June 29, 2009

Adam Lambert, Kris Allen To Hit The Road For 'American Idol' Tour

By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Grace Jackson (MTV.com)

In a little more than a week, the top 10 finalists will hit 50 cities for the American Idols Live! tour, starting in Portland, Oregon, on July 5. With the pressure turned up now that they're in the final days of rehearsals, the Idols are dishing about what you'll see from them when they hit the road together this summer.

MTV News caught up with everyone in the top 10, including Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta, in Los Angeles as they prepared for the tour. "This tour's going to be so awesome," Iraheta said. "There's definitely going to be some stuff that we've done before on the show and also some new stuff."

Allen, this year's winner, also shared his excitement to hit the road, saying that each finalist will bring a different vibe to their sets. "I feel like it's going to be 10 little shows," he said, "with 10 really talented people. It's going to be incredible."

The one person who definitely brought theatrics to the Idol stage week after week, Adam Lambert, promised the drama will be turned up when the tour starts. Lambert revealed that his outfits will include "studs, rivets and spikes."

"I'm really excited to do the songs that people fell in love with on the show, but then also to bring some new stuff to the table," he said. "I'm actually going to be performing a David Bowie medley at the end of my set, and we're bringing a lot more of an electronic element in to that, make it very 2009."