American Idols Live! Tour 2006

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American Idols Live! Tour 2006
Tour by American Idol
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Katharine McPhee, Lisa Tucker, Elliott Yamin, Mandisa, Bucky Covington
Ace Young, Kellie Pickler, Taylor Hicks
Paris Bennett, Chris Daughtry
Start dateJuly 5, 2006
End dateSeptember 24, 2006
No. of shows60
Box officeUS$35.8 million
American Idol concert chronology

American Idols Live! Tour 2006 was a summer concert tour in the United States featuring the top 10 contestants of the fifth season of American Idol , which aired in 2006. It was sponsored by Kellogg Pop-Tarts. The tour started on July 5 and ended on September 24 covering 60 dates, the biggest tour thus far. [1] Initially 39 dates were planned, [2] but 21 extra dates were later added due to demand. [3] It followed in the tradition of other American Idol summer tours following the completion of each season in May.

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Runner-up Katharine McPhee missed the first 17 shows of the tour due to severe bronchitis and laryngitis, [4] She also missed her first rescheduled show on July 27 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to cancelled flight caused by bad weather. At the concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, McPhee tripped backstage before going on, and a hair-line fracture to her left foot was later discovered when she was taken to a hospital after the show.

Bucky Covington was absent from the August 13 performance at the Savvis Center in St. Louis due to an illness. Kellie Pickler was absent from the first Atlanta show on August 3.

Performers

Top 10
Taylor Hicks (winner) Katharine McPhee (2nd place)
Elliott Yamin (3rd place) Chris Daughtry (4th place)
Paris Bennett (5th place) Kellie Pickler (6th place)
Ace Young (7th place) Bucky Covington (8th place)
Mandisa (9th place) Lisa Tucker (10th place)

Show overview

The show featured a series of individual performances with each contestant performing a set of songs. Many also performed a duet with the next performer in the transition between the sets of songs. In the first half the contestants performed in random order, in the second half the last four performed in elimination order, starting with Chris Daughtry and ending with Taylor Hicks. The second half also featured a number of group songs, with a traditional group performance ending the show. Some changes were made in the earlier shows due to the absence of Katharine McPhee.

Setlist

Intermission

Additional notes

Tour dates

DateCity (All U.S.)VenueAttendance [6] Gross
SalesCapacityPercentage
July 5, 2006 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena 18,93718,937100%$1,099,302
July 6, 2006
July 7, 2006 Worcester DCU Center 20,86320,863100%$1,202,620
July 8, 2006
July 9, 2006 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 12,02912,029100%$654,494
July 11, 2006 Albany Pepsi Arena 11,71611,716100%$594,356
July 12, 2006 Hershey Giant Center 8,86610,50084.4%$499,058
July 13, 2006 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena 29,33229,332100%$1,576,419
July 14, 2006
July 15, 2006 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 25,33225,332100%$1,413,926
July 16, 2006
July 18, 2006 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena 7,7327,732100%$460,112
July 19, 2006 Cleveland Wolstein Center 10,12710,127100%$554,523
July 21, 2006 Rochester Blue Cross Arena 10,78610,786100%$579,479
July 22, 2006 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 14,83915,49995.7%$791,159
July 23, 2006 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 12,34312,343100%$720,068
July 25, 2006 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard 8,1258,125100%$516,109
July 27, 2006 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena 11,75012,35995.1%$593,595
July 28, 2006 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 14,18014,48497.9%$763,248
July 29, 2006 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 9,9359,935100%$595,551
July 30, 2006 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 15,33715,337100%$773,655
August 1, 2006 Charlotte Charlotte Bobcats Arena 12,55614,19088.5%$632,566
August 2, 2006 Columbia Colonial Center 11,37312,07994.2%$615,051
August 3, 2006 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 10,15610,52996.5%$587,466
August 5, 2006 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 12,95013,28497.5%$729,962
August 6, 2006 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 13,98914,32297.7%$728,473
August 8, 2006 Birmingham BJCC Arena 13,04113,33497.8%$694,363
August 10, 2006 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center 12,88914,34589.9%$675,515
August 11, 2006 Columbus Value City Arena 12,64113,29995.1%$657,118
August 12, 2006 Milwaukee Bradley Center 11,74613,15189.3%$631,857
August 13, 2006 St. Louis Savvis Center 14,29714,93995.7%$761,603
August 15, 2006 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 11,41311,66397.9%$619,256
August 16, 2006 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 14,08114,96994.1%A$733,732
August 17, 2006 Indianapolis Pepsi Coliseum 10,58210,582100%$564,314
August 18, 2006 Louisville Freedom Hall 14,05614,056100%$580,980
August 19, 2006 Rosemont Allstate Arena 13,39013,69797.8%$745,107
August 20, 2006 Peoria Carver Arena 8,5369,82586.9%$476,008
August 22, 2006 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,93315,46696.6%$758,311
August 25, 2006 San Diego iPayOne Center 10,62411,17695.1%$582,441
August 26, 2006 Los Angeles Staples Center 13,42714,11595.1%$680,394
August 27, 2006 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 11,52212,21794.3%$642,245
August 29, 2006 Sacramento ARCO Arena 12,66613,20096.0%$678,120
August 30, 2006 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose 12,80213,52494.7%$674,043
September 1, 2006 Portland Rose Garden Arena 9,56492%$506,054
September 2, 2006 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 12,80414,42488.8%$686,214
September 5, 2006 Denver Pepsi Center 10,89113,02483.6%$561,170
September 7, 2006 Grand Prairie Nokia Live 12,09412,29098.4%$729,172
September 8, 2006
September 9, 2006 Houston Reliant Arena 7,08810,84598%$431,949
September 10, 2006 Austin Frank Erwin Center 8,67910,84580.0%$447,256
September 12, 2006DuluthArena at Gwinnett Center10,60510,94596.9%$598,353
September 14, 2006 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena 7,5527,552100%$434,145
September 15, 2006 Norfolk Constant Convocation Center 6,738$377,389
September 16, 2006 Reading Sovereign Center 6,9877,24096.5%$408,589
September 17, 2006 Syracuse War Memorial at Oncenter 6,04894%$357,758
September 19, 2006HersheyGiant Center8,84210,0388.1%$495,755
September 21, 2006 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center 6,0746,27596.8%$368,552
September 22, 2006 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 9,7179,99297.3%$555,038
September 23, 2006BridgeportArena at Harbor Yard8,7808,82999.5%$538,263
September 24, 2006Wilkes-BarreWachovia Arena8,1888,51996.1%$479,558

Response

The 2006 tour was a huge success, with an average attendance of 96.1% capacity, [7] and 20 of its shows sold out. It ranked as the thirteenth biggest grossing tour of 2006 in the Billboard year end chart, with a gross of $35,291,883 that doubled the previous season's revenue, and 646,996 tickets sold as totalled from the 59 shows reported to Billboard. [8] It is still the most successful Idol tour yet.

Tour summary

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