American Idols Live! Tour 2012
The American Idols Live! Tour 2012 is a summer concert tour in the United States, Canada and Philippines that features the Top 10 contestants of the eleventh season of American Idol. The tour began in July 6, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan and ended in September 21, 2012 in Quezon City, Philippines.
Like the 2011 summer tour, this is the second time to include the Philippines at the same venue in Quezon City, marking this the third time that the tour took place outside North America.Performers
Overview
The tour this repeated the same format as American Idols Live! Tour 2011, where there were solos and group performances. The first half contained solos from the first five contestants eliminated: Erika Van Pelt, Heejun Han, Deandre Brackensick, Colton Dixon and Elise Testone. The second half started with a set for the runner-up, Jessica Sanchez, then there were performances by Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh and Joshua Ledet, and then a set for the winner, Phillip Phillips. The show ended with a group number.Setlist
- Top 10 – "Sing"
- DeAndre Brackensick – "Master Blaster "
- Hollie Cavanagh and Skylar Laine – "Undo It"
- Erika Van Pelt – "Glitter in the Air"
- Van Pelt, Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet and Colton Dixon – "Moves like Jagger"
- Heejun Han – "Green Light"
- Han, Brackensick and Jessica Sanchez – "Party Rock Anthem"
- Ledet, Dixon, Brackensick and Han – "Everybody Talks"
- Elise Testone – "Whole Lotta Love", "Rumour Has It"
- Dixon – "Meant to Live", "Never Gone" and "Piano Man"
- Top 10 – "Just the Way You Are"/"What Makes You Beautiful"
Intermission
- Sanchez – "Best Thing I Never Had", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" and "Proud Mary"
- Laine – "Gunpowder & Lead" and "Stay with Me"
- Cavanagh – "Rolling in the Deep" and "Give Your Heart a Break"
- Ledet "Runaway Baby" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
- Ledet and Sanchez – "I Knew You Were Waiting "
- Phillip Phillips – "Superstition" and "Nice & Slow"
- Phillips and Testone – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
- Phillips – "Volcano"
- Phillips – "Home"
- Sanchez, Cavanagh, Laine, Testone and Van Pelt – "Raise Your Glass"
- All Top 10 – "Glad You Came"
Tour dates
Revenue
The tour was ranked No. 62 in the list of 2012 Year-end Top 200 North American tours, based on total gross income.Tour summary
- Number of shows – 46
- Total gross – $14,413,023
- Total attendance – 252,703
- Average attendance – 5,616
- Average ticket price – $57.04
- Highest gross – Lafayette, Louisiana – $481,581
- Lowest gross – Syracuse, New York – $160,018
- Highest attendance – Lafayette, Louisiana – 9,226
- Lowest attendance – Syracuse, New York – 2,712
