Saturday, August 30, 2014

Concert: August 31, 2014: Acorn Theatre, Three Oaks, Michigan (near NW Indiana and Chicago)


Promo Flyer by Team Kris

Concert


August 31, 2014




The Acorn Theatre

Three Oaks, MI

8 PM Eastern











Show and List Preview:
Kris and band bring the Horizons Tour to the closest it will get to Chicago for a solo show. This show was announced later and seems to have flown under the radar, however. It will be interesting to see how big the list turns out! Luckily, we've got some fantastic live tweeters on the list and hopefully more fans will make the trek to Chicago.

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:



The Ticket:


Photo by @christig428 - Thanks!


Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:


Photo by @Stefani_Brian
Photo by @Stefani_Brian





Soundcheck:


Photo by kshikany


The Show:
Photo by locked and sekrit


Photo by @KrisAllenUnites
 Full Band - Plugged In

The List:
Click here to view the live tweet list from the show on the web or view it embedded below. (If viewing on a phone, list won't work. It's best to use an app such as Echofon - then navigate to @KrisAllenLists twitter profile, select the list and subscribe with your app.)




Set List: 


Photo by locked and sekrit

  1. Paul Simon/Young Love
  2. Better With You
  3. Beautiful and Wild
  4. Prove It To You
  5. Alright With Me "Sax"
  6. In Time
  7. Monster/Rude (Original/Cover - MAGIC! mash-up) [Instagram] | [Instagram]
  8. It's Always You
  9. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/Cover - The Jackson 5ive mash-up)
  10. Lost [YouTube]
  11. Don't Set Me Free [YouTube]
  12. Live Like We're Dying
  13. The Wire (Cover - Haim)  Denied again
  14. Stay With Me (Cover - Sam Smith) - A teen girl singer named McKenzie Jacobs that Kris met at the meet and greet sang this for everyone & Kris harmonized with her at the end. [YouTube] [mp3 with Chandelier]
  15. Chandelier (Cover - Sia) [YouTube] [mp3 with Stay With Me]
  16. Shut That Door [YouTube]
  17. End of the Show
See also: Kris Allen Set Lists

After the Show:




Friday, August 29, 2014

Concert: August 30, 2014: Trine University, Angola, IN

Promo Flyer by Team Kris

Concert
August 30, 2014

Trine University

Angola, IN

7 PM Eastern

Opening Act: Zach DuBois












Show and List Preview:

This was initially advertised as a college show, but it is open to the public. Trine University is located in NE Indiana, near Ohio. It's within two hours of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan. If you can get there, you should! There are some people on the list heading there from Chicago too. So we should have a good list!

Just an admin note: I'll be away most of Saturday, may or may not have wifi where I'm going. Will be back in time for show though.

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:

  • Street Team promo flyer (shown above) and promo challenge 
  • Interview with WLKI-FM 100.3 - not posted online

The Ticket:


Photo by @camorris13 Thanks!


Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:


Photo by met_032913
 
Merch photos by @Peppermintish





Soundcheck:


Photo by kris_allen
Photo by bensnacks

The Show:

Photo by @peppermintish

Photo by @peppermintish

Set List:


Photo by @peppermintish - Kris varied from this a little

  1. Young Love/Paul Simon
  2. Better With You [YouTube]
  3. Beautiful and Wild [Instagram] [YouTube]
  4. Prove It To You [YouTube - Partial]
  5. Alright With Me (Sax)
  6. In Time
  7. Monster/Rude (Original/Cover - MAGIC!) mash-up [YouTube]
  8. God Bless the USA (Cover - Lee Greenwood) [YouTube]
  9. It's Always You [YouTube]
  10. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/Cover - the Jackson 5ive)
  11. Lost
  12. Don't Set Me Free
  13. Live Like We're Dying
  14. The Wire (Cover-Haim)
  15. Chandelier/Stay With Me (Cover - Sia/Sam Smith) mash-up [Instagram] - PREMIERE of mash-up [YouTube] [mp3]
  16. Shut That Door
  17. End of the Show [YouTube]

After the Show:


Thursday, August 28, 2014

Concert: August 28, 2014: The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI

Promo Flyer by Team Kris


Concert

August 28, 2014

The Blind Pig
Ann Arbor, MI

8 PM Eastern


Opening Act: Kylee Phillips










Show and List Preview:
Kris returns to one of his favorite cities to play, Ann Arbor, MI. We've got some good video-takers, tweeters and friends on the list! It should be a good time; go if you can!

