Kelly Clarkson concert tours

This is a description of the concert tours that American pop rock singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson has embarked on during her professional career.

2002: The American Idol Tour

* 28-city U.S. tour (October - November 2002)
* Two-month arena tour starring Kelly and the other "American Idol" finalists.Dates:
* 8th October 2002 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
* 9th October 2002 - Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena
* 12th October 2002 - San Antonio, TX - Freeman Coliseum
* 13th October 2002 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
* 14th October 2002 - Houston, TX - Compaq Center
* 16th October 2002 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
* 17th October 2002 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theater
* 18th October 2002 - Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena
* 19th October 2002 - Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center
* 21st October 2002 - Atlanta, Ga - Philips Arena
* 23rd October 2002 - Tampa, FL - Ice Palace
* 24th October 2002 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center
* 27th October 2002 - Uniondale, NY - [Nassau Coliseum
* 28th October 2002 - Worcester, MA - Worcester's Centrum Centre
* 29th October 2002 - Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena
* 31st October 2002 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena
* 1st November 2002 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - First Union Arena
* 2nd November 2002 - Atlantic City, NJ - Mark Etsess Arena
* 3rd November 2002 - Washington, DC - MCI Center
* 5th November 2002 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center
* 6th November 2002 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
* 7th November 2002 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
* 8th November 2002 - Cleveland, OH - CSCU Convocation Center
* 10th November 2002 - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
* 12th November 2002 - University of Denver, CO - Magness Arena
* 15th November 2002 - Anaheim, CA - Theatre at the Arrowhead Pond
* 16th November 2002 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
* 17th November 2002 - San Jose, CA - Compaq Center

2003: U.S. Mini-Tour

* 10-City tour (August, 2003)
* Only 7 shows took place in the mid-west, 3 California shows at end cancelled due to illness.
* 8/6/03 - La Crosse, WI
* 8/8/03 - Indianapolis, IN
* 8/9/03 - Milwaukee, WI
* 8/10/03 - Davenport, IA
* 8/14/03 - Buffalo, NY
* 8/16/03 - Escanaba, MI
* 8/18/06 - Detroit, MI
* Remaining dates were cancelled due to Kelly falling ill.

Set List:

*1. Low

*2. What's Up, Lonely?

*3. Some Kind of Miracle

*4. You Thought Wrong

*5. Just Missed The Train

*6. How Will I Know (Whitney Houston cover)

*7. Love Takes Time (Mariah Carey cover)

*8. Why Haven't I Heard From You (Reba McEntire cover)

*9. Somewhere Other Than the Night (Garth Brooks cover)

*10. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin cover)

*11. Spiderwebs (No Doubt cover)

*12. Eat the Rich (Aerosmith cover)

*13. Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt cover)

*14. Thankful

*15. Miss Independent

Encore:

*16. A Moment Like This

2004: The Independent Tour, co-headlining with Clay Aiken

* 30-City U.S. Tour (February - April 2004)
* The final show in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2004, featured the acoustic performance of a new song entitled "Don't", written by Clarkson and her band's lead guitarist Danny Weissfeld during the tour. "Don't" also became a part of the regular set list throughout the Breakaway Tour.
* Two rodeo concerts in Texas were without Clay Aiken as a co-headliner. One was with Hilary Duff, the other with Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson.
* The March 19th show in Grand Prairie, Texas featured Tamyra Gray performing the duet "You Thought Wrong" with Kelly. This was a duet between Clarkson and Gray on Clarkson's Thankful album.

Dates:
* 24th February 2004 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Coliseum
* 25th February 2004 - Duluth, GA - The Arena at Gwinnett Center
* 27th February 2004 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
* 28th February 2004 - Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
* 1st March 2004 - Raleigh, NC - RBC Center
* 2nd March 2004 - Philadephia, PA - Liacoras Center
* 4th March 2004 - Long Island, NY - Nassau Coliseum
* 5th March 2004 - Washington, DC - MCI Center
* 7th March 2004 - Wilkes Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena
* 8th March 2004 - Worcester, MA - Centrum Centre
* 10th March 2004 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
* 11th March 2004 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
* 13th March 2004 - Winston-Salem, NC - LJVM Coliseum
* 16th March 2004 - Houston, TX - Rodeo (With Hilary Duff instead of Clay Aiken)
* 17th March 2004 - Austin, TX - Rodeo (With Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson instead of Clay Aiken)
* 19th March 2004 - Grand Prairie, TX - NextStage at Grand Prairie
* 21st March 2004 -St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center
* 22nd March 2004 - Chicago, IL - United Center
* 24th March 2004 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
* 26th March 2004 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Delta Center
* 27th March 2004 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas & Mack Center
* 30th March 2004 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
* 31st March 2004 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
* 2nd April 2004 - Glendale, AZ - Glendale Arena
* 3rd April 2004 - Anaheim, CA - Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
* 5th April 2004 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
* 6th April 2004 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion at San Jose
* 8th April 2004 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena at Seattle Center
* 9th April 2004 - Spokane, WA -Spokane Arena
* 13th April 2004 - Denver, CO -Pepsi Center
* 15th April 2004 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena
* 16th April 2004 - St. Paul, MN - XCEL Energy Center

Set List:

*1. Low

*2. What's Up Lonely

*3. The Trouble with Love Is (Remix)

*4. Just Missed the Train

*5. Some Kind of Miracle

*6. Beautiful Disaster (Piano)

*7. Stuff Like That There

*8. Why Haven't I Heard from You (Cover)

*9. You Thought Wrong

*10. Bounce (From Justin to Kelly)

*11. Timeless (From Justin to Kelly)

*12. Anytime

*13. Thankful

*14. Miss Independent

*15. A Moment Like This

*16. Open Arms (with Clay Aiken)

2005: The Breakaway Spring Tour

* U.S. / Canada Tour (March–May 2005)
* The 35-city tour ran from March 30 opening in Tulsa, Oklahoma and ended in Vancouver, BC on May 29.
* The Breakaway Tour is Clarkson's most successful to date, selling-out the majority of venues in its 35-city run.
* Kelly performed one new song on this tour, "Don't".

Set List:
# Since U Been Gone
# Walk Away
# Gone
# Low
# Just Missed the Train
# What's Up Lonely
# Thankful
# The Trouble with Love Is
# Don't
# Cover Medley: Piece of My Heart/The Thrill is Gone/Sweet Dreams
# Beautiful Disaster
# Addicted
# Because of You
# Where is Your Heart?
# Behind These Hazel Eyes
# Miss Independent
# A Moment Like This (rock version)
# Breakaway

2005: The Hazel Eyes Summer Tour

* The 46-city tour ran from July 6 opening in Lubbock, Texas and ended in New York on October 11.
* The Pensacola, FL and New Orleans, LA concerts were cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
*The July 17 Orlando, Florida concert was webcast live on AOL. A key thematic moment in her concerts is her rendition of Annie Lennox's 1992 hit, "Why", which she introduced as her favorite song. The 70-minute show featured frequent sing-alongs from the audience and expressions of gratitude from Clarkson. There were rock arrangements to most songs, with an a cappella "Beautiful Disaster" and a two-acoustic guitar-only "Breakaway".
* Several shows, including the August 14, 2005 show in Green Bay, Wisconsin featured a cover of the Rascal Flatts hit I'm Movin' On.
*Due to popular demand, "Hear Me" was added to the tour set list after Clarkson was, as she jokingly put it, "hated on" during the Breakaway Tour for not performing this song at any of her shows.
*Upon returning to the States for her make-up shows, she replaced "Why" with Tommy James & The Shondells' 1968 number "Crimson and Clover", and also included the holiday tune "Blue Christmas".
* The Hazel Eyes Tour featured a new song called "Come Here" which is, according to Clarkson, "probably going to be on the next record." The song never appeared on the album.Set List:

*1. Walk Away

*2. Miss Independent

*3. I Hate Myself for Losing You

*4. Low

*5. The Trouble with Love Is

*6. Addicted

*7. Because of You

*8. Why (Cover)

*9. Crimson and Clover or I Want You To Want Me

*10. Gone

*11. Come Here

*12. Behind These Hazel Eyes

*13. Beautiful Disaster (Acapella)

*15. Hear Me

*16. Since U Been Gone

Encore

*17. Breakaway

2005-2006: The Breakaway World Tour

*The Breakaway World Tour began on Friday November 4, 2005, at the Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia. Her final show in Australia and both New Zealand dates were postponed due to vocal strain, though she planned to make up these cancellations. She headed to the British Isles beginning February 17 2006 in Manchester, United Kingdom, after which she toured Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
The two Tel Aviv dates were cancelled due to Kelly's Pharyngitis.

*Clarkson returned to "Crimson and Clover" until the 5th date at Cardiff for Cheap Trick classic I Want You to Want Me for 2 dates, whilst switching it again to AC/DC classic You Shook Me All Night Long which was also played as staple intro for all her shows, for London and Manchester. And then alternating between "I Want You To Want Me" and "Crimson and Clover" for the remainder of the tour. It is believed that she changed "Crimson and Clover" to "I want you to want me" to appeal to the younger than usual audience that attended her concerts in the UK.

2006: The Addicted Tour

*24-city North American tour, starting on June 30 2006 and finishing on August 6 2006.

*Three possible new songs from her upcoming third album were performed during this tour: "Maybe", "Anymore", and "Yeah".

*During this tour, Clarkson included a soulful, beat-heavy rendition of Marc Broussard's song "Home," as well as a touching cover of Ray Lamontagne's "Shelter." These two artists are relatively unknown in her fanbase, but she was quick to point both out as being very talented musicians.

Set List:

*1. Addicted

*2. I Hate Myself For Losing You

*3. Behind These Hazel Eyes

*4. Maybe

*5. Gone

*6. Anymore

*7. Because of You

*8. Shelter (Cover)

*9. Thankful (Acoustic)

*10. Home (Cover)

*11. Miss Independent

*12. Go

*13. Beautiful Disaster (Drums and Guitar)

*14. Hear Me

*15. Yeah

*16. Walk Away

Encore

*17. Breakaway (Acoustic)

*18. Since U Been Gone

2007: The My December Tour

2008: 2 Worlds, 2 Voices Tour 2008, co-headlining with Reba McEntire