Pop Tarts(TM) Presents 'American Idols Live!' Tour, Taking the Country By Storm This Summer With Over 50 Stops

Pop Tarts(TM) Presents 'American Idols Live!' Tour, Taking the Country By Storm This Summer With Over 50 Stops

Simon Fuller and AEG Live Announce On-Sale Ticket Date of May 17th, 2008 for Live Concert Tour Kicking Off July 1st in Glendale, Arizona

LOS ANGELES, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- 19 Entertainment Founder/CEO and creator of American Idol Simon Fuller and AEG Live, announced today the on-sale ticket date for this summer's highly anticipated American Idols Live! Tour. Beginning Saturday, May 17th 2008 (with the exception of a May 16th sale date for the Toronto stop), fans of America's #1 show can purchase tickets to see the top 10 contestants from "American Idol" Season 7 perform live including: Brooke White, Carly Smithson, Chikezie Eze, David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro, Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Johns, Ramiele Malubay and Syesha Mercado. Additional ticket and tour information can be found at Americanidol.com.

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Simon Fuller, creator and executive producer of AMERICAN IDOL stated, "One of the key factors in the success story of AMERICAN IDOL, is the unique experience of seeing today's best undiscovered talent, perform live on stage each and every week. We are truly excited that the American Idols Live! Tour will once again give fans the chance to see the TV show come to life in their hometown."

The full schedule for Pop Tarts(TM) Presents American Idols Live! Tour 2008 is as follows:

   Date            Location                Venue   July 1          Glendale, AZ            jobing.com Arena   July 2          San Diego, CA           San Diego Sports Arena   July 3          Fresno, CA              Save Mart Center   July 5          Las Vegas, NV           Thomas & Mack Center   July 7          Los Angeles, CA         Staples Center   July 8          San Jose, CA            HP Pavilion   July 9          Sacramento, CA          ARCO Arena   July 11         Portland, OR            Rose Garden   July 12         Tacoma, WA              Tacoma Dome   July 14         West Valley City, UT    The "E" Center   July 18         St. Louis, MO           Scottrade Center   July 19         Rosemont, IL            Allstate Arena   July 20         Columbus, OH            Schottenstein Center   July 22         Indianapolis, IN        Conseco Fieldhouse   July 23         Cincinnati, OH          US Bank Arena   July 24         Detroit, MI             Joe Louis Arena   July 26         Toronto, ON             Air Canada Centre   July 27         Rochester, NY           Blue Cross Arena   July 29         Pittsburgh, PA          Mellon Arena   July 30         Newark, NJ              Prudential Center   August 2        Atlantic City, NJ       Boardwalk Hall   August 4        Long Island, NY         Nassau Coliseum   August 6        Albany, NY              Times Union Center   August 8        Hartford, CT            XL Center   August 9        Worcester, MA           DCU Center   August 10       Manchester, NH          Verizon Wireless Center   August 12       Baltimore, MD           1st Mariner Arena   August 13       Philadelphia, PA        Wachovia Center   August 14       Washington, DC          Verizon Center   August 16       Lexington, KY           Rupp Arena   August 17       Charlotte, NC           Time Warner Cable Arena   August 18       Duluth, GA              Arena at Gwinnett Center   August 20       Sunrise, FL             BankAtlantic Center   August 21       Tampa, FL               St Pete Times Forum   August 24       Houston, TX             Toyota Center   August 25       Dallas, TX              American Airlines Center   August 26       Bossier City, LA        CenturyTel Center   August 28       Oklahoma City, OK       Ford Center   August 29       Kansas City, MO         Sprint Center   August 31       Minneapolis, MN         Target Center   September 2     Green Bay, WI           Resch Center   September 3     Grand Rapids, MI        Van Andel Arena   September 4     Cleveland. OH           Wolstein Center   September 6     Bridgeport, CT          Arena at Harbor Yard   September 7     Providence, RI          Dunkin Donuts Center   September 8     Wilkes Barre, PA        Wachovia Arena   September 10    Ft. Wayne, IN           Allen County War Memorial Coliseum   September 11    Evansville, IN          Roberts Stadium   September 13    Tulsa, OK               BOK Center    

For more ticket and tour info, fans can visit ticketmaster.com, poptarts.com, americanidol.com and aeglive.com. Tickets subject to applicable service charges. Event time and date subject to change.

About 19 Entertainment (A CKX Company)

Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment is recognized as a leading creator, provider and promoter of globally successful music based entertainment, or "entertainment brands". The company has attracted a unique collection of expertise in people who work together to integrate and leverage activity across television, film, touring, merchandising, music publishing, recording, artist / writer and producer management, sponsorship and promotion. Simon Fuller is the most successful British music manager of all time having sold over 116 million CDs in North America alone, and is known as the creator of "American Idol," the most valuable TV format in the world with an estimated value in excess of $2.5 billion.

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.

AEG Live is a subsidiary of Anschutz Entertainment Group, one of the leading providers of live entertainment and sports in the world. AEG Live is dedicated to all aspects of live entertainment and multi-media production and is the second largest concert promotion, special event and touring company in the world. AEG Live has an international reach with regional and local presence in Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, London, Nashville, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle and San Diego.

About Kellogg Company

With 2007 sales in excess of $11 billion, Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) is the world's leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit snacks, frozen waffles and veggie foods. The company's brands include Kellogg's(R), Keebler(R), Pop-Tarts(R), Eggo(R), Cheez-It(R), Nutri-Grain(R), Special K(R), Rice Krispies(R), Murray(R), Austin(R), Morningstar Farms(R), Famous Amos(R), Carr's(R), Plantation(R) and Ready Crust(R). Kellogg products are manufactured in 17 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries around the world.

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