# American Idols Live! Tour 2004

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. 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.
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.

## Performers

Top 10 Finalists :
| 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

* Tamyra Gray (North America, select dates)
* Joy Tobing (Kallang)

## Setlist

* "Knock on Wood" (Adams)
* "Ex-Factor" (Velasco)
* "Superstition" (Lewis)
* "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Hudson)
* "Come Fly with Me" (Stevens)
* "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Huff)
* "My All" (London)
* "How Will I Know" (Trias)
* "Dreams" (DeGarmo)
* "River Deep, Mountain High" (DeGarmo)
* "Summertime" (Barrino)
* "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Barrino)
* "When Doves Cry" / "Kiss" / "U Got the Look" / "Diamonds and Pearls" / "Baby I'm a Star" / "Nothing Compares 2 U" / "Purple Rain"
* "Old Time Rock and Roll" (DeGarmo)
* "My Funny Valentine" (Stevens)
* "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Barrino, Stevens)
* "A Fool in Love" (Barrino)
* "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (DeGarmo, Huff, Lewis, Stevens)
* "If I Ain't Got You" (Trias)
* "Dangerously in Love" (Adams, London, Hudson)
* "Heartburn" (Adams, Barrino, DeGarmo, Hudson, London, Trias, Velasco)
* "Hey Ya!" (Lewis)
* "What's Going On" (Huff)
* "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (Huff)
* "All My Life" (Barrino, Huff)
* "Where Is the Love?"
* "Hollywood Swinging"
* "Soul Man" (Huff, Lewis, Stevens)
* "Crazy In Love" (Adams, Barrino, DeGarmo, Hudson, London, Trias, Velasco)
* "I Believe" (Barrino)
* "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (DeGarmo)
* "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| North America ||||
| July 14, 2004 | Salt Lake City | United States | Delta Center |
| July 16, 2004 | Portland | United States | Rose Garden |
| July 17, 2004 | Everett | United States | Everett Events Center |
| July 21, 2004 | Saint Paul | United States | Xcel Energy Center |
| July 22, 2004 | Milwaukee | United States | Bradley Center |
| July 25, 2004 | Moline | United States | The MARK of the Quad Cities |
| July 27, 2004 | Grand Rapids | United States | Van Andel Arena |
| July 28, 2004 | Detroit | United States | Joe Louis Arena |
| July 29, 2004 | Cleveland | United States | CSU Convocation Center |
| July 31, 2004 | Columbus | United States | Value City Arena |
| August 1, 2004 | Indianapolis | United States | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| August 3, 2004 | Evansville | United States | Roberts Municipal Stadium |
| August 4, 2004 | Cincinnati | United States | U.S. Bank Arena |
| August 5, 2004 | Chicago | United States | United Center |
| August 7, 2004 | Omaha | United States | Qwest Center Arena |
| August 10, 2004 | Grand Prairie | United States | Nokia Live |
| August 11, 2004 | New Orleans | United States | New Orleans Arena |
| August 13, 2004 | North Little Rock | United States | Alltel Arena |
| August 14, 2004 | Nashville | United States | Gaylord Entertainment Center |
| August 15, 2004 | Atlanta | United States | Philips Arena |
| August 17, 2004 | Sunrise | United States | Office Depot Center |
| August 18, 2004 | Jacksonville | United States | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena |
| August 20, 2004 | Columbia | United States | Colonial Center |
| August 21, 2004 | Winston-Salem | United States | LJVM Coliseum |
| August 22, 2004 | Washington, D.C. | United States | MCI Center |
| August 24, 2004 | Worcester | United States | Worcester's Centrum Centre |
| August 27, 2004 | Philadelphia | United States | Wachovia Center |
| August 28, 2004 | Hartford | United States | Hartford Civic Center |
| August 29, 2004 | East Rutherford | United States | Continental Airlines Arena |
| August 31, 2004 | Uniondale | United States | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| September 2, 2004 | Albany | United States | Pepsi Arena |
| September 4, 2004 | Wilkes-Barre | United States | Wachovia Arena |
| September 5, 2004 | Hershey | United States | Giant Center |
| September 9, 2004 | Pittsburgh | United States | Mellon Arena |
| September 10, 2004 | Reading | United States | Sovereign Center |
| September 11, 2004 | Manchester | United States | Verizon Wireless Arena |
| September 12, 2004 | Providence | United States | Dunkin' Donuts Center |
| September 14, 2004 | Buffalo | United States | HSBC Arena |
| September 15, 2004 | Ottawa | Canada | Corel Centre |
| September 16, 2004 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre |
| September 18, 2004 | Green Bay | United States | Resch Center |
| September 19, 2004 | St. Louis | United States | Savvis Center |
| September 23, 2004 | Anaheim | United States | Arrowhead Pond |
| September 24, 2004 | Bakersfield | United States | Centennial Garden |
| September 25, 2004 | Fresno | United States | Save Mart Center |
| September 26, 2004 | San Jose | United States | HP Pavilion |
| September 28, 2004 | Honolulu | United States | Blaisdell Arena |
| September 29, 2004 | Honolulu | United States | Blaisdell Arena |
| September 30, 2004 | Honolulu | United States | Blaisdell Arena |
| Asia ||||
| October 5, 2004 | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium |

### Cancellations and rescheduled shows

| July 20, 2004 | Fargo | Fargodome | Cancelled |
| July 24, 2004 | Ames | Hilton Coliseum | Cancelled |

### Box office score data

| Venue | City | Tickets sold / Available | Gross revenue |
| Continental Airlines Arena | East Rutherford | 10,479 / 13,740 (76%) | $478,853 |
| Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale | 10,125 / 12,337 (82%) | $472,810 |
| HP Pavilion | San Jose | 7,772 / 12,767 (61%) | $346,420 |
| Blaisdell Arena | Honolulu | 18,475 / 18,475 (100%) | $883,710 |
| TOTAL (for the 6 concerts listed) | TOTAL (for the 6 concerts listed) | 46,851 / 57,319 (82%) | $2,181,793 |