| Concert Tour Name: | American Idols Live! Tour 2005 |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Artist: | American Idol |
| Start Date: | July 12, 2005 |
| End Date: | September 11, 2005 |
| Number Of Shows: | 44 |
| Gross: | million from 43 shows |
| Last Tour: | American Idols Live! Tour 2004 (2004) |
| This Tour: | American Idols Live! Tour 2005 (2005) |
| Next Tour: | American Idols Live! Tour 2006 (2006) |
American Idols Live! Tour 2005 was a summer concert tour in the United States featuring the top 10 contestants of the fourth season of American Idol, which aired in 2005. It was sponsored by Kellogg Pop-Tarts. It followed in the tradition of other American Idol summer tours following the completion of each season in May. After the poor attendance of the tour the previous year, the tour was scaled down somewhat. Forty dates were initially planned, four more dates were however later added.[1] [2] An extra show was further added at the end of the tour as a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina which struck Mississippi two weeks earlier.[3]
Before the Las Vegas show, runner-up Bo Bice came down with serious stomach pains and was rushed to the hospital. He was diagnosed with a blockage in his intestines, and received emergency surgery.[4] He returned for the last two shows of the tour in Syracuse, New York.[5] Bice also broke his foot on stage earlier in the tour at Manchester.[6]
| Top 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Underwood (winner) | Bo Bice (2nd place) | |
| Vonzell Solomon (3rd place) | Anthony Fedorov (4th place) | |
| Scott Savol (5th place) | Constantine Maroulis (6th place) | |
| Anwar Robinson (7th place) | Nadia Turner (8th place) | |
| Nikko Smith (9th place) | Jessica Sierra (10th place) | |
Shows from this year's tour differed significantly from the previous three tours. Each performer performed their own set of two to three songs to showcase their differing talent. Unlike previous years, ensemble singing was more limited. There were only a few duets in addition to the obligatory final group performance which consisted of two songs in this tour. The individual sets started off with tenth-place finisher Jessica Sierra and ending with the winner Carrie Underwood, but those in between did not performed in elimination order. The first half of the show ended with Nadia Turner's set, and the second half began with a duet between Anwar Robinson and Vonzell Solomon.[7]
Bo Bice was absent throughout most of the later part of the tour due to his serious nature of his illness that required surgery,[4] and this necessitated modifications and re-arrangement to the tour set list. Extra songs were added by some singers, and a group performance by the male singers was also added.
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| Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance[10] | Gross | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | Capacity | Percentage | |||||
| July 12, 2005 | Sunrise | United States | Office Depot Center | 9,750 | 9,750 | 100% | $420,958 |
| July 13, 2005 | Tampa | St. Pete Times Forum | 9,510 | 10,707 | 88.8% | $406,153 | |
| July 15, 2005 | Birmingham | BJCC Arena | 11,004 | 11,004 | 100% | $493,458 | |
| July 16, 2005 | Duluth | Arena at Gwinnett Center | 9,986 | 10,299 | 97.0% | $453,402 | |
| July 17, 2005 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | 8,374 | 23,500 | 36% | $357,280 | |
| July 19, 2005 | Reading | Sovereign Center | 7,169 | 7,169 | 100% | $304,405 | |
| July 20, 2005 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | 8,762 | 19,800 | 44% | $337,692 |
