Clay's Picture Perfect Tours: Part 4 - 2004 Joyful Noise Tour

So far in our picture tour series, we have seen pictures and YouTube videos of the AI2 Tour, the Independent Tour, and the Solo Tour. Today we'll take a little journey back in time to Clay's first Christmas Tour, the 2004 Joyful Noise Tour. Clay has said that the Christmas tours are his favorite tours, and I think you can see the joy all over his face as he's singing these Christmas songs that he loves. I think its an awesome blessing for us to be able to share a little bit of the holiday season with Clay.

Here's a few memories from Clayboard fans from this JNT04:

Rpoppert - JNT 1 and 2 : DSIAFCD!!!! Good News. For JNT1: Him coming into the audience to dance with people for WAYDNYE. espeically the woman he picked up out of the wheelchair, which is one of the shows I was at.

BamaClayFan - The Christmas shows...so great! IF YOU'RE NOT 'YET' A CLAY AIKEN FAN AND SEE HIM 'LIVE'...YOU WILL 'FOREVER' BE A CLAY AIKEN FAN.
HE'S NOT ONLY THE GREATEST SINGER EVER BUT A FANTASTIC PERFORMER. HE'S A SUPERSTAR..!!

J4Clay - Hearing Good News and Don't Save It All For Christmas for the first time. He blew me away with both of those wonderful songs. Also seeing him in that loooooooong black coat. WOW!!

Here's a taste of that first tour.















Clay Singing "I'll Be Home For Christmas", 2004 Joyful Noise Tour

Clay's Picture Perfect Tours: Part 1 - American Idol 2 Tour

Do you have a hard time believing like I do that we have already shared 8 tours with Clay since 2003? The saying that time flies when you're having a good time is really true!! And we are having a great time, aren't we!!

Since the news is a little bit slow right now, I thought it would be fun to look back at each tour with a few pictures from each one. We'll remember a tour a day via photos for the next 8 days. I love looking back on the pictures from each of these tours, and I hope you do as well.

AMERICAN IDOL TOUR - SUMMER 2003
















And here is a treat for you....Invisible from the first concert in St. Paul. Remember the girl in the audience who said, "WHAT IS THAT MOVE!!!" And look at that big smile on his face at the end of the song...he couldn't believe how much we loved him!! Enjoy!!

A Hometown Thank You: Clay Performs "Because You Loved Me" in Cary

There are always memorable and touching moments created when Clay performs in Raleigh. Let's start off with this... I'm sure all of you remember this moment fondly:

... and here is a clip of Clay singing "Because You Loved" me at the show in Raleigh last night:

Clay Concerts - Some Things Change and Some Things Stay The Same - PART 1

There are so many wonderful things that we could list about the many Clay concerts we have all attended these past 4 years. I suppose we would have a 200-page article here at CDD if we did!

But one thing we can say about Clay's concerts...some things change and some things stay the same. Clay himself said that his concerts are not the same...that you never know what words he will forget in a song! In each tour, he normally changes a song here and there or adds one several concerts into the tour. He likes to spice it up and give us surprises to look forward to. That's our Clay. Of course, his banter changes from concert to concert depending on what is going on in the audience or in the daily Clay news ("Foot on an armrest", anyone?).

And the hair...the hair!!! It can change from day to day, from concert to concert, not just from tour to tour. As well as what Clay wears. Remember him going from the black suit at the beginning of the Joyful Noise Tour '05 to the white suit after the first couple of concerts. Its fun to wonder about what changes will take place.

But there are also some things that stay the same. These things will almost always remain from one concert tour to another. In a two, maybe three, part pictorial series of "Things That Stay The Same", may I present to you the evidence in pictures of this claim:


The Shirt Tug. Ever since the AI2 tour, when Clay accidentally tugged on his shirt for who knows why, the shirt tug has been a staple in Clay concerts. He found out we love it and he always makes certain to provide us with this heart-stopping form of entertainment!!



The Audience Sing-a-Long. When Clay wants us to sing along with him, he aims that microphone right out into the audience. And we gladly oblige him! Remember singing along to "Invisible"? And now to the commercial and classics medleys!



The Dreamy-Eyed Downward Glance - *Sigh*...*Swoon*...*Thud*...Pick your response. This is sure to make the strongest of Clay fans melt right into their chair.



The Dreamy Eyes Outward Stare. Up, down, out, whatever. Those dreamy eyes just get us every time. Those drop-dead gorgeous green eyes with the heavy-lidded dreamy look is enough to turn us all to putty in his hands. Just stare at this picture and you'll see what I mean.



The Open Arms Stance. How many times have we seen this stance and just wanted to fall right into those arms? No wonder "These Open Arms" is Clay's favorite song on ATDW.

These open arms will wait for you
These open arms can pull us through
Between what's left and left to do
These open arms
These open arms
These open arms will wait for you

Stay tune for Part 2 in this series in our next CDD. Don't you just love it when some things do remain the same?!!

Getting Excited About the Tour? Maybe This Will Get You More Excited...

Only 4 more days till Clay's summer tour, Soft Rock and A Hard Place, begins! The excitement is so thick you can cut it with a knife!

But in case someone out there is having a hard time feeling the excitement yet, maybe these pictures from past tours will up your excitement level!

American Idol Tour 2003




Independent Tour 2004




NAT Solo Tour 2004




Joyful Noise Tour 2004




Jukebox Tour 2005




Joyful Noise Tour 2005




Symphony Christmas Tour 2006




Soft Rock and a Hard Place Tour 2007

Let's hope for some good clack so we can fill in the blanks for this tour!!

Now, did those pics raise your blood pressure any and get you excited about the upcoming tour?