American Idols Live! Tour 2002
Introduction The '''American Idols Live! Tour 2002''' was a fall concert tour featuring the top ten contestants of the inaugural season of ''American Idol'', which aired earlier that year. The tour visited 30 cities across the United States starting October 8, 2002 in San Diego, and became the template for concerts tours following each of the succeeding ''American Idol'' seasons. Select performances of Clarkson are also released in the ''Miss Independent'' DVD album in 2003.
Performers  Kelly Clarkson (winner)  Justin Guarini (runner-up) Nikki McKibbin (3rd place)  Tamyra Gray (4th place)RJ Helton (5th place)  Christina Christian (6th place)Ryan Starr (7th place)  AJ Gil (8th place)Jim Verraros (9th or 10th place) EJay Day (9th or 10th place)
Show overview The show, as well as those from all subsequent tours, was organized into two halves. The first half had the Top 10 contestants performing a song each in elimination order, with Kelly Clarkson the winner ending this section. Each performer was introduced by the preceding performer accompanied by a video montage of their time on American Idol, the exception being the first performer EJay Day who was introduced by Randy Jackson on video. Most of the solo performances were of songs the performer had previously done on the television show.After the intermission, the second half started with the guys and the girls each performing a group song, with the rest of the show consisted of a series of group numbers with medley of songs interspersed with some solo performances, similar in style to the television special "American Idol in Las Vegas" aired after Season 1 finale. The runner-up Justin Guarini and the winner Kelly Clarkson each had their final solo performance before the last group songs by the Top 10 finalists which ended the show.
Set list * EJay Day – "Black Cat" (Janet Jackson)* Jim Verraros – "Easy" (Commodores)* AJ Gil – "My Cherie Amour"  (Stevie Wonder)* Ryan Starr – "If You Really Love Me"  (Stevie Wonder)* Christina Christian – "Ain't No Sunshine"  (Bill Withers)* R. J. Helton – "Lately" (Stevie Wonder)* Tamyra Gray – "I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan)* Nikki McKibbin – "Piece of My Heart" (Janis Joplin)* Justin Guarini – "Get Here"  (Oleta Adams)* Kelly Clarkson – "Respect" (Aretha Franklin)''Intermission''* Guys – "Pop" ('N Sync)* Ladies – "Free Your Mind" (En Vogue)* Guarini –  "For Once in My Life" (Stevie Wonder)* Clarkson – "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin)* Group – Soul Medley – "Dancing in the Street" (Group), "Get Ready" (Guys), "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (Helton), "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Group), "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Verraros), "You're All I Need" (Clarkson), "My Guy" (Ladies), "My Girl" (Guys), "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Group)* McKibbin – "Rhiannon" (Fleetwood Mac)* Gray – "A House Is Not a Home" (Dionne Warwick)* Group Medley – "Celebration" (Group), "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (Group), "We Are Family" (Girls), "Love Machine" (Guys), "Fantasy" (Group), "Boogie Wonderland" (Group)* Guarini – "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green)* Clarkson – "A Moment Like This" (Kelly Clarkson)* Group – "That's What Friends Are For" (Dionne Warwick and Friends), "I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5)===Additional notes===* Kelly Clarkson performed her single "Before Your Love" instead of "A Moment Like This" on some shows.
Tour dates  Date (2002) City Venue Attendance (percentage)October 8San DiegoCox Arena92.9%October 9PhoenixAmerica West Arena76.9%October 12San AntonioFreeman Coliseum77.3%October 13DallasAmerican Airlines Center97.5%October 14HoustonCompaq Center62.5%October 15RosemontAllstate Arena67.7%October 17DetroitFox Theatre100%October 18CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena58.9%October 19NashvilleGaylord Entertainment Center49.6%October 21AtlantaPhilips Arena94.1%October 23TampaIce Palace63.6%October 24SunriseNational Car Rental Center98.5%October 27UniondaleNassau Coliseum95.8%October 28WorcesterWorcester's Centrum Centre100%October 29 AlbanyPepsi Arena81.7%October 31East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena 50.2% November 1Wilkes-BarreFirst Union Arena97.1%November 2Atlantic CityEtess Arena  100%November 3Washington, D.C.MCI Center 100%November 5St. LouisSavvis Center 92.1%November 6ColumbusNationwide Arena 86.7%November 7IndianapolisConseco Fieldhouse 67.5%November 8ClevelandCSU Convocation Center 95.4%November 10Saint PaulXcel Energy Center 65.8%November 12DenverMagness Arena80.6%November 15AnaheimTheater at the Arrowhead Pond94.0%November 16Sacramento ARCO Arena 100%November 17San Jose Compaq Center97.2%November 19PortlandRose Garden Arena95.7%November 20SeattleKeyArena89.2%
Response The response to the tour was well-received, with some dates sold out and most generally did well. A total of 258,526 tickets were sold with a revenue of $8,119,342 as reported by Billboard.
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