American Idol has announced the dates and locations of its American Idols Live! 2011 concert tour.

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The 45-date North American tour will kick off July 6 in West Valley City, UT and continue for just over two months before coming to a close on September 10 in Rochester, NY.

The tour will feature performances by American Idol Top 11 tenth-season finalists Casey Abrams, Haley Reinhart, Jacob Lusk, James Durbin, Lauren Alaina, Naima Adedapo, Paul McDonald, Pia Toscano, Scotty McCreery, Stefano Langone, and Thia Megia.

This year's Idol tour will be the first to feature the season's Top 11 finalists rather than the usual Top 10.

American Idols Live! 2011 concert tickets are scheduled to go on sale May 13 at 10AM ET.

Additional information is available via Ticketmaster, AEG Live and American Idol's websites.

The American Idols Live! 2011 concert tour's dates and locations are:

- July 6 West Valley City, UT (Maverik Center)

- July 8 Everett, WA (Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center)

- July 9 Portland, OR (Rose Garden)

- July 11 Sacramento, CA (Power Balance Pavilion)

- July 12 Oakland, CA (The Oracle Arena)

- July 13 San Jose, CA (HP Pavilion at San Jose)

- July 15 Los Angeles, CA (Nokia Theatre LA Live)

- July 16 Ontario, CA (Citizens Business Bank Arena)

- July 17 Phoenix, AZ (US Airways Arena)

- July 19 Oklahoma, OK (Cox Convention Center)

- July 20 Grand Prairie, TX (Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie)

- July 21 Houston, TX (Reliant Arena)

- July 22 New Orleans, LA (Lakefront Arena)

- July 24 Orlando, FL (Amway Center)

- July 26 Duluth, GA (Arena at Gwinnett Center)

- July 27 Raleigh, NC (RBC Center)

- July 28 Charlotte, NC (Time Warner Cable Arena)

- July 30 Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena)

- July 31 St. Louis, MO (Scottrade Center)

- August 2 Kansas City, MO (Sprint Center)

- August 3 Minneapolis, MN (Target Center)

- August 4 Milwaukee, WI (Bradley Center)

- August 6 Rosemont, IL (Allstate Arena)

- August 7 Detroit, MI (Joe Louis Arena)

- August 9 Columbus, OH (Schottenstein Center)

- August 10 Pittsburgh, PA (Consol Energy Center)

- August 11 Baltimore, MD (1st Mariner Arena)

- August 13 Atlantic City, NJ (Boardwalk Hall)

- August 14 Newark, NJ (Prudential Center)

- August 17 Philadelphia, PA (Wells Fargo Center)

- August 19 Washington, DC (Verizon Center)

- August 20 Richmond, VA (Richmond Coliseum)

- August 21 Wilkes-Barre, PA (Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza)

- August 23 Long Island, NY (Nassau Coliseum)

- August 25 Bridgeport, CT (Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard)

- August 27 Providence, RI (Dunkin' Donuts Center)

- August 28 Albany, NY (Times Union Center)

- August 30 Portland, ME (Cumberland County Civic Center)

- August 31 Manchester, NH (Verizon Wireless Arena)

- September 1 Worcester, MA (DCU Center)

- September 3 Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Arena)

- September 6 Syracuse, NY (War Memorial Arena at The Oncenter)

- September 7 Reading, PA (Sovereign Center)

- September 9 Toronto, ON (Air Canada Centre)

- September 10 Rochester, NY (Blue Cross Arena)
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