Concert | Kris Allen plays drive in concert in Nashville, June 3, 2020 and KAL catch-up

Kris Allen's former tour manager and good friend Sean aka Big Daddy has been doing a series of drive-in concerts in Nashville this week (as covered by this article in Rolling Stone Country). Kris is playing the one on May 31. 

UPDATE: Due to a curfew imposed in Nashville, the show was postponed until June 3. Kris gave an impassioned speech about current times in addition to performing. Check out the video below at the 53 minute mark.

Also, just need to do a little catch-up. As we know, these are historic and scary times, with many changes. I hope all of my readers are well and safe. 

On a personal note, I have taken on a new and much more demanding job in the last month. It's a fantastic professional opportunity, but one month in, I can tell it is going to to cut into the time I spend on this blog and following Kris in general. So that's why I'm not tweeting as much and why I haven't had time to do a post about the rescheduled dates for the European tour or the Thursday night livestreams replaying his albums in full that he's been doing on his Instagram live account (you can find the ones he has saved here).  I'm thinking through the best way to retool KAL to reflect the time I've got available to spend on it (not much) while still being a great place for fans to catch up. 

House Show | Kris Allen plays a house show with Jon McLaughlin in Nashville, January 25, 2020

Photo by Buddy's Place

I'll be honest, it's been so quiet on the Kris front that I forgot he had scheduled this joint show with friend and fellow singer-songwriter Jon McLaughlin. If you are a Kris fan and not familiar with Jon's music, check him out and I think you'll like it.

The two played a house show at Buddy's Place Nashville last night and luckily for all of us Annie (@ameeliu) was there! Kris premiered a new song called Mr. Right Next Door. (You can hear that song in my March 19 post.) Media after the break...

Appearance August 16, 2019: Kris Allen joins David Cook on stage in Nashville

Photo by Jordan Burger

Got a little surprise yesterday! I thought that Kris was firmly in new dad mode and so I wasn't paying attention to Twitter or IG, but then suddenly my friend at the David Cook show in Nashville posts a photo of Kris on stage with David. I checked Twitter and people were already looking for video! David Cook fans are fantastic videoers and streamers and sharers, so there's tons of posts already out there, but here's a video of the two guys performing In My Eyes by Peter Gabriel last night. Since David Cook fans did us a good turn, we'll return the favor and share this mp3.



And here's more photos taken by their booking agent:

Kris Allen performing with David Cook at The Basement Nashville for Summer Sessions / The Fall Sounds Tour

Photos: Jordan Burger @jo2thabu pic.twitter.com/yGFSxBeZF3

— KrisAlleNation PH 🇵🇭 (@KrisAllenPHL) August 17, 2019

Concert | Kris Allen joins other artists to perform a tribute to Paul Simon on May 29, 2019 in Nashville

Graceland, a Tribute to Paul Simon

May 29, 2019

The Basement East, Nashville, TN

8 PM CDT

Tickets and information

Kris joins a line-up of singer-songwriters to perform a tribute to Paul Simon. He performed at a similar tribute in 2016, and again in 2017, so we know this will be a great event.

Updated 6/2/2019: Kris performed Graceland and joined the group to perform You Can Call Me Al and Homeless. Videos and photos after the break. (6/2 - Added high quality video of You Can Call Me Al)

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

Charity | March 25, 2019: Kris Allen and Others Perform in Nashville for Cancer Charity Benefit

In 2018, Kris was named the "Man of the Year" for his fundraising efforts on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Nashville. He's still raising money for the charity, and last night appeared at a benefit in Nashville. As with most private charity events, we've got very little media, but what we get, I'll put in this post.

Updated 4/28/2019 with some new videos the amazing @krisjonin just found

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.

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!

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!!

A post shared by Jordan Burger (@jo2thabu) on Oct 24, 2018 at 11:02pm PDT

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!

Idol Tour 2018: September 9 and 10: Kris comes home to Nashville and then back out to Dayton

We are in the final ten days of the tour now! I'm so excited for Kris to play the historic Ryman, even if it is as host of the Idol tour 2018. After a stop in his adopted hometown of Nashville, the tour heads back out to Dayton, Ohio.

September 9: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN - Nashville is just always a city that never shares video. 

September 10: The Rose Music Center at the Heights, Huber Heights, OH (Dayton area) - some video; not much

 The set list for the Idol tour concerts is here. 

Updated September 13 with a little from Nashville. Not much.  But some good stuff, especially for Idol 2.1 fans.

June 2018 catch-up post

So this is a catch-up post for all things Kris for the last few weeks! Real life has kept me very busy. Apologies for that! Here's what's been happening Kris-wise:

New single on Friday June 29!
We never see Kris tweet anything anymore (it's all IG stories from him) so it was a great and nice surprise to see this little bit of news pop up:

....NEW MUSIC FRIDAY.... link to presave the song to your Spotify! https://t.co/cPhCr9WbpJ pic.twitter.com/YubFuGXl0D

— Kris Allen (@KrisAllen) June 26, 2018

That's right - new single on June 29. It will also be out on Apple music and iTunes. Kris has been chatting with fans about it on his IG post.

UPDATE: And it's premiered! You can stream the new song here exclusively today (6/28).

UPDATE: It's out! Go here for all the purchase and streaming links.

