into that. I have my own kind of style. And I'd love to put a line out."