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:
  • Some David Cook fans left this message on a cafe chalkboard table in Ann Arbor while dining before his concert:

Photo by @Kristen8108



The Ticket:


Photo by @Kristen8108


Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:


Photo by @YoSwanny 

Photo by @Kristen8108




The Show:


Photo by @mrssmartypantz
Photo by @Apryl_Mae161



















Full Band - Plugged In

Set List: 


Photo by @__meganX3
  1. Young Love/Paul Simon
  2. Better With You
  3. Beautiful and Wild
  4. Prove It To You [YouTube]
  5. Alright With Me (Sax) [Instagram]
  6. In Time [YouTube]
  7. Monster/Rude (Original/Cover - MAGIC!) [YouTube - partial]
  8. It's Always You [YouTube]
  9. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/Cover - The Jackson 5ive) [YouTube - partial of Soul Train dance]
  10. Lost [YouTube]
  11. Don't Set Me Free
  12. Live Like We're Dying
  13. The Wire (Cover - Haim) [YouTube]
  14. Chandelier (Cover - Sia) [YouTube]
  15. Shut That Door
  16. End of the Show [YouTube]
See also: Kris Allen Set Lists

After the Show:





Tuesday, August 26, 2014

College Show: August 27, 2014: Cleveland State University

Photo by CSU Campus Activities Board




College Show

August 27, 2014


SC Plaza
Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

11 AM - 2 PM Eastern
(Kris maybe on at 12 per Degy but it might be later)


Opening Acts: Crystaly, F.R.E.$.H and Chase Smash





Show and List Preview:
Kris performs a lunchtime show for Cleveland State University students (free food with student ID!). Several students will open for him. My guess is that this will be pretty informal so if you're in Cleveland and you just happen to stroll onto that campus plaza.... As far as the list goes, Cleveland State kids seem to tweet a little more than Rockhurst University ones.

Unfortunately, this is during a workday and I may be very busy at the time of the show, so I may not be able to add any last minute flaily tweets to the list. Sorry.


Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:
Various campus twitters and the opening acts have tweeted a lot about the event.

The Ticket:
Photo by Cleveland State University




Soundcheck:
  • Young Love/Paul Simon [YouTube]
  • Come on Get Higher (Cover - Matt Nathanson) 
The Show:


Photo by mc_mik3y

Set List:
  1. Young Love/Paul Simon
  2. Better With You [Vine]
  3. Don't Set Me Free
  4. Prove It To You
  5. Chandelier (Cover - Sia)
  6. Alright With Me (Sax)
  7. In Time [YouTube]
  8. Beautiful and Wild [YouTube]
  9. Lost
  10. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/Cover - The Jackson 5ive) [YouTube] [Instagram] [Instagram]
  11. Monster/Rude (Original/Cover - MAGIC!) [YouTube]
  12. Live Like We're Dying [Instagram]
  13. The Wire (Cover - Haim) - PREMIERE
  14. Shut That Door
  15. End of the Show
After the Show:




Concert: August 26, 2014: The New Vintage, Louisville, KY


Concert

August 26, 2014

The New Vintage

Louisville, KY

8 PM Eastern (Doors open at 7 PM)
VIP Soundcheck 6 PM Eastern;
Meet and Greet After the Show









Show and List Preview:
Kris has his first club show on his Horizons tour tonight in Louisville, KY. While it's not a big list, we've got @KYnurse45_ on it and that's alright with me because she is a fantastic person and live tweeter.

Admin note: I have family things going on and will not be around for the start of the show. Sorry.

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:

The Ticket:


Photo courtesy of @KYNurse45_ - Thanks!


Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:


Photo by @ShouldI45 


Click here to get your copy of Horizons,
the fantastic new album from Kris Allen!


Soundcheck!


Photo by @ShouldI45



The Show!



Photo by @ShouldI45



















Full Band - Plugged In

Set List: 


Photo by @ShouldI45

  1. Paul Simon (Young Love) [YouTube] [mp3]
  2. Better With You [YouTube] [mp3]
  3. Don't Set Me Free [YouTube] [mp3]
  4. Prove It To You [YouTube] [mp3]
  5. Chandelier - (Cover - Sia) PREMIERE [YouTube] [mp3]
  6. Alright With Me - Jazzy version [YouTube] [mp3]
  7. In Time [YouTube] [mp3]
  8. Beautiful and Wild [YouTube] [mp3]
  9. Lost - Live band PREMIERE [YouTube
  10. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back [YouTube] [mp3]
  11. It's Always You [YouTube] [mp3]
  12. Monster/Rude (Original/Cover-MAGIC! mash-up) - PREMIERE of mash-up [YouTube][mp3
  13. Live Like We're Dying [YouTube] [mp3]
  14. The Wire - (Cover - Haim)
  15. - Although on his list, Kris did not perform this during the show. He did a little snippet during soundcheck, however.
  16. Shut That Door [YouTube] [mp3]
  17. End of the Show [YouTube] [mp3]
Also: Banter
See also: Kris Allen Set Lists

After the Show:


Saturday, August 23, 2014

Concert: August 23, 2014: Lentil Fest, Pullman, WA

Photo by www.lentilfest.com


National Lentil Festival



August 23, 2014




Pullman, Washington



2:30 PM PDT



Show and List Preview:
This is a big agricultural festival in western Washington State (near the Idaho border; 90 mnutes from Spokane and 6 hours from Seattle according to Kris fan @mylifeback). The event has a lot of support from local community schools and radio. Despite the remote location, we do have a few Kris fans you'll recognize on the list. What will be fun to watch is Kris. He has a gig Friday night in Missouri and there's no easy way to fly from there to this area of Washington State, but his set time is 2:30 in the afternoon. He's going to need the energy that a healthy lentil-based dish can provide!

