American Idols Live! Tour 2009
Tour by American Idol
Start dateJuly 5, 2009
End dateSeptember 15, 2009
No. of shows52
Box officeUS$30.1 million
American Idol concert chronology

The American Idols Live! Tour 2009 was a summer concert tour in the United States and Canada that featured the top 10 contestants of the eighth season of American Idol. The 52 date tour started on July 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon and ended on September 15, 2009 in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1]

Performers

Kris Allen (winner) Adam Lambert (runner-up)
Danny Gokey (3rd place) Allison Iraheta (4th place)
Matt Giraud (5th place) Anoop Desai (6th place)
Lil Rounds (7th place) Scott MacIntyre (8th place)
Megan Joy (9th place) Michael Sarver (10th place)

Setlist

Kris Allen performing on tour

Intermission

Additional notes

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
July 5, 2009 Portland United States Rose Garden
July 7, 2009 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
July 8, 2009 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
July 10, 2009 Sacramento United States ARCO Arena
July 11, 2009 Oakland Oracle Arena
July 12, 2009 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 14, 2009 West Valley City E Center
July 16, 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center
July 17, 2009 Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 18, 2009 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
July 20, 2009 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
July 23, 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center
July 24, 2009 Tulsa BOK Center
July 25, 2009 North Little Rock Verizon Arena
July 26, 2009 Memphis FedExForum
July 28, 2009 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
July 29, 2009 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
July 31, 2009 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 1, 2009 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
August 2, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
August 4, 2009 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
August 5, 2009 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
August 7, 2009 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
August 8, 2009 Newark Prudential Center
August 9, 2009
August 11, 2009 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
August 12, 2009
August 14, 2009 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
August 15, 2009 Rochester United States Blue Cross Arena
August 16, 2009 Hartford XL Center
August 18, 2009 Boston TD Garden
August 19, 2009 Albany Times Union Center
August 20, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
August 22, 2009 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
August 23, 2009 Cleveland Wolstein Center
August 25, 2009 Columbus Schottenstein Center
August 26, 2009 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 28, 2009 Milwaukee Bradley Center
August 29, 2009 St. Louis Scottrade Center
August 30, 2009 Kansas City Sprint Center
September 1, 2009 Minneapolis Target Center
September 2, 2009 Rosemont Allstate Arena
September 4, 2009 Madison Alliant Energy Center
September 5, 2009 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
September 6, 2009 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
September 8, 2009 Reading Sovereign Center
September 9, 2009 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
September 10, 2009 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
September 12, 2009 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
September 13, 2009 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center
September 14, 2009 Syracuse War Memorial at Oncenter
September 15, 2009 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena

Nominations

The tour was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the "Choice Music: Tour" category.[4]

Response

The eighth season tour equaled in its success to the seventh season tour. Despite a slightly lower number of total tickets sold at 484,434, it averaged slightly higher in attendance percentage capacity and yielded a higher gross of $30,139,328 million.[5] It was ranked number 28 in Pollstar's year end list of North American tours.[6]

References

  1. ^ American Idols Live! Summer Tour Dates Announced
  2. ^ "California".
  3. ^ "Megan Joy on the Idols Tour - Show and Alumni News - American Idol". www.americanidol.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009.
  4. ^ "Teen Choice Awards 2009 nominees". Los Angeles Times. June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Show time
  6. ^ "2009 Year End Top 50 North American Tours" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
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