This is season 11 and the
tour has been part of the show from the start. The 2012 tour starts in Detroit at the Joe Louis Arena and, unless more shows are added, finishes Sept.11 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Last year's winner Scotty McCreery and the 2011 tour played two dates in the Philippines, dates added at the end of the tour; it was only the second time the tour left the U.S. (the first was to travel to Singapore in season 3).
2012 American Idol Top Ten
These are the
American Idol 2012 top ten performers who will be on this summer's tour: Phillip Phillips, Heejun Han, Elise Testone, DeAndre Brackensick, Colton Dixon, Hollie Cavanaugh, Skylar Laine, Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet and Erika Van Pelt.
Some of the other cities the tour will visit include Seattle, Kansas City, Broomfield, Colo., Dallas, Baltimore, Sunrise, Fl., L..A., Ontario, Calif., Providence, R.I., Newark and Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Tickets, Seacrest said on the show Thursday, will go on sale May 11.
Last year the summer tour grossed $22 million from 47 dates.
