Kris Allen will cover The Beatles' song 'Hey Jude', Adam Lambert will do a medley of David Bowie's tracks, and Allison Iraheta will perform Janis Joplin's single 'Cry Baby' on 'American Idol' Tour.
- July 2, 2009
AceShowbiz -
Kris Allen reveals that one of the five songs he will perform on Top Ten "American Idol" Summer Tour is The Beatles' 1968 track called "Hey Jude". He tells E! Online, "I'm doing some songs from the show. I can say one: 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles. It's gonna be huge. I do five songs."
The winner of Idol season eight furthermore explains that he will "go last" at the upcoming live concerts. He adds, "I have nothing to do until later, but I'm so weird I'll probably be watching from the wings anyway."
While Kris is set to do The Beatles, Adam Lambert is scheduled to deliver a medley of David Bowie's songs. "I'm closing with a David Bowie medley that goes from 'Life on Mars' into 'Fame' into 'Let's Dance.' It's doing major justice to the original Bowie intention behind them, but we're adding synthy, dancey electronic elements to it. I'm wearing a custom-made blue, metallic silver bomber jacket with tails and spikes and studs by Skin Graft. They've hooked me up with some really sick fashion," he details his upcoming performance.
Allison Iraheta, meanwhile, is scheduled to sing three songs, one of which is Janis Joplin's track "Cry Baby". She shares to E! Online, "I'm doing three songs. One is one from the show, 'Cry Baby'. I really enjoyed doing that one so much. My set is rock. I'm gonna be sweating. After rehearsal the other day, Kris gave me a hug and he was like, 'ewww.' My shirt was soaked in sweat. It was funny. So, yeah, I'll be the sweaty one on tour."
Top Ten "American Idol" Summer Tour will be started at Rose Garden in Portland on July 5, and wrapped up at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester on September 15. Each concert will be closed with "Don't Stop Believing" performance by all of the singers.
