Kelly Clarkson Concert Tours

The concert tours that Kelly Clarkson has embarked on during her professional career.

2002: The American Idol Tour

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.

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. March 16th was with Hilary Duff and March 17th was 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.

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 "Don't" on this tour, which she also sang on the Independent Tour, but never appeared on any of her albums.
* Opening act for the tour was the Gaham Colton Band.

2005: The Hazel Eyes Summer Tour
* July - October 2005
* The 46-city tour ran from July 6 opening in Lubbock, Texas and ended in New York on October 11.
* The New Orleans, LA concert scheduled for July 12 and the Pensacola, FL concert scheduled for July 19th, were cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina damaging both venues and the city of New Orleans..
* 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 on the second half of the tour.
* 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". The song never appeared on the album.
* Opening act for the tour was the Gaham Colton Band.

2005-2006: The Breakaway World Tour
* November 2005 - April 2006
* 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, Israel dates scheduled for March 26th and 27th were cancelled due to Kelly's Laryngitis.
* 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
The Addicted Tour is the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson, and supports Clarkson's second studio album, Breakaway. It was a 24-city North American tour, starting on June 30 2006 and finishing on August 6 2006. 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. Clarkson played two songs that are on her then upcoming third album My December. The opening act for the tour was Rooney

2007: My December Tour

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

2009: All I Ever Wanted Summer Fair Mini-Tour

A 23 Date mini-tour to promote the All I Ever Wanted Album. Opening acts at various shows include The Lost Boys, Eric Hutchinson, Gavin DeGraw, and Krista.

2009: All I Ever Wanted Tour
A 32 date North America tour. Parachute and Eric Hutchinson were the the opening acts. Tickets begin sales on August 15, 2009. Pre-sale tickets began on August 4 2009 for the New York show.

2010: All I Ever Wanted World Tour
It was announced on September 21, 2009 that Kelly would take to the road again in 2010 and go on a World Tour, the first dates announced were those in the United Kingdom and Ireland that are to go on sale on Friday September 25, 2009. The opening act for the Australian dates is Eric Hutchinson. On November 1st, 2009 new dates for Australia and New Zealand were announced, with tickets going on sale November 12.




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Kelly Clarkson Filmography

Filmography of Kelly Clarkson

(acting roles only)

Year	Title	Role	Episode
2002	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	as an extra	The Whole Ball Of Wax
	That 80's Show	as an extra	Valentine's Day (S1, Ep2)
	Issues 101	Crystal (as an extra)	Theatrical Film
	MADtv	Herself / Skits	Season 8, Ep 1
2003	From Justin to Kelly	Kelly Taylor	Theatrical Film
	American Dreams	Brenda Lee	And Promises To Keep
2004	American Dreams	Brenda Lee	Tidings of Comfort and Joy
	King of the Hill	Herself / Dawn	Stressed For Success
2005	Saturday Night Live	Herself / Skits / Musical Guest	Host - Jason Bateman
2007	Reba	Kelly	And We Forgive Those
2009	Saturday Night Live	Herself / Musical Guest	Host - Tracy Morgan

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Kelly Clarkson Musicianship and artistry

her vocal talents and abilities have been met w/ praise from critics and celebrities alike. On an interview w/ Good Morning America, Simon Cowell was asked of the 6 American Idol winners, who Simon thought had the best voice. Cowell immediately answered that Kelly Clarkson did "by a mile", noting that Kelly Clarkson was "up there" with other great singers such as Celine Dion.

Reflecting back on her performance during the Idol Gives Back special, Jeff Beck described hern as having a "soul voice" that "demands attention"."

After attending a rehearsal for American Idol's season 6 finale (in which Kelly Clarkson was scheduled to perform), Blender magazine described her voice as follows:

"The Texas native has one of the great voices in pop music, a powerful and versatile instrument that's steeped in the rhythm and blues and country music she grew up with in the South. If Mariah Carey's five-octave voice is the equivalent of an expensively bred poodle, then Clarkson's is a bloodhound: friendly, earthy, but fierce just the same."

Arion Berger of Rolling Stone has said of Clarkson that "her high notes are sweet and pillowy, her growl is bone-shaking and sxy, and her midrange is amazingly confident for a pop posy whose career is tied for eternity to the whims of her American Idol overlords."

Dr. Luke, a songwriter and producer of some her hits stated that "[Kelly Clarkson] She has powerful lungs. She's like the Lance Armstrong of vocal cords."

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Kelly Clarkson VH1 Divas concert.

VH1 Divas concert became an immediate success and consequently VH1 Divas aired annually from 1998 - 2004. VH1 announced on April 20 2009 that after a 5 year hiatus the show would come back in September 17 2009.

