Atlanta, Ga. 7/14/2007 2:39:31 AM
News / Entertainment

‘American Idol’ Tour in Swing as Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis, Sanjaya Malakar and More Take Stage

While Simon Cowell may just wish to bury Sanjaya Malakar in the deep dark recess of his memory, over the next 2 ½ months the faux-hawked one will be front and center, ruining songs all over the United States while he’s on the ‘American Idol’ tour. The sharp tongued Cowell can’t be pleased.

Having started the American Idols tour on July 6 in Sunrise, Florida Malakar has already been noted for mangling his rendition of “Life is a Highway.”  It probably won’t get much better and unfortunately there is no way to vote the youngster off the tour.

With the bad there comes the good and that means American Idol winner Jordin Sparks will be performing in front of the fans who voted her Season 6 champion. Along with Sparks, runner-up Blake Lewis will be brining his beat-box skills back for another listen.

The “American Idols Live Tour” is comprised of the top ten finalists from Season 6. Joining Malakar, Sparks and Lewis will be Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glocksenm, Haley Scarnato, LaKisha Jones, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh and Phil Stacey.

A list of the remaining tour dates for ‘American Idol’ in July:

July 13  N. Little Rock, AR      ALLTEL Arena 
July 15  Houston, TX               Toyota Center 
July 16  San Antonio, TX         AT&T Center 
July 18  Glendale, AZ             Jobing.com Arena 
July 19  San Diego, CA          San Diego Sports Arena 
July 20  Fresno, CA               SaveMart Center 
July 22  Anaheim, CA            Honda Center  
July 23  Los Angeles, CA       Staples Center  
July 24  San Jose, CA            HP Pavilion at San Jose 
July 25  Sacramento, CA        ARCO Arena 
July 27  Tacoma, WA             Tacoma Dome 
July 28  Portland, OR             Rose Garden 

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