"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, CA (April 16, 2009) - 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	FedExForum
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

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