American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011

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American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011
Tour by American Idol
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Back: James Durbin, Scotty McCreery, Paul McDonald
Middle: Stefano Langone, Naima Adedapo, Haley Reinhart, Lauren Alaina
Front: Pia Toscano, Casey Abrams, Thia Megia, Jacob Lusk
Start dateJuly 6, 2011
End dateSeptember 21, 2011
No. of shows49
Box office22 million from 47 shows
American Idol concert chronology

The American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011 is a summer concert tour in the United States, Canada and the Philippines [1] that features the Top 11 contestants of the tenth season of American Idol . The 49-date tour started in West Valley City, Utah, on July 6, and its North American leg ended in Rochester, New York on September 10. [2] Forty-five dates were originally planned but four extra dates were added due to high demand, [3] including two final shows in Manila, Philippines, [4] [5] only the second time the show has travelled outside North America after Singapore was added to the tour schedule in Season 3.

Philippines Republic in Southeast Asia

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

<i>American Idol</i> (season 10) tenth season of American Idol

The tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on the Fox television network. The show underwent a number of changes from the ninth season, including the return of Nigel Lythgoe as executive producer. Randy Jackson returned as judge for his tenth season while Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler joined the judging panel following the departures of Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres.

West Valley City, Utah City in Utah, United States

West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census, making it the second-largest city in Utah. The city incorporated in 1980 from a large, quickly growing unincorporated area, which was variously known as Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and Redwood. It is home to the Maverik Center and USANA Amphitheatre.

Contents

This season's tour was promoted again by AEG Live after a year with Live Nation. [6] This year Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, and U.S. Air Force Reserve joined as sponsors of the tour. [3]

Anschutz Entertainment Group company

The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is an American worldwide sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. It is the world's largest owner of sports teams and sports events. Under the AEG Presents brand, it is the world's second largest presenter of live music and entertainment events after Live Nation. AEG Presents was started in 2002.

Live Nation Entertainment is an American global entertainment company, formed from the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster in 2010. It owns, leases, operates, has booking rights for and/or equity interests in a large number of U.S. entertainment venues.

Ford Motor Company American automobile manufacturer

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarter in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors. It also has joint-ventures in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Russia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power.

Performers

Scotty McCreery (Winner) Lauren Alaina (Runner-up)
Haley Reinhart (3rd place) James Durbin (4th place)
Jacob Lusk (5th place) Casey Abrams (6th place)
Stefano Langone (7th place) Paul McDonald (8th place)
Pia Toscano (9th place) Naima Adedapo (10th or 11th place)
Thia Megia (10th or 11th place)

Show overview

In a break from the previous three years where the shows were essentially a series of mini-concerts by individual performers, this year there were more ensemble performances. Also unlike the previous three years, the individual performers did not perform according to their elimination order on American Idol, and the number of songs performed by each performer did not reflect their elimination order.

The show started with a group performance by the girls and the first half ended with a group performance. The first half featured solos from the first six eliminated contestants—Pia Toscano, Paul McDonald, Thia Megia, Stefano Langone, Naima Adedapo and Casey Abrams, while the Top 5 performed their solos in the second half. Duets and group performances interspersed the solo performances. The second half started with solos by the runner-up Lauren Alaina, and ended with solos by the winner Scotty McCreery followed by the traditional closing group performances.

Setlist

Season 10 American Idol tour, Scotty McCreery performing with Thia Megia, Haley Reinhart and Pia Toscano. American Idol Tour Season 10 Scotty McCreery.jpg
Season 10 American Idol tour, Scotty McCreery performing with Thia Megia, Haley Reinhart and Pia Toscano.
Naima Adedapo American singer and dancer

Naima Adedapo is an American singer and dancer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Adedapo placed in the top 11 on the tenth season of American Idol.

Thia Megia singer

Thia Megia is a Filipino-American singer and television actress. She is known for being a contestant on the tenth season of American Idol and for starring as Haley Chen on NBC's drama series Days of Our Lives.

