LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Since coming together in 2004, four of the greatest voices in the world, David Miller, Carlos Marin, Urs Buhler & Sebastien Izambard have spearheaded an entire musical genre by bringing the sound of opera to the world of popular music. With over 22 million albums sold to date, Il Divo continue to confirm performances around the world as part of their massive touring plans for 2009 in support of their fifth album The Promise which is approaching PLATINUM status in the U.S. As a prelude to the tour, next week Il Divo have been invited to perform at the Inaugural Purple Ball honoring our new President Barack Obama on January 20th in Washington D.C. and have TV appearances scheduled on the CBS Early Show, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, the CW Morning News in New York and Telemundo’s Noticiero 47 al Mediodia.

The 2009 tour, An Evening with Il Divo, kicks off February 21st in Manchester and will perform in 31 European cities before heading to North America and will cross six continents before closing the year in Australia, Japan and South East Asia.  Get tickets here for UK shows

In the U.S., “An Evening with Il Divo” kicks off Friday, May 8th in Washington, DC at the Patriot Center. In addition to performances in Washington, E. Rutherford, Boston, Uniondale the two sold out performances in Chicago, announced today, Il Divo have now confirmed additional performances in : Atlanta, Atlantic City, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Everett, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Portland, Reno, St. Louis, St. Paul, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, San Jose, Tampa and Uncasville.

The new show will be staged and choreographed by William Baker (Kylie, Jamiroquai) on a state of the art set, with a tour wardrobe designed by Giorgio Armani, featuring outfits from Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Collezioni collections.

The show will feature repertoire from their five albums and several new songs, with Il Divo onstage the entire evening. They will perform for approximately 90 minutes with a 20 minute intermission integrated into the set (there will be no support).

The Il Divo world tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and by arrangement with Octagon Music and Syco Music.

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    U.S. TOUR ITINERARY 2009

    ALREADY ON SALE:

    08-May  Washington, DC     Patriot Center
    09-May  E. Rutherford, NJ  Izod Arena
    14-May  Boston, MA         Agannis Arena
    15-May  Uniondale, NY      Nassau Coliseum
    19-May  Chicago, IL        Rosemont Theatre         SOLD OUT!
    20-May  Chicago, IL        Rosemont Theatre         SOLD OUT!

    ADDITIONAL US CITIES
    10-May  Philadelphia, PA   Susquehanna Bank Center  On sale Jan.31 (10am)
    12-May  Uncasville, CT     Mohegan Sun              On sale Jan.31 (10am)
    17-May  Detroit, MI        Fox Theater              On sale Feb 02 (10am)
    2-June  Everett, WA        Comcast Arena At Everett On sale Jan.31 (10am)
    3-June  Portland, OR       Rose Garden (T of C)     On sale Jan.31 (10am)
    20-June San Antonio, TX    AT&T Center
    21-June Dallas, TX         Nokia Theater
    23-June Houston, TX        Toyota Center
    26-June Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
    27-June Orlando, FL        Amway Center
    28-June Tampa, FL          Mahaffey Theater
    1-July  Atlanta, GA        Fox Theater              On sale Jan 31
                                                        (12 noon)
    6-July  Cleveland, OH      Wolstein Center
    8-July  St. Paul           Xcel Energy Center
    10-July St Louis, MO       Fox Theater              On sale Feb.2  (10am)
    11-July Kansas City, MO    Sprint Center            On sale Feb.2  (10am)
    13-July Denver, CO         Wells Fargo Theater      On sale Jan.31 (10am)
    15-July Phoenix, AZ        Dodge Theater
    17-July Las Vegas, NV      Mandalay Bay
    18-July Santa Barbara      County Bowl
    20-July Los Angeles        Venue Details to follow
    23-July San Jose           HP Pavilion
    24-July Reno               Events Center

SOURCE Live Nation