American Idol's Top 10 Hit The Road: summer 2009 tour dates revealed

The phenomenon that is American Idol will hit the road for a nearly 50 date tour kicking off July 5th featuring your favorite top 10 contestants including Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds and Allison Iraheta.

Hosted by 19 Entertainment/CEO and American Idol creator Simon Fuller and AEG Live! the "American Idols Live! Tour 2009" will run through early fall with stops in Boston, Memphis, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Diego and Minneapolis before wrapping up September 15 in Manchester, NH.

This season's top 10 tour includes Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre.

Tickets go on sale in most cities May 9 !

Itinerary:
(*subject to change)

July 5th             Portland, OR              Rose Garden
July 7th             Tacoma, WA              Tacoma Dome
July 8th             Vancouver, BC           General Motors Place
July 10th            Sacramento, CA        ARCO Arena
July 11th            Oakland, CA             Oracle Arena
July 12th            San Jose, CA            The HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 14th            West Valley City, UT  The E Center
July 16th            Los Angeles, CA        Staples Center
July 17th            Ontario, CA               Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 18th            San Diego, CA           San Diego Sports Arena
July 20th            Glendale, AZ              Jobing.com Arena
July 23rd            Dallas, TX                  American Airlines Center
July 24th            Tulsa, OK                  BOK Center
July 25th            N. Little Rock, AR      Alltel Arena
July 26th            Memphis, TN             FedEx Forum
July 28th            Tampa, FL                St. Pete Times Forum
July 29th            Sunrise, FL               BankAtlantic Center
July 31st            Duluth, GA                Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 1st         Charlotte, NC             Time Warner Cable Arena
August 2nd        Greensboro, NC          Greensboro Coliseum
August 4th         Washington DC           Verizon Center
August 5th         Baltimore, MD             1st Mariner Arena
August 7th          Atlantic City, NJ         Boardwalk Hall
August 8th          Newark, NJ                Prudential Center
August 11th         Long Island, NY         Nassau Coliseum
August 14th         Hamilton, ON            Copps Coliseum
August 15th         Rochester, NY           Blue Cross Arena
August 16th         Hartford, CT               XL Center
August 18th         Boston, MA               TD Banknorth Garden
August 19th         Albany, NY                Times Union Center
August 20th         Philadelphia, PA        Wachovia Center
August 22nd         Pittsburgh, PA           Mellon Arena
August 23rd         Cleveland, OH            Wolstein Center
August 25th         Columbus, OH            Schottenstein Center
August 26th         Auburn Hills, MI          The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 28th         Milwaukee, WI            Bradley Center
August 29th         St. Louis, MO             Scottrade Center
August 30th         Kansas City, MO        Sprint Center
September 1st      Minneapolis, MN        Target Center
September 2nd      Rosemont, IL            Allstate Arena
September 4th       Madison, WI             Alliant Energy Center
September 5th       Indianapolis, IN         Conseco Fieldhouse
September 6th       Grand Rapids, MI      Van Andel Arena
September 8th       Reading, PA             Sovereign Center
September 9th       Wilkes Barre, PA      Wachovia Arena
September 10th      Bridgeport, CT          Arena at Harbor Yard
September 12th      Portland, ME            Cumberland Civic Center
September 13th      Providence, RI          Dunkin Donuts Center
September 14th      Syracuse, NY           War Memorial Arena
September 15th      Manchester, NH        Verizon Wireless Arena

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