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Pop music spotlight: American Idols Live

By Jon Bream

July 7, 2012 at 9:38PM

Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips (Invision/Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE

7/9: Ratings dipped for Season 11 of "American Idol." Why? Because of the quality of the contestants? Our boredom with the judges? Fatigue from too many singing-competition shows on TV? Undaunted, the 10 finalists have hit the road for American Idols Live. We're the third stop on the new tour for Jessica Sanchez, Phillip Phillips and the rest. Maybe "Idol" tour producers will wise up and not make all the young fans wait till well after 9 p.m. to see champ Phillips, the fifth consecutive cute guy to be crowned your American idol. (7 p.m. Mon. $29.50-$65. Target Center, 600 1st Av. N., Mpls. 1-800-982-2787.)

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.