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The 2008 Dancing with the Stars Tour dates and locations have been announced. You can purchase tickets to the show on Ticketmaster.

The following Dancers and professionals are planning to be on tour: Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Maurice Greene, Marlee Matlin, Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Derek Hough, Kym Johnson, Alec Mazo, Fabian Sanchez, Lacey Schwimmer, Edyta Sliwinska, and Karina Smirnoff.

December 2008
17 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Sports Arena - Buy Tickets Online
18 - Ontario, CA - Citizens Business Bank Arena - Buy Tickets Online
19 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion - Buy Tickets Online
21 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center - Buy Tickets Online
22 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena - Buy Tickets Online
27 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center - Buy Tickets Online
28 - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena - Buy Tickets Online
29 - Las Vegas, NV - Orleans Arena - Buy Tickets Online
30 - Salt Lake City, UT - E Center - Buy Tickets Online

January 2009
2 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center - Buy Tickets Online
4 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center - Buy Tickets Online
5 - San Antonio, TX AT&T Center - Buy Tickets Online
7 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center - Buy Tickets Online
8 - Moline, IL - i wireless Center - Buy Tickets Online
9 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena - Buy Tickets Online
11 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena - Buy Tickets Online
12 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre - Buy Tickets Online
13 - Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center - Buy Tickets Online
15 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse - Buy Tickets Online
16 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center - Buy Tickets Online
17 - Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena - Buy Tickets Online
18 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena - Buy Tickets Online
20 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center - Buy Tickets Online
22 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum - Buy Tickets Online
23 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center - Buy Tickets Online
24 - Orlando, FL - Amway Arena - Buy Tickets Online
25 - Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Center - Buy Tickets Online
27 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum - Buy Tickets Online
28 - Raleigh, NC - RBC Center - Buy Tickets Online
29 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center - Buy Tickets Online
30, 31 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena - Buy Tickets Online

February 2009
2 - Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center - Buy Tickets Online
3 - Wilkes Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena - Buy Tickets Online
4 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Buy Tickets Online
6 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center - Buy Tickets Online
7 - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall - Buy Tickets Online
8 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center - Buy Tickets Online

If you are planning to attend the Dancing with the Stars tour, let us know in the comments. We’d love to have you post your experience going to the tour and any pictures you might take from the tour.

This was an interesting video to see Nigel Lythgoe talking about Dancing with the Stars. He touches on some interesting issues about SYTYCD stars making the move over to Dancing with the Stars including Lacey Schwimmer and even the possibility of Chelsie Hightower being on the show. Chelsie is beautiful and would be an interesting addition to the show. Nigel also talked about fat dancers and what he thought about people calling Lacey Schwimmer a fat dancer.

Check out the video of Nigel:
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Both the stars and the professional dancers on Dancing with the Stars are incredible talents. Tonight’s semi final performance was when the Dancing with the Stars talent really starts to show. The dancers are so refined and have been trained so well that each of the performances is incredible.

As usual, here’s a list of all the music performed by the talented band. I have a few missing, but will update them as I find them.

Brooke & Derek danced a Jive to the song “The House is Rockin’”—Brian Setzer Orchestra

Brooke & Derek danced a Salsa to the song “Barbarabatiri”—Tito Puente

Cody & Julianne danced a Paso Doble to the song “Le Disko”—Shiny Toy Guns

Cody & Julianne danced a Salsa to the song “Juventud de Presente”—Tito Puente

Warren & Kym danced a Mambo to the song “Tequila”—The Champs

Warren & Kym danced a Jitterbug to the song “That Old Black Magic”—Sammy Davis Jr.

Lance & Lacey danced a Mambo to the song “Straight…to Number One”—Touch and Go

Lance & Lacey danced a Jitterbug to the song “Jim Dandy”—Black Oak Arkansas

Brad Paisley did indeed rejoin Julianne Hough on Dancing with the Stars tonight. Along with a cool appearance of Benji Schwimmer with his sister Lacey. Check out the music from the results show:

Lacey Schwimmer & Benji Schwimmer danced to Brad Paisley singing “Ticks”

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, Alec Mazo, Edyta Śliwińska, Genya Mazo & Kym Johnson danced to Brad Paisley singing “Let the Good Times Roll”

Design-A-Dance by Derek Hough & Julianne Hough dancing a Jive to the song “Great Balls of Fire”

I’m also very glad to say that I was right about Derek and Julianne being the design a dance couple. I love when I’m right. This does show that Derek and Julianne are the most popular professional dancers too. I wonder how the other professionals feel about that.

I just heard them say that Lacey will be performing with her brother Benji on tomorrow’s Dancing with the Stars results show. That will be really cool. I always love watching Benji perform. Here’s a little video look at Lacey and Benji dancing together a few years back in Reno:

(Lacey joins about half way into the video)

I love watching Benji and his sister dance, but I wish Dancing with the Stars would have invited Benji and his cousin Heidi (also of So You Think You Can Dance fame) to perform on the show instead of Lacey. Benji and Heidi were just meant to dance together. If you don’t believe me, then check out Benji and Heidi’s Black Mambo performance on So You Think You Can Dance or even Benji and Heidi’s US Open Swing Dance Championship dance. Now that’s what I call dancing.

5 Couples left on Dancing with the Stars and with 2 dances for each couple this was an intense night of dancing and broad range of music. Also, make sure to check out the songs from the previous Dancing with the Stars.

Cody & Edyta danced a Foxtrot to the song “Call Me Irresponsible”—Jimmy Van Heusen

Cody & Edyta danced a Mambo to the song “My Way”—Los Lonely Boys

Brooke & Derek danced a Tango to the song “Tango Diabolo”—Christa Behnke

Brooke & Derek danced a Mambo to the song “Cuban Mambo”—Xavier Cugat

Maurice & Cheryl danced a Quickstep to the song “Puttin’ on the Ritz”—Irving Berlin

Maurice & Cheryl danced a Paso Doble to the song “Let It Rock”—Kevin Rudolf and Lil Wayne

Lance & Lacey danced a Foxtrot to the song “Sweet Pea”—Amos Lee

Lance & Lacey danced a Samba to the song “1 Thing”—Amerie

Warren & Kym danced a Tango to the song “Peter Gunn Theme”—Henry Mancini

Warren & Kym danced a Jive to the song “Hallelujah I Love Her So”—Ray Charles

Tonight’s episode of Dancing with the Stars was highlighted by a couple group numbers with 3 couples in each group. I like the little bit of a twist in the show. It was also nice to see Edyta back on the show even if Cody probably really missed Julianne and Julianne really wanted to be on the show (per her mom who I talked to about 30 minutes ago).

Here’s the list of all the music from tonight’s show:

Warren & Kym danced a Foxtrot to the song “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby”—Diana Krall

Susan & Tony danced a Paso Doble to the song “The Ride”—James Horner

Maurice & Cheryl danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Cupid Shuffle”—Cupid

- Music Video
Cody & Edyta danced a Viennese Waltz to the song “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”—Bryan Adams

Lance & Lacey danced a Rumba to the song “Your Body Is a Wonderland”—John Mayer

- Music Video
Brooke & Derek danced a Foxtrot to the song “Lullaby of Birdland”—Ella Fitzgerald

Lance & Lacey and Cody & Edyta and Susan & Tony danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Mercy”—Duffy
Team Cha-Cha-Cha -
- Music Video
Brooke & Derek and Maurice & Cheryl and Warren & Kym danced a Paso Doble to the song “Rocks”—Primal Scream
Team Paso Doble -

I think it’s about time that Cloris goes home. I wish the judges would just judge her properly. She didn’t even deserve 5’s