Festival | March 29, 2019: Kris Allen Plays Tin Pan South Showcase in Nashville

Tin Pan South showcase

The Local

Nashville, TN

6:30 PM CDT

Tickets at door

Kris is playing the annual Tin Pan South festival in Nashville this Friday, March 29. He'll join his friend from Delta Rae, Eric Holljes and two other singer-songwriters in a showcase sponsored by the Tennessee Entertainment Commission.

In previous Tin Pan South appearances, he's debuted new songs (Waves in 2015 and When All the Stars Have Died in 2018), so it will be interesting to see if he does the same this time. He did tell meet and greet participants during the Christmas tour that new music would be coming out around the end of March, so hopefully!

Updated: No word of any new songs premiered. Partial set lists and some IG videos after the break

Appearance | March 8, 2019 (Updated with videos): Kris Allen joins other Nashville musicians for Beatles tribute

Band Together: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road
City Winery Nashville

March 8, 2019

Tickets and information

Well this charity benefit theme certainly fits Kris well, as he is a big fan of the Beatles! Kris joins other Nashville singer-songwriters (Matthew Perryman Jones, Gabe Dixon, Striking Matches, Jason Eskridge, Paul McDonald, K.S. Rhoads, Elle Macho, The Medium, Carey Ott and Charlie Whitten) for a fun tribute that benefits Musician's Corner, a free summer concert and arts series in Nashville. Kris has been a huge supporter of, and past performer in, Musician's Corner.

The fabulous @ameeliu went to this show and got us the set list and a few videos! Check them out after the jump.

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

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!

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!

Concert: April 19, 20 and 21, 2018: Kris with Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Appearance with the Nashville Symphony

April 19, 20 and 21, 2018

Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Nashville, TN

Tickets and information here

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Kris joins his good friend Melinda Doolittle, the Marcus Roberts Band and the Nashville Symphony for what is described as "the ultimate night of Gershwin." This is a three-night engagement, so if you're in the Nashville area, check it out.

I'll put any media we get in this post...
Updated 4/21/2018 with an IG story video of Kris' solo and the set list

Appearance: August 17, 2017: American Idol Auditions, Lake Buena Vista, FL

American Idol Auditions

Disney Springs

Lake Buena Vista, FL

August 17, 2017

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Kris is joining fellow winners Jordin Sparks (Season 6, 2006) and Ruben Studdard (Season 2, 2002) at an open audition for ABC's reboot of American Idol, taking place on Thursday, August 17, at the Disney Springs portion of Walt Disney World in Florida. If you are interested in auditioning, you need to pre-register and follow the directions here.

Parking is going to open at 4 AM and Disney Springs' venue can hold up to 4000 people. Sounds like they are expecting a full crowd (click that link for specific event information)! For those of you who are just going to check it out, I'm not sure if you will be able to observe auditions or not from that link. Disney Springs' entry itself is free; it's a really big open air shopping and dining center. Click here for information on visiting Disney Springs.

Updated 8/18/2017 with pictures, articles and videos! (After the break)

Event: TEDxNashville - Nashville, TN - March 17, 2017

Performance at TEDxNashville

March 17, 2017

Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Andrew Jackson Hall

Nashville, TN

6 PM

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Preview:
Kris is doing his second performance at a TEDx event. These events feature individual speakers and performers sharing expertise and thoughts on relevant topics. You may recall that Kris did a TEDx event last year at his alma mater the University of Central Arkansas.

Updated: Kris performed a short set. No videos but a few pictures and the set list after the break.

Appearance: December 6, 2016: Good Time Inc. Pop-Up Shop, Nashville, TN

Kris and others from the Good Time Inc. management roster are appearing at a pop-up holiday shop in Nashville.

Updated 12/8/2016: Turnout seemed pretty good from the media posted (Full set of videos! From a Nashville show! It's a Krismas miracle)...

Appearance: June 5, 2016: Cincinnati, OH

Photo by @BoxieNegra of Kris singing anthem at Mets game via MJs Big Blog

UPDATED AFTER THE PERFORMANCE:

Screenshot by @ISBinLA

• Thanks to @LadyOver50 for Periscoping the TV broadcast! Watch it here or on YouTube!
• Higher quality YouTube
• Tour manager Max's IG video

 Just a heads up that Kris Allen will perform God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch of the the Cincinnati Reds v. Washington Nationals game this Sunday, June 5. The game is in Cincinnati and starts at 1:10 PM eastern. [Ticket link here if you want to go in person and live tweet and video for us!]

