After weeks of vague commercials and speculation, we now have most of the details about the upcoming The Voice summer tour, which was officially unveiled today.
All three Season 5 finalists – winner Tessanne Chin (Team Adam), runner-up Jacquie Lee (Team Christina) and second runner-up Will Champlin (Team Adam) – will participate, as will Season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton (Team Blake).
A fifth alumni will be added to the tour next month “by America via social media,” specifics of which were not disclosed. (You’ll recall just yesterday we offered our suggestions at Fan Voice.)
After the three finalists from the currently airing Season 6 are named, those three artists will also join the tour. Season 6 is slated to end on May 20.
The 31-stop tour begins on June 21 and ends on August 2nd; tickets for all dates except the Indio, CA stop go on sale this Thursday at 10 AM local time via thevoice.com/tour. Here’s a list of all the stops and show dates that have been announced:
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21-Jun |
San Antonio, TX | Majestic Theatre |
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22-Jun |
Grand Prairie, TX | Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie |
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23-Jun |
Houston, TX | Bayou Music Center |
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25-Jun |
Tampa, FL | David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts |
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26-Jun |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Broward Center for the Performing Arts |
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27-Jun |
Orlando, FL | Bob Carr Performing Arts Center |
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29-Jun |
Atlanta, GA | Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre |
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30-Jun |
Charlotte, NC | Ovens Auditorium |
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2-Jul |
Hershey, PA | Hershey Theatre |
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3-Jul |
Lowell, MA | Lowell Memorial Auditorium |
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5-Jul |
Atlantic City, NJ | The Mark Etess Arena at Trump Taj Mahal |
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7-Jul |
New York, NY | Beacon Theatre |
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8-Jul |
Baltimore, MD | Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric |
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10-Jul |
Toronto, ON | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts |
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11-Jul |
Niagara Falls, NY | Seneca Niagara Events Center |
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12-Jul |
Mashantucket, CT | The Grand Theater at Foxwoods |
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14-Jul |
Cleveland, OH | Playhouse Square – State Theatre |
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15-Jul |
Detroit, MI | Masonic Temple Theatre |
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16-Jul |
Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
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17-Jul |
Minneapolis, MN | Mystic Lake Casino Hotel |
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19-Jul |
Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee Riverside Theater |
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20-Jul |
St. Louis, MO | Peabody Opera House |
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22-Jul |
Denver, CO | Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre |
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24-Jul |
Phoenix, AZ | Comerica Theatre |
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25-Jul |
Las Vegas, NV | The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino |
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26-Jul |
Indio, CA* | Fantasy Springs Resort Special Events Center |
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27-Jul |
San Diego, CA | San Diego Civic Theatre |
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29-Jul |
Los Angeles, CA | Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE |
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30-Jul |
San Jose, CA | City National Civic |
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1-Aug |
Portland, OR | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
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2-Aug |
Redmond, WA | Marymoor Park |
Die-hard fans of the show will know that this is the second time that a concert tour has been launched for the Emmy-winning reality competition. The Voice Live on Tour was a limited tour that played after Season 1 of the show, featuring that season’s finalists and semifinalists (including Dia Frampton). The tour was quietly dropped sometime between then and the conclusion of Season 2 with low ticket sales cited as the reason.
What do you think of a revived Voice tour? Will you go? Do you believe it’s fair to determine the one alumni spot via social media? Let us know your thoughts on the announcement in the comments.
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Big Red Chairs 
You have to make money or we can’t go to see the show, right? I am a devoted fan. I’d pick the current reigning champ. Then pick the others from the contestants who are currently bringing in the biggest crowds on tour; i.e., cash. And see if you can get any of the judges and celebrity guest performers from the finale show. Like, Hunter Hayes and Danielle Bradbery. They’re on tour, but I know Danielle would really enjoy the show, especially since she’s promoting her album. and she’s on the Hunter tour and at one of the shows recently, Hunter has asked Danielle to do a duet with him and said a sincere thank you to her for allowing him to appear on the show with him. He meant it, he got alot of exposure out of it, too. And now, they are doing a second duet. the crowds, on social media wanted more of them together. Sorry for the length of this comment.
There’s only going to be one more person added to the tour and apparently it’s going to be who the fans vote for. It won’t be any of the celebrity guests; the tour sticks to show alumni. And they’ve already got the incumbent winner (Tessanne). But Danielle is a strong option for that last open spot on both sides. She’s talented and business-wise, TPTB love her (they’ve had her back to the show), plus like you said she has an album. I guess now we’ll see how strong the post-show fan bases of the artists are. I know in our poll from yesterday, Tony Lucca had a lot of support as did Michelle Chamuel and Terry McDermott.