American Idols LIVE! Tour 2006
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American Idols Live! Tour 2006 was a summer concert tour in the United States featuring the top 10 contestants of the fifth season of American Idol, which aired in 2006. It was sponsored by Kellogg Pop-Tarts. It started on July 5 and ended on September 24.
It followed in the tradition of other American Idol summer tours following the completion of each season in May.
Runner-up Katharine McPhee missed the first 17 shows of the tour due to voice illness (severe bronchitis and laryngitis). Her 1st show of the tour was scheduled to be on July 27 in Pittsburgh, PA but her flight from New York City to Pittsburgh was delayed and then later canceled due to bad weather.[1] When she finally did join the tour for the July 28 show in Washington D.C., she sang two solo numbers, which were "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" and "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". She also participated in the group number "Living in America".[2] At the August 1, 2006 concert in Charlotte, NC, McPhee suffered a hair-line fracture in her left foot after tripping backstage before going on. She then performed her 2 songs that night in bare feet (not in slipper-sandals or gardening slippers that had widely been reported) and was noticeably limping during the final group number. After the concert, she was taken to a hospital where the fracture was discovered. McPhee continued to perform on the American Idols Live Tour while wearing a cast on her left foot. The first show without the foot cast was on August 22 in St. Paul, MN. Interesting to note, beginning with the Charlotte show, McPhee had performed barefoot at every concert on the tour.
Bucky Covington was absent from the August 13 performance at the Savvis Center in St. Louis due to an illness but did return.
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[edit] Performers
| Top 5 Men | Top 5 Women |
|---|---|
| Taylor Hicks (winner) | Katharine McPhee (2nd place) |
| Elliott Yamin (3rd place) | Paris Bennett (5th place) |
| Chris Daughtry (4th place) | Kellie Pickler (6th place) |
| Ace Young (7th place) | Mandisa (9th place) |
| Bucky Covington (8th place) | Lisa Tucker (10th place) |
[edit] Setlist
- Lisa Tucker - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder), "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (Elton John), "Waterfalls" (TLC) (with Paris Bennett) and "Your Song" (Elton John)
- Mandisa - "I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan), "If I Was Your Woman" (Alicia Keys), "I'm Your Angel" (R. Kelly & Celine Dion) (with Ace Young)
- Bucky Covington - "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder), "Drift Away" (Dobie Gray) and "You're the One That I Want" (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John) (with Kellie Pickler)
- Ace Young - "Father Figure" (George Michael), "Harder to Breathe" (Maroon 5) and "I'm Your Angel" (R. Kelly & Celine Dion) (with Mandisa)
- Kellie Pickler - "Walkin' After Midnight" (Patsy Cline), "I'm the Only One" (Melissa Etheridge), "You're the One That I Want" (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John) (with Bucky Covington)
- Paris Bennett - "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Gladys Knight & the Pips), "Waterfalls" (TLC) (with Lisa Tucker) and "Crazy in Love" (Beyoncé Knowles & Jay-Z)
- Chris Daughtry - "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi), "Renegade" (Styx), "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin) and "Savin' Me" (Nickelback) (with Elliott Yamin)
- Elliott Yamin - "Moody's Mood For Love" (James Moody), "Never Too Much" (Luther Vandross), "Trouble" (Elvis Presley) and "Savin' Me" (Nickelback) (with Chris Daughtry)
- Katharine McPhee - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (KT Tunstall), "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland), and "Think" (Aretha Franklin)
- Taylor Hicks - "Takin' It to the Streets" (The Doobie Brothers), "Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder), "Jailhouse Rock" [Elvis Presley), "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye), "Hollywood Nights" (Bob Seger) and "Do I Make You Proud" (Taylor Hicks)
- Covington, Young, Daughtry and Yamin - "Patience" (Guns N' Roses)
- Tucker, Mandisa, Covington, Young, Pickler, Bennett, Daughtry and Yamin - "We Are the Champions" (Queen)
- Top 10 - "Living in America" (James Brown)
- Tucker, Mandisa, Pickler and Bennett - "Girls Medley"
[edit] Venues
[edit] Response
The 2006 tour was a huge success. Its total gross turned out to be $35.2 million. It also sold out 19 out of 59 dates and averaged 96% capacity.[3]
[edit] References
| Preceded by Season 4 (2005) |
American Idols LIVE! Tour Season 5 (2006) |
Succeeded by Season 6 (2007) |
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