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:

Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:


The ZFUN106 Stage (photo by @LentilFest)
Festival Mascot Tase T Lentil (photo by @LentilFest)




New merch! (Photo by @shoshpd)


















More merch! (Photo by kathyheilig)




















The Show:

Photo by @shoshpd 
Photo by @DannyJones 
































Acoustic - Kris and Torres

Set List: 
  1. Paul Simon aka "Young Love" but not to me [Instagram] | [Vine]
  2. Better With You [Instagram] | [Instagram] | [Vine] | [YouTube] | [YouTube - partial]
  3. Monster/Hit the Road Jack (Original/Cover - Ray Charles mash-up) [Vine] | [Instagram] | [YouTube]
  4. Beautiful and Wild [Instagram] | [Instagram]
  5. In Time [Instagram] | [YouTube]
  6. Alright With Me [Instagram] | [YouTube]
  7. Team/Pompeii (Cover - Lorde/Bastille mash-up) [Instagram] | [Instagram] | [Vine] | [YouTube]
  8. Don't Set Me Free [Instagram] | [YouTube]
  9. Everybody Just Wants to Dance [Instagram] | [YouTube]
  10. You Got a Way [Instagram] | [YouTube]
  11. Live Like We're Dying [Instagram] | [Instagram] | [YouTube]
See also: Kris Allen Set Lists

After the Show:

Friday, August 22, 2014

College Show: August 22, 2014: Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO


Private College Show
August 22, 2014

Lower Bourke
Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO
Doors open 8 PM CDT

Opening Act: Kat Dahlia

Show and List Preview:

The post-Horizons shows get underway tonight with a private gig at a small college, Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. Admission is free but only for students and their registered guests. The show is outdoors unless it rains. So all you Rockhurst Hawks should go!

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:
Just some Facebook posts by the student activities board.

The Ticket:


Photo by http://jasonarthursblog.blogspot.com/

















Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:

The Show:


Photo by abundance of brennans




















Full Band - Plugged In

Set List: 

Partial and order uncertain but we know he sang songs from Horizons
  1. Alright With Me [Instagram]
  2. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/Jackson 5ve mash-up)
  3. It's Always You
  4. In Time
  5. No Boundaries
  6. Live Like We're Dying
See also: Kris Allen Set Lists

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Throwback Thursday: First Performances of the Songs from Horizons

Every Thursday we take a look back at Kris Allen's career via video.

This Thursday, with the imminent release of Kris' new album, Horizons, this Tuesday, August 12 dawning upon us, I thought we'd take a look back at the first time he performed all of the songs on Horizons live. Note, of course, he has not yet performed ALL of Horizons live, but many of the tracks he has been performing for almost a year. (Two of the songs premiered in October 2012!)

We'll use the Amazon UK edition of Horizons for this post, since it's the only one I've seen with bonus tracks. Note that it uses a different order from the US edition. I'm sure hoping the bonus tracks will be added to the US edition. And if you have not made your plans to buy Horizons, do so immediately! It will be available via iTunes, Amazon US, and major US retailers. If you can't afford it, DO NOT PIRATE IT. Instead, check out Kris Allen Fans Unite's awesome gifting effort for someone willing to gift it to you!

Here's the UK Horizons track list with a great video from the first live performance afterwards for each song (except the two he hasn't done live, Lost and Parachute).

1. Beautiful & Wild (Live premiere, February 8, 2014, Watseka, IL)



2. Don'’t Set Me Free (Live premiere, February 8, 2014, Watseka, IL)



3. In Time (Live premiere, February 8, 2014, Watseka, IL)



4. Lost - Not performed live in front of an audience yet, but Kris did play it live in a Yahoo Music! exclusive session posted this week.

5. Young Love ("Paul Simon"”) (Live premiere, October 3, 2012, St. Louis, MO)



6. Prove It to You (with Lenachka) (Live premiere, July 18, 2014, Anaheim, CA)



7. Everybody Just Wants to Dance (Live premiere, February 8, 2014, Watseka, IL)




8. It'’s Always You (Live premiere, February 8, 2014, Watseka, IL)



9. Should I (Live premiere, October 3, 2012, St. Louis, MO)




10. Girl Across the Room (Live premiere, May 9, 2014, Arkansas Disaster Relief Concert)




11. Unique (Live premiere, April 5, 2013, Dayton, OH)




12. Parachute - Not performed live yet.

Enjoy! And spread the word - Horizons is almost here!