| Tour by American Idol | |
 Clockwise from top right – Kimberly Caldwell, Julia DeMato, Kimberley Locke, Rickey Smith, Charles Grigsby, Carmen Rusmusen, Trenyce Center – Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken | |
| Start date | July 8, 2003 |
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| End date | August 31, 2003 |
| No. of shows | 41 |
| Box office | US$15.6 million |
| American Idol concert chronology | |
American Idols Live! Tour 2003 was a concert tour featuring 9 of the top 12 contestants of the second season of American Idol, which aired in 2003. It began on July 8, 2003, St. Paul, Minnesota and finished on August 31, 2003, in Anaheim, California. Josh Gracin was unable to participate in the tour as he was recalled to his unit in the U.S. Marines, and Corey Clark was barred from participating due to his failure to reveal his Misdemeanor arrest.[1] Corey Clark was replaced by Charles Grigsby for the tour, but the show producers opted not to replace Josh Gracin with twelfth-placed finisher Vanessa Olivarez.
Following the success of the first concert tour of 2002, the tour was expanded to 41 dates, including a stop in Canada.[2][3] The tour was sponsored by Kellogg's Pop-Tarts.[4]
- ^ 'American Idol' finalist Josh Gracin recalled to Marine duty, leaves live tour [https://web.archive.org/web/20030720050839/http://www.shawneecourt.org/doe/search.jsp?caseNumber=02CR+02955&location=internet Archived 2003-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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