American Idol Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips will kick off 2013 headlining a string of college dates followed by an opening slot on the Matchbox 20 tour (see below for complete itinerary). Phillips’ debut album The World From The Side Of The Moon (19 Entertainment/Interscope Records) was released on November 19th and debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and at #1 on the Billboard Rock Album chart where it remains for a third week. Phillips’ hit single “Home” sees sales over 2.6 million making it the most successful coronation song of any American Idol winner.
Phillips will perform “Home”, which is currently #1 at AAA radio and breaks into the Top 10 at Top 40 radio at #9, on New Year’s Eve Live on Fox broadcast live from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay December 31st (11pm — 12:30 am ET live; CT/MT/PT tape delayed).
