American Idols Live! Tour 2004 Explained

Concert Tour Name:American Idols Live! Tour 2004
Artist:American Idol Finalists
Start Date:July 14, 2004
End Date:October 5, 2004
Number Of Shows:49 in North America
1 in Asia
50 total
Last Tour:American Idols Live! Tour 2003
(2003)
This Tour:American Idols Live! Tour 2004
(2004)
Next Tour:American Idols Live! Tour 2005
(2005)

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.

Background

The tour started in Salt Lake City on July 14, 2004.[1] Initially, 48 tour dates were planned, but two shows (Ames, Iowa and Fargo, North Dakota) were cancelled due to poor sales. and 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]

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, a total of 258,577 tickets were sold, grossing $11,400,424 according to Billboard.[3]

Performers

Top 10 Finalists[4]
Fantasia Barrino (winner)Diana DeGarmo (2nd place)
Jasmine Trias (3rd place)LaToya 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)

Opening act

Setlist

  1. "Knock on Wood"
  2. "Ex-Factor"
  3. "Superstition"
  4. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
  5. "Come Fly with Me"
  6. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
  7. "My All"
  8. "How Will I Know"
  9. "Dreams"
  10. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  11. "Summertime"
  12. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
  13. "When Doves Cry" / "Kiss" / "U Got the Look" / "Diamonds and Pearls" / "Baby I'm a Star" / "Nothing Compares 2 U" / "Purple Rain"
  14. "Old Time Rock and Roll"
  15. "My Funny Valentine"
  16. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  17. "A Fool in Love"
  18. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
  19. "If I Ain't Got You"
  20. "Dangerously in Love"
  21. "Heartburn"
  22. "Hey Ya!"
  23. "What's Going On"
  24. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
  25. "All My Life"
  26. "Where Is the Love?"
  27. "Hollywood Swinging"
  28. "Soul Man"
  29. "Crazy In Love"
  30. "I Believe"
  31. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
  32. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America[6]
July 14, 2004Salt Lake CityUnited States
July 16, 2004PortlandRose Garden
July 17, 2004Everett
July 21, 2004Saint Paul
July 22, 2004Milwaukee
July 25, 2004Moline
July 27, 2004Grand Rapids
July 28, 2004Detroit
July 29, 2004Cleveland
July 31, 2004ColumbusValue City Arena
August 1, 2004IndianapolisConseco Fieldhouse
August 3, 2004Evansville
August 4, 2004CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena
August 5, 2004ChicagoUnited Center
August 7, 2004OmahaQwest Center Arena
August 10, 2004Grand PrairieNokia Live
August 11, 2004New OrleansNew Orleans Arena
August 13, 2004North Little Rock
August 14, 2004NashvilleGaylord Entertainment Center
August 15, 2004AtlantaPhilips Arena
August 17, 2004SunriseOffice Depot Center
August 18, 2004JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
August 20, 2004ColumbiaColonial Center
August 21, 2004Winston-SalemLJVM Coliseum
August 22, 2004Washington, D.C.MCI Center
August 24, 2004WorcesterWorcester's Centrum Centre
August 27, 2004PhiladelphiaWachovia Center
August 28, 2004HartfordHartford Civic Center
August 29, 2004East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena
August 31, 2004UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 2, 2004AlbanyPepsi Arena
September 4, 2004Wilkes-BarreWachovia Arena
September 5, 2004HersheyGiant Center
September 9, 2004PittsburghMellon Arena
September 10, 2004ReadingSovereign Center
September 11, 2004ManchesterVerizon Wireless Arena
September 12, 2004ProvidenceDunkin' Donuts Center
September 14, 2004BuffaloHSBC Arena
September 15, 2004OttawaCanadaCorel Centre
September 16, 2004TorontoAir Canada Centre
September 18, 2004Green BayUnited StatesResch Center
September 19, 2004St. LouisSavvis Center
September 23, 2004AnaheimArrowhead Pond
September 24, 2004BakersfieldCentennial Garden
September 25, 2004FresnoSave Mart Center
September 26, 2004San JoseHP Pavilion
September 28, 2004HonoluluBlaisdell Arena
September 29, 2004
September 30, 2004
Asia[7]
October 5, 2004SingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
<--Date--><--Location--><--Venue--><--Reason/Additional Info-->
July 20, 2004FargoFargodomeCancelled
July 24, 2004AmesHilton ColiseumCancelled

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / AvailableGross revenue
Continental Airlines ArenaEast Rutherford10,479 / 13,740 (76%)$478,853[8]
Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale10,125 / 12,337 (82%)$472,810
HP PavilionSan Jose7,772 / 12,767 (61%)$346,420[9]
Blaisdell ArenaHonolulu18,475 / 18,475 (100%)$883,710
TOTAL (for the 6 concerts listed)46,851 / 57,319 (82%)$2,181,793

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fantasia Gets Standing O, JPL A Wanted Man, Huff Tackles Darkness At 'Idols' Launch . Moss . Corey . July 15, 2004 . MTV News . MTV Networks . January 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20040720034740/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1489438/20040715/fantasia.jhtml?headlines=true . July 20, 2004.
  2. Web site: 'Idol' Tour To Feature Hits By Outkast, Alicia Keys, Beyonce . Moss . Corey . July 12, 2004 . MTV News . MTV Networks . January 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080502045716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1489368/20040712/id_1235745.jhtml . May 2, 2008.
  3. November 28, 2009. Show Time. Donahue . Ann . Billboard. 121. 47. 18. Nashville, Tennessee. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 0006-2510. January 18, 2020.
  4. Web site: 'Idols' Plan North American Road Trip . Cohen . Jonathon . Jeckell . Barry A. . May 4, 2004 . Billboard . VNU eMedia Inc. . January 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20041211222917/http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000502612 . December 11, 2004.
  5. Web site: Tamyra Gray Joins 'Idol' Tour . Cohen . Jonathon . Jeckell . Barry A. . July 7, 2004 . Billboard . VNU eMedia Inc. . January 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20041113062606/http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000564567 . November 13, 2004.
  6. Web site: American Idols Live tour canvasses the U.S. this summer . Zahlaway . Jon . May 5, 2004 . . . January 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20040603140252/http://www.livedaily.com/news/6472.html . June 3, 2004.
  7. . American Idol headed to Singapore . Singapore . LAMC Productions . . September 3, 2004 . January 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200604/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/09/03/American-Idol-headed-to-Singapore/UPI-25881094197397/ . October 21, 2012.
  8. . Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses . Billboard . Nashville, Tennessee . Billboard Music Group . 116. 42 . 19 . October 16, 2004 . January 18, 2020.
  9. . Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses . Billboard . Nashville, Tennessee . Billboard Music Group . 116. 45 . 28 . November 6, 2004 . January 18, 2020.

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