2009 Lookback | Kris Allen does NY media appearances in August 2009

Continuing with our lookback at Kris Allen's 2009, we've reached August. August 2009 was a wonderful month, with a cell cast of an Idol tour stop almost every night and the media bonanza that was the New York City area stops. This post will include the New York media. Read on for the videos, mp3s and memories!

2009 Lookback | Kris Allen headlines Season 8's American Idols Live Summer Tour

It's summer, it's hot, and it's time to lookback at a happier time - Summer of 2009, when Kris Allen and his fellow season 8 American Idols went on tour! Devoted fans of the season logged on their computers for each show's cellcast. (Yes, that's right, back in 2009 we listened to someone at the show sharing the garbled audio from their cell phone.) A few of the shows were livestreamed thanks to some intrepid Adam Lambert fans who started a UStream account (gotta give credit when credit is due! The Adamcast as it was called was much better quality than the cellcasts.) People had nice cameras in 2009 and where livestreaming was off and on, pretty much every show featured spectacular live videos, which made the Idol tour 2009 easy to follow.

As for this blog's subject? Kris Allen, having won Idol, got to close the show.  I'll have a few more posts about the 2009 summer tour coming up that will focus on some specific fun things (the NY shows, the show I went to (Philadelphia) and the tour finale in Manchester, NH). This post, however, will focus on the overall tour and also contain Kris' setlist and some favorite videos from the starting shows of the tour (including the now hard to find official Bright Lights video). Enjoy the memories from a far more innocent summer ten years ago!

2009 Lookback | Kris Allen Does Post-Idol Winner's Press, May 2009

So it's May 21, 2009, and Kris Allen just won American Idol.



Now it's time for him to do a TON of press. Back in 2009, American Idol was still a BIG thing and the finale, with its "upset" winner, got a lot of attention. In this post, we'll look back at some of those interviews... Full disclosure. May 2009 was a busy time in my life, and while I made time to watch Idol, in a lot of cases, writing this post will be the first time I watch most of these interviews! Hopefully for those of you who have seen them before, you'll enjoy some fond memories or pick up on some new items. I also have a lot of mp3s of live Heartless and No Boundaries in this post. So sit back, and check out all the media from May 2009 after the break. And if I missed anything from May of 2009, please comment and I'll add to this post!

Idol | Top Three Week of American Idol Season 8 (2009): Kris Allen Goes Home and Slays Heartless

We've reached two of the best episodes in American Idol history in our lookback at Kris Allen's 2009. It's top three week and Kris, Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey visit their hometowns and duke it out for the chance to be a finalist for the title of American Idol 2009. Let's get right to it, because this post is going to be JAMPACKED with videos and mp3s!

Idol Tour 2018: September 7: Kris Allen and the Idols play the Chicago Area

It's back to the Chicago area for Kris Allen on the Idol tour. The Idol Tour in 2009 played Rosemont, a western suburb. Back in those days, the tour played the Allstate Arena there and the crowd was allowed to be enthusiastic:



Let's hope this smaller theatre lets the 2018 Idols and their fans have some fun. Ticket link below; come back after the show for coverage. Set list is here.

September 7, 2018: Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL

Updated 10/2/2018 with better videos! Enough to earn Chicago #gavegoodlist

Idol Tour 2018: August 15 and 16: Kris Allen and the Idols take on the Big Apple!

Kris Allen and the Idols hit New York City today for press! And then play a show in Long Island tomorrow! I think they scheduled that one around Ang's birthday.

I might have to post some Kris idol tour 2009 NYC memories on Twitter! (@KrisAllenLists)

Here's what we know is happening today and tomorrow!

August 15: Performance at Empire State Building with Maddie and Caleb Kris was unable to make it (he's under the weather) but we did get video of Maddie and Caleb (inside post).

August 16: The Space at Westbury Theater, Westbury, NY We've got some videos and photos from Ang and some ladies she met at the show! I'll be adding these as I get them after the break.

 (I'll put the press stuff and the concert videos after the break.) In the meantime, here's a goodie from 2009 NYC Idol press coverage:



Updated 8/16/2018: Westbury show gave us some videos thanks to Ang! If you are here looking for what was sung, the set list is here.