'American Idol' Hits the Road as Simon Fuller and AEG Live Announce the 'American Idols Live!' Tour 2009

'American Idol' Hits the Road as Simon Fuller and AEG Live Announce the 'American Idols Live!' Tour 2009

Season Eight's Top 10 Contestants Will Perform in 50 Cities Across North America

Tickets Go On Sale May 9th, 2009 For The Live Concert Tour

LOS ANGELES, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of America's #1 show will once again have the chance to catch their favorite "Idols" performing live in concert, as the top 10 contestants from American Idol season 8 hit the road in the highly anticipated summer tour. 19 Entertainment Founder/CEO and American Idol creator Simon Fuller, along with AEG Live, announced today that tickets for the American Idols Live! Tour will go on sale May 9th, 2009. This season's American Idol top 10 contestants Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre will embark on the North American tour, which launches in Portland, OR on July 5th, 2009. Additional ticket and tour information can be found at Americanidol.com.

Simon Fuller, creator and executive producer of AMERICAN IDOL stated, "American Idol gives undiscovered talent the once in a lifetime opportunity to perform live every week on the show and now the tour will give America the unique chance to see these newly discovered stars performing in their own home town."

The full schedule for American Idols Live! Tour 2009 is as follows:

Date: Location: Venue:

July 5th Portland, OR Rose Garden
July 7th Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
July 8th Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
July 10th Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
July 11th Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
July 12th San Jose, CA The HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 14th West Valley City, UT The E Center
July 16th Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
July 17th Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 18th San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
July 20th Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
July 23rd Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
July 24th Tulsa, OK BOK Center
July 25th N. Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
July 26th Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
July 28th Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
July 29th Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
July 31st Duluth, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 1st Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
August 2nd Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
August 4th Washington DC Verizon Center
August 5th Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
August 7th Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
August 8th Newark, NJ Prudential Center
August 11th Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
August 14th Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
August 15th Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
August 16th Hartford, CT XL Center
August 18th Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
August 19th Albany, NY Times Union Center
August 20th Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
August 22nd Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
August 23rd Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center
August 25th Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
August 26th Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 28th Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
August 29th St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
August 30th Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
September 1st Minneapolis, MN Target Center
September 2nd Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
September 4th Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
September 5th Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
September 6th Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
September 8th Reading, PA Sovereign Center
September 9th Wilkes Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
September 10th Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard
September 12th Portland, ME Cumberland Civic Center
September 13th Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
September 14th Syracuse, NY War Memorial Arena
September 15th Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena

For more ticket and tour information, fans can visit ticketmaster.com (but check local venues for proper ticket sale information), americanidol.com and aeglive.com. Tickets subject to applicable service charges. Event time and date subject to change.

About 19 ENTERTAINMENT LTD:

Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment Ltd. is recognized as a lead creator, provider and promoter of globally successful entertainment and music brands of today. The company has attracted a unique team of exceptionally creative executives, who work together to integrate and leverage activity across television, sports, film, touring, merchandising, music publishing, recording and artist management.

19 Founder/CEO Simon Fuller has developed and managed some of the biggest entertainment properties of our time, with credits that include the creation of TV phenomenon "American Idol," "So You Think You Can Dance," and the HBO series "Little Britain USA." 19's unique talent includes legendary musical icon Annie Lennox, country music sensation Carrie Underwood, the pop group sensation Spice Girls, and IDOL alumni Chris Daughtry, David Cook, supermodel Claudia Schiffer and soccer icon David Beckham.

About AEG LIVE:

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming and multi-media production. AEG Live, the nation's second largest concert promotion and touring company is comprised of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, eleven regional offices and numerous state of the art venues nationwide. The company's national promotion arm is currently producing tours and productions including Bette Midler "The Showgirl Must Go On" and Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recent and upcoming promoted concert tours have included artists such as Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Hannah Montana, Spice Girls, Prince, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, So You Think You Can Dance, Paul McCartney, High School Musical, American Idols Live and The Color Purple. Goldenvoice, the company's Southern California-based regional promotion division created and operates the award winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival as well as Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival. The company operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas, NOKIA Theatre Times Square, and recently opened NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. For more information, go to aeglive.com.

Source: 19 Entertainment Ltd.

CONTACT: Chloe Ellers, +1-310-248-6162, cellers@bwr-la.com, or Michael
Cilnis, +1-310-248-6104, mcilnis@bwr-la.com, both for 19 Entertainment Ltd.

Web Site: http://www.americanidol.com/
http://www.aeglive.com/
http://www.ticketmaster.com/

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