Kelly Clarkson has made it official: 26 performances in 23 cities over the course of seven weeks. Clarkson, whose arena tour was canceled dues to slow ticket sales, will be playing venues with between 3,000 and 7,000 seats, including Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. A Texan, Kelly plays the Nokia Theater in Dallas on Nov. 23 and the Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston on Nov. 25. Clarkson's "My December" sold nearly 300,000 copies in its first week of release. Its cume is now 619,000.

The tour dates:
Oct. 14/15/16 New York The Beacon Theater
18 Philadelphia The Tower Theater
21 Uncasville, Conn. The Mohegan Sun
23 Boston The Orpheum Theatre
24 Washington D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
26 Buffalo, N.Y. Seneca Casino
28 Detroit The Fillmore
30 Toronto Massey Hall
Nov. 1 Chicago Chicago Theater
2 Minneapolis State Theater
5 Denver Paramount Theater
10 San Jose, Calif. San Jose Events Center
12 Seattle Paramount Theater
14 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
16 San Diego Civic Auditorium
18 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
20 Phoenix Gammage Theater
23 Dallas Nokia Theater
25 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
27 Atlanta Cobb Energy Center
29 Miami Mizner Park
Dec. 1 Tampa Ruth Eckerd Hall
3 Nashville Ryman Auditorium

The first "American Idol" champ has a gig Sept. 6 at Monument Circle in Indianapolis to perform as part of the opening of the NFL season. She has three New York dates slated: A casino outing in Verona on Oct. 10 and two at Gotham's Beacon Theatre, Oct. 15 and 17. Details, as first alerted by idolator, appear in the tour section of her website. Anyone who bought a ticket for the tour announced in the spring gets dibs on the pre-sales.

Kelly Clarkson has posted a message on the front page of her Website "to set the record straight.
"I want my band, my advisors, those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family," she writes.
"A lot has been made in the press about my relationship with Clive (Davis). Much of this has been blown way out of proportion and taken out of context. Contrary to recent characterizations in the press, I'm well aware that Clive is one of the great record men of all time. He has been a key advisor and has been an important force in my success to date. He has also given me respect by releasing my new album when he was not obligated to do so. I really regret how this has turned out and I apologize to those whom I have done disservice. I would never intentionally hurt anyone."

The old rule of the music biz used to be that record sales drive concert sales, and vice versa.
But it’s tough these days to find an act that can deliver robust album sales and move concert tickets.
Apart from Justin Timberlake — whose “FutureSex/LoveSounds” is the seventh highest selling album of the year (998,000 copies) and whose tour is No. 2 on the concert chart ($42.3 million gross) — few acts placed prominently on both mid-year tallies.
Concert promoters will say it’s nothing new, but for more than a decade they’ve fretted about the paucity of artists  with staying power as arena or even stadium acts.

It is possible Kelly Clarkson's lengthiest performance of the year will be the one she gave for Yahoo Music in mid-June. By the time it was taped, she had fired her manager, canceled her tour and started her public feud with her label's management - but her third album, "My December," had not been released. On that night, she was in good spirits, answered fans' questions and played a fair amount of the material from "My December." In that intimate setting, Clarkson exhibited a winning persona and delivered her music with a hearty enthusiaism.