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| Artist: | American Idol |
| Start Date: | July 6, 2011 |
| End Date: | September 21, 2011 |
| Number Of Shows: | 49 |
| Gross: | 22 million from 47 shows |
| Last Tour: | American Idols Live! Tour 2010 (2010) |
| This Tour: | American Idols Live! Tour 2011 (2011) |
| Next Tour: | American Idols Live! Tour 2012 (2012) |
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.
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]
| 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) | ||
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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| 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 | Albany | 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 | 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 | |||||||
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]
The tour was ranked No. 38 in the list of 2011 Year-end Top 200 North American tours, based on total gross income.[14]