Kelly Clarkson has been confirmed as one of the performing guests for the return of VH1 Divas live concert event on September 17 2009, airing live on VH1 from the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

The 9 concerts drew unique, one-off performances from show business' greats, or "divas", including Mariah Carey, Cher, Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Shakira, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, RuPaul, Kelly Clarkson, Anastacia, Diana Ross, Pat Benatar, Ashanti, Blondie, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Celia Cruz, Jewel, Destiny's Child, The Pussycat Dolls, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Donna Summer, Faith Hill, Nelly Furtado, LeAnn Rimes, Brandy, Paula Abdul, Cyndi Lauper, Jessica Simpson, Jill Scott, Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Queen Latifah, The Dixie Chicks, Gladys Knight, Stevie Nicks, Adele, Joss Stone, Stevie Wonder and Elton John.
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Kelly Clarkson album All I Ever Wanted

"Kelly Clarkson album All I Ever Wanted"

Kelly Clarkson's 4th album, All I Ever Wanted, was released March 10, 2009. During recording of the album, Kelly Clarkson worked closely with producer-songwriters Ryan Tedder, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Howard Benson, among others. Kelly Clarkson All I Wanted album’s recording was completed on October 23, 2008. The 1st single off the album, "My Life Would Suck Without You", was sent to radio on January 13, 2009, and was available to download thereafter. The single 1st entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #97. The following week, the single shot to number one, breaking the record of largest leap to the top spot, formerly held by Britney Spears' "Womanizer" This marks the 2nd time Kelly Clarkson has broken the record, her 1st being the American Idol victory ballad "A Moment Like This", which shot from number fiftytwo to number one in 2002. In March 2009, Kelly Clarkson reached number one in the UK singles chart with "My Life Would Suck Without You", and became Kelly Clarkson's 1st UK number one single.

In its 1st week of sales, it moved 255,000 copies in the USA, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The album sold 90,000 copies in its 2nd week and remained at number one.The album's second single is "I Do Not Hook Up." It was sent to Australia and U.S. Radio on March 30 and April 13, respectively. It debuted in the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 at number twenty, entered the Billboard Hot 100 charts at number eighty-eight, and has climbed to number twenty. "I Do Not Hook Up" has also peaked at number two thus far on the Billboard Pop 100. Clarkson's 3rd single, "Already Gone", which had already charted on Billboard's Hot 100 at number seventy early in 2009, was officially announced in July 2009 along with its music video and North American tour dates for the album. The single drop date for North America was announced for August 11 2009 and for the UK on September 7, 2009.

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Kelly Clarkson-My December album singles

While on tour in Europe in 2006, Kelly Clarkson began writing and composing songs for her 3rd album, My December. During the Addicted Tour, Clarkson debuted 2 of Kelly Clarkson songs: "Maybe" and "Yeah". The 1st single from My December was "Never Again", which made its radio debut on April 13, 2007. The song was released on iTunes on April 20, 2007, but was taken down and replaced with a notice that said that the song was not available until April 23, 2007. The singles peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eight and on the Pop 100 at number five. Following "Never Again", Kelly Clarkson released "Sober" as her next single from My December on June 6, 2007. The singles were promoted with appearances on Good Morning America and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Kelly Clarkson also returned to American Idol on the May 23, 2007 season six finale for the 1st time since its 3rd season, performing "Never Again" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry during a Beatles medley.

Kelly Clarkson parted with her management, The Firm, on June 11, 2007, after the controversy[specify] surrounding My December. Kelly Clarkson would then sign with Starstruck Entertainment, run by Narvel Blackstock - the husband of Reba McEntire - on July 2, 2007. On June 14, 2007, Live Nation announced that Clarkson's summer tour—her 1st nationwide arena tour—had been canceled due to underwhelming ticket sales, to be rescheduled after the release of the My December album at smaller, more intimate concert environments. Kelly Clarkson reinstated plans to tour the US during 2007, with a much smaller tour than the one she canceled in June. Kelly Clarkson began her My December Tour on October 10 in Verona, New York in venues significantly smaller than those previously booked.

My December was officially released in the U.S. on June 26, 2007. On the date of the album's release, Kelly Clarkson appeared on Good Morning America to promote her new album. Clarkson performed songs from this new album, including the single "Never Again". Despite the controversy surrounding My December, the album debuted at number two in the U.S. with 291,000 albums sold. This is a slightly higher debut than Clarkson's previous album, Breakaway, which debuted at #3.

On July 7, 2007, Kelly Clarkson performed on the American leg of Live Earth. Her five-set performance list included: "Walk Away", "How I Feel", "Never Again", "Sober", and "Since U Been Gone".