Show on June 23
We had almost no advance notice of this (which is why you should follow me on Twitter, because I did have a second to RT the tweet from one of the other performers). Kris performed at the Listening Room in Nashville on June 23. We know he sang Faster Shoes and that's about all we know. I wonder if he performed that new single? If you were there, let us know in the comments!

Checking out Kris Allen, Dean Fields, and Maybe April. An American songwriter, America’s sweethearts, and an American Idol!!! #singersongwriter @maybeaprilmusic @kris_allen #countrymusic @listeningroomcafe

A post shared by Travischeyennemusic (@travischeyennemusic) on Jun 23, 2018 at 4:24pm PDT

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

Festival: April 6, 2018: Tin Pan South, Nashville, TN

Tin Pan South performance

April 6, 2018

The Local

Nashville, TN

6:30 PM CDT

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Kris plays the Tin Pan South festival for singer-songwriters. This annual festival attracts many name performers. Kris last performed at it in 2015, where he debuted Waves  and the Dames' song Belle Meade Gal (sorry no video of that to link and good gravy, this was three years ago!!).

Anything we get from this year, I'll post here! It would be cool if he did Never in a Million Years with Tony Lucca (since he co-wrote it). It would be even cooler if we got new music!

Updated 4/10/2018: Found the set list and a cool behind the scenes video. Was there a premiere? Maybe? (Confirmed, there was!) After the jump...

Concert: March 19, 2018: Janelle Arthur and Friends, Nashville, TN

Janelle Arthur and friends

Listening Room Cafe

Nashville, TN

March 19, 2018

8:30 PM

Not sure if this is a writer's round or just some friends jamming, but former Season 12 idol Janelle Arthur is doing a concert with some friends at a Nashville venue, and one of those friends is Kris.

Updated 3/20/2018: Got the set list and a few photos!

Somethin' About Christmas Tour: December 19, 2017: Nashville, TN

City Winery Nashville

December 19, 2017

Opening Act: Marie Miller

Ticket and info link

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The tour isn't over yet, but Kris makes a quick stop in his current home of Nashville. I bet the kids will come!

Updated 12/20/2017: Not quite at DC or Boston sharing levels yet, but Nashville for once actually did have some media! Some really good pictures and mini-videos. And we did have an attempted streamer who got busted, sadly. But keep it up, Nashville, sharing is caring!

College Show: October 6, 2017: Vanderbilt University, Nashville

Photo by @jasonisthename

It was no Goo Goo Dolls play the historic lawn of a historic university's bicentennial (although how I wish Kris would copy the Goo Goo Dolls who regularly stream their live performances on Facebook), but Kris played Vanderbilt University's homecoming weekend last night.

No advance publicity, so sorry for the late post. Whatever media I find will be posted after the jump.

Concert: August 4, 2017: Musicians Corner Acoustic Friday Night, Nashville, TN

Musicians Corner presents: Acoustic Friday Night
August 4, 2017

Centennial Park

Nashville, TN

Lineup starts 5:00 PM CDT
Kris is on at 7:50 PM CDT

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Preview:
Kris is doing another free gig for Musicians Corner. The last one sadly got canceled due to a forecast tropical storm that petered out. Let's hope the forecast works out this time!

Updated 8/5/2017: A rainy day turned into a mild and dry night, perfect for a summer concert under the moon. Have the set list. Kris premiered a new mashup for Monster with Childish Gambino's Redbone. Don't think we will get video - although check out IG stories posted last night by Muscornernash and teamkrisallen (remember, those go poof and disappear after 24 hours). You need to view those on your phone using the IG app. I do have a few photos. Whatever we get will be after the jump.

Charity Show: July 26, 2017: Musicians Corner Presents a Tribute to Paul Simon's Graceland, Nashville, TN

Musicians Corner presents: A Tribute to Paul Simon's Graceland
July 26, 2017
Nashville, TN

Doors 6 PM; Show 8 PM CDT

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Preview:
Kris joins musician friends such as Tony Lucca (with whom he co-wrote Never in a Million Years) and Marie Miller (who opened for him on west coast leg of last year's Letting You In tour), for this charity gig in Nashville to benefit Musicians Corner. The theme is a salute to Paul Simon's landmark album Graceland. Kris has participated in similar charity benefit tributes in past years, and we were lucky to have most of them livestreamed and/or video'ed - rare for Nashville shows!  We also got some really great performances from them. Hopefully the same will be true this time. Tickets are still available, so if you are in Nashville, go support them!

Updated 8/1/2017: We are in luck as our friend Annie was there and did get video (which has been added to the post). Kris did three songs - one solo, one duet and one group number at the end. Details, videos and photos in the post after the break! Thank you Annie!

CANCELED: Concert: Musicians Corner, June 23, 2017, Nashville, TN

Acoustic Friday Night
Musicians Corner

June 23, 2017

Centennial Park
Nashville, TN
Canceled due to bad weather

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Preview:
Kris is joining some other artists for a live acoustic concert in Nashville this Friday night. Hopefully Tropical Storm Cindy's remnants won't soak everyone! It sounds fun, as Kris is bringing his friend Melinda Doolittle and others to join him for some special songs they've worked up for his set. Sounds like it could be full band too (based on the people he tagged in his IG post). Stay dry Nashville!

(Admin note: Sorry I've been so silent! A real-life work project and some personal traveling has kept me pretty busy.)

Update: Show has been canceled due to weather (Tropical Storm Cindy's remnants). Kris plans to attend a concert the next day in the same location (but he won't be performing).

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