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.

Get tickets here for US shows

    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

UK, Canada, and US scheduled tour dates are below:

UK (get tickets here for UK shows)

February 21, 2008 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
February 24, 2009 LG Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom
February 27, 2009 The 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom 27.02.2009
March 1, 2009 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
March 4, 2009 Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, United Kingdom
March 5, 2009 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom
March 9, 2009 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Ireland
April 4. 2009 Metroradio Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom
April 13, 2009 SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada (get tickets here for Canadian shows)

April 28,2009 Halifax NS CA Metro Centre
April 30, 2009 Montreal QC CA Bell Centre
May 02, 2009 Ottawa ON CA Scotia Place
May 03, 2009 Kingston ON CA K-Rock Centre
May 05, 2009 Toronto ON CA Air Canada Centre
May 06, 2009 London ON CA Labatt Centre

United States  (get tickets here for US shows)

May 09, 2009 East Rutherford NJ US VENUE TBA
May 10, 2009 Philadelphia PA US VENUE TBA
May 11, 2009 Washington DC US VENUE TBA
May 14, 2009 Boston MA US VENUE TBA
May 15, 2009 Uniondale NY US VENUE TBA
May 19, 2009 Chicago IL US VENUE TBA

Canada  (get tickets here for Canadian shows)

May 22, 2009 Winnipeg MB CA MTS Centre
May 23, 2009 Regina SK CA Brandt Centre
May 25, 2009 Edmonton AB CA Rexall Place
May 26, 2009 Calgary AB CA Pengrowth Saddledome
May 28, 2009 Kelowna BC CA Prospera Place
May 30, 2009 Vancouver BC CA General Motors Place
May 31, 2009 Victoria BC CA Sav-On Foods Centre

Il Divo were formed in millennium edition of ‘Popstars – The Rivals’. They auditioned for the Italian version of the show the year before, after failing however the four men headed to England, where they were voted out by ‘Nasty Nick’, Cowell was disappointed having backed the group all through the show. So in December 2000, Cowell signed them to his record label.  Their first album, self titled was released in 2004 became number one in the charts in a total of 13 countries around the world, and achieved top 5 placing in 25 countries.

Their latest album, The Promise, was released globally last month.