TV | March 2019: Kris Allen appears in the Women That Soar Awards (Updated! Air dates inside)

Thank you @tlcde9101 for screencapping the preview!

As this blog previously reported, Kris Allen performed Live Like We're Dying at the Women That Soar Awards 2018 in November. The show was taped and will be shown in a syndicated TV program that will air throughout March on random channels at random times, starting March 1. You can view the air dates one by one on their website or for your convenience, I've got them here in a nicely organized list after the jump. #womenthatsoar #womenthatsoarawards #wtsa2019

Kris Allen sang these songs for the first time in 2018

Happy new year Kris fans! I thought for a little recap for 2018, I'd make a YouTube playlist of songs that were first sung by Kris in 2018. Since he mainly just did one-offs, the Idol tour and the holiday show, but didn't put out a full album, the playlist doesn't have too much on it. The two originals that haven't been released yet - hopefully we'll get official versions in 2019. (Kris said during meet and greets this year that he hopes to have new music out by the end of March.)



On this 2018 playlist, you'll find these songs (and I'll put in some mp3 links too for my favorites):

• When All the Stars Have Died [Apple Music | Spotify | Google Play | Amazon]
• Waiting on You (original - not released yet so no mp3)
• Safe Harbor (original - not released yet so no mp3)
• Freedom '90 (amazing cover with Delta Rae, Sean McConnell and Josh Jenkins) [mp3]
• Rainbow Connection (backing Maddie Poppe in the Idol tour)
• Folsom Prison Blues (backing Caleb Lee Hutchison in the Idol tour)
• There's Nothing Holding Me Back (Idol tour finale) [mp3]
• Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (great cover from the Christmas tour) [mp3]

Be safe and Happy New Year. Here's to new music in 2019!

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris Allen comes home to Nashville on December 12.

Photo by timothy.woodrum

City Winery Nashville

Nashville, TN

December 12, 2018

Doors 6:00 PM; Show 8:00 PM CST

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

This year's Somethin' About Christmas tour wraps up in Kris' adopted home town of Nashville on December 12.

Thank you to Kris and the band for a fantastic tour that totally got us all ready for the holidays! Wishing you all a fantastic holiday season and wishing us all new music in 2019!

Updated December 14 with some fantastic new videos after the break!

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris Allen brings good tidings back to Atlanta on December 11

Photo by Robin.McGinnis

City Winery Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

December 11, 2018

Opener: Sawyer

Doors 6:00 PM, Show 8:00 PM

Tickets and information

Kris Allen brings his Somethin' About Christmas tour back to the City Winery Atlanta, where he closed the tour last year.

Updated December 12: A few videos! Enjoy after the break!

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris Allen comes home to Little Rock for the holiday on December 7

Ron Robinson Theatre

Little Rock, AR

December 7, 2018

Doors 6:00 PM CST

Tickets and information

Kris Allen returns to his home state with his Christmas show! He appeared on KARK-TV to promote it the day after Thanksgiving. 

Updated December 9, 2018: Hear the hometown show was received enthusiastically. Thank you to @elmo3907 for sharing your videos with us! After the break. Also hear that Kris played a private Christmas party gig for a local hospital while in town.

Christmas Tour 2018: St. Louis gets a holiday visit from Kris Allen on December 5

Photo by theBobbyJames

The Old Rock House

St. Louis, MO

December 5, 2018

8:00 PM CST

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

Kris Allen brings the Somethin' About Christmas tour to St. Louis on December 5.

Updated December 9, 2018: Thank you @felizabeth552 and @thebobbyjames for sharing these fantastic videos! Looks like it was a fun show!

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris Allen brings Christmas back to Chicago on December 4

Photo by @SamBernero

City Winery Chicago

December 4, 2018

Doors 6 PM; Show 8 PM CST

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

Kris has played Chicago many times, including several Christmas shows. He brings the windy city more holiday cheer on December 4.

Updated December 5: A few videos. A fan reports that the fries were good! C'mon Chicago, you need to do better if you want to earn #gavegoodlist!

Christmas Tour 2018: Lake Orion, Michigan makes Kris Allen's nice list with a sold-out show on December 3

Yay full band photo! by Kris Allen

20 Front Street

Lake Orion, MI (Detroit suburb)

December 3, 2018

Show 8:00 PM

Opener: Sawyer

SOLD OUT

Congratulations to the Detroit area for being the first to sell out a show this tour!

Updated December 4: This show sold out so fast that the usual fans who go and get videos for us in Detroit weren't even able to buy tickets! I guess that's a good problem? Kris will just have to play Detroit again. In the meantime, some videos and photos after the break...

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris Allen headlines a show in Cleveland for the first time in four years on December 2

Photo by @kt_cle

House of Blues (Cambridge Room)

Cleveland, OH

December 2, 2018

Doors 7:00 PM EST

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

Kris hasn't played Cleveland since his Christmas tour with Jim Brickman in 2016, and he hasn't played a headlining show there since 2014, but he's bringing the Somethin' About Christmas tour to them this year! Don't miss it, Ohio!

Updated December 3, 2018: Thank you Kathy for the videos and lakeeriemama for the photos! Check them out after the break! Looks like a very festive show!
Updated December 14: Some new videos linked, including When All the Stars Have Died

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris and the band bring the holiday cheer to Boston on November 30

Awesome photo by Annie!

City Winery Boston

November 30, 2018

Doors 6:00 p.m. Show 8:00 p.m.

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

Boston is always a great town for Kris, so no surprise it made the nice list!

Come back after the show for coverage!

Updated December 1, 2018: Hearing it was a great show! Fantastic high quality videos and photos after the break thanks to the awesome Annie who definitely makes the KALnicelist and earns Boston the fourth #gavegoodlist in a row!

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris and the band return to DC on November 29 for Christmas

City Winery DC

November 29, 2018

VIP: 4:45 PM Doors 6 PM Show 8 PM

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

Kris and band head next to Washington, DC. They may not realize that this particular City Winery is in a dodgy neighborhood (it's next to the dodgy neighborhood my real-life office is in). If you go, don't go alone and definitely plan out your transportation, as you aren't going to be walking to the Metro. Driving/valet parking or Uber is the best bet. I'm sad that they didn't go back to the adorable place they had the show in last year. But I'll be there! I won the VIP Facebook contest. Going with one of the Dirty Minds, so you know this show will be fun!

Updated November 30: What a fun show! And a great VIP meet and greet. Lots of scoop. We met Kris' mom Kimberly too - she's in DC for a business trip and happily got to see her son's show. We do have a lot of videos and photos. I'm swamped and may not get them all up until later this weekend. But I'm on it!

Christmas Tour 2018: The band and Kris bring Christmas to New York City on November 28

Photo by @heartsandroses9

City Winery New York

November 28, 2018

VIP 5:00 pm Doors 6:00 pm Show 8 p.m. EST

Opener: Sawyer

Tickets and information

The Somethin' About Christmas tour comes to the big apple on November 28. Kris and the band will play the City Winery NYC.

Updated November 29, 2018: And so they did! Congratulations to Ang on winning the Ugly Sweater Contest and to NYC on earning #gavegoodlist by fun live tweeting, sharing tons of video and photos, and just having general holiday good cheer! Not to mention getting TWO set lists! Looks like Kris is taking requests for his solo spotlight so choose wisely people. Heartless is not the move for Christmas, y'know? All of the videos, set lists and big apple holiday fun is after the break!
November 30: More videos added!
December 3: Professional photos from Getty Images added!

Christmas Tour 2018: Kris Allen's Somethin' About Christmas tour opens in Philadelphia on November 27

Photo by kathyheilig

World Cafe Live (upstairs)

Philadelphia, PA

November 27, 2018

Doors 7:00 p.m. Show 8:00 p.m. EST

Opener: Marielle Kraft

Tickets/Information

Kris and the band begin their 2018 Christmas tour at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Updated November 28: The holiday cheer was clear! Highlights include a fantastic new cover of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Set list is a little different from last year's tour. We had a great stream thanks to @kheilig and some videos from @kuddlykimmie, who earned Philly the first #gavegoodlist of the tour! Check it all out after the break.
November 29: Added some great photos including set list by @KuddlyKimmie

Appearance: November 10, 2018: Kris Allen performs Live Like We're Dying at the Women That Soar Awards; Mentions New Music Coming Soon

I kind of slept on this one. I thought we wouldn't get anything out of it. Shows what I know!

Kris joined fellow idol Fantasia to perform at a Dallas-based awards show: The Women That Soar awards,  The event was taped for later airing on TV (in March 2019). We know he sang Live Like We're Dying:

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When you’re front row and @kris_allen performs one of his top hits that happens to be one of your favorite songs. You are amazing Kris, and thank you for coming to Dallas to celebrate and honor Women That Soar! @womenthatsoar @scottkehn @americanidol #KrisAllen #Dallas #charity #womenthatsoar #music #livelikeyouredying #AmericanIdol #music

A post shared by Chuck Steelman (@chucksteelman) on Nov 10, 2018 at 10:02pm PST\

(Here's another video from IG of it.)

After the event, Kris was in his feels! And decided to do his first ever live Instagram. I happened to stumble on it and it was fun. He answered questions, gave some props to the fandom and performed his new song Safe Harbor. (Which he officially performed live for the first time the other night in Nashville but we have no video. Lucky Idol Tour VIP attendees actually heard it a few times this summer as he worked it out.) Most important, he announced he's got new music coming soon!

Thank you @SnapCracklyPop for capturing it!

Writer's Round: November 7, 2018: The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN

In the Round for Musician's Corner

November 7, 2018

The Bluebird Cafe

Nashville, TN

9:00 PM CST

Kris will join some of his past collaborators for a songwriter's round at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. KS Rhoads has played and co-wrote with Kris on the albums Horizons (Lost) and Letting You In (If We Keep Doing Nothing). Marie Miller from Virginia was the opener for the Somethin' About Christmas 2017 tour and the two dueted (beautifully) on Wasting Away. Wish one of them would release it! They have already written one song for Kris' next album (scoop some of you got us from the last tour) and last week, Marie shared in an IG story that they were working on another one. I confess I had to google Emily Kopp; she's described as an indie-soul artist from Orlando.

It is sold out, but late-released tickets may be available at the door. Any good stuff from it (Kris has been known to debut songs at these rounds) will be in this post.

Updated November 9: Marie Miller and Kris' duet on Wasting Away is always the good stuff. Marie was kind enough to share it on IG.

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Man oh man! Always a gift to play at the @bluebirdcafetn thanks @kris_allen for singing this one with me and being such a good friend! #bluebirdcafe #krisallen and special thanks to @muscornernash for hosting!

A post shared by Marie Miller (@mariemillersing) on Nov 8, 2018 at 6:51am PST

Updated 11/11/18: Turns out Kris also live premiered a new song he sang during Idol tour VIPs, Safe Harbor. While we don't have video from this event, Kris did a live IG last night and sung it for us. I'll put the video in that post.

Concert: October 24, 2018: Kris Allen joins Delta Rae for an amazing cover of Freedom '90 in Nashville

The Delta Rae Revival

Kris along with Delta Rae and other featured guests

October 24, 2018

8:00 p.m. Central Time

The Basement Nashville

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This just popped up on Twitter! Americana-folk-rock band Delta Rae has been doing a weekly residency in Nashville on Wednesdays with special guests.  One of tonight's special guests is Kris. It's only $10 and you get Delta Rae (who are very good), former Kris opener Sean McConnell (love his music!), Josh Jenkins of GRO (a band that Kris toured with in 2010), and Jaden Michaels, plus of course, Kris! Go for it Nashville!