| July 22, 2005 | East Rutherford | United States | Continental Airlines Arena | 14,519 | 14,519 | 100% | $660,882 |
| July 23, 2005 | Uniondale | Nassau Coliseum | 13,012 | 13,012 | 100% | $587,686 | |
| July 24, 2005 | Philadelphia | Wachovia Center | 14,304 | 14,304 | 100% | $633,132 | |
| July 26, 2005 | Wilkes-Barre | Wachovia Arena | 8,322 | 8,400 | 99.1% | $358,040 | |
| July 27, 2005 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | 12,328 | 13,349 | 92.4% | $552,194 | |
| July 29, 2005 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center | 12,187 | 12,187 | 100% | $545,429 | |
| July 30, 2005 | Worcester | DCU Center | 10,655 | 10,655 | 100% | $461,084 | |
| July 31, 2005 | Manchester | Verizon Wireless Arena | 9,241 | 9,241 | 100% | $404,996 | |
| August 2, 2005 | Cleveland | Wolstein Center | 10,459 | 10,726 | 97.5% | $452,662 | |
| August 3, 2005 | Columbus | Value City Arena | 9,654 | 11,109 | 86.9% | $428,705 | |
| August 4, 2005 | Detroit | Joe Louis Arena | 10,284 | 11,621 | 88.5% | $468,552 | |
| August 6, 2005 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 10,324 | 11,005 | 93.8% | $467,667 | |
| August 8, 2005 | Chicago | United Center | 10,900 | 12000 | 90.8% | $477,850 | |
| August 9, 2005 | St. Louis | Savvis Center | 9,667 | 10,162 | 95.1% | $440,369 | |
| August 10, 2005 | Norman | Lloyd Noble Center | 6,442 | 12,000 | 54% | $294,653 | |
| August 13, 2005 | Grand Prairie | Nokia Live | 6,013 | 6,013 | 100% | $289,427 | |
| August 14, 2005 | San Antonio | SBC Center | 4,142 | 6,664 | 62.2% | $188,422 | |
| August 16, 2005 | Glendale | Glendale Arena | 6,417 | 8,792 | 73.0% | $302,277 | |
| August 17, 2005 | Los Angeles | Staples Center | 12,030 | 13,267 | 90.7% | $544,269 | |
| August 18, 2005 | Las Vegas | Thomas & Mack Center | 6,288 | 18,069 | 35% | $293,804 | |
| August 20, 2005 | San Jose | HP Pavilion at San Jose | 11,084 | 12,163 | 91.1% | $470,380 | |
| August 21, 2005 | Sacramento | ARCO Arena | 8,618 | 9,680 | 89.0% | $397,012 | |
| August 23, 2005 | Everett | Everett Events Center | 6,702 | 7,579 | 88.4% | $307,374 | |
| August 24, 2005 | Portland | Rose Garden Arena | 8,785 | 10,500 | 82% | $383,706 | |
| August 26, 2005 | Salt Lake City | Delta Center | 6,497 | 18,306 | 35% | $285,105 | |
| August 28, 2005 | Des Moines | Wells Fargo Arena | 3,657 | 6,081 | 60.1% | $164,272 | |
| August 30, 2005 | Green Bay | Resch Center | 6,688 | 7,522 | 88.9% | $304,226 | |
| August 31, 2005 | Milwaukee | Bradley Center | 6,787 | 20,000 | 63% | $309,569 | |
| September 2, 2005 | Albany | Pepsi Arena | 10,937 | 11,783 | 92.8% | $476,512 | |
| September 3, 2005 | Pittsburgh | Mellon Arena | 8,023 | 12,800 | 83% | $361,237 | |
| September 4, 2005 | Norfolk | Constant Convocation Center | 6,274 | 9,520 | 66% | $283,241 | |
| September 6, 2005 | East Rutherford | Continental Airlines Arena | 10,671 | 14,799 | 72.1% | $504,678 | |
| September 7, 2005 | Uniondale | Nassau Coliseum | 10,474 | 11,789 | 88.9% | $487,022 | |
| September 8, 2005 | Providence | Dunkin' Donuts Center | 10,274 | 10,661 | 96.4% | $453,948 | |
| September 9, 2005 | Portland | Cumberland County Civic Center | 6,235 | 6,235 | 100% | $267,595 | |
| September 10, 2005 | Syracuse | War Memorial at Oncenter | 11,928 | 11,928 | 100% | $524,820 | |
| September 11, 2005 | |||||||
The tour returned to form after the dismal Season 3 tour. Excluding the sold-out Hurricane Katrina benefit show, the average attendance was at 89% capacity, with 12 of the 43 shows sold out. Excluding the last charity show in Syracuse, the revenue from ticket sales totalled $17,364,290 million with 392,094 tickets sold according to Billboard.[11]