American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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 spanning 50 cities began on July 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon and ended on September 15, 2009 at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.

This year was without a sponsor as Kellogg's Pop-Tarts dropped its sponsorship.

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)

Show overview

The show essentially followed the format of season seven tour where the performances were presented as a series of mini-concerts, starting from the 10th place finisher and ending with the winner. As with season seven, each half of the show ended with a group performance, the first half consisting of a medley by the first six performers, and the last half ending with all ten performers.

Setlist

Michael Sarver - "In Love with a Girl" (Gavin DeGraw), "Closer" (Ne-Yo)
Megan Joy - "Put Your Records On" (Corinne Bailey Rae), "Tears Dry on Their Own" (Amy Winehouse)
Scott MacIntyre - "Bend and Break" (Keane), "A Thousand Miles" (Vanessa Carlton)
Lil Rounds - "Be Without You"/"Just Fine" (Mary J. Blige), "No One" (Alicia Keys) and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Beyoncé Knowles)
Anoop Desai - "Always on My Mind" (Willie Nelson), "Mad" (Ne-Yo) and "My Prerogative" (Bobby Brown)
Matt Giraud - "Hard to Handle" (Otis Redding/The Black Crowes), "Georgia on My Mind" (Ray Charles) and "You Found Me" (The Fray)
Group medley - Megan & Lil "Can't Take My Eyes off You" (Frankie Valli), Matt & Scott "Tell Her About It" (Billy Joel), Michael & Anoop "Suspicious Minds" (Elvis Presley), Anoop, Matt, Lil, Scott, Megan & Michael "Beggin'", (The Four Seasons/Madcon)

Intermission

Allison Iraheta - "So What" (Pink), "Cry Baby" (Janis Joplin), "Barracuda" (Heart)
Danny Gokey - "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (Michael Jackson), "Maria Maria" (Santana), "What Hurts the Most" (Rascal Flatts), "My Wish" (Rascal Flatts)
Adam Lambert - "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin), "Starlight" (Muse), "Mad World" (Tears for Fears), "Slow Ride" with Allison Iraheta (Foghat), David Bowie medley ("Life on Mars?"/"Fame"/"Let's Dance")
Kris Allen - "Heartless" (Kanye West), "All These Things That I've Done" (The Killers), "Bright Lights" (Matchbox Twenty), "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers), "Hey Jude" (The Beatles)
Top 10 Group song - "Don't Stop Believin'" (Journey), "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (Steam / Bananarama)

Additional notes

"No Boundaries" was dropped from Kris Allen's set starting on July 10, 2009 in Sacramento, California due to "poor audience response." The song was replaced with "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers.
Kris Allen did not perform on the Bridgeport, Connecticut show on September 10, 2009 due to an illness but he did return for the rest of the tour after his recovery.
Megan Joy did not perform the last group song in Los Angeles, California on July 16, 2009 due to food poisoning and being sent to the hospital shortly after her set but she did return for the rest of the tour after her recovery.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Percentage
July 5, 2009	Portland	United States	Rose Garden	81.7%
July 7, 2009	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome	82.2%
July 8, 2009	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place	65.5%
July 10, 2009	Sacramento	United States	ARCO Arena	94.9%
July 11, 2009	Oakland		Oracle Arena	67.5%
July 12, 2009	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose	86.6%
July 14, 2009	West Valley City		The E Center	67.1%
July 16, 2009	Los Angeles		Staples Center	85.6%
July 17, 2009	Ontario		Citizens Business Bank Arena	97.7%
July 18, 2009	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	91.4%
July 20, 2009	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena	82.5%
July 23, 2009	Dallas		American Airlines Center	94.2%
July 24, 2009	Tulsa		BOK Center	79.7%
July 25, 2009	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena	100%
July 26, 2009	Memphis		FedExForum	68.7%
July 28, 2009	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	71.7%
July 29, 2009	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center	73.7%
July 31, 2009	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center	100%
August 1, 2009	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	73.2%
August 2, 2009	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	73.2%
August 4, 2009	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	86.0%
August 5, 2009	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena	87.4%
August 7, 2009	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall	98.9%
August 8, 2009	Newark		Prudential Center	87.0%
August 9, 2009	Newark		Prudential Center	87.0%
August 11, 2009	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	89.9%
August 12, 2009	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	89.9%
August 14, 2009	Hamilton	Canada	Copps Coliseum	90.1%
August 15, 2009	Rochester	United States	Blue Cross Arena	68.7%
August 16, 2009	Hartford		XL Center	82.0%
August 18, 2009	Boston		TD Garden	100%
August 19, 2009	Albany		Times Union Center	78.4%
August 20, 2009	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	79.6%
August 22, 2009	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	93.0%
August 23, 2009	Cleveland		Wolstein Center	74.2%
August 25, 2009	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	73.2%
August 26, 2009	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	83.9%
August 28, 2009	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	93.4%
August 29, 2009	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	85.1%
August 30, 2009	Kansas City		Sprint Center	81.2%
September 1, 2009	Minneapolis		Target Center	83.7%
September 2, 2009	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	95.3%
September 4, 2009	Madison		Alliant Energy Center	95.7%
September 5, 2009	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	84.5%
September 6, 2009	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	92.7%
September 8, 2009	Reading		Sovereign Center	96.7%
September 9, 2009	Wilkes-Barre		Wachovia Arena	84.9%
September 10, 2009	Bridgeport		Arena at Harbor Yard	100%
September 12, 2009	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center	100%
September 13, 2009	Providence		Dunkin' Donuts Center	100%
September 14, 2009	Syracuse		War Memorial at Oncenter	100%
September 15, 2009	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena	100%

Nominations

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

Response

The Season 8 tour equalled in its success to Season 7. 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. It was ranked number 28 in Pollstar's year end list of North American tours.

Tour summary

Number of shows - 52 (8 sold out)
Total gross - $30,139,328
Total attendance - 484,434
Average attendance - 9,316 (86%)
Average ticket price - $62.22

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