Independent Tour

Independent Tour

Tour by Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson
Tour Book Cover
Associated album	Measure of a Man Thankful
Start date	February 24, 2004
End date	April 16, 2004
Legs	1
No. of shows	32 in North America
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The Independent Tour is a co-headlining tour by American recording artists Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken. The tour supported their debut albums, Thankful and Measure of a Man. 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]

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

• The Beu Sisters^[3]

Setlist

Aiken^[4] 

1. "Kyrie"
2. "Perfect Day"
3. "I Will Carry You"
4. "All About Love"
5. "No More Sad Songs"
6. "When You Say You Love Me"
7. "Without You" (Badfinger cover)
8. "Invisible"
9. "Run to Me"
10. Medley: "Measure of a Man" / "Fields of Gold" / "Carolina in My Mind" (Sting & James Taylor cover)
11. "When I Need You"

Encore

12. "When Doves Cry"
13. "The Way"

Clarkson^[4] 

1. "Low"
2. "What's Up Lonely"
3. "The Trouble with Love Is"
4. "Just Missed the Train"
5. "Some Kind of Miracle"
6. "Beautiful Disaster"
7. "Stuff Like That There" (Betty Hutton cover)
8. "Why Haven't I Heard from You" (Reba McEntire cover)
9. "You Thought Wrong"
10. "The Bounce (The Luv)"
11. "Timeless"
12. "Anytime"
13. "Thankful"

Encore

14. "Miss Independent"
15. "A Moment Like This"
16. "Open Arms"

Notes

• During the concert in Grand Prairie, Clarkson performed "You Thought Wrong" with Tamyra Gray.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[5]
February 24, 2004	Charlotte	United States	Charlotte Coliseum
February 25, 2004	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center
February 27, 2004	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
February 28, 2004	Miami		American Airlines Arena
March 1, 2004	Raleigh		RBC Center
March 2, 2004	Philadelphia		Liacouras Center
March 4, 2004	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 5, 2004	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
March 7, 2004	Wilkes-Barre		Wachovia Arena
March 8, 2004	Worcester		Worcester Centrum Centre
March 10, 2004	Columbus		Value City Arena
March 11, 2004	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
March 13, 2004	Winston–Salem		LJVM Coliseum
March 16, 2004^[A]	Houston		Reliant Stadium
March 17, 2004^[B]	Austin		Luedecke Arena
March 19, 2004	Grand Prairie		NextStage at Grand Prairie
March 21, 2004	St. Louis		Savvis Center
March 22, 2004	Chicago		United Center
March 24, 2004	Omaha		Qwest Center Arena
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
April 2, 2004	Glendale		Glendale Arena
April 3, 2004	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
April 5, 2004	Los Angeles		Staples Center
April 6, 2004	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
April 8, 2004	Seattle		KeyArena
April 9, 2004	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
April 13, 2004	Denver		Pepsi Center
April 15, 2004	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
April 16, 2004	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of the "Spring Break Stampede"^[6]

^B This concert was a part of the "Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo"^[7]

• Only Clarkson performed at these two events^[8]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Charlotte Coliseum	Charlotte	8,657 / 8,959 (97%)	$367,875[9]
Gwinnett Civic Center Arena	Duluth	9,166 / 9,636 (95%)	$417,642[9]
St. Pete Times Forum	Tampa	7,198 / 7,829 (92%)	$323,247[9]
American Airlines Arena	Miami	5,395 / 6,204 (87%)	$245,818[9]
RBC Center	Raleigh	13,538 / 13,538 (100%)	$586,230[9]
Liacouras Center	Philadelphia	7,934 / 9,229 (86%)	$368,378[9]
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale	12,501 / 12,769 (98%)	$565,198[9]
MCI Center	Washington, D.C.	10,627 / 12,102 (88%)	$458,128[9]
Wachovia Arena	Wilkes-Barre	7,660 / 7,898 (97%)	$321,470[9]
Worcester's Centrum Centre	Worcester	10,408 / 10,408 (100%)	$448,170[10]
Value City Arena	Columbus	9,279 / 11,270 (82%)	$432,283[10]
Joe Louis Arena	Detroit	9,408 / 11,521 (82%)	$431,584[10]
LJVM Coliseum	Winston–Salem	9,829 / 9,829 (100%)	$438,918[10]
NextStage at Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie	6,094 / 6,094 (100%)	$287,306[11]
Savvis Center	St. Louis	8,195 / 10,298 (79%)	$375,595[10]
United Center	Chicago	10,002 / 10,724 (93%)	$436,250[10]
Qwest Center Arena	Omaha	7,081 / 7,526 (94%)	$320,967[11]
ARCO Arena	Sacramento	9,123 / 10,442 (87%)	$418,330[12]
Glendale Arena	Glendale	7,549 / 8,016 (94%)	$365,943[12]
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	Anaheim	9,645 / 11,505 (84%)	$427,555[12]
Staples Center	Los Angeles	8,131 / 9,388 (87%)	$384,894[12]
HP Pavilion at San Jose	San Jose	8,315 / 12,131 (68%)	$372,295[12]
KeyArena	Seattle	6,921 / 8,910 (78%)	$304,625[13]
Pepsi Center	Denver	5,960 / 10,080 (59%)	$288,580[13]
Kemper Arena	Kansas City	6,666 / 10,557 (63%)	$290,496[13]
Xcel Energy Center	Saint Paul	10,238 / 10,238 (100%)	$464,227[14]
TOTAL		225,520 / 257,101 (88%)	$10,142,004

References

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