TV/Radio Viewing Information:

• In Cincinnati: FS Ohio or 700 AM radio
• In Washington DC: MASN network or 106.7 the FAN FM

I'm told that the MASN network is available in a number of places and that there's a fairly good chance FSOhio will air the 7th inning stretch.

Kris, of course, is a huge baseball fan and a great choice for your professional league sports game entertainment, having done the anthem over the years for numerous NFL, NHL, MLB and NBA events. Now if he would only get into my favorite sport, tennis. He'd be great for Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the US Open!

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to grab a few videos from his previous appearances at MLB games.

Enjoy, baseball fans! I'm not doing a twitter list for this, but will update this post with photos and videos from the appearance.

Appearance: TEDxUniversity of Central Arkansas, March 4, 2016, Conway, AR

Appearance at TEDxUCA

March 4, 2016

Ida Waldron Stage, Old Main

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, AR

8 - 4 pm CST (Kris is on the 11 AM panel)

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Show and List Preview:
Not quite a show, actually. You have probably heard of TED talks - TEDx events are similar, but independently organized. Kris' old university, the University of Central Arkansas, is having a TEDx event this weekend with many guest speakers, and Kris! There's no information on the agenda about what time he will be on, but this Facebook post says 11 AM (central). The event is open to the public though, and there's livestream.

Updated with set list and media (including video) after the break...
Updated 2:00 PM EST 3/4/2016

Charity Show: August 31, 2015: Tom Petty Tribute Show, City Winery, Nashville, TN

Poster by @MusiciansCorner

Charity Benefit

Into the Great Wide Open
An Evening of Tom Petty Music

August 31, 2015

City Winery

Nashville, TN

6 PM CDT Doors
8 - 10 PM CDT Show

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Show and List Preview:
This looks like such a fantastic show but I say this as a biased Tom Petty fan. Great line-up and you really can't go wrong with Petty music. Give me one of Kris' Tom Petty covers any day over one of his girl pop ones. (For those who don't know, Kris and KAB have covered  Breakdown  several  times, Kris, KAB and GRO covered Free Falling, and Kris tackled Petty's holiday classic Christmas All Over Again during one of his StageIt Christmas shows. Plus the country of Italy failed and didn't get us video of what was supposedly a blistering cover of American Girl.) And Torres got to jam with Ron Blair of the Heartbreakers after KAB's gig in West Palm Beach this summer, plus with his other band in California back in June.

As a huge Petty fan, I've got a couple of songs I'd love to hear covered. I'd love to hear Kris cover Here Comes My Girl from Petty's Damn the Torpedoes album. And the subversive side of me would like to hear him do The Last DJ (which is basically an indictment of the major labels and corporate radio conglomerates). Or maybe he should do what I'd nominate to be the theme song for all Kris fans in major US cities, The Waiting.

He'll probably do Breakdown. We do have some regulars who are going.

Updated: Kris performed Here Comes My Girl :)))) And also, with the rest, Walls. Set list (partial for everyone), video (with some quickie mp3s), IGs of everyone and media after the break...
Updated 9/2/15

Throwback Thursday: May 22, 2012: Happy Anniversary Thank You Camellia

Every Thursday we take a look back at Kris Allen's career via video. This Thursday is a special day because it happens to be the anniversary of the 2012 release of his most recent album, Thank You Camellia.

It's a little bittersweet for me. This album is fantastic and deserved so much more notice and attention than it ended up receiving, mainly due to a lackluster promotional campaign by Kris' record label and management at the time. (Since then, he's gone indie and changed management.) If you are reading this and are a Kris Allen fan but have never gotten Thank You Camellia, I highly recommend that you change that immediately and get the deluxe version ([Amazon]| [iTunes]) as the bonus tracks are some of my favorites.

Combing through YouTube to see what transpired around the release of Thank You Camellia - Kris did a mix of radio/TV interviews and a few listening parties. I thought for our Throwback Thursday video, I'd use this interview with WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island, as it was a good one and has a nice acoustic version of The Vision of Love (the only single off the album):

So sometime today, as we await the release of Kris' next album sometime this year, why not give Thank You Camellia a listen while sipping a delicious Camellia?

via http://www.pinterest.com/pin/197806608603999610/

Heck, and maybe even do a rewatch of the official video for the Vision of Love? Happy TYCAnniversary!

List: September 6 & 7, 2013: Night of Joy, Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL

*Photos by cjonesphoto (Instagram) and @A_Swish (Twitter)

Night of Joy
Walt Disney World
Orlando, FL

September 6 and 7, 2013
Sometime between 7:30 pm and 1:30 am

Event and List Preview
Well we got blindsided a little by this. A Disney worker spilled the beans on Twitter, excited that Kris would stay at her resort. Later, Kris just tweeted he was going to Disney World but didn't say why.

