American Idols Live! Tour 2011

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 traveled outside North America after Singapore was added to the tour schedule in Season 3.

American Idols Live! Tour 2011
Tour by American Idol
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

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]

Performers

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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

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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

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Season 10 American Idol tour, Scotty McCreery performing with Thia Megia, Haley Reinhart and Pia Toscano.

Intermission

Additional notes

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  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

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Date City Country Venue Attendance[11] Gross
Sales Capacity Percentage
North America
July 6, 2011 West Valley City United States Maverik Center 6,251 6,616 94.5% $351,295
July 8, 2011 Everett Comcast Arena 7,887 7,887 100% $435,295
July 9, 2011 Portland Rose Garden Arena 8,695 9,044 96.1% $467,635
July 11, 2011 Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion 10,056 10,527 95.5% $531,060
July 12, 2011 Oakland Oracle Arena 7,836 8,510 92.1% $428,155
July 13, 2011 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose 9,623 10,162 94.7% $513,515
July 15, 2011 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live 6,537 6,537 100% $374,125
July 16, 2011 Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena 7,845 7,845 100% $464,985
July 17, 2011 Phoenix US Airways Center 9,235 9,757 94.6% $491,235
July 19, 2011 Oklahoma City Cox Convention Center 6,910 7,391 93.5% $385,210
July 20, 2011 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre 6,018 6,018 100% $339,330
July 21, 2011 Houston Reliant Arena 6,790 6,790 100% $380,170
July 22, 2011 New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena 5,525 5,525 100% $326,525
July 24, 2011 Orlando Amway Center 10,791 11,296 95.5% $564,395
July 26, 2011 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 10,026 10,026 100% $533,870
July 27, 2011 Raleigh RBC Center 13,533 13,533 100% $696,605
July 28, 2011 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 9,239 9,239 100% $493,115
July 30, 2011 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 13,192 13,192 100% $676,020
July 31, 2011 St. Louis Scottrade Center 8,580 8,580 100% $459,800
August 2, 2011 Kansas City Sprint Center 8,535 8,535 100% $457,795
August 3, 2011 Minneapolis Target Center 9,632 9,632 100% $510,560
August 4, 2011 Milwaukee Bradley Center 8,646 8,646 100% $460,930
August 6, 2011 Rosemont Allstate Arena 11,932 11,932 100% $613,720
August 7, 2011 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 8,980 8,980 100% $480,880
August 9, 2011 Columbus Jerome Schottenstein Center 9,677 10,135 95.5% $508,455
August 10, 2011 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center 8,772 9,167 95.7% $465,400
August 11, 2011 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena 7,571 7,974 95.0% $420,675
August 13, 2011 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 11,913 11,913 100% $615,025
August 14, 2011 Newark Prudential Center 18,529 19,846 93.4% $1,009,565
August 15, 2011
August 17, 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 9,326 9,848 94.7% $501,570
August 19, 2011 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 9,064 9,804 92.5% $491,220
August 20, 2011 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 8,183 8,411 97.3% $449,475
August 21, 2011 Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena 7,562 7,562 100% $415,490
August 23, 2011 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 18,981 19,613 96.8% $1,044,245
August 24, 2011
August 25, 2011 Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena 7,942 7,942 100% $431,730
August 27, 2011 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 8,460 8,460 100% $457,540
August 30, 2011 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center 6,070 6,070 100% $350,550
August 31, 2011 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena 8,831 8,831 100% $473,155
September 1, 2011 Worcester DCU Center 8,840 9,701 91.1% $480,740
September 3, 2011 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 5,296 5,296 100% $385,560
September 4, 2011 Albanya Times Union Center 6,738 7,772 86.7% $370,590
September 6, 2011 Syracuse War Memorial at Oncenter 4,975 5,581 89.1% $286,435
September 7, 2011 Reading Sovereign Center 5,850 6,780 86.3% $337,830
September 9, 2011 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 11,485 11,485 100% $667,969
September 10, 2011 Rochester United States Blue Cross Arena 7,336 7,842 93.6% $403,020
Asia
September 20, 2011 Quezon City Philippines Smart Araneta Coliseum 13,500 15,000 90%
September 21, 2011
  • ^Note a The Albany show was originally scheduled for August 28 but moved to September 4, 2011, due to Hurricane Irene.

Response

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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

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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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  • Number of shows – 49 (24 sold out)
  • Total gross – $22,002,464 (47 shows)
  • Total attendance – 403,695
  • Average attendance – 8,589 (97.0%)
  • Average ticket price – $54.5
  • Highest gross – Raleigh, North Carolina – $696,605
  • Lowest gross – Syracuse, New York – $286,435
  • Highest attendance – Raleigh, North Carolina – 13,533 (100%)
  • Lowest attendance – Syracuse, New York – 4,975 (89.1%)

References

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  1. ^ "American Idol Live! Tour 2011: The Idols Are Coming To Manila". ClickTheCity.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  2. ^ American Idols Live! Tour Dates Revealed
  3. ^ a b 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". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  14. ^ "2011 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstar. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2012.