American Idol Live! 2013 Tour Dates Announced

Fox(LOS ANGELES) — The 2013 American Idol Live! tour dates have been announced.  Finalists from season 12 of American Idol will be joined by a finalist from season 11 on this year’s trek.  The 40-show outing kicks off on June 29 in St. Louis, MO with stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, among other cities, before wrapping up in Nashville on August 31.

Season 12 finalists on hand include Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr., Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos and Paul Jolley.  They will be joined by finalist Aubrey Cleland, who missed making the top ten, but who was subsequently voted onto the tour by the viewers.

Tickets go on sale at AEGlive.com and AmericanIdol.com/tour at 10 a.m. local time on May 3.  For every tour ticket purchased, American Idol Live! will donate $1 to the Melanoma Research Alliance which funds research to help cure melanoma, a skin disease ranked among the fastest growing cancers.

Here’s a complete list of American Idol Live! tour dates:

6/29 — St. Louis, MO, Chaifetz Arena
6/30 — Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center
7/2 — Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
7/5 — Detroit, IL, Joe Louis Arena
7/6 — Rosemont, IL, Allstate Arena
7/8 — Tulsa, OK, BOK Center
7/10 — Broomfield, CO, 1STBANK Center
7/12 — Las Vegas, NV, Mandalay Bay Events Center
7/13 — Ontario, CA, Citizens Business Bank Arena
7/14 — Oakland, CA, Oracle Arena
7/19 — Kent, WA, ShoWare Center
7/20 — Portland, OR, Rose Garden
7/22 — Sacramento, CA, Sleep Train Arena
7/23 — Los Angeles, CA, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
7/24 — Phoenix, AZ, Comerica Theatre
7/27 — Grand Prairie, TX, Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
7/28 — Houston, TX, Reliant Arena
7/30 — New Orleans, LA, UNO Lakefront Arena
8/1 — Orlando, FL, Amway Center
8/2 — Miami, FL, AmericanAirlines Arena
8/4 —  Duluth, GA, The Arena at Gwinnett Center
8/5 — N. Charleston, SC, North Charleston Coliseum
8/6 — Knoxville, TN, Thompson-Boling Arena
8/8 — Charlotte, NC, Time Warner Cable Arena
8/9 — Fairfax, VA, Patriot Center
8/12 — Trenton, NJ, Sun National Bank Center
8/14 — Newark, NJ, Prudential Center
8/15 — Long Island, NY, Nassau Coliseum
8/16 — Atlantic City, NJ, Arena at Trump Taj Mahal
8/17 — Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena
8/19 — Boston, MA, Agganis Arena at Boston University
8/20 — Manchester, NH, Verizon Wireless Arena
8/21 — Providence, RI, Dunkin’ Donuts Center
8/23 — Bridgeport, CT, Webster Bank Arena
8/24 — Reading, PA, Sovereign Center
8/25 — Youngstown, OH, Covelli Centre
8/27 — Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
8/29 — Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Center
8/30 — Louisville, KY, KFC Yum! Center
8/31 — Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena

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