American Idols LIVE! Tour 2004

American Idols LIVE! Tour 2004

Tour by American Idol
Fantasia Barrino, Diana DeGarmo Jasmine Trias, Jennifer Hudson, Jon Peter Lewis, Camile Velasco George Huff, John Stevens, Amy Adams, LaToya London Tamyra Gray
Start date	July 14, 2004
End date	October 5, 2004
Number of shows	50
Box office	US$11.4 million from 49 shows
American Idol concert chronology

American Idols Live! Tour 2004 was a summer concert tour featuring the Top 10 contestants of the third season of American Idol, which aired in 2004. The tour was sponsored by Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. It was the third in the series the American Idols Tour.

The tour started in Salt Lake City on July 14, 2004.^[1] Initially, 48 tour dates were planned, but three shows were later added in Honolulu in response to demand from fans of Jasmine Trias and Camile Velasco, as well as one final show in Singapore.^[2][3][4] Two shows (Ames, Iowa and Fargo, North Dakota) were cancelled due to poor sales.

Performers

Top 10
Fantasia Barrino (winner)	Diana DeGarmo (2nd place)
Jasmine Trias (3rd place)	La Toya London (4th place)
George Huff (5th place)	John Stevens (6th place)
Jennifer Hudson (7th place)	Jon Peter Lewis (8th place)
Camile Velasco (9th place)	Amy Adams (10th place)

Set list

• Amy Adams - "Knock on Wood" (Aaron Lines)
• Camile Velasco - "Ex-Factor" (Lauryn Hill)
• Jon Peter Lewis - "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)
• Jennifer Hudson - "Since You've Been Gone" (Aretha Franklin)
• John Stevens - "Come Fly with Me" (Frank Sinatra)
• George Huff - "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (The Temptations)
• LaToya London - "My All" (Mariah Carey)
• Jasmine Trias - "How Will I Know" (Whitney Houston)
• Diana DeGarmo - "Dreams" (Diana DeGarmo), "River Deep, Mountain High" (Tina Turner)
• Fantasia Barrino - "Summertime", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder)

Intermission

• Prince medley - "When Doves Cry"/"Yeah!" (Usher) (DeGarmo and Trias), "Kiss" (London), "U Got the Look" (Adams and Lewis), "Diamonds and Pearls" (DeGarmo), "Baby I'm a Star" (Barrino, DeGarmo and Trias), "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Huff and Hudson), "Purple Rain" (Barrino)
• DeGarmo - "Old Time Rock and Roll" (Bob Seger)
• Stevens - "My Funny Valentine"
• Stevens and Barrino - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
• Barrino, Hudson and Adams - "A Fool in Love" (Ike & Tina Turner)
• Stevens, Huff, Lewis and DeGarmo - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye)
• Trias (Barrino, Huff and DeGarmo on back-up) - "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys)
• Adams, London and Hudson - "Dangerously In Love" (Beyoncé)
• Girls - "Heartburn" (Alicia Keys)
• Lewis (Barrino, London and Hudson on back-up) - "Hey Ya!" (OutKast)
• Huff (Lewis on Guitar) - "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye), "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (Darkness)
• Huff and Barrino - "All My Life" (K-Ci & JoJo)
• Group - "Where Is the Love?" (The Black Eyed Peas), "Hollywood Swinging" (Kool & the Gang)
• Guys - "Soul Man" (Sam & Dave)
• Girls - "Crazy In Love" (Beyoncé)
• Barrino - "I Believe" (Barrino)
• DeGarmo - "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
• Group - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell)

