Independent Tour
Tour by Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson | |||||||||||||
Associated album | Measure of a Man Thankful | ||||||||||||
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Start date | February 24, 2004 | ||||||||||||
End date | April 16, 2004 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 1 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 32 | ||||||||||||
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The Independent Tour was a co-headlining tour by American recording artists Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken. The tour supported their debut albums, Thankful (2003) and Measure of a Man (2003). The tour only reached the United States during the winter and spring of 2004. Clarkson and Aiken performed individual shows before joining in a duet for Clarkson's encore. Many critics described the tour as the PG version of The Justified & Stripped Tour in 2003.[1] The tour placed 58th in Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Tours", earning over ten million dollars with 31 shows.[2][3]
Background
[edit]Clarkson announced the tour via her official website on January 7, 2004. She wrote:
"hey what's up guys! I have some very exciting news! clay aiken and I have decided to team up and co-headline a US tour together. we’re really pumped about it and can’t wait to see y’all there. we’ll be announcing the exact tour dates soon but for now I wanted to give you guys the scoop first. more info to come. have a super day! God bless kelly :)"
Opening act
[edit]Setlist
[edit]- "Kyrie"
- "Perfect Day"
- "I Will Carry You"
- "All About Love"
- "No More Sad Songs"
- "When You Say You Love Me"
- "Without You" (Badfinger cover)
- "Invisible"
- "Run to Me"
- Medley: "Measure of a Man" / "Fields of Gold" / "Carolina in My Mind" (Sting & James Taylor cover)
- "When I Need You"
- Encore
- "Low"
- "What's Up Lonely"
- "The Trouble with Love Is"
- "Just Missed the Train"
- "Some Kind of Miracle"
- "Beautiful Disaster"
- "Stuff Like That There" (Betty Hutton cover)
- "Why Haven't I Heard from You" (Reba McEntire cover)
- "You Thought Wrong"
- "The Bounce (The Luv)"
- "Timeless"
- "Anytime"
- "Thankful"
- Encore
- "Miss Independent"
- "A Moment Like This"
- "Open Arms"
- Notes
- During the concert in Grand Prairie, Clarkson performed "You Thought Wrong" with Tamyra Gray.
Tour dates
[edit]Date | City (All U.S.) | Venue | Opening act(s) | Attendance | Revenue |
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February 24, 2004 | Charlotte | Charlotte Coliseum | The Beu Sisters[6] | 8,657 / 8,959 | $367,875[7] |
February 25, 2004 | Duluth | Arena at Gwinnett Center | 9,166 / 9,636 | $417,642[7] | |
February 27, 2004 | Tampa | St. Pete Times Forum | 7,198 / 7,829 | $323,247[7] | |
February 28, 2004 | Miami | American Airlines Arena | 5,395 / 6,204 | $245,818[7] | |
March 1, 2004 | Raleigh | RBC Center | 13,538 / 13,538 | $586,230[7] | |
March 2, 2004 | Philadelphia | Liacouras Center | 7,934 / 9,229 | $368,378[7] | |
March 4, 2004 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 12,501 / 12,769 | $565,198[7] | |
March 5, 2004 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | 10,627 / 12,102 | $458,128[7] | |
March 7, 2004 | Wilkes-Barre | Wachovia Arena | 7,660 / 7,898 | $321,470[7] | |
March 8, 2004 | Worcester | Worcester Centrum Centre | 10,408 / 10,408 | $448,170[8] | |
March 10, 2004 | Columbus | Value City Arena | 9,279 / 11,270 | $432,283[8] | |
March 11, 2004 | Detroit | Joe Louis Arena | 9,408 / 11,521 | $431,584[8] | |
March 13, 2004 | Winston-Salem | LJVM Coliseum | 9,829 / 9,829 | $438,918[8] | |
March 16, 2004[A] | Houston | Reliant Stadium | — | — | |
March 17, 2004[B] | Austin | Luedecke Arena | — | — | |
March 19, 2004 | Grand Prairie | NextStage at Grand Prairie | 6,094 / 6,094 | $287,306[9] | |
March 21, 2004 | St. Louis | Savvis Center | 8,195 / 10,298 | $375,595[8] | |
March 22, 2004 | Chicago | United Center | 10,002 / 10,724 | $436,250[8] | |
March 24, 2004 | Omaha | Qwest Center | 7,081 / 7,526 | $320,967[9] | |
March 26, 2004 | Salt Lake City | Delta Center | — | — | |
March 27, 2004 | Las Vegas | Thomas & Mack Center | — | — | |
March 30, 2004 | San Diego | Cox Arena | — | — | |
March 31, 2004 | Sacramento | ARCO Arena | 9,123 / 10,442 | $418,330[10] | |
April 2, 2004 | Glendale | Glendale Arena | 7,549 / 8,016 | $365,943[10] | |
April 3, 2004 | Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | 9,645 / 11,505 | $427,555[10] | |
April 5, 2004 | Los Angeles | Staples Center | 8,131 / 9,388 | $384,894[10] | |
April 6, 2004 | San Jose | HP Pavilion at San Jose | 8,315 / 12,131 | $372,295[10] | |
April 8, 2004 | Seattle | KeyArena | 6,921 / 8,910 | $304,625[11] | |
April 9, 2004 | Spokane | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | — | — | |
April 13, 2004 | Denver | Pepsi Center | 5,960 / 10,080 | $288,580[11] | |
April 15, 2004 | Kansas City | Kemper Arena | 6,666 / 10,557 | $290,496[11] | |
April 16, 2004 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 10,238 / 10,238 | $464,227[12] | |
Total | 225,520 / 257,101 (88%) | $10,142,004 |
- Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
- A This concert was a part of the "Spring Break Stampede"[13]
- B This concert was a part of the "Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo"[14]
- Only Clarkson performed at these two events[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Moss, Corey (January 13, 2004). "Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson Plan Joint Headlining Tour". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Pollstar Online – Pollstar Year-End 2004". Pollstar. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Tour". The Official Homepage of Kelly Clarkson. RCA Records. 2004. Archived from the original on November 23, 2003. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "HOME ON THE RANGE PRODUCTION NOTES – ROUGH DRAFT". Cinematic Intelligence Agency. April 14, 2004. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Moss, Corey (August 6, 2004). "Cutielicious: Kelly And Clay's Live Show Heavy On The Sugar". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "HOME ON THE RANGE PRODUCTION NOTES – ROUGH DRAFT". Cinematic Intelligence Agency. April 14, 2004. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 12. New York. March 20, 2004. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 16. New York. 17 April 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 18. New York. May 1, 2004. p. 27. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 20. New York. May 15, 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 21. New York. May 22, 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 19. New York. May 8, 2004. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ Clark, Michael D. (17 November 2003). "Rocker John Mayer kicking off RodeoHouston". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ "Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo- Concerts". Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo. 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ "Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken announce thirty city concert tour".