News | Kris Allen and David Cook are going to tour Europe in 2020

Well this is welcome and exciting news! Many of us have long wanted Kris Allen and David Cook to do more collaborations. They've shared the occasional billing or stage, but this is an honest to goodness tour, and even better, it's Kris' first tour in Europe (beyond the USO tours).

Here are the dates, locations and ticket links for the tour!

Updated March 19, 2020: Sad news. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour is postponed. I'm leaving the dates/links up so fans can get updated information on refunds or rescheduled dates.

04/11 – Luxor, Cologne, Germany
04/12 – Frannz, Berlin, Germany
04/13 – Knust, Hamburg, Germany
04/15 – Whelan's, Dublin, Ireland
04/17 – Bush Hall, London, UK
04/18 – The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
04/19 – King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, UK
04/21 – Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen, Denmark
04/22 – Skive Theater, Skive, Denmark
04/24 – Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden
04/26 – On the Rocks, Helsinki, Finland

Hoping they bring this tour to America! And continue to bring us wacky videos like this tour announcement!

DCO | (VIDEO) David Cook @thedavidcook & Kris Allen @KrisAllen Go to Europe Acoustic Tour 2020! https://t.co/b9ym1AenVb

— David Cook News/Info (@FoolsApril64) October 23, 2019

Updated December 6: The guys have just announced a show in Utah on March 28. Hmmm, US tour in the works or just getting prepped for the Europe tour?

10 Years One Night Tour | Fall Tour 2019 Announced by Kris Allen

Exciting news: Kris Allen announced a fall tour! It will be a small venue, solo acoustic tour and to quote one of the venues (NYC's Cutting Room), "Celebrating 10 years from his monumental American Idol win, platinum-selling singer/songwriter Kris Allen is taking his stories and career-defining songs out on the road in a rare, intimate solo-acoustic performance."

Sounds wonderful! We'll cover this tour as always, but in the meantime, tickets for most shows are available! Go to Kris' official website for all the dates and ticket links!

Throwback Thursday: June 12, 2010: Kris Allen Band performs in Cherokee, NC

Every Thursday we take a look back at Kris Allen's career via video.

So four years ago, Kris and his band spent the month of June 2010 on his first headlining tour. The tour took them across the country and provided some of our fondest memories of the Kris Allen Band live. While touring can take place anytime of the year, there is just something special about a summer tour. So I have to admit, I am disappointed it isn't happening this year.

Why no summer tour? Probably because the album release is looking more likely for August? Not to mention, Big Daddy has gotten himself a summer job with another band playing the Warped tour (which wraps up August 3). And there are those weekly emails with new show announcements from my local music venues. They are all up to announcing Fall shows now and are pretty much the most depressing emails I get. Plus a look at the calendar at the bottom of this page will show you one gig in June, nothing in July, but a number of college gigs in late August and early September. Plus of course Lentil Fest. (Tip for the calendar, click the Agenda setting.)

So don't despair even though I've penned this depressing post. I truly believe there will be a tour. Soon. Hopefully not the Kris Allen version of soon. And we do have a show coming up in June on Kris' birthday, June 21. You can read more about it here, and also learn about all the different birthday plans for Kris being put together by fans. If you are in Ohio or Michigan, you should go to his show if you can!

But oh yeah - this was a Throwback Thursday post. Well, it feels like a lifetime waiting for REAL news about this upcoming album and tour from Kris, so let's go with Lifetime from Cherokee, NC, June 12, 2010:


Enjoy!

February 2014 Tour and List Preview!

How excited are we!!!!?

Kris Allen's mini-tour this month gets underway Saturday, February 8, in Watseka, IL!

In recent interviews, Kris has indicated that this month's tour is to get the FULL band used to each other and to work out some of the new songs in a live setting. Every time he tweets about the tour, I see many of you reply in despair that he is not coming your way. If you live in the USA, relax. He is coming your way later this year! (Another thing he has said in recent interviews.) If you want to see all the scheduled dates and events I do know of (including the ones that aren't "official" yet and thus not on KAO or Little Pawns, scroll down to the bottom of this page to the calendar (aka the Kralendar).

By the way, if you are a google calendar user, you can click the little google calendar logo at the bottom to add the Kralendar to your calendar. Another tip: I like the calendar best when you click on the "Agenda" tab - gives you a nice simple list of upcoming dates.

But back to the tour preview!

This week, the band has been rehearsing in Nashville. It will be full band, which I am assuming means:

• Kris on vocals and guitar (@KrisAllen)
• Cale on guitar (@calevis24 but sadly taking a way too long twitter break)
• Andrew S.M. on keyboards (@thenmarie)
• Torres back on the bass! And maybe the box? (still no Twitter)

And introducing the new drummer for the Kris Allen Band, Steve Soderholm (@SteveSoderholm)!

Photo by @KrisAllen 

I think Steve looks like he will fit right in!

Big Daddy (@BigDaddySays) returns as tour manager. He is already having the usual trouble with the road vehicle.

And of course, we'll be back with live tweets from each show, courtesy of our twitter lists! If you aren't on Twitter (and you really should be if you are a Kris fan, but if it's just not for you) - the lists are embedded over here in a post to go with each show. If you aren't sure what Twitter lists are, or how they work, read my updated FAQ.

I'll also be continuing our new format of giving you pre- and post-show publicity, press, pictures and the setlist here as well, with each show's post. The post and list for each show will normally go live the night before or the morning of the show (depending on my schedule). As soon as possible the day after a show, I'll update our Tumblr and our spreadsheet to keep track of the setlists.

So get psyched! Live Kris Allen is the best Kris Allen and great shows and new music are coming our way!

 - KAL