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 |
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| Start date | July 6, 2011 |
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| End date | September 21, 2011 |
| No. of shows | 49 |
| Box office | 22 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 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 will end in Rochester, New York on September 10. 45 dates were originally planned but four extra dates were added due to high demand, including two final shows in Manila, Philippines, only the second time the show has travelled outside of North America after Singapore was added to the tour schedule in Season 3.
This season's tour was promoted again by AEG Live after a year with Live Nation. This year Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, and U.S. Air Force Reserve joined as sponsors of the tour.
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.
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The tour attendance rebounded after the poor turn-out for the Season 9 tour. 16 of the first 24 shows were sold out, and more than 97% its tickets has been sold through its first 14 dates with an average venue size of 8,100. 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 8856. It was ranked number 38 in the Pollstar Top 200 North American Tours for 2011.
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