The American Idols Live! Tour 2012 was a summer and fall concert tour in the United States, Canada and Philippines that features the Top 10 contestants of the eleventh season of American Idol. The tour began on July 6, 2012, in Detroit, Michigan and ended on September 21, 2012, in Quezon City, Philippines. At most venues, the stage was placed in the middle while the other half was closed off with curtains, thus making a theater-like environment.

Like the 2011 summer tour, this is the second time to include the Philippines at the same venue in Quezon City, marking this the third time that the tour took place outside North America.

Performers Phillip Phillips (Winner) Jessica Sanchez (Runner-up)Joshua Ledet (3rd place) Hollie Cavanagh (4th place)Skylar Laine (5th place) Elise Testone (6th place)Colton Dixon (7th place) DeAndre Brackensick (8th place)Heejun Han (9th place) Erika Van Pelt (10th place)

Overview The tour this repeated the same format as American Idols Live! Tour 2011, where there were solos and group performances. The first half contained solos from the first five contestants eliminated: Erika Van Pelt, Heejun Han, Deandre Brackensick, Colton Dixon and Elise Testone. The second half started with a set for the runner-up, Jessica Sanchez, then there were performances by Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh and Joshua Ledet, and then a set for the winner, Phillip Phillips. The show ended with a group number.

Unlike previous tours, the stage was placed in the middle of an arena to make it look like a theater environment.

Setlist

Top 10 (except Phillips) – "Sing" (My Chemical Romance) DeAndre Brackensick – "Master Blaster (Jammin')" (Stevie Wonder) Hollie Cavanagh and Skylar Laine – "Undo It" (Carrie Underwood) Erika Van Pelt – "Glitter in the Air" (Pink) Van Pelt, Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet and Colton Dixon – "Moves like Jagger" (Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera) Heejun Han – "Green Light" (John Legend) Han, Brackensick and Jessica Sanchez – "Party Rock Anthem" (LMFAO) Ledet, Dixon, Brackensick and Han – "Everybody Talks" (Neon Trees) Elise Testone – "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin), "Rumour Has It" (with Brackensick and Van Pelt on backing vocals) (Adele) Dixon – "Meant to Live" (Switchfoot), "Never Gone" (Colton Dixon) and "Piano Man" (Billy Joel) Top 10 (except Phillips)– "Just the Way You Are"/"What Makes You Beautiful" (Bruno Mars/One Direction)

Intermission Sanchez – "Best Thing I Never Had" (Beyoncé), "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (with Ledet and Brackensick on backing vocals) (Prince) and "Proud Mary" (with Ledet and Brackensick on backing vocals) (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Laine – "Gunpowder & Lead" (Miranda Lambert) and "Stay with Me" (Faces) Cavanagh – "Rolling in the Deep" (with Testone and Van Pelt on backing vocals) (Adele) and "Give Your Heart a Break" (Demi Lovato) Ledet "Runaway Baby" (with Testone, Brakensick and Van Pelt on backing vocals) (Bruno Mars) and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown) Ledet and Sanchez – "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (George Michael and Aretha Franklin) Phillip Phillips – "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) and "Nice & Slow" (Usher) Phillips and Testone – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye feat. Kimbra) Phillips (with Sanchez on backing vocal) – "Volcano" (Damien Rice) Phillips (with Dixon and Brackensick on backing vocals) – "Home" (Phillip Phillips) Sanchez, Cavanagh, Laine, Testone and Van Pelt – "Raise Your Glass" (Pink) All Top 10 – "Glad You Came" (The Wanted)

Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueTickets sold / availableGross revenueNorth AmericaJuly 6, 2012DetroitUnited StatesJoe Louis Arena5,441 / 6,219 (87%)$315,363July 7, 2012RosemontAllstate Arena7,374 / 8,340 (88%)$409,683July 9, 2012MinneapolisTarget Center5,488 / 6,339 (87%)$316,337July 11, 2012St. LouisScottrade Center4,481 / 6,364 (70%)$255,721July 12, 2012Kansas CitySprint Center4,699 / 6,517 (72%)$276,169July 14, 2012Broomfield1stBank Center4,007 / 4,920 (81%)$238,368July 16, 2012West Valley CityMaverik Center2,888 / 5,241 (55%)$165,187July 18, 2012SeattleKeyArena5,970 / 6,353 (94%)$344,729July 19, 2012PortlandTheater of the Clouds5,019 / 6,030 (83%)$296,049July 21, 2012SacramentoPower Balance Pavilion6,865 / 7,710 (89%)$379,005July 22, 2012San JoseHP Pavilion at San Jose8,105 / 8,593 (94%)$451,391July 23, 2012Los AngelesNokia Theatre L.A. Live5,917 / 6,339 (93%)$362,096July 25, 2012OntarioCitizens Business Bank Arena5,755 / 6,688 (86%)$368,054July 26, 2012San DiegoValley View Casino Center5,422 / 6,579 (82%)$320,449July 27, 2012GlendaleJobing.com Arena4,362 / 5,518 (79%)$256,030July 29, 2012DallasAmerican Airlines Center8,775 / 9,498 (92%)$475,103July 30, 2012LafayetteCajundome9,226 / 9,226 (100%)$481,581July 31, 2012JacksonMississippi Coliseum7,152 / 7,152 (100%)$358,984August 2, 2012OrlandoAmway Center6,129 / 6,789 (90%)$352,338August 3, 2012SunriseBankAtlantic Center4,294 / 5,492 (63%)$253,273August 5, 2012DuluthArena at Gwinnett Center8,053 / 8,053 (100%)$434,274August 6, 2012North CharlestonNorth Charleston Coliseum6,114 / 6,902 (86%)$336,998August 8, 2012Washington, D.C.Verizon Center6,101 / 7,196 (85%)$349,662August 9, 2012Baltimore1st Mariner Arena4,200 / 5,579 (75%)$245,412August 11, 2012ColumbusSchottenstein Center5,704 / 6,852 (83%)$321,084August 12, 2012NashvilleBridgestone Arena7,249 / 7,934 (91%)$400,179August 14, 2012PittsburghConsol Energy Center4,675 / 6,045 (77%)$264,284August 15, 2012RochesterBlue Cross Arena3,409 / 4,694 (73%)$199,444August 16, 2012TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre7,895 / 8,587 (92%)$456,218August 18, 2012ManchesterUnited StatesVerizon Wireless Arena6,299 / 6,821 (92%)$363,495August 19, 2012WorcesterDCU Center5,471 / 6,378 (86%)$316,184August 21, 2012PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center5,387 / 7,014 (77%)$312,327August 22, 2012UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,777 / 8,211 (95%)$421,551August 25, 2012PortlandCumberland County Civic Center4,976 / 5,415 (92%)$282,631August 26, 2012ProvidenceDunkin' Donuts Center6,840 / 7,361 (93%)$380,782August 28, 2012NewarkPrudential Center8,035 / 8,812 (91%)$444,658August 30, 2012AlbanyTimes Union Center3,485 / 4,717 (74%)$203,784September 1, 2012BridgeportWebster Bank Arena5,586 / 6,694 (83%)$316,276September 2, 2012UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena3,920 / 4,897 (80%)$292,820September 4, 2012SyracuseOncenter War Memorial Arena2,712 / 4,449 (61%)$160,018September 6, 2012Wilkes-BarreMohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza3,565 / 6,547 (55%)$204,320September 7, 2012Atlantic CityBoardwalk Hall6,117 / 7,590 (81%)$350,948September 8, 2012ReadingSovereign Center4,061 / 6,098 (67%)$233,468September 10, 2012CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena3,527 / 5,627 (63%)$201,124September 11, 2012MilwaukeeBMO Harris Bradley Center4,176 / 5,692 (73%)$245,171AsiaSeptember 21, 2012Quezon CityPhilippinesSmart Araneta ColiseumTOTAL252,703 / 300,072 (84%)$14,413,023

Revenue The tour was ranked No. 62 in the list of 2012 Year-end Top 200 North American tours, based on total gross income .

Tour summary Number of shows – 46 (3 sold out) Total gross – $14,413,023 (45 shows) Total attendance – 252,703 (84%) Average attendance – 5,616 (84.2%) Average ticket price – $57.04 Highest gross – Lafayette, Louisiana – $481,581 Lowest gross – Syracuse, New York – $160,018 Highest attendance – Lafayette, Louisiana – 9,226 (100%) Lowest attendance – Syracuse, New York – 2,712 (61%)

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