2004 concert tour by Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson
Independent Tour Tour Book Cover
Associated album Measure of a Man Thankful Start date February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24 ) End date April 16, 2004 (2004-04-16 ) Legs 1 No. of shows32
The Independent Tour was a co-headlining tour by American recording artists Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken . The tour supported their debut albums, Thankful (2003) and Measure of a Man (2003). The tour only reached the United States during the winter and spring of 2004. Clarkson and Aiken performed individual shows before joining in a duet for Clarkson's encore. Many critics described the tour as the PG version of The Justified & Stripped Tour in 2003.[ 1] The tour placed 58th in Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Tours", earning over ten million dollars with 31 shows.[ 2] [ 3]
Background
Clarkson announced the tour via her official website on January 7, 2004. She wrote:
"hey what's up guys! I have some very exciting news! clay aiken and I have decided to team up and co-headline a US tour together. we’re really pumped about it and can’t wait to see y’all there. we’ll be announcing the exact tour dates soon but for now I wanted to give you guys the scoop first. more info to come. have a super day! God bless kelly :)"
Opening act
Setlist
Tour dates
Date
City (All U.S.)
Venue
Opening act(s)
Attendance
Revenue
February 24, 2004
Charlotte
Charlotte Coliseum
The Beu Sisters [ 6]
8,657 / 8,959
$367,875[ 7]
February 25, 2004
Duluth
Arena at Gwinnett Center
9,166 / 9,636
$417,642[ 7]
February 27, 2004
Tampa
St. Pete Times Forum
7,198 / 7,829
$323,247[ 7]
February 28, 2004
Miami
American Airlines Arena
5,395 / 6,204
$245,818[ 7]
March 1, 2004
Raleigh
RBC Center
13,538 / 13,538
$586,230[ 7]
March 2, 2004
Philadelphia
Liacouras Center
7,934 / 9,229
$368,378[ 7]
March 4, 2004
Uniondale
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
12,501 / 12,769
$565,198[ 7]
March 5, 2004
Washington, D.C.
MCI Center
10,627 / 12,102
$458,128[ 7]
March 7, 2004
Wilkes-Barre
Wachovia Arena
7,660 / 7,898
$321,470[ 7]
March 8, 2004
Worcester
Worcester Centrum Centre
10,408 / 10,408
$448,170[ 8]
March 10, 2004
Columbus
Value City Arena
9,279 / 11,270
$432,283[ 8]
March 11, 2004
Detroit
Joe Louis Arena
9,408 / 11,521
$431,584[ 8]
March 13, 2004
Winston-Salem
LJVM Coliseum
9,829 / 9,829
$438,918[ 8]
March 16, 2004[A]
Houston
Reliant Stadium
—
—
March 17, 2004[B]
Austin
Luedecke Arena
—
—
March 19, 2004
Grand Prairie
NextStage at Grand Prairie
6,094 / 6,094
$287,306[ 9]
March 21, 2004
St. Louis
Savvis Center
8,195 / 10,298
$375,595[ 8]
March 22, 2004
Chicago
United Center
10,002 / 10,724
$436,250[ 8]
March 24, 2004
Omaha
Qwest Center
7,081 / 7,526
$320,967[ 9]
March 26, 2004
Salt Lake City
Delta Center
—
—
March 27, 2004
Las Vegas
Thomas & Mack Center
—
—
March 30, 2004
San Diego
Cox Arena
—
—
March 31, 2004
Sacramento
ARCO Arena
9,123 / 10,442
$418,330[ 10]
April 2, 2004
Glendale
Glendale Arena
7,549 / 8,016
$365,943[ 10]
April 3, 2004
Anaheim
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
9,645 / 11,505
$427,555[ 10]
April 5, 2004
Los Angeles
Staples Center
8,131 / 9,388
$384,894[ 10]
April 6, 2004
San Jose
HP Pavilion at San Jose
8,315 / 12,131
$372,295[ 10]
April 8, 2004
Seattle
KeyArena
6,921 / 8,910
$304,625[ 11]
April 9, 2004
Spokane
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
—
—
April 13, 2004
Denver
Pepsi Center
5,960 / 10,080
$288,580[ 11]
April 15, 2004
Kansas City
Kemper Arena
6,666 / 10,557
$290,496[ 11]
April 16, 2004
Saint Paul
Xcel Energy Center
10,238 / 10,238
$464,227[ 12]
Total
225,520 / 257,101 (88%)
$10,142,004
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of the "Spring Break Stampede "[ 13]
B This concert was a part of the "Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo"[ 14]
Only Clarkson performed at these two events[ 15]
References
^ Moss, Corey (January 13, 2004). "Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson Plan Joint Headlining Tour" . MTV News . Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011 .
^ "Pollstar Online – Pollstar Year-End 2004" . Pollstar . Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. Retrieved December 7, 2011 .
^ "Tour" . The Official Homepage of Kelly Clarkson . RCA Records. 2004. Archived from the original on November 23, 2003. Retrieved December 7, 2011 .
^ "HOME ON THE RANGE PRODUCTION NOTES – ROUGH DRAFT" . Cinematic Intelligence Agency . April 14, 2004. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ a b Moss, Corey (August 6, 2004). "Cutielicious: Kelly And Clay's Live Show Heavy On The Sugar" . MTV News . Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011 .
^ "HOME ON THE RANGE PRODUCTION NOTES – ROUGH DRAFT" . Cinematic Intelligence Agency . April 14, 2004. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ a b c d e f g h i "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses" . Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 12. New York. March 20, 2004. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ a b c d e f "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses" . Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 16. New York. 17 April 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 8 December 2011 .
^ a b "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses" . Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 18. New York. May 1, 2004. p. 27. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ a b c d e "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses" . Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 20. New York. May 15, 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ a b c "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses" . Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 21. New York. May 22, 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses" . Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 19. New York. May 8, 2004. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
^ Clark, Michael D. (17 November 2003). "Rocker John Mayer kicking off RodeoHouston" . Houston Chronicle . Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011 .
^ "Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo- Concerts" . Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo . 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2011 .
^ "Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken announce thirty city concert tour" .
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