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Clay Aiken firms itinerary for summer trek
Vocalist Clay Aiken has filled in the gaps on his summer tour schedule, which launches in late July and now includes stops in 25 North American cities.
Aiken--who gained fame in 2003, when he was the runner-up to Ruben Studdard on the Fox-TV talent show "American Idol"--will spend more than a month on the road, focusing entirely on cities East of the Mississippi River.
In the midst of the tour, Aiken will give a July 29 performance in New York City's Bryant Park as part of the "Good Morning America" concert series.
The outing is Aiken's first since a late-2004 holiday run that backed his most recent release, last November's "Merry Christmas with Love." That set followed his 2003 solo debut, "Measure of a Man," which entered The Billboard 200 album chart at No. 1 and spawned 2003's top-selling single, "This Is the Night," as well as the hit "The Way."
Also last November, Aiken served up a memoir titled "Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life," which tells how faith was integral to his rise from an aspiring teacher to stardom on "American Idol."
