# American Idols Live! Tour 2011

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 ended in Rochester, New York on September 10. Forty-five 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 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. This year Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, and U.S. Air Force Reserve joined as sponsors of the tour.

## Performers

| 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) ||

## Show overview

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.

## Setlist

* Naima Adedapo, Thia Megia, Haley Reinhart, Lauren Alaina and Pia Toscano – "Born This Way" (Lady Gaga)
* Toscano – "Empire State of Mind" (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys)
* Toscano and Stefano Langone – "California King Bed" (Rihanna)
* Paul McDonald – "Maggie May" (Rod Stewart)
* Megia – "Who Says" (Selena Gomez & the Scene)
* Megia, Reinhart, Adedapo and Toscano – "Tightrope" (Janelle Monáe)
* Langone – "Grenade" (Bruno Mars)
* Langone (Adedapo, Megia, Reinhart and Toscano on backing vocals) – "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" (Usher)
* McDonald, James Durbin, Casey Abrams, Langone and Jacob Lusk – "Animal" (Neon Trees)
* Adedapo – "On the Floor" (Jennifer Lopez)
* Toscano – "This Time" (Pia Toscano)
* Alaina, Toscano and Megia – "Firework" (Katy Perry)
* Abrams – "Smooth" (Rob Thomas and Santana)
* Abrams and Reinhart – "Moanin'"
* Abrams – "Harder to Breathe" (Maroon 5)
* All (Except Scotty McCreery) – "Forget You!" (Cee Lo Green)
Intermission
* Alaina – "Flat on the Floor" (Katrina Elam) and "Like My Mother Does" (Kristy Lee Cook)
* Alaina (Langone, Megia and Reinhart on backing vocals) – "If I Die Young" (The Band Perry)
* Durbin – "Sweet Child o' Mine" (Guns N' Roses) and "Uprising" (Muse)
* Lusk – "Never Too Much" (Luther Vandross)
* Lusk (Adedapo, Langone and Toscano backing vocals) – "You're All I Need to Get By" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell)
* Reinhart – "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) and "Bennie and the Jets" (Elton John)
* McCreery – "Your Man" (Josh Turner), "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" (Thompson Square) and "I Love You This Big" (Scotty McCreery)
* McCreery and Alaina – "When You Say Nothing at All" (Keith Whitley)
* McCreery (Alaina, Megia, Reinhart and Toscano on backing vocals) – "Gone" (Montgomery Gentry)
* Group medley – Durbin and Alaina – "Here I Go Again" (Whitesnake), Abrams, McDonald and Reinhart – "Faithfully" (Journey), Adedapo, Langone, Lusk and Megia – "Walk This Way" (Aerosmith), all – "Any Way You Want It/Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" (Journey)

## Additional notes

* Lauren Alaina sprained her ankle backstage at the Portland show, and performed her next show with the injured foot strapped in a boot.
* The performance of Firework was removed from the setlist in shows starting from Rosemont, Illinois due to Lauren Alaina needing to rest her voice. However, it did return to the set starting with the Philadelphia show. Alaina did not appear in the first half in Columbus and Pittsburgh, but did appear in the second. However, she missed the Baltimore show completely, and reported that she was suffering from severe bronchitis.
* Paul McDonald was absent from the Providence show.
* The show at Albany on August 28, 2011, was postponed to September 4, 2011, due to Hurricane Irene that struck the East Coast of the United States on August 27.
* It was the second time that the American Idol Live! Tour traveled to Asia with the Philippines being the second and only country for this year that they traveled to outside the United States and Canada.