Clarkson was the celebrity coach for Canadian Idol during its Top 5 week of the fifth season, aired on the CTV network on August 20, and she performed on the results show the next night. Kelly Clarkson was also awarded a Platinum Certification for shipments of more than 100,000 copies of My December in Canada. Kelly Clarkson also performed at the 2007 NFL opening kickoff where she sang the national anthem and performed songs from My December including "Never Again", "Maybe" and "Don't Waste Your Time".[51] Clarkson also performed in the halftime show for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets game on Thanksgiving Day.

My December was certified both gold and platinum on December 12, 2007, by the RIAA. It has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

On April 19, 2008, Kelly Clarkson participated in a Papal Youth Rally at the campus of St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie in Yonkers, New York performing a mini-concert for those in attendance. This was the Papal Visit of Pope Benedict XVI. Kelly Clarkson performed Schubert's "Ave Maria" for the Pope later in the day following the Pope's speech. Clarkson, raised Baptist, was said to be honored by the invitation and appreciative of the rosary given to her and her band by the Pope, who were invited over by the Pope immediately following the performance for the rosary honor.

Kelly Clarkson - Lent Ford Motor Co.

Kelly Clarkson, in the summer of 2006, she lent Ford Motor Co. a song titled "Go", written by Clarkson and Rhett Lawrence ("Miss Independent").

"Go" song was used in the company's advertising campaign in 2006, "Bold Moves" and the song, along with its music video, was made available free at Ford's AddictedtoKelly.com website (website now defunct).

As of 2009, Breakaway has sold over 13 million copies worldwide.

Kelly Clarkson - Popularity by Breakaway.

Kelly Clarkson, The 5th single from Breakaway, "Walk Away", was a top 15 hit in the U.S. and a top five hit in Canada. Breakaway spent 103 weeks on the Billboard 200. It fell out of the Billboard 200 in late November and was moved to Billboard's Pop Catalog.

Breakaway was the 10th best selling album of 2006 in the US, adding nearly 2 million additional sales to the 2005 and 2004 sales. As a testament to Kelly Clarkson's continuing popularity, Kelly Clarkson was the most-played artist of 2006 on American radio, despite releasing only one single in the entire year, "Walk Away".

On December 23, 2006, American Top 40 radio show host Ryan Seacrest announced during a countdown of 2006's most popular songs that kelly Clarkson had had a song in the American Top 40 for 111 weeks, making her "the most successful female artist in AT40 history".

KElly Clarkson was also the most radio broadcasted artist of 2006 in Australia and "Because Of You" was the third most broadcast song of the same year, despite being released in 2005.

Kelly Clarkson - Success of third and fourth single releases, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "Because of You".

Kelly Clarkson 's third and fourth single releases, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "Because of You", also followed with chart success.

The video for "Behind These Hazel Eyes" broke the record for days at number one for a female artist w/ thirty-three out of 50 days number one on TRL.

"Because Of You" became Kelly Clarkson's biggest worldwide hit, Kelly Clarkson's 1st to reach the number one position on the world chart show, where it held for 2 consecutive weeks in 2006.

The video for "Because of You" won the 2006 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, Kelly Clarkson 's 2nd consecutive win in that category (The 1st being from "Since U Been Gone").

Kelly Clarkson - Success of "Since U Been Gone"

Kelly ClarksonThe second single "Since U Been Gone".

Since U Been Gone single was 'produced' by Max Martin, became the most successful release from "Thankful" album. Its music video presented Kelly Clarkson singing to an underground audience with a full band; cut scenes of Kelly Clarkson destroying a former boyfriend's apartment were incorporated.

The song's strong rock ambiance allowed it to reach number two in the U.S. and the top five across the world. It also earned Clarkson her first Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance"; Kelly Clarkson won a second award for "Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album".

Kelly Clarkson - "Breakaway", co-written by Avril Lavigne and original song for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engage.

Kelly Clarkson's album and first single "Breakaway", co-written by Avril Lavigne, served as the original song for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and achieved considerable success across the world;

Kelly Clarkson single "Breakaway became Kelly Clarkson's 3rd top-ten single in the United States and 4th top-ten single in Canada.

Kelly Clarkson single "Breakaway reached number ten in Australia, and number 22 in the UK. Breakaway song's contemporary music pop-rock ambiance was one of the several tracks including a stronger Rock music-influenced sound that had not been heard on Thankful.

Kelly Clarkson - Numerous programs during Breakaway promotional tour

Kelly Clarkson appeared on numerous television programs during the promotional tour for Breakaway, some of which included Saturday Night Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show and The View;

Kelly Clarkson performed the first two singles " Breakaway" and " Since U Been Gone" on Saturday Night Live, which became Kelly Clarkson's first major telecast appearance in order to support " Breakaway" album.

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 's responses and critics.

Kelly Clarkson co-wrote six of the songs with several songwriters, such as former Evanescence band members Ben Moody, David Hodges and producer Max Martin; the title track was co-written by punk-pop singer Avril Lavigne.