Well, apparently he was participating in some manner in a apparently huge private-but-not-really after-hours Christian music festival, although he was not on the list of concert performers and this is not listed on his schedules at KAO or Fleming.

This flyer contains all we know. It's at Disney and sponsored by World Vision. From making a list for you this morning, radio stations have been doing ticket giveaways and Disney and some of the artists have been promoting this event. No one beyond that flyer has promoted Kris' involvement in it.

Just to get it off my chest, personally I don't think it makes any sense PR-wise to not include this on his list of appearances, given that they've listed something that is basically a HS talent show. Plus, from doing all the lists, I know Kris does have quite a few fans who enjoy Christian music and the other acts involved, and they might have gotten tickets to the festival if they had known about it. Not to mention, Kris fans were very supportive of his efforts for World Vision.

But I know many of my followers enjoy following Kris' every move, so I have made you a list. People are liberally using #nightofjoy as a hashtag on Twitter. There are a lot of people who are going to be there but no guarantees that anyone will tweet about Kris.

Updated After The Show:

Kris played both September 6 and 7. He spoke about WorldVision and played a solo acoustic version of One Love by Bob Marley both nights. The set list post can be found here. Saw a few tweets from his fans saying if they had only known, they wouldn't have turned down opportunities they had to go to Night of Joy. Too bad.

We did get video snippets though:

• johnniemikel
• oliviaeemerson
• ryanwesleysmith
• JenniferN

Upside: There was a decent crowd there and it's good for new fans to gain exposure to Kris. Hopefully the details of his future performance plans can be revealed in time for those who need to travel to be able to make their plans.

List: February 23-28, 2013: Sophia's Heart Charity Cruise to the Bahamas!

On February 24, 2013, some of Kris' most dedicated fans set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida to the Bahamas aboard the Carnival Sensation to enjoy concerts by Kris, Danny Gokey, Jamar Rogers (the Voice) and Two Story Road (country duo). The cruise benefits Danny's foundation, Sophia's Heart.

Saturday morning brought a whole bunch of "woot flying to Florida!!!" tweets as people arrived in Orlando to spend the night before departure, and it was fun to watch the flail. You'll recognize names from our Out Alive tour lists. For those wondering, cruising with Kris will be his manager, Sean aka Big Daddy, and Cale. Of course, when on the seas, tweeting will probably not be doable (no connection) but hopefully we'll get updates when they are in port.

According to this post on MJs, the schedule is:

Sunday 2/24: Danny performs with Jamar and Two Story Road

Tuesday 2/26: Kris performs with Jamar and Two Story Road

Wednesday 2/27: Both Kris and Danny perform 

Wishing a happy, relaxing and fun adventure to all on the cruise! We'll update this post through the cruise as info comes in. 

Updated: Set list for Kris' performances and links to YouTube channels with videos!

Highlights based on list tweets:

Thursday 2/28:

 The cruise has docked back safely in Florida with only one minor international incident involving Kris and Cale, and the cruisers brought us these goodies:

• Kris singing Land of Smiles on Tuesday via @ArtistSupporter
• Wednesday set list (partial?): Faith medley, Out Alive, Killing Me Softly and with the other performers: Here I Am to Worship and Signed Sealed Delivered
• Also, Wednesday night, they set up a little gathering to watch Idol together w/ commentary from Kris, Danny and Jamar.
• Lots of great pictures now being tweeted by our list.

Wednesday 2/27:

• Tonight all of the acts performed together (via @ArtistSupporter)
• Several people got videos of last night's show by Kris so we look forward to that!

Tuesday 2/26:

• Video has surfaced of Love Too Much! Thanks @ArtistSupporter

• Amazing set list during Kris' performance! The request songs (there were three in the end) were Land of Smiles (with Kris on guitar!) and Running (off Brand New Shoes) and Love Too Much (an unreleased demo from the KATA era). Full set included BWY, AWM, WAYA (aka Amy aka the song for Newtown), Fighters, LYA, Monster, LLWD and STD. Will be doing the usual set list post and linking it here once we get the video!
• Kris soundchecking Running (via @LittlePawns)

• Kris performs at 5:30 EST (Bahamas are in the Eastern time zone) with Jamar Rogers. Kris auctioned off a song request to benefit Sophia's Heart, so he'll sing the winning bid!
• They've landed in Nassau!

