The summer tour has been a staple of post-season Idol since the show first launched in 2002.
American Idol has pulled the plug on its summer tour, Billboard has confirmed.
The summer tour has been a staple of post-season Idol since the show first launched in 2002 and saw strong attendance numbers for the better part of a decade, filling medium sized theaters and even arenas during the series' height. But as the Fox show began to lose ratings steam, so did the summer trek and what once included a complete group of finalists and a full band was cut in half during season 14.