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'Idol' concert tour to begin in July

LOS ANGELES, April 28 (UPI) -- Tickets for the "American Idol Live! Tour 2010" are to go on sale in select markets next month, Live Nation said Wednesday.

Fans can start ordering tickets May 14 at LiveNation.com.

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The tour is to feature the "American Idol" Season 9 top 10 contestants: Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, Katie Stevens and Tim Urban.

The singers are expected to make 49 stops this summer at a mix of top arenas and amphitheaters across North America.

The Live Nation-promoted tour is to begin July 1 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit. It will run through Sept. 14 in Pittsburgh at the Consol Energy Center.

"We are all looking forward to this year's 'American Idol Live! Tour,'" Simon Fuller, creator and executive producer of "American Idol," said in a statement. "This is always one of the highlights of the year. Each of the Idols have the chance to meet the people that voted for them and perform at incredible venues all over America, another special moment in their developing careers."

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