Haley Reinhart American singer-songwriter and voice actress

Haley Elizabeth Reinhart is an American singer, songwriter and voice actress from Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She first rose to prominence after placing third in the tenth season of American Idol. In July 2011, Reinhart signed a recording deal with Interscope Records. Her debut album Listen Up! was released on May 22, 2012, to critical acclaim and she subsequently became the first American Idol alumna to perform at Lollapalooza. After being dropped by Interscope Records following a change in the company's management in 2012, Reinhart expanded the agreement she had with her music publisher, ole, in 2014. Reinhart signed with ICM Partners in March 2016, in addition to her ongoing deal with ole.

Intermission

<i>Carnival Ride</i> 2007 studio album by Carrie Underwood

Carnival Ride is the second studio album by American country music recording artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007, by Arista Nashville. On this album, Underwood was more involved in the songwriting process; she set up a writers' retreat at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium to collaborate with such Music Row tunesmiths as Hillary Lindsey, Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford, and Gordie Sampson.

Katrina Elam American country singer

Katrina Ruth Elam is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal South Records in 2004, she released her self-titled debut album that year, charting in the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks with the No. 29 "No End in Sight" and the No. 59 "I Want a Cowboy". A third single, "Love Is", peaked at No. 47 from an unreleased second album Turn Me Up. Elam left the label in 2008.

Like My Mother Does 2011 single by Lauren Alaina

"Like My Mother Does" is a song written by Nathan Chapman, Liz Rose, and Nikki Williams. It was first recorded by American country artist Kristy Lee Cook from her 2008 album, Why Wait. It was later recorded and released as a single by country music singers Jesse Lee and Lauren Alaina in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Alaina's recording became the first version of the song to chart; it debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and later reached a peak of number 36 on the chart in October 2011.

Additional notes

  1. Lauren Alaina sprained her ankle backstage at the Portland show, [7] and performed her next show with the injured foot strapped in a boot. [8]
  2. The performance of Firework was removed from the setlist in shows starting from Rosemont, Illinois due to Lauren Alaina needing to rest her voice. However, it did return to the set starting with the Philadelphia show. Alaina did not appear in the first half in Columbus and Pittsburgh, but did appear in the second. However, she missed the Baltimore show completely, and reported that she was suffering from severe bronchitis. [9]
  3. Paul McDonald was absent from the Providence show.
  4. The show at Albany on August 28, 2011 was postponed to September 4, 2011 due to Hurricane Irene that struck the East Coast of the United States on August 27. [10]
  5. It was the second time that the American Idol LIVE! Tour traveled to Asia with the Philippines being the second and only country for this year that they traveled to outside the United States and Canada.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendance [11] Gross
SalesCapacityPercentage
July 6, 2011 West Valley City United States Maverik Center 6,2516,61694.5%$351,295
July 8, 2011 Everett Comcast Arena 7,8877,887100%$435,295
July 9, 2011 Portland Rose Garden Arena 8,6959,04496.1%$467,635
July 11, 2011 Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion 10,05610,52795.5%$531,060
July 12, 2011 Oakland Oracle Arena 7,8368,51092.1%$428,155
July 13, 2011 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose 9,62310,16294.7%$513,515
July 15, 2011Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live 6,5376,537100%$374,125
July 16, 2011 Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena 7,8457,845100%$464,985
July 17, 2011 Phoenix US Airways Center 9,2359,75794.6%$491,235
July 19, 2011 Oklahoma City Cox Convention Center 6,9107,39193.5%$385,210
July 20, 2011 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre 6,0186,018100%$339,330
July 21, 2011 Houston Reliant Arena 6,7906,790100%$380,170
July 22, 2011 New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena 5,5255,525100%$326,525
July 24, 2011 Orlando Amway Center 10,79111,29695.5%$564,395
July 26, 2011 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 10,02610,026100%$533,870
July 27, 2011 Raleigh RBC Center 13,53313,533100%$696,605
July 28, 2011 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 9,2399,239100%$493,115
July 30, 2011 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 13,19213,192100%$676,020
July 31, 2011 St. Louis Scottrade Center 8,5808,580100%$459,800
August 2, 2011 Kansas City Sprint Center 8,5358,535100%$457,795
August 3, 2011 Minneapolis Target Center 9,6329,632100%$510,560
August 4, 2011 Milwaukee Bradley Center 8,6468,646100%$460,930
August 6, 2011 Rosemont Allstate Arena 11,93211,932100%$613,720
August 7, 2011 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 8,9808,980100%$480,880
August 9, 2011 Columbus Jerome Schottenstein Center 9,67710,13595.5%$508,455
August 10, 2011 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center 8,7729,16795.7%$465,400
August 11, 2011 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena 7,5717,97495.0%$420,675
August 13, 2011 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 11,91311,913100%$615,025
August 14, 2011 Newark Prudential Center 18,52919,84693.4%$1,009,565
August 15, 2011
August 17, 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 9,3269,84894.7%$501,570
August 19, 2011Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 9,0649,80492.5%$491,220
August 20, 2011 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 8,1838,41197.3%$449,475
August 21, 2011 Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena 7,5627,562100%$415,490
August 23, 2011 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 18,98119,61396.8%$1,044,245
August 24, 2011
August 25, 2011 Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena 7,9427,942100%$431,730
August 27, 2011 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 8,4608,460100%$457,540
August 30, 2011 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center 6,0706,070100%$350,550
August 31, 2011 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena 8,8318,831100%$473,155
September 1, 2011 Worcester DCU Center 8,8409,70191.1%$480,740
September 3, 2011 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 5,2965,296100%$385,560
September 4, 2011 Albany a Times Union Center 6,7387,77286.7%$370,590
September 6, 2011 Syracuse War Memorial at Oncenter 4,9755,58189.1%$286,435
September 7, 2011 Reading Sovereign Center 5,8506,78086.3%$337,830
September 9, 2011 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 11,48511,485100%$667,969
September 10, 2011 Rochester United States Blue Cross Arena 7,3367,84293.6%$403,020
September 20, 2011 Quezon City Philippines Smart Araneta Coliseum 13,50015,00090%
September 21, 2011

