Kris Allen Lists: Horizons

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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!

Friday, July 18, 2014

Concert: July 19, 2014: House of Blues, San Diego, CA

Concert

July 19, 2014

House of Blues

San Diego, CA

Doors 6:30 PM Pacific

Andy Grammer (Kris opening);

Trevor Davis (Opening Act)

Show and List Preview:
The second of Kris Allen's two California shows with Andy Grammer occurs tonight! Many of our list from last night got tickets for this show too. So we should be in great shape! (One note: Lenachka tweeted a fan that she will not be at this show.)

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:

100.7 Jack FM

The Ticket:

Photo by @ISBinLA

Photo by @summerdaze_

The Show:

Photo by @comebackstare

Set List:

Paul Simon (aka "Young Love" but not by me) [Video] [Video] [Video partial]
Everybody Just Wants to Dance (FKA "Dance") [Instagram] [Video] [Video] [mp3]
Beautiful and Wild [Instagram] [Instagram] [Instagram] [Video] [Video]
In Time [Instagram] [Instagram] [Video] [Video]
Team/Pompeii (Cover - Lorde/Pompeii mash-up) [Instagram] [Instagram] [Video] [Video] [Video]
Live Like We're Dying [Video] [Video]

Set List Tumblr Post

After the Show:

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Concert: July 18, 2014: House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

Concert

July 18, 2014

House of Blues

Anaheim, CA

Doors 7:30 PM Pacific
Show 8 PM Pacific

Opening for Andy Grammer;

Opening Act - Brett Young

Show and List Preview:
This is a very exciting show! It's the first show for Kris since he announced the release of his single, Prove It To You, as well as the imminent August 12 release of his new album, Horizons. Although we've heard many of the Horizons tracks already, we've not heard PITY done live yet. However, his duet partner, Lenachka, confirmed she will be at this show to perform the song. Plus he's teamed up with the awesome Andy Grammer for two west coast shows (this one and one the following night in San Diego, CA). Check out this week's Throwback Thursday post for an Andy/Kris friendship retrospective! I wish they could have made this a full-blown tour.

As far as our list, we have some great tweeters and video-takers which is normal for a Los Angeles-area show. We also have been chatting with some wonderful Andy Grammer fans and you'll find them on the list as well. We'll keep an eye out for surprise celebrity guests and friends of Kris to add to the list too. Who knows, Adam Lambert might even make an appearance as his summer tour with Queen has a gap in dates that night. (I'm kidding, it's very unlikely.) In unwelcome news, one person who won't be there: Cale. (Update: Also looks like drummer Steve did not make the trip.)

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity: