10 Years One Night Tour | Fall Tour 2019 Announced by Kris Allen

Exciting news: Kris Allen announced a fall tour! It will be a small venue, solo acoustic tour and to quote one of the venues (NYC's Cutting Room), "Celebrating 10 years from his monumental American Idol win, platinum-selling singer/songwriter Kris Allen is taking his stories and career-defining songs out on the road in a rare, intimate solo-acoustic performance."

Sounds wonderful! We'll cover this tour as always, but in the meantime, tickets for most shows are available! Go to Kris' official website for all the dates and ticket links!

2009 Lookback | Kris Allen signs with Jive and does Idol-related appearances and tour rehearsals, June 2009

So much to cover in this post! In June 2009, Kris signed with his first record label and continued his press and appearances as the newly crowned Season 8 winner. This post will have the highlights, and for those of you who have never watched some of these, maybe some new things! Included: an appearance with Smokey Robinson at the big 2009 Walmart shareholders meeting, the NBA Finals anthem, the Huckabee show and the 5-part Idolatry interview. Lots of videos and some mp3s for the completists! Read on after the break...

Festival | Kris Allen plays a round at a Bonnaroo stage on June 16, 2019

Sunday, June 16
4:00 PM CDT

Bonnaroo - Live from the Ville Stage (The Barn - Plaza 7)

Manchester, TN

Festival information

One small frustration I've had as a Kris Allen super fan who's also into lots of other artists and music genres is watching said other artists (including many who are managed by Kris' management) play all these cool festivals. Sadly, Kris doesn't really do many of those and I've never been able to figure out why not. 

So I was thrilled to see an announcement pop up that Kris will play a round at Bonnaroo. For those who don't know what that is, it's a fantastic annual music and arts festival in Nashville. While Kris is not one of the main stage performers (on the day he performs, those will include Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Phish and the Lumineers), it's great to see him play a legitimate festival and get that exposure. Kris' performance will be in the Barn at Plaza 7 if you go.

Updated June 20: I've added all the IG stories that the amazing @krisjonin found! After the break...