Response

The tour attendance rebounded after the poor turn-out for the Season 9 tour. Sixteen of the first 24 shows were sold out, and more than 97% its tickets hasd been sold through its first 14 dates with an average venue size of 8,100. [12] The tour grossed $22,002,464 from 47 shows (the two Philippines shows did not report) with an attendance of 97%. The tour had the highest number of sell-outs of all seasons due in part to a lower-average venue size of 8,856. It was ranked number 38 in the Pollstar Top 200 North American Tours for 2011. [13]

Revenue

The tour was ranked No. 38 in the list of 2011 Year-end Top 200 North American tours, based on total gross income. [14]

Tour summary

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References

  1. ↑ "American Idol Live! Tour 2011: The Idols Are Coming To Manila". ClickTheCity.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ↑ American Idols Live! Tour Dates Revealed
  3. 1 2 AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! Tour Rules Summer Concert Circuit; Ford, Coca-Cola, and U.S. Air Force Reserve Join as Sponsors
  4. ↑ Fil-Am Thia Megia and other American idols visit Manila soon Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ 'American Idol' Live Tour extends to two nights in Manila
  6. ↑ 'American Idol' -- Reteamed With AEG -- Announces Season 10 Tour Dates
  7. ↑ LAUREN ALAINA INJURES ANKLE DURING AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE! TOUR
  8. ↑ American Idols Tour 2011 – Sacramento CA – Video & Live Blog
  9. ↑ Lauren Alaina Tweet
  10. ↑ AMERICAN IDOLS Live Show In Albany Postponed Due To Hurricane Irene
  11. ↑ Numbers from Billboard boxscore
  12. ↑ American Idols Live tour rebounds nicely
  13. ↑ "Pollstar Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstar. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  14. ↑ "2011 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstar.
Preceded by
Season 9 (2010) 		American Idols LIVE! Tour
Season 10 (2011)		Succeeded by
Season 11 (2012)
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