Additional notes

• DeGarmo suffered severe bruising to her legs falling from a flight of stairs during a show in Grand Rapids, and took no further part in that show. She performed just her solo song "Dreams" for the next show in Detroit, but gradually returned to her full set of performances after a few shows.^[5]
• Tamyra Gray from Season 1 of American Idol appeared as a guest-star in the first few weeks of the tour and performed songs from her album The Dreamer^[6] - "Star", "Raindrops Will Fall", "Don't Stop (Keep It Coming)" which replaced songs such as Diana DeGarmo's "Old Time Rock and Roll".
• The Albany show included a birthday tribute to Camile Velasco.
• Camile Velasco missed the shows in Canada and Singapore due to passport issues.
• Only 7 of the Top 10 finalists went to Singapore (Barrino, DeGarmo, Trias, London, Huff, Hudson and Lewis), the set list was therefore modified accordingly and truncated, with Jon Peter Lewis of the seven first on the show with Superstition after an Indonesian Idol winner Joy Tobing opened the show with Shania Twain's "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!".
• Jasmine Trias went on her own tour in the Philippines straight after the American Idol tour ended in Singapore.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance (percentage)
July 14, 2004	Salt Lake City	United States	Delta Center	45.4%
July 16, 2004	Portland		Rose Garden Arena	54.1%
July 17, 2004	Everett		Everett Events Center	51.9%
July 21, 2004	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	47.7%
July 22, 2004	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	53.3%
July 25, 2004	Moline		MARK of the Quad Cities	40.0%
July 27, 2004	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	62.3%
July 28, 2004	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	48.4%
July 29, 2004	Cleveland		CSU Convocation Center	60.1%
July 31, 2004	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	47.1%
August 1, 2004	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	27.4%
August 3, 2004	Evansville		Roberts Stadium	31.5%
August 4, 2004	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	28.5%
August 5, 2004	Chicago		United Center	61.9%
August 7, 2004	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha	39.1%
August 10, 2004	Grand Prairie		Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie	49.1%
August 11, 2004	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena	72.5%
August 13, 2004	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena	41.8%
August 14, 2004	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center	47.9%
August 15, 2004	Atlanta		Philips Arena	73.9%
August 17, 2004	Sunrise		Office Depot Center	56.4%
August 18, 2004	Jacksonville		Veterans Memorial Arena	49.5%
August 20, 2004	Columbia		Colonial Center	46.6%
August 21, 2004	Winston-Salem		LJVM Coliseum	60.4%
August 22, 2004	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	73.6%
August 24, 2004	Worcester		Worcester's Centrum Centre	77.0%
August 27, 2004	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	61.8%
August 28, 2004	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	72.7%
August 29, 2004	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	76.3%
August 31, 2004	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	82.1%
September 2, 2004	Albany		Pepsi Arena	52.1%
September 4, 2004	Wilkes-Barre		Wachovia Arena	68.5%
September 5, 2004	Hershey		Giant Center	65.9%
September 9, 2004	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	34.0%
September 10, 2004	Reading		Sovereign Center	81.9%
September 11, 2004	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena	79.5%
September 12, 2004	Providence		Dunkin' Donuts Center	60.0%
September 14, 2004	Buffalo		HSBC Arena	81.0%
September 15, 2004	Ottawa	Canada	Corel Centre	57.9%
September 16, 2004	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	57.1%
September 18, 2004	Ashwaubenon	United States	Resch Center	52.3%
September 19, 2004	St. Louis		Savvis Center	47.6%
September 23, 2004	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond	55.5%
September 24, 2004	Bakersfield		Centennial Garden	64.3%
September 25, 2004	Fresno		Save Mart Center	51.9%
September 26, 2004	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose	60.9%
September 28, 2004	Honolulu		Blaisdell Center	100%
September 29, 2004				100%
September 30, 2004				100%
October 5, 2004	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium

Response

Despite having three sell-out shows in Hawaii, the attendances for most of the shows were significantly lower than the first two tours. Average number of tickets sold fell by 40% compared to Season 1 and 48% compared to Season 2. Excluding Singapore (where the attendance numbered around 7000), a total of 258,577 tickets were sold, grossing $11,400,424 according to Billboard.^[7]

Tour summary

• Number of shows - 50 (3 sold out)
• Total gross - $11,400,424 (49 shows)
• Total attendance - 258,577 (49 shows)
• Average attendance - 5,277 (60%)
• Average ticket price - $44.09

References

1. Fantasia Gets Standing O, JPL A Wanted Man, Huff Tackles Darkness At 'Idols' Launch
2. American Idols Live tour canvasses the U.S. this summer
3. 'Idol' Tour To Feature Hits By Outkast, Alicia Keys, Beyonce
4. American Idol headed to Singapore
5. 'Idol' Runner-Up DeGarmo Injured After Falling During Tour
6. Tamyra Gray Joins 'Idol' Tour
7. 'American Idol' by the numbers