Updated 10/25/2018: They all did a Freedom '90 cover together! And it's amazing! Check my Twitter - RTed all the IG stories. Kris fan Tara @ShilohStorm went to the show and got video for us! Check it out below! 

Many thanks to @ISBinLA for this mp3!

Jordan posted a cool photoset with a video and two amazing photos!

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Week 8/16 in the books. #DeltaRaeRevival. 🙏 @kris_allen @sean_mcconnell @joshcjenkins @jadenmichaels 🙏 Can’t wait for Halloween!!

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Delta Rae posted full livestream video of the whole thing on their Facebook! Kris is at the 1:05 hour. Thank you @KrisJonin for grabbing this link and the IG stories posted by Jordan Burger (Kris' booking agent) and others!

Kris Allen bringing the Somethin' About Christmas Tour back for 2018!

The Somethin' About Christmas tour is coming back in 2018 to an east coast, midwest or southern town near you! (Sorry west coast. Let's all hope Kris comes back in 2019 with new non-holiday music and a full USA tour!) 

This was a holiday highlight for me last year! Just seeing him perform Just Like Snow live was amazing and I am a summer girl who normally disdains winter weather.

Go to Kris' official website to view the tour dates, locations and grab your show and VIP tickets! And come back after Thanksgiving for show coverage!

Festival: September 29, 2018: Good Vibrations Music Festival, San Antonio, TX

Kris joins his friends in Parachute and Penny and Sparrow to headline Good Vibrations music festival in San Antonio for the benefit of hearing-impaired charitable organizations. The festival is advertised as Deaf accessible.

The full line up is here; Kris will be on from 8 to 9 pm Central Time.

Here's the festival's Instagram (Very active!) and Facebook pages.

Updated 10/3/2018: I'm so sorry for not updating this sooner! Many thanks to the amazing @krisjonin who is so good at collecting and saving all the IG stories! And to Linda (@krismicklin) for the set list and lots of videos too! All of it after the break.

Idol Tour 2018: September 16: The Finale! Kris Allen brings DC another hurricane and the 2.1 Idols

The tour finale is this Sunday in Washington, DC.

Not the first time Kris has brought a hurricane to DC (definitely click that link, the video is funny), just saying. I remember driving home from this show as Hurricane Sandy hit. We did get lucky this time with Hurricane Florence; however, the remnants are scheduled to hit DC on Monday. My best thoughts to anyone in the Carolinas reading this.

September 16: Warner Theatre, Washington, DC  - I did make the show! It was fast-paced and a lot of fun. We had a Periscope and another Kris fan took some videos. I'll keep adding them to the post as he uploads them (Thanks Eric!) You know DC always #givesgoodlist!

The set list is here.

Updated September 17 with my thoughts and the videos (after the break)! Hope Kris and the Idols don't have travel issues today. Florence is in SW VA and the outer bands are going to give DC a lot of rain. My thoughts are with all of you in the Carolinas.

Idol Tour 2018: September 14 and 15: the Idols play the suburbs of New York and Boston

If you missed the first time the Idol tour played the Boston or New York City areas, you're in luck, because the tour is coming back around!

September 14: Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank NJ (Monmouth County) - Kris did not appear. See below.

September 15: Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford, MA (south of Boston; east of Providence, RI) - Kris did not appear. Nick Fradiani subbed for him. See below.

The set list is here.

Updated September 13 with some sad news. Kris announced on his Facebook that a close lifelong friend had passed away unexpectedly. He will be returning to Arkansas for the funeral and will miss the show in New Jersey and per an email going out to ticket purchasers, the VIP in MA. My thoughts, prayers and condolences goes out to Kris, his family and friends.