American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008

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American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 is a summer concert tour in the United States and Canada featuring the top 10 contestants of the seventh season of American Idol, which aired in 2008. It is sponsored by Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. It will start on July 1 and will end on September 13.

It follows in the tradition of other American Idol summer tours following the completion of each season in May.

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[edit] Performers

David Cook (winner) David Archuleta (2nd place)
Syesha Mercado (3rd Place) Jason Castro (4th place)
Brooke White (5th place) Carly Smithson (6th place)
Kristy Lee Cook (7th place) Michael Johns (8th place)
Ramiele Malubay (9th place) Chikezie (10th place)

[edit] Set List

On Friday, May 23, 2008 on Larry King Live, the Top 10 (except for Michael Johns, who was then in Las Vegas) announced a few of the songs that they were going to sing:

On EW's Idolatry, David Cook also mentioned that he will be going to sing "Hello", "Billie Jean", "Always Be My Baby", and another song which is still undetermined.

Cook also mentioned that they are thinking of doing "Barracuda" originally by Heart, with Cook on guitar, Jason Castro on drums, and Carly Smithson on vocals.

[edit] Venues

Date City Venue
July 1, 08 Glendale, Arizona jobing.com Arena
July 2, 08 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena
July 3, 08 Fresno, California Save Mart Center at Fresno State
July 5, 08 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center
July 7, 08 Los Angeles, California Staples Center
July 8, 08 San Jose, California HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 9, 08 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena
July 11, 08 Portland, Oregon Rose Garden
July 12, 08 Tacoma, Washington Tacoma Dome
July 14, 08 West Valley City, Utah E Center
July 15, 08 West Valley City, Utah E Center
July 18, 08 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center
July 19, 08 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena
July 20, 08 Columbus, Ohio Schottenstein Center
July 22, 08 Indianapolis, Indiana Conseco Fieldhouse
July 23, 08 Cincinnati, Ohio US Bank Arena
July 24, 08 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
July 26, 08 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Air Canada Centre
July 27, 08 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
July 29, 08 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mellon Arena
July 30, 08 Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center
July 31, 08 Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center
August 2, 08 Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Hall
August 3, 08 Long Island, New York Nassau Coliseum
August 4, 08 Long Island, New York Nassau Coliseum
August 6, 08 Albany, New York Times Union Center
August 8, 08 Hartford, Connecticut XL Center
August 9, 08 Worcester, Massachusetts DCU Center
August 10, 08 Manchester, New Hampshire Verizon Wireless Arena
August 12, 08 Baltimore, Maryland 1st Mariner Arena
August 13, 08 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center
August 14, 08 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
August 16,08 Lexington, Kentucky Rupp Arena
August 17, 08 Charlotte, North Carolina Time Warner Cable Arena
August 18, 08 Duluth, Georgia Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 20, 08 Sunrise, Florida BankAtlantic Center
August 21, 08 Tampa, Florida St. Pete Times Forum
August 24, 08 Houston, Texas Toyota Center
August 25, 08 Dallas, Texas American Airlines Center
August 26, 08 Bossier City, Louisiana CenturyTel Center
August 28, 08 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Ford Center
August 29, 08 Kansas City, Missouri Sprint Center
August 30, 08 Kansas City, Missouri Sprint Center
August 31, 08 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center
September 2, 08 Green Bay, Wisconsin Resch Center
September 3, 08 Grand Rapids, Michigan Van Andel Arena
September 4, 08 Cleveland, Ohio Wolstein Center
September 6, 08 Bridgeport, Connecticut Arena at Harbor Yard
September 7, 08 Providence, Rhode Island Dunkin Donuts Center
September 8, 08 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wachovia Arena
September 10, 08 Ft. Wayne, Indiana Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
September 11, 08 Evansville, Indiana Roberts Stadium
September 13, 08 Tulsa, Oklahoma BOK Center

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Season 6 (2007)
American Idols LIVE! Tour
Season 7 (2008)
Succeeded by
TBA