American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009
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| Start date | July 5, 2009 |
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| End date | September 15, 2009 |
| No. of shows | 50 in USA 2 in Canada 52 in Total |
| Box office | US$30.1 million |
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The American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009 was a summer concert tour in the United States and Canada that featured the top 10 contestants of the eighth season of American Idol. The 52-date tour spanning 50 cities began on July 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon and ended on September 15, 2009 at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.
This year was without a sponsor as Kellogg's Pop-Tarts dropped its sponsorship.
The show essentially followed the format of season seven tour where the performances were presented as a series of mini-concerts, starting from the 10th-place finisher and ending with the winner. As with season seven, each half of the show ended with a group performance, the first half consisting of a medley by the first six performers, and the last half ending with all ten performers.
Intermission
The tour was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the "Choice Music: Tour" category.
The Season 8 tour equalled in its success to Season 7. Despite a slightly lower number of total tickets sold at 484,434, it averaged slightly higher in attendance percentage capacity and yielded a higher gross of $30,139,328 million. It was ranked number 28 in Pollstar's year end list of North American tours.
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