Tour by American Idol | |
Start date | July 12, 2005 |
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End date | September 11, 2005 |
No. of shows | 44 |
Box office | US$17.3 million from 43 shows |
American Idol concert chronology |
American Idols Live! Tour 2005 was a summer concert tour in the United States featuring the top 10 contestants of the fourth season of American Idol, which aired in 2005. It was sponsored by Kellogg Pop-Tarts. It followed in the tradition of other American Idol summer tours following the completion of each season in May. After the poor attendance of the tour the previous year, the tour was scaled down somewhat. Forty dates were initially planned, four more dates were however later added.[1][2] An extra show was further added at the end of the tour as a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina which struck Mississippi two weeks earlier.[3]
Before the Las Vegas show, runner-up Bo Bice came down with serious stomach pains and was rushed to the hospital. He was diagnosed with a blockage in his intestines, and received emergency surgery.[4] He returned for the last two shows of the tour in Syracuse, New York.[5] Bice also broke his foot on stage earlier in the tour at Manchester.[6]