Finalist from American Idol Season Five Kellie Pickler will be an opening act for pal Taylor Swift beginning April.  The tour will visit over 50 cities in 38 states and provinces in the US and Canada over the span of 6 months.

 

On the tour Kellie said, “It’s always fun to be on tour and be with the fans, and to be out with Taylor, who is like a sister to me, is really awesome. We wrote my current single, ‘Best Days of Your Life,’ on tour together last year, and I’m sure we’re going to write on the road together this year, too. So guys: you’ve been warned. Don’t make us mad, because you might just hear about it on the radio!”

 

Tickets are available here

 

The scheduled dates are below:

 

4/23/09 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium

4/24/09 Jonesboro, AR ASU Convocation Center

4/25/09 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center (Saint Louis, MO)

4/30/09 Charleston, SC

5/1/09 07:30 PM Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, FL) 

5/2/09 07:30 PM Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, MS)

5/14/09 Spokane, WA.

5/15/09 Seattle, WA.

5/16/09 Portland, OR.

5/17/09 Yakima, WA.

5/21/09 Phoenix, AZ.

5/22/09 07:30 PM Staples Center (Los Angeles, CA)

5/23/09 Las Vegas, AZ.

5/24/09 San Diego Sports Arena (San Diego, CA)

5/26/09 Salt Lake City, UT

6/11/09 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore, MD)

6/12/09 Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, NC)

7/8/09 Calgary, Alberta TBD

7/10/09 Craven, Saskatchewan

7/11/09 Winnipeg, Manitoba

7/16/09 Twin Lakes, WI

7/17/09 Columbus, OH

7/18/09 Charleston, WV

7/23/09 08:00 PM Cheyenne Frontier Days (Cheyenne, WY)

7/24/09 Rapid City, SD

8/8/09 3:30 PM Detroit Lakes, MN WE Fest Amphitheatre

8/9/09 Qwest Center Omaha (Omaha, NE)

8/27/09 New York, NY

8/28/09 Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) 

8/29/09 Bryce Jordan Center (University Park, PA) 

8/30/09 Louisville, KY

9/4/09 Bi-Lo Center (Greenville, SC) 

9/5/09 Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC) 

9/10/09 Lafayette, LA

9/11/09 Centurytel Center (Bossier City, LA)

9/12/09 BJCC Arena (Birmingham, AL) 

9/25/09 Dallas, TX

9/26/09 Little Rock, AR

9/27/09 BOK Center (Tulsa, OK)

10/1/09 Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 

10/2/09 Grand Rapids, MI

10/3/09 Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, PA) 

10/8/09 Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)

10/9/09 Chicago, IL

10/10/09 Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)

 

In addition Kellie will be performing February 27th at the Florida Strawberry Festival (Plant City, FL) and IP Casino Resort and Spa (Biloxi, MS).  Tickets for these shows are available here.

 

Kellie gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the FOX reality show American Idol, eventually finishing in sixth place. In 2006, she signed to BNA Records as a recording artist, releasing her debut album, Small Town Girl, late that year. The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: “Red High Heels” at #15, “I Wonder” at #14, and “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind” at #16.

 

Her second album, self-titled Kellie Pickler, was released on September 30, 2008.  The first single from the album is “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful”. It was released in mid-2008 and reached the Top 25. The second single from her self-titled album is “Best Days of Your Life” which she co-wrote with Taylor Swift.