Danny Gokey, ‘Dance Little Sister’ by Terence Trent D’Arby
Kris Allen, ‘Apologize’ by OneRepublic
Adam Lambert, ‘One’ by U2
Danny Gokey, ‘You Are So Beautiful’ by Joe Cocker
Kris Allen, ‘Heartless’ by Kanye West
Adam Lambert, ‘Cryin’ by Aerosmith

Special Guest Performances for AI top 3 results show:
Jordin Sparks sang “Battlefield”
Katy Perry sang “Waking Up in Vegas”

I previously posted about the American Idol 2009 tour. American Idol tour tickets are just now going on sale on Ticketmaster. All American Idol 2009 tour tickets go on sale on May 9th at 10am with the exception of the July 8th date in Vancouver, BC. Tickets for that show go on sale on May 9th at 12pm. However, if you get a presale code (looks like you can get American Idol Tour Presale Codes on eBay), you can buy AI 2009 tour tickets today.

The top 10 American Idol tour members are: Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver, and Scott MacIntyre.

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Here’s a look at the entire list of American Idol 2009 tour dates, locations, and venues.
July 5 Portland, OR Rose Garden
July 7 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
July 8 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
July 10 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
July 11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
July 12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 14 West Valley City, UT The E Center
July 16 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
July 17 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 18 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
July 20 Glendale, AZ jobing.com Arena
July 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
July 24 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
July 25 N. Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
July 26 Memphis, TN FedExForum
July 28 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
July 29 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
July 31 Duluth, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 1 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
August 2 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
August 4 Washington, DC Verizon Center
August 5 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
August 7 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
August 8 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
August 11 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
August 14 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
August 15 Rochester, NY BlueCross Arena
August 16 Hartford, CT XL Center
August 18 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
August 19 Albany, NY Times Union Center
August 20 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
August 22 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
August 23 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center
August 25 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
August 26 Auburn Hills, MI Palace at Auburn Hills
August 28 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
August 29 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
August 30 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
September 1 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
September 2 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
September 4 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
September 5 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
September 6 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
September 8 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
September 9 Wilkes Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
September 10 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard
September 12 Portand, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
September 13 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
September 14 Syracuse, NY WarMemorial at OnCenter
September 15 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena

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Unfortunately, I took last week off for listing the American Idol music. Life has been really busy. So, I’m going to catch up on 2 weeks of American Idol music right now.

American Idol Top 5 Rat Pack Song List
Kris Allen, ‘The Way You Look Tonight’

Allison Iraheta, ‘Someone to Watch Over Me’

Matt Giraud, ‘My Funny Valentine’

Danny Gokey, ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’

Adam Lambert, ‘Feelin’ Good’

American Idol Rock Week Song List
Adam Lambert – ‘Whole Lotta Love’ by Led Zeppelin

Allison Iraheta – ‘Cry Baby’ by Janis Joplin

Kris Allen and Danny Gokey Duet, ‘Renegade’ by Styx

Kris Allen – ‘Come Together’ by The Beatles

Danny Gokey – ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith

Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta Duet, ‘Slow Ride’ by Foghat

It was disco night on American Idol 2009. Donna Summer is the big winner having three of her songs being performed on the show. They could have almost called it Donna Summer night on American Idol. Check out the music sang on American Idol.

Lil Rounds, ‘I’m Every Woman’
(Chaka Khan)

Kris Allen, ‘She Works Hard for the Money’
(Donna Summer)

Danny Gokey, ‘September’
(Earth, Wind and Fire)

Allison Iraheta, ‘Hot Stuff’
(Donna Summer)

Adam Lambert, ‘If I Can’t Have You’
(Yvonne Elliman)

Matt Giraud, ‘Stayin’ Alive’
(Bee Gees)

Anoop Desai, ‘Dim All the Lights’
(Donna Summer)

Check out the following list of songs from Soundtrack night on American Idol. I must admit that I’m a little surprised by some of the movies. I would have thought there would have been more modern movies. Bryan Adams also knocked it out of the park with two songs on the American Idol soundtrack list.

