American Idols Live! Tour 2003
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. 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. The tour was sponsored by Kellogg's Pop-Tarts.
Show overview
The show had the similar structure as that of the previous season, with the first half being entirely solos performed by contestants in elimination order, and the second half consisting of performances in groups and some solos. There was however more varied ensemble singing with a number of duets and a few trios introduced.Setlist
- Charles Grigsby – "Do I Do"
- Julia DeMato – "Beautiful"
- Rickey Smith – "The Way You Make Me Feel"
- Kimberly Caldwell – "Stuck"
- Carmen Rasmusen – "Up!"
- Trenyce – "Proud Mary"
- Kimberley Locke – "Band of Gold"
- Clay Aiken – "This is the Night"
- Ruben Studdard – "Superstar", "Never Too Much"
- Guys – "The Lady Is a Tramp"
- Ladies – "Bootylicious"
- Studdard and Aiken – "The Girl is Mine"
- Locke – "Inseparable"
- Group – Bee Gees medley – "Jive Talkin'", "Stayin' Alive", "How Deep Is Your Love", "To Love Somebody", "Emotion", "If I Can't Have You", "Nights on Broadway", "Night Fever", "You Should Be Dancing"
- Studdard – "Can I Get Your Attention" or "No Ruben"
- Grigsby and Smith – "Let's Go Crazy"
- Rasmusen – "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
- Aiken – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
- Locke – "Over the Rainbow"
- Caldwell – "Feel Good Time"
- Smith and DeMato – "If I Never Met You"
- Trenyce – "I Have Nothing"
- Ladies – "I'm Every Woman"
- Studdard and Locke – "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
- Group – "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
- Aiken – "Invisible"
- Studdard – "Flying Without Wings"
- Studdard, Aiken and Locke – "Imagine"
- Group – "God Bless the U.S.A."
- Ruben Studdard performed either "Can I Get Your Attention" or "No Ruben" at different shows.
Response
This tour was an even greater success than the first one with sell-out shows in many cities. In total 411,005 tickets were sold, yielding a gross total of $15,977,802 as reported by Billboard, nearly doubling that of Season 1 tour.Tour summary
- Number of shows – 41
- Total gross – $15,977,802
- Total attendance – 411,005
- Average attendance – 10,025
- Average ticket price – $38.87
- Highest gross – Detroit, Michigan – $545,543
- Lowest gross – Boise, Idaho – $121,455
- Highest attendance – Charlotte, North Carolina – 14,645
- Lowest attendance – Boise, Idaho – 2,905