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Attendance | Attendance | Gross |
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Sales | Capacity | Percentage | Gross |
| North America ||||||||
| July 6, 2011 | West Valley City | United States | Maverik Center | 6,251 | 6,616 | 94.5% | $351,295 |
| July 8, 2011 | Everett | United States | Comcast Arena | 7,887 | 7,887 | 100% | $435,295 |
| July 9, 2011 | Portland | United States | Rose Garden Arena | 8,695 | 9,044 | 96.1% | $467,635 |
| July 11, 2011 | Sacramento | United States | Power Balance Pavilion | 10,056 | 10,527 | 95.5% | $531,060 |
| July 12, 2011 | Oakland | United States | Oracle Arena | 7,836 | 8,510 | 92.1% | $428,155 |
| July 13, 2011 | San Jose | United States | HP Pavilion at San Jose | 9,623 | 10,162 | 94.7% | $513,515 |
| July 15, 2011 | Los Angeles | United States | Nokia Theatre L.A. Live | 6,537 | 6,537 | 100% | $374,125 |
| July 16, 2011 | Ontario | United States | Citizens Business Bank Arena | 7,845 | 7,845 | 100% | $464,985 |
| July 17, 2011 | Phoenix | United States | US Airways Center | 9,235 | 9,757 | 94.6% | $491,235 |
| July 19, 2011 | Oklahoma City | United States | Cox Convention Center | 6,910 | 7,391 | 93.5% | $385,210 |
| July 20, 2011 | Grand Prairie | United States | Verizon Theatre | 6,018 | 6,018 | 100% | $339,330 |
| July 21, 2011 | Houston | United States | Reliant Arena | 6,790 | 6,790 | 100% | $380,170 |
| July 22, 2011 | New Orleans | United States | UNO Lakefront Arena | 5,525 | 5,525 | 100% | $326,525 |
| July 24, 2011 | Orlando | United States | Amway Center | 10,791 | 11,296 | 95.5% | $564,395 |
| July 26, 2011 | Duluth | United States | Arena at Gwinnett Center | 10,026 | 10,026 | 100% | $533,870 |
| July 27, 2011 | Raleigh | United States | RBC Center | 13,533 | 13,533 | 100% | $696,605 |
| July 28, 2011 | Charlotte | United States | Time Warner Cable Arena | 9,239 | 9,239 | 100% | $493,115 |
| July 30, 2011 | Nashville | United States | Bridgestone Arena | 13,192 | 13,192 | 100% | $676,020 |
| July 31, 2011 | St. Louis | United States | Scottrade Center | 8,580 | 8,580 | 100% | $459,800 |
| August 2, 2011 | Kansas City | United States | Sprint Center | 8,535 | 8,535 | 100% | $457,795 |
| August 3, 2011 | Minneapolis | United States | Target Center | 9,632 | 9,632 | 100% | $510,560 |
| August 4, 2011 | Milwaukee | United States | Bradley Center | 8,646 | 8,646 | 100% | $460,930 |
| August 6, 2011 | Rosemont | United States | Allstate Arena | 11,932 | 11,932 | 100% | $613,720 |
| August 7, 2011 | Detroit | United States | Joe Louis Arena | 8,980 | 8,980 | 100% | $480,880 |
| August 9, 2011 | Columbus | United States | Jerome Schottenstein Center | 9,677 | 10,135 | 95.5% | $508,455 |
| August 10, 2011 | Pittsburgh | United States | Consol Energy Center | 8,772 | 9,167 | 95.7% | $465,400 |
| August 11, 2011 | Baltimore | United States | 1st Mariner Arena | 7,571 | 7,974 | 95.0% | $420,675 |
| August 13, 2011 | Atlantic City | United States | Boardwalk Hall | 11,913 | 11,913 | 100% | $615,025 |
| August 14, 2011 | Newark | United States | Prudential Center | 18,529 | 19,846 | 93.4% | $1,009,565 |
| August 15, 2011 | Newark | United States | Prudential Center | 18,529 | 19,846 | 93.4% | $1,009,565 |
| August 17, 2011 | Philadelphia | United States | Wells Fargo Center | 9,326 | 9,848 | 94.7% | $501,570 |
| August 19, 2011 | Washington, D.C. | United States | Verizon Center | 9,064 | 9,804 | 92.5% | $491,220 |
| August 20, 2011 | Richmond | United States | Richmond Coliseum | 8,183 | 8,411 | 97.3% | $449,475 |
| August 21, 2011 | Wilkes-Barre | United States | Mohegan Sun Arena | 7,562 | 7,562 | 100% | $415,490 |
| August 23, 2011 | Uniondale | United States | Nassau Coliseum | 18,981 | 19,613 | 96.8% | $1,044,245 |
| August 24, 2011 | Uniondale | United States | Nassau Coliseum | 18,981 | 19,613 | 96.8% | $1,044,245 |
| August 25, 2011 | Bridgeport | United States | Webster Bank Arena | 7,942 | 7,942 | 100% | $431,730 |
| August 27, 2011 | Providence | United States | Dunkin' Donuts Center | 8,460 | 8,460 | 100% | $457,540 |
| August 30, 2011 | Portland | United States | Cumberland County Civic Center | 6,070 | 6,070 | 100% | $350,550 |
| August 31, 2011 | Manchester | United States | Verizon Wireless Arena | 8,831 | 8,831 | 100% | $473,155 |
| September 1, 2011 | Worcester | United States | DCU Center | 8,840 | 9,701 | 91.1% | $480,740 |
| September 3, 2011 | Uncasville | United States | Mohegan Sun Arena | 5,296 | 5,296 | 100% | $385,560 |
| September 4, 2011 | Albany | United States | Times Union Center | 6,738 | 7,772 | 86.7% | $370,590 |
| September 6, 2011 | Syracuse | United States | War Memorial at Oncenter | 4,975 | 5,581 | 89.1% | $286,435 |
| September 7, 2011 | Reading | United States | 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 | Rochester | 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 | Quezon City | Philippines | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 13,500 | 15,000 | 90% | |
* ^Note a The Albany show was originally scheduled for August 28 but moved to September 4, 2011, due to Hurricane Irene.

## Response

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. 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.

## Revenue

The tour was ranked No. 38 in the list of 2011 Year-end Top 200 North American tours, based on total gross income.

## Tour summary

* Number of shows – 49 (24 sold out)
* Total gross – $22,002,464 (47 shows)
* Total attendance – 403,695
* Average attendance – 8,589 (97.0%)
* Average ticket price – $54.5
* Highest gross – Raleigh, North Carolina – $696,605
* Lowest gross – Syracuse, New York – $286,435
* Highest attendance – Raleigh, North Carolina – 13,533 (100%)
* Lowest attendance – Syracuse, New York – 4,975 (89.1%)