American Idol LIVE! tour dates announced

By Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY

Posted April 27, 2012

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AMERICAN IDOL: Final 10 L-R: Phillip Phillips, Elise Testone, DeAndre Brackensick, Hollie Cavanaugh, Colton Dixon, Skylar Laine, Heejun Han, Jessica Sanchez, Josh Ledet and Erika Van Pelt. (Credit: By Michael Becker, FOX)

Is the American Idol LIVE! 2012 tour coming to your town? Ryan Seacrest announced the kick-off date -- July 6 at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena -- but the tour has more than 40 stops before it wraps Sept. 11 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Ticket information will be available next week, though Ryan said on Thursday's American Idol episode that the first tickets would go on sale May 11.

A full slate of places you'll be able to see Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, Elise Testone and the rest of this year's Top 10 follows:

7/6 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.

7/7 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill.

7/9 Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.

7/11 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Mo.

7/12 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.

7/14 1stBank Center, Broomfield, Colo.

7/16 Maverik Center, West Valley City, Utah

7/18 Key Arena at Seattle Center, Seattle, Wash.

7/19 Rose Garden, Portland, Ore.

7/21 Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, Calif.

7/22 HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, Calif.

7/23 Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, Calif.

7/25 Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif.

7/26 Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, Calif.

7/27 jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Ariz.

7/29 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

7/30 Cajundome, Lafayette, La.

7/31 Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, Miss.

8/2 Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.

8/3 BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla.

8/5 Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Ga.

8/6 North Charleston Coliseum, N. Charleston, S.C.

8/8 Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

8/9 1st Mariner Center, Baltimore, Md.

8/11 Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio

8/12 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.

8/14 Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Penn.

8/15 Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y.

8/16 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario

8/18 Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, N.H.

8/19 DCU Center, Worcester, Mass.

8/21 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Penn.

8/22 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y.

8/25 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine

8/26 Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, R.I.

8/28 Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.

8/30 Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y.

9/1 Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Conn.

9/2 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

9/4 War Memorial at OnCenter, Syracuse, NY

9/6 Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes Barre, Penn.

9/7 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.

9/8 Sovereign Center, Reading, Penn.

9/10 US Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio

9/11 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisc.