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HOME > American Idol > American Idol 7'American Idol Live 2008' summer tour dates and locations announced
By Christopher Rocchio, 04/23/2008
American Idol's Top 10 seventh-season finalists won't be seeing much of the beach this summer because they'll be too busy performing on the show's American Idol Live 2008 concert tour, the dates and locations of which were announced Wednesday.
"What struck us about this year's group was the depth of the talent, and we think they'll each pull in their own fan base," Iain Pirie, head of tour organizers 19 Recordings U.S., told USA Today in a Wednesday report.
Due to talent depth, this year's tour will feature fewer group numbers than usual and instead showcase the finalists as individuals. "As opposed to hearing duets and trios sing, this year it'll be more about the individuals," he told USA Today. "We'll give them the space and freedom to do their own set. Think of it as coming to see 10 mini-concerts." However just because their individual talents will he highlighted apparently doesn't mean fans should expect the Top 10 to perform original music. "We really want the experience to echo the television show, so expect to hear a lot of the songs that did well during the season," Pirie told USA Today. In addition, Pirie told USA Today the Top 10 will be "encouraged to play an instrument only if it's appropriate to them." The tour is scheduled top kick-off July 1 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, AZ and will conclude September 13 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. "[Cities are selected based on] how big the fan base was for the show," Pirie told USA Today. While the schedule may sound like a bummer of a summer for the Top 10, Pirie said it's actually not too bad since they're able to reach a larger live audience via the tour -- however that's also apparently a hindrance. "We find that the toughest thing for them is going from an Idol stage to playing for more than 10,000 people," he told USA Today. "It takes some getting used to." Despite taking in $20.9 million, Idol's 57-show 2007 tour didn't rank among last summer's 40 most lucrative tours, according to USA Today, which cited a largely unimpressive sixth-season cast and higher ticket prices as reasons. "These tours usually do as well as that season's [television] ratings, so this summer could prove successful," Gary Bongiovanni, editor of touring trade publication and website Pollstar, told USA Today. "To some, $20 million for a tour won't sound like a lot. But when you consider that six months ago, you couldn't sell two tickets to hear these folks perform, [Idol Live] really is an amazing vehicle for launching total unknowns." Tickets for all the American Ido Live 2008 tour dates are scheduled to go on sale Saturday, May 18 beginning at 10AM ET unless otherwise noted. More information is available via Idol's website. The American Idol Live 2008 tour schedule is: July 1 Glendale, AZ July 2 San Diego, CA July 3 Fresno, CA July 5 Las Vegas, NV July 7 Los Angeles, CA July 8 San Jose, CA July 9 Sacramento, CA July 11 Portland, OR July 12 Tacoma, WA July 14 West Valley City, UT July 18 St. Louis, MO July 19 Rosemont, IL July 20 Columbus, OH July 22 Indianapolis, IN July 23 Cincinnati, OH July 24 Detroit, MI July 26 Toronto, ON July 27 Rochester, NY July 29 Pittsburgh, PA July 30 Newark, NJ August 2 Atlantic City, NJ August 4 Long Island, NY August 6 Albany, NY August 8 Hartford, CT August 9 Worcester, MA August 10 Manchester, NH August 12 Baltimore, MD August 13 Philadelphia, PA August 14 Washington DC August 16 Lexington, KY August 17 Charlotte, NC August 18 Duluth, GA August 20 Sunrise, FL August 21 Tampa, FL August 24 Houston, TX August 25 Dallas, TX August 26 Bossier City, LA August 28 Oklahoma City, OK August 29 Kansas City, MO August 31 Minneapolis, MN September 2 Green Bay, WI September 3 Grand Rapids, MI September 4 Cleveland, OH September 6 Bridgeport, CT September 7 Providence, RI September 8 Wilkes Barre, PA September 10 Ft. Wayne, IN September 11 Evansville, IN September 13 Tulsa, OK DISCUSS AND COMMENT ON THIS STORY Reality TV World has launched a trial program offering Facebook Comments on our stories to provide an enhanced user experience to our readers. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then 'Add' your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the 'X' in the upper right corner of the comment box.Get more Reality TV World! Follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook or subscribe to our RSS feed. |
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