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.

American Idols Live! Tour 2004

Tour by American Idol Finalists
Promotional poster for the tour
Start date	July 14, 2004
End date	October 5, 2004
No. of shows	49 in North America 1 in Asia 50 total
American Idol Finalists concert chronology

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

• Tamyra Gray (North America, select dates)^[5]
• Joy Tobing (Kallang)

Setlist

1. "Knock on Wood" (Adams)
2. "Ex-Factor" (Velasco)
3. "Superstition" (Lewis)
4. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Hudson)
5. "Come Fly with Me" (Stevens)
6. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Huff)
7. "My All" (London)
8. "How Will I Know" (Trias)
9. "Dreams" (DeGarmo)
10. "River Deep, Mountain High" (DeGarmo)
11. "Summertime" (Barrino)
12. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Barrino)
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" (DeGarmo)
15. "My Funny Valentine" (Stevens)
16. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Barrino, Stevens)
17. "A Fool in Love" (Barrino)
18. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (DeGarmo, Huff, Lewis, Stevens)
19. "If I Ain't Got You" (Trias)
20. "Dangerously in Love" (Adams, London, Hudson)
21. "Heartburn" (Adams, Barrino, DeGarmo, Hudson, London, Trias, Velasco)
22. "Hey Ya!" (Lewis)
23. "What's Going On" (Huff)
24. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (Huff)
25. "All My Life" (Barrino, Huff)
26. "Where Is the Love?"
27. "Hollywood Swinging"
28. "Soul Man" (Huff, Lewis, Stevens)
29. "Crazy In Love" (Adams, Barrino, DeGarmo, Hudson, London, Trias, Velasco)
30. "I Believe" (Barrino)
31. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (DeGarmo)
32. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[6]
July 14, 2004	Salt Lake City	United States	Delta Center
July 16, 2004	Portland		Rose Garden
July 17, 2004	Everett		Everett Events Center
July 21, 2004	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
July 22, 2004	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
July 25, 2004	Moline		The MARK of the Quad Cities
July 27, 2004	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
July 28, 2004	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
July 29, 2004	Cleveland		CSU Convocation Center
July 31, 2004	Columbus		Value City Arena
August 1, 2004	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse
August 3, 2004	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
August 4, 2004	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena
August 5, 2004	Chicago		United Center
August 7, 2004	Omaha		Qwest Center Arena
August 10, 2004	Grand Prairie		Nokia Live
August 11, 2004	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
August 13, 2004	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena
August 14, 2004	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
August 15, 2004	Atlanta		Philips Arena
August 17, 2004	Sunrise		Office Depot Center
August 18, 2004	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
August 20, 2004	Columbia		Colonial Center
August 21, 2004	Winston-Salem		LJVM Coliseum
August 22, 2004	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
August 24, 2004	Worcester		Worcester's Centrum Centre
August 27, 2004	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center
August 28, 2004	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
August 29, 2004	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
August 31, 2004	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 2, 2004	Albany		Pepsi Arena
September 4, 2004	Wilkes-Barre		Wachovia Arena
September 5, 2004	Hershey		Giant Center
September 9, 2004	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena
September 10, 2004	Reading		Sovereign Center
September 11, 2004	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena
September 12, 2004	Providence		Dunkin' Donuts Center
September 14, 2004	Buffalo		HSBC Arena
September 15, 2004	Ottawa	Canada	Corel Centre
September 16, 2004	Toronto		Air Canada Centre
September 18, 2004	Green Bay	United States	Resch Center
September 19, 2004	St. Louis		Savvis Center
September 23, 2004	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond
September 24, 2004	Bakersfield		Centennial Garden
September 25, 2004	Fresno		Save Mart Center
September 26, 2004	San Jose		HP Pavilion
September 28, 2004	Honolulu		Blaisdell Arena
September 29, 2004
September 30, 2004
Asia[7]
October 5, 2004	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[8]
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale	10,125 / 12,337 (82%)	$472,810[8]
HP Pavilion	San Jose	7,772 / 12,767 (61%)	$346,420[9]
Blaisdell Arena	Honolulu	18,475 / 18,475 (100%)	$883,710[8]
TOTAL (for the 6 concerts listed)		46,851 / 57,319 (82%)	$2,181,793

References

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9. "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. 116 (45). Nashville, Tennessee: Billboard Music Group: 28. November 6, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2020.