Independent Tour

The Independent Tour was a co-headlining tour by American recording artists Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken. The tour supported their debut albums, Thankful (2003) and Measure of a Man (2003). The tour only reached the United States during the winter and spring of 2004. Clarkson and Aiken performed individual shows before joining in a duet for Clarkson's encore. Many critics described the tour as the PG version of The Justified & Stripped Tour in 2003.^[1] The tour placed 58th in Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Tours", earning over ten million dollars with 31 shows.^[2][3]

Independent Tour

Tour by Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson
Tour Book Cover
Associated album	Measure of a Man Thankful
Start date	February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)
End date	April 16, 2004 (2004-04-16)
Legs	1
No. of shows	32
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Background

Clarkson announced the tour via her official website on January 7, 2004. She wrote:

"hey what's up guys! I have some very exciting news! clay aiken and I have decided to team up and co-headline a US tour together. we’re really pumped about it and can’t wait to see y’all there. we’ll be announcing the exact tour dates soon but for now I wanted to give you guys the scoop first. more info to come. have a super day! God bless kelly :)"

Opening act

• The Beu Sisters^[4]

Setlist

Aiken^[5]

1. "Kyrie"
2. "Perfect Day"
3. "I Will Carry You"
4. "All About Love"
5. "No More Sad Songs"
6. "When You Say You Love Me"
7. "Without You" (Badfinger cover)
8. "Invisible"
9. "Run to Me"
10. Medley: "Measure of a Man" / "Fields of Gold" / "Carolina in My Mind" (Sting & James Taylor cover)
11. "When I Need You"

Encore

12. "When Doves Cry"
13. "The Way"

Clarkson^[5]

1. "Low"
2. "What's Up Lonely"
3. "The Trouble with Love Is"
4. "Just Missed the Train"
5. "Some Kind of Miracle"
6. "Beautiful Disaster"
7. "Stuff Like That There" (Betty Hutton cover)
8. "Why Haven't I Heard from You" (Reba McEntire cover)
9. "You Thought Wrong"
10. "The Bounce (The Luv)"
11. "Timeless"
12. "Anytime"
13. "Thankful"

Encore

14. "Miss Independent"
15. "A Moment Like This"
16. "Open Arms"

Notes

• During the concert in Grand Prairie, Clarkson performed "You Thought Wrong" with Tamyra Gray.

Tour dates

Date	City (All U.S.)	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
February 24, 2004	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum	The Beu Sisters[6]	8,657 / 8,959	$367,875[7]
February 25, 2004	Duluth	Arena at Gwinnett Center		9,166 / 9,636	$417,642[7]
February 27, 2004	Tampa	St. Pete Times Forum		7,198 / 7,829	$323,247[7]
February 28, 2004	Miami	American Airlines Arena		5,395 / 6,204	$245,818[7]
March 1, 2004	Raleigh	RBC Center		13,538 / 13,538	$586,230[7]
March 2, 2004	Philadelphia	Liacouras Center		7,934 / 9,229	$368,378[7]
March 4, 2004	Uniondale	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum		12,501 / 12,769	$565,198[7]
March 5, 2004	Washington, D.C.	MCI Center		10,627 / 12,102	$458,128[7]
March 7, 2004	Wilkes-Barre	Wachovia Arena		7,660 / 7,898	$321,470[7]
March 8, 2004	Worcester	Worcester Centrum Centre		10,408 / 10,408	$448,170[8]
March 10, 2004	Columbus	Value City Arena		9,279 / 11,270	$432,283[8]
March 11, 2004	Detroit	Joe Louis Arena		9,408 / 11,521	$431,584[8]
March 13, 2004	Winston-Salem	LJVM Coliseum		9,829 / 9,829	$438,918[8]
March 16, 2004[A]	Houston	Reliant Stadium		—	—
March 17, 2004[B]	Austin	Luedecke Arena		—	—
March 19, 2004	Grand Prairie	NextStage at Grand Prairie		6,094 / 6,094	$287,306[9]
March 21, 2004	St. Louis	Savvis Center		8,195 / 10,298	$375,595[8]
March 22, 2004	Chicago	United Center		10,002 / 10,724	$436,250[8]
March 24, 2004	Omaha	Qwest Center		7,081 / 7,526	$320,967[9]
March 26, 2004	Salt Lake City	Delta Center		—	—
March 27, 2004	Las Vegas	Thomas & Mack Center		—	—
March 30, 2004	San Diego	Cox Arena		—	—
March 31, 2004	Sacramento	ARCO Arena		9,123 / 10,442	$418,330[10]
April 2, 2004	Glendale	Glendale Arena		7,549 / 8,016	$365,943[10]
April 3, 2004	Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim		9,645 / 11,505	$427,555[10]
April 5, 2004	Los Angeles	Staples Center		8,131 / 9,388	$384,894[10]
April 6, 2004	San Jose	HP Pavilion at San Jose		8,315 / 12,131	$372,295[10]
April 8, 2004	Seattle	KeyArena		6,921 / 8,910	$304,625[11]
April 9, 2004	Spokane	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena		—	—
April 13, 2004	Denver	Pepsi Center		5,960 / 10,080	$288,580[11]
April 15, 2004	Kansas City	Kemper Arena		6,666 / 10,557	$290,496[11]
April 16, 2004	Saint Paul	Xcel Energy Center		10,238 / 10,238	$464,227[12]
Total				225,520 / 257,101 (88%)	$10,142,004

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of the "Spring Break Stampede"^[13]

^B This concert was a part of the "Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo"^[14]

• Only Clarkson performed at these two events^[15]