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| Start date | July 5, 2009 |
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| End date | September 15, 2009 |
| No. of shows | 52 |
| Box office | US$30.1 million |
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The American Idols Live! Tour 2009 was a summer concert tour in the United States and Canada that featured the top 10 contestants of the eighth seasonofAmerican Idol. The 52 date tour started on July 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon and ended on September 15, 2009 in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1]
| Kris Allen (winner) | Adam Lambert (runner-up) |
| Danny Gokey (3rd place) | Allison Iraheta (4th place) |
| Matt Giraud (5th place) | Anoop Desai (6th place) |
| Lil Rounds (7th place) | Scott MacIntyre (8th place) |
| Megan Joy (9th place) | Michael Sarver (10th place) |
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The tour was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the "Choice Music: Tour" category.[4]
The eighth season tour equaled in its success to the seventh season tour. Despite a slightly lower number of total tickets sold at 484,434, it averaged slightly higher in attendance percentage capacity and yielded a higher gross of $30,139,328 million.[5] It was ranked number 28 in Pollstar's year end list of North American tours.[6]
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