American Idols Live! Tour 2004 was a summer and fall 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 FinalistsFantasia 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 Joy Tobing
Setlist
"Knock on Wood" "Ex-Factor" "Superstition" "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" "Come Fly with Me" "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" "My All" "How Will I Know" "Dreams" "River Deep, Mountain High" "Summertime" "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" "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" "My Funny Valentine" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "A Fool in Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "If I Ain't Got You" "Dangerously in Love" "Heartburn" "Hey Ya!" "What's Going On" "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" "All My Life" "Where Is the Love?" "Hollywood Swinging" "Soul Man" "Crazy In Love" "I Believe" "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenueNorth AmericaJuly 14, 2004Salt Lake CityUnited StatesDelta Centerrowspan="28" rowspan="28" July 16, 2004PortlandRose GardenJuly 17, 2004EverettEverett Events Center July 21, 2004Saint PaulXcel Energy Center July 22, 2004MilwaukeeBradley Center July 25, 2004MolineThe MARK of the Quad Cities July 27, 2004Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena July 28, 2004DetroitJoe Louis Arena July 29, 2004ClevelandCSU Convocation Center July 31, 2004ColumbusValue City ArenaAugust 1, 2004IndianapolisConseco FieldhouseAugust 3, 2004EvansvilleRoberts Municipal Stadium August 4, 2004CincinnatiU.S. Bank ArenaAugust 5, 2004ChicagoUnited CenterAugust 7, 2004OmahaQwest Center ArenaAugust 10, 2004Grand PrairieNokia LiveAugust 11, 2004New OrleansNew Orleans ArenaAugust 13, 2004North Little RockAlltel Arena August 14, 2004NashvilleGaylord Entertainment CenterAugust 15, 2004AtlantaPhilips ArenaAugust 17, 2004SunriseOffice Depot CenterAugust 18, 2004JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaAugust 20, 2004ColumbiaColonial CenterAugust 21, 2004Winston-SalemLJVM ColiseumAugust 22, 2004Washington, D.C.MCI CenterAugust 24, 2004WorcesterWorcester's Centrum CentreAugust 27, 2004PhiladelphiaWachovia CenterAugust 28, 2004HartfordHartford Civic CenterAugust 29, 2004East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena10,479 / 13,740$478,853August 31, 2004UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum10,125 / 12,337$472,810September 2, 2004AlbanyPepsi Arenarowspan="15" rowspan="15" September 4, 2004Wilkes-BarreWachovia ArenaSeptember 5, 2004HersheyGiant CenterSeptember 9, 2004PittsburghMellon ArenaSeptember 10, 2004ReadingSovereign CenterSeptember 11, 2004ManchesterVerizon Wireless ArenaSeptember 12, 2004ProvidenceDunkin' Donuts CenterSeptember 14, 2004BuffaloHSBC ArenaSeptember 15, 2004OttawaCanadaCorel CentreSeptember 16, 2004TorontoAir Canada CentreSeptember 18, 2004Green BayUnited StatesResch CenterSeptember 19, 2004St. LouisSavvis CenterSeptember 23, 2004AnaheimArrowhead PondSeptember 24, 2004BakersfieldCentennial GardenSeptember 25, 2004FresnoSave Mart CenterSeptember 26, 2004San JoseHP Pavilion7,772 / 12,767$346,420September 28, 2004HonoluluBlaisdell Arena18,475 / 18,475$883,710September 29, 2004September 30, 2004AsiaOctober 5, 2004SingaporeSingapore Indoor StadiumTotal46,851 / 57,319 (82%)$2,181,793
Cancellations and rescheduled shows July 20, 2004FargoFargodomeCancelledJuly 24, 2004AmesHilton ColiseumCancelled
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