'American Idols Live!' 2009 Tour Ready To Rock The Nation

"American Idol" is hitting the road yet again and coming to a town near you!

The "American Idols Live!" 2009 Tour kicks off in Portland, OR on July 5, and will feature the top 10 contestants from "American Idol" season 8.

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Adam Lambert , Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey , Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre will visit 50 cities across North America as part of highly anticipated summer tour.










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

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 - HP Pavilion
July 14th - West Valley City, UT - E Center
July 16th - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
July 17th - Ontario, CA - Citizens Bank Arena
July 18th - San Diego, CA - 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

Tickets go on sake beginning May 9.

For more information, fans can visit AmericanIdol.com.



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'American Idols Live!' 2009 Tour Ready To Rock The Nation

Kellie Pickler will return to the "American Idol" stage

Tuesday, as Paula Abdul revealed Wednesday night, the top eight "American Idol" contestants will perform songs from the year they were born. Hope you like '80s music.

Then, the night after the top 8 Cyndi Lauper it up, Season 5 finalist Kellie Pickler will return to the "American Idol" stage to serenade the contestants with her new ode to girl-power, “Best Days of Your Life.”

Since her time on "Idol" three years ago, Kellie Pickler has been charming the country community with her super-hot-girl-next-door vibe and charmingly ditzy one-liners. Her second album recently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart. But the real question is, why has nobody thought to make a reality show about this girl yet?

Kellie co-wrote “Best Days of Your Life” — the song she will perform on "Idol" — with fellow fair-haired country star Taylor Swift. In the fun and flirty music video for the tune, Taylor plays guitar and sings backup. And their collaborations don't stop there. Kellie is getting set to open for Taylor on her 52-city Fearless Tour 2009.

Kellie Pickler will return to the "American Idol" stage

Don't Cared American Idol Megan Joy

Megan Joy knows not everyone was a fan of her quirky style of singing and dancing on American Idol, and the day after her exit, the Sandy, Utah, native had a message for all the haters. “If you didn’t get me, I probably wouldn’t get you, so we’re even,” Joy told PEOPLE with a laugh.

Sensing that she would be sent packing, Joy, 23, ensured that her last night on the Idol stage was a memorable one. She told judge Simon Cowell she didn’t care that he hadn’t liked her performance the previous night, and she flapped and cawed like a bird as she made her way to her Bottom 3 seat. “If I’m gonna go out, I was ready to go out with a bang,” she said of her antics. “It was [good TV], and I’m here to entertain.”

She claimed there were no hard feelings over Cowell’s announcement that the judges would not even consider using the Judges’ Save option on her. After the show ended, Cowell joined Joy onstage and the two kissed and made up. “He gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek,” Joy reported. “We both laughed, and he was like, ‘Let’s get this awkwardness over with.’ “

She also received a message of support from two high-profile fans, Joel Madden and Nicole Richie, whom she’d met recently while out at dinner. “We’d actually exchanged numbers, and I got a really nice text from them that said I did great,” Joy said. “It made me feel really good.”

During her relatively brief Idol run, Joy was the source of much behind-the-scenes intrigue. There was her bout with the flu that left her hooked up to an IV until a mere 30 minutes before her Country Week performance, and her brother’s heckling of Kara DioGuardi after the new judge criticized Joy’s performance this week. There were even rumors of a budding romance between Joy and fellow contestant Matt Giraud, though Joy insists there’s no truth in that. “Not at all,” said the recently divorced single mother. “We’re just friends. He has a girlfriend, and I have no interest in dating right now.” The two have, however, forged a tight bond, she says, over “just being lonely, you know, and wanting to laugh.”

Joy’s looking forward to returning home next week to spend time with her 2-year-old son Ryder, whom she talked to on the phone every day but hasn’t seen in two months. She also plans to commemorate the Idol experience by adding to her extensive tattoo collection: “I have a lucky ring that I’ve worn since the beginning of the show [of] a heart and inside the heart is a bird with a banner [that] says, ‘Fly lightly.’ It’s kind of like my favorite saying, and I’m gonna get it [tattooed] big on my ribs.”

Beyond that, she’s looking forward to trying her hand at writing music and finding out what the future holds. “A part of me is very sad to be done [with Idol],” she said. “I’m probably gonna cry a lot when when I have a moment. But it’s good tears too. It’s not over for me.” – Shawna Malcom

Don't Cared American Idol Megan Joy