Only five American Idol finalists remain - but 10 will soon be coming to a city near you.
The Fox series has announced its full slate of summer tour stops, as Skylar Laine, Phillips Phillips and the remaining contestants will be joined by the five most recently eliminated singers, starting in Detroit on July 6.
Who are you most excited to see in person? Ponder that question as you plan when you'll go see the Idols in tour. Dates/locations are listed below.
Jul 06 - Detroit, MI at Joe Louis Arena
Jul 07 - Rosemont, IL at Allstate Arena
Jul 09 - Minneapolis, MN at Target Center
Jul 11 - St. Louis, MO at Scottrade Center
Jul 12 - Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center
Jul 14 - Broomfield, CO at 1STBANK Center
Jul 16 - West Valley City, UT at Maverik Center
Jul 18 - Seattle, WA at Key Arena at Seattle Center
Jul 19 - Portland, OR at Rose Garden
Jul 21 - Sacramento, CA at Power Balance Pavilion
Jul 22 - San Jose, CA at HP Pavilion at San Jose
Jul 23 - Los Angeles, CA at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
Jul 25 - Ontario, CA at Citizens Business Bank Arena
Jul 26 - San Diego, CA at Valley View Casino Center
Jul 27 - Glendale, AZ at Jobing.com Arena
Jul 29 - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
Jul 30 - Lafayette, LA at Cajundome
Jul 31 - Jackson, MS at Mississippi Coliseum
Aug 02 - Orlando, FL at Amway Center
Aug 03 - Sunrise, FL at BankAtlantic Center
Aug 05 - Duluth, GA at Arena at Gwinnett Center
Aug 06 - N. Charleston, SC at North Charleston Coliseum
Aug 08 - Washington, DC at Verizon Center
Aug 09 - Baltimore, MD at 1st Mariner Arena
Aug 11 - Columbus, OH at Schottenstein Center
Aug 12 - Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena
Aug 14 - Pittsburgh, PA at Consol Energy Center
Aug 15 - Rochester, NY at Blue Cross Arena
Aug 16 - Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
Aug 18 - Manchester, NH at Verizon Wireless Arena
Aug 19 - Worcester, MA at DCU Center
Aug 21 - Philadelphia, PA at Wells Fargo Center
Aug 22 - Long Island, NY at Nassau Coliseum
Aug 25 - Portland, ME at Cumberland County Civic Center
Aug 26 - Providence, RI at Dunkin Donuts Center
Aug 28 - Newark, NJ at Prudential Center
Aug 30 - Albany, NY at Times Union Center
Sept 01 - Bridgeport, CT at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard
Sept 02 - Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena
Sept 04 - Syracuse, NY at War Memorial at OnCenter
Sept 06 - Wilkes Barre, PA at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
Sept 07 - Atlantic City, NJ at Boardwalk Hall
Sept 08 - Reading, PA at Sovereign Center
Sept 10 - Cincinnati, OH at US Bank Arena
Sept 11 - Milwaukee, WI at Bradley Center
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Microsoft really wants to make sure it can compete against Amazon and Apple in the e-books space -- and it's putting its money where its mouth is. In addition to the $300 million Microsoft is investing for a 17.6 percent stake in Newco, the un-named subsidiary that will now house B&N's Nook and other digital businesses, it looks like it is putting other money towards the venture, according to the 8-K form filed by Barnes & Noble earlier today. A section called "Commercial Agreement" notes that Microsoft will be paying the Barnes & Noble subsidiary $180 million in connection with revenue sharing on the Nook app that B&N will make for the Windows 8 platform. This is nonrefundable, the filing notes. Microsoft is also paying $125 million (equal to $25 million over five years) "for purposes of assisting NewCo in acquiring local digital reading content and technology development." This, too, looks to be nonrefundable.