Allison Iraheta sang ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Aerosmith from ‘Armageddon’

Anoop Desai sang ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Bryan Adams from ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’

Adam Lambert sang ‘Born to Be Wild’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Steppenwolf from ‘Easy Rider’

Matt Giraud sang ‘Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Bryan Adams from ‘Don Juan Demarco’

Danny Gokey sang ‘Endless Love’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie from ‘Endless Love’

Kris Allen sang ‘Falling Slowly’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from ‘Once’

Lil Rounds sang ‘The Rose’ Download MP3 on Amazon
Bette Midler from ‘The Rose’

Last night’s American Idol was pretty interesting since the music theme for the week was songs from the year the contestants were born. Take a look at the music they sang on American Idol Year they Were Born:

Danny Gokey
‘Stand By Me’ (Ben E. King, covered by Mickey Gilley)

Kris Allen
‘All She Wants to Do Is Dance’ (Don Henley)

Lil Rounds
‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ (Tina Turner)

Anoop Desai
‘True Colors’ (Cyndi Lauper)

Scott MacIntyre
‘The Search Is Over’ (Survivor)

Allison Iraheta
‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’ (Bonnie Raitt)

Matt Giraud
‘Part Time Lover’ (Stevie Wonder)

Adam Lambert
‘Mad World’ (Tears for Fears)

The American Idol Top 9 lip synced to “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey

David Cook performed the song “Come Back to Me”

Lady Gaga performed the song “Poker Face”

Good bye to Megan Joy Corkery. Looks like it’s becoming a man’s year on American Idol more and more each week.

American Idol Top 9 performed and the following is the list of music from the American Idol 2009 top 9. Which of the songs from the American Idol 2009 top 9 are your favorite?

You can click on the big blue American Idol iTunes image below to download the songs by the american idol artists or the grey iTunes link to download the original songs that were sung on American Idol.

Anoop Desai
‘Caught Up’ (Usher)

Megan Corkrey
‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’ (Bob Marley)

Danny Gokey
‘What Hurts the Most’ (Rascal Flatts)

Allison Iraheta
‘Don’t Speak’ (No Doubt)

Scott MacIntyre
‘Just the Way You Are’ (Billy Joel)

Matt Giraud
‘You Found Me’ (The Fray)

Lil Rounds
‘I Surrender’ (Celine Dion)

Adam Lambert
‘Play That Funky Music’ (Wild Cherry)

Kris Allen
‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ (Bill Withers)

Check out all the previous American Idol 2009 music.

I was out of town for a week. I’d hoped to have an internet connection, but unfortunately I didn’t have any access to be able to post the American Idol music from Motown night. Lots of great music from Motown and Smokey Robinson is fantastic. Check out all the music from American Idol 2009 Motown night or check out the previous American Idol 2009 music.

Matt Giraud performed the song ‘Let’s Get It On’ (Marvin Gaye)

Kris Allen performed the song ‘How Sweet It Is’ (Marvin Gaye)

Scott MacIntyre performed the song ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ (The Supremes)

Megan Corkrey performed the song ‘For Once In My Life’ (Stevie Wonder)

Anoop Desai performed the song ‘Ooo Baby Baby’ (The Miracles)

Michael Sarver performed the song ‘Ain’t To Proud to Beg’ (The Temptations)

Lil Rounds performed the song ‘(Love Is Like a) Heatwave’ (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas)

Adam Lambert performed the song ‘Tracks of My Tears’ (The Miracles)

Danny Gokey performed the song ‘Get Ready’ (The Temptations)

Allison Iraheta performed the song ‘Papa Was a Rolling Stone’ (The Temptations)

Since I’m so late in posting, I’ll list the Motown group numbers and the American Idol special guest music as well.

“Motown” Medley
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by The Supremes
“You’re All I Need to Get By” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Ruben Studdard performed the song “Together”

Smokey Robinson and Joss Stone performed the song “You’re the One for Me”

Stevie Wonder performed the “Motown” Medley:
“My Chérie Amour”
“Superstition”
“Overjoyed”
“All About the Love Again”

Check out the music from tonight’s American Idol 8 results show where Alexis Grace was sent home.

American Idol Top 11 Group song was “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” by Travis Tritt

Special American Idol Top 11 Guest Performers
Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis sang “I Told You So” (this one is the one from the show, the others are the ones they recorded individually)

Brad Paisley sang “Then”

The following are the members of the American Idol Season 8 top 10 that will be going on the American Idol 2009 Tour:
Kris Allen
Anoop Desai
Matt Giraud
Danny Gokey
Allison Iraheta
Megan Joy
Adam Lambert
Scott MacIntyre
Lil Rounds
Michael Sarver