Breakaway received different responses from critics; Rolling Stone commented that

"on Kelly Clarkson's second album, [...] Kelly Clarkson embraces her rock side rather than the pop pageantry that put her on top of the American Idol heap".

TeenInk noted the strength of her vocals on Breakaway, and praised the change from pop music to contemporary rock: "[Kelly Clarkson] retains the incredible power and beauty of her voice while switching to rock".

Stylus magazine also enjoyed Clarkson's foray into rock music, however, Kelly Clarkson was called out because of her American Idol image, which reviewer Charles Merwin believed Kelly Clarkson had yet to lose. He praised the non-singles and wrote that they "maintain a quality high".

Allmusic called Breakaway album "a nice, low-key relief"

Kelly Clarkson - Single releases from Breakaway Platinum.

Kelly Clarkson's single releases from Breakaway proved very successful, and allowed it to become only the 4th album in history to stay in the Billboard 200 Top 20 for a consecutive year.

Kelly Clarkson's single releases from Breakaway As well as, being certified 6x platinum in the U.S. in late 2007 and 5x platinum in Canada in May, 2006.

In Australia, Kelly Clarkson's album reached number 2 and spent 52 weeks in the top 10 and was certified 6x Platinum.

However, Kelly Clarkson's album Breakaway experienced a delayed release in the UK.

Kelly Clarkson - 2nd studio album Breakaway, more rock-oriented image

Kelly Clarkson, distancing herself from her American Idol image.

Kelly Clarkson took more creative control with her 2nd studio album Breakaway, and developed a more rock-oriented image. Breakaway was released by RCA Records on November 30, 2004.

Kelly Clarkson's album, Breakaway, debuted within the U.S. top five and Canadian top ten, but sales were initially low in comparison to Thankful.

Kelly Clarkson - Thankful, "Low" "The Trouble with Love Is"

Kelly Clarkson's single "Low", is the third single from Thankful, reached number 2 in Canada, but it was unable to make the Top 40 of the U.S. chart.

TheKelly Clarkson's final single, "The Trouble with Love Is", was not released in Canada, and it peaked at #101 on the U.S. Charts.

Kelly Clarkson attributed the under performance of both releases to poor management and relieved her manager Simon Fuller, who she felt was not completely focused on her career.

Kelly Clarkson also covered Danielle Brisebois' "Just Missed the Train" on the album.

As of 2009, Thankful has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

Kelly Clarkson - "Miss Independent", a success of the second single from Thankful

Kelly Clarkson, "Miss Independent" became a success when released as the second single from Thankful. "Miss Independent" reached the top ten of the U.S. and Canadian singles charts, and earned Clarkson a 2004 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance".

When "Miss Independent" single was released in the United Kingdom and Australia, it reached the top ten of the charts; however, Thankful received less attention. It peaked at number forty-one on the UK albums chart and at number 33 on the Australian albums chart. Further singles released outside North America would appear even less successful.

Kelly Clarkson - Thankful Reviews and critics

Kelly Clarkson's Reviews for Thankful album were generally favorable. However, several critics noted that her early achievement was established due to Kelly Clarkson's performances on American Idol.

Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised Kelly Clarkson's album, Thankful for its vocal ability: "throughout this record, [Clarkson] makes it seem effortless and charming. She can croon, she can belt out a song, she can be seexy and sassy while still being graceful and as wholesome as the girl next door".

Rachel Kipp of JS Online criticized Kelly Clarkson for not having the same personality on Thankful that Kelly Clarkson had on American Idol, and wrote:

"on American Idol, Clarkson showcased a great voice and an endearing, 'aw-shucks' personality. That personality is missing on Thankful, and there lies the album's greatest fault".

Kipp blamed the producers behind Kelly Clarkson's album, Thankful for not allowing Kelly Clarkson to be herself.

Kelly Clarkson - Double platinum for Thankful,

Kelly Clarkson, Following the successful release of "A Moment Like This", her full-length debut album Thankful was released in North America by RCA Records on April 15, 2003.

Thankful debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200. Eventually, Thankful album was certified double platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million copies on December 8, 2003 and platinum by the CRIA for sales of 100,000 copies on February 10, 2004.

Kelly Clarkson - World Idol, placed second

Kelly Clarkson, in December 2003, a competition titled World Idol was held in London, UK, gathering the winners of the first seasons of Idol from across the globe.

Kelly Clarkson was contractually obligated to participate, and placed second behind Norwegian Idol Kurt Nilsen.

Kelly Clarkson performed Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman". Because Kelly Clarkson left immediately after the competition, Kelly Clarkson was chided by some in the media for what they saw as poor sportsmanship. Kelly Clarkson later explained to fans that Kelly Clarkson was suffering from an illness