Monday 2/25:

• Great recap of dinner from @ArtistSupporter 
• Video of Danny's performance here
• Picture of the guys from Monday's "Fancy Night" via @LittlePawns

• They've arrived in Freeport! Here's a nice pic of Danny Gokey by @Ang_716

• Nice picture from the Sunday night meet and greet by @LittlePawns (see the list for more pictures)

Sunday 2/24:

• Here's a picture of Kris (posted by Kris):

• Here's a pic of Danny (via @HartNurseDeb)

• Monday night is Fancy Night!
• Here's the boat (via @LittlePawns):

Throwback Thursday: December 20, 2009: Special Christmas Edition

Every Thursday we take a look back at some awesome Kris Allen video!

Today I need to make it up to you because I missed last week. Also, it's a special day: tonight at 8 pm is Kris' online StageIt Christmas show! Get your ticket if you haven't yet!

So of course this calls for a Christmas video! I've picked this one from a radio show he did in 2009 for 94.5 WPST in Trenton, NJ, featuring his versions of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and The Christmas Song:

Nice, huh? There's more where this came from on my YouTube playlist of Kris' Christmas Songs! Check it out!

And of course if you haven't yet bought Waiting for Christmas (coal in your stocking for that!) - well, you need to get on that!

Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays to all from KAL!

List: Make A Difference Evening for Ronald McDonald House of NYC, December 11, 2012

Make A Difference Evening,
a reception by the Jones Group to benefit Ronald McDonald House of New York City
December 11, 2012

Tonight Kris is one of the performers at a special charity benefit to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House of New York City. The benefit was originally scheduled for the week that Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and thus of course had to be rescheduled.

Others scheduled to appear include American Idol season 9 winner Lee DeWyze and season 6 standout Melinda Doolittle.

Throwback Thursday: June 25, 2010: Happy 25th Birthday Kris Allen (Alright with Moo)

We're back after a Thanksgiving break. (Usually) Every Thursday, we take a look back at a great video of Kris!

This week, as you may have already heard, Kris is in Kenya with World Vision USA on a charity mission. Make sure to check out their blog, Pinterest board and/or Facebook page for more information and some great videos!

To celebrate his latest good deeds, thought it would be appropriate this week to look at a fan video made for his birthday two years ago. A group of fans raised money to buy Kris a cow from Heifer International. (The cow is actually donated to a family in Africa.) Enough money was raised to buy over 50 cows and Kris was blown away by it.

Looking at the Alright With Moo video again, it's a great tribute to some other trips and missions Kris has done for charity, including clips from his Rwandan trip for Heifer International/Toms/Bridge2Rwanda, as well as his visit with the UN to aid in Haitian earthquake relief and subsequent American Idol appearance to perform Let It Be to raise money for that effort. It's all set to his version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, with a special guest appearance by a cow dancing to Alright With Me at the end.

So it's quite a video! Kudos to overth3moon for her work on it! Check it out!

Citadel Outlets Tree Lighting, November 10, 2012, Los Angeles, CA, November

11th Annual Tree Lighting
Citadel Outlets
Los Angeles, CA
November 10, 2012

Events start at 4 pm Pacific
Concert starts at 5 pm Pacific


The Krismas season has begun! Earlier this week, Kris announced his upcoming Krismas EP, Waiting for Christmas. And he's in Los Angeles today to help a local mall kick off the season properly!

For those who don't know the other performers, Ariana Grande is a huge star for kids and teens. (With over 3 million twitter followers, let's hope she drinks the milkshake!) She's the comic relief on Victorious and is getting her own show on Nickelodeon soon. Roshon was in Camp Rock and Colton Dixon was on the last season of American Idol.

For the list, I've been searching all of their replies, hope to see some new fans be won over today! And we've got some faithful list regulars going.

Updated 2018: Kris' former drummer Brad tweeted something about Ariana Grande, and it reminded me that Kris once co-headlined this mall Christmas concert! Fans had fun reminiscing on Twitter and I saw that this post needed an update. Luckily, Kris fan @SnapCracklyPop had a great YouTube playlist (thank you for the link @ISBinLA) - so enjoy this Krismas concert from 2012!

Archive: http://krisallensetlists.tumblr.com/post/35454469749/citadeltreelighting111012

Throwback Thursday: October 25, 2009: Happy Anniversary KAB!

Every Thursday, we take a look back at Kris in videos, and this week it's a special one! It's the third anniversary of the Kris Allen Band's first performance as a group!

Their first gig as a band? The Miami Dolphins Tailgate performance on October 25, 2009 - a five song peek into all the musical enjoyment we would come to expect from them!

If you want to reminisce a little more, check out this YouTube playlist:

But to celebrate, here's the very first song they did together as a band: Before We Come Undone! Happy Anniversary KAB!