If you are curious about how the American Idol tour is put together every year, watch this interesting interview with tour producer/Director Raj Kapoor by with Josh Skinner. The discuss Michael Jackson’s death during rehearsals, removing “No Boundaries” from the set list, and working with Adam Lambert.
Kapoor speaks candidly, but he’s got positive things to say about everyone involved. His comparison of Kris Allen and David Cook is spot on. The decision to ditch “No Boundaries” was “made by a lot of people”, because it wasn’t working in the set. He also describes the day that Michael Jackson died. There are several people who are working on the tour who had also worked with MJ. Kapoor was working on a video piece for the show.