‘American Idol’ Hits the Road as Simon Fuller and AEG Live Announce the ‘American Idols Live!’ Tour 2009

Season Eight’s Top 10 Contestants Will Perform in 50 Cities Across North America

Tickets Go On Sale May 9th, 2009 For The Live Concert Tour

LOS ANGELES, April 16 /PRNewswire/ — Fans of America’s #1 show will once again have the chance to catch their favorite “Idols” performing live in concert, as the top 10 contestants from American Idol season 8 hit the road in the highly anticipated summer tour. 19 Entertainment Founder/CEO and American Idol creator Simon Fuller, along with AEG Live, announced today that tickets for the American Idols Live! Tour will go on sale May 9th, 2009. This season’s American Idol top 10 contestants Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre will embark on the North American tour, which launches in Portland, OR on July 5th, 2009. Additional ticket and tour information can be found at Americanidol.com.

Simon Fuller, creator and executive producer of AMERICAN IDOL stated, “American Idol gives undiscovered talent the once in a lifetime opportunity to perform live every week on the show and now the tour will give America the unique chance to see these newly discovered stars performing in their own home town.”

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

Date: Location: Venue:

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

For more ticket and tour information, fans can visit ticketmaster.com (but check local venues for proper ticket sale information), americanidol.com and aeglive.com. Tickets subject to applicable service charges. Event time and date subject to change.

About 19 ENTERTAINMENT LTD:

Simon Fuller’s 19 Entertainment Ltd. is recognized as a lead creator, provider and promoter of globally successful entertainment and music brands of today. The company has attracted a unique team of exceptionally creative executives, who work together to integrate and leverage activity across television, sports, film, touring, merchandising, music publishing, recording and artist management.

19 Founder/CEO Simon Fuller has developed and managed some of the biggest entertainment properties of our time, with credits that include the creation of TV phenomenon “American Idol,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” and the HBO series “Little Britain USA.” 19′s unique talent includes legendary musical icon Annie Lennox, country music sensation Carrie Underwood, the pop group sensation Spice Girls, and IDOL alumni Chris Daughtry, David Cook, supermodel Claudia Schiffer and soccer icon David Beckham.

About AEG LIVE:

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming and multi-media production. AEG Live, the nation’s second largest concert promotion and touring company is comprised of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, eleven regional offices and numerous state of the art venues nationwide. The company’s national promotion arm is currently producing tours and productions including Bette Midler “The Showgirl Must Go On” and Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,” an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recent and upcoming promoted concert tours have included artists such as Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Hannah Montana, Spice Girls, Prince, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, So You Think You Can Dance, Paul McCartney, High School Musical, American Idols Live and The Color Purple. Goldenvoice, the company’s Southern California-based regional promotion division created and operates the award winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival as well as Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival. The company operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas, NOKIA Theatre Times Square, and recently opened NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. For more information, go to aeglive.com.

SOURCE 19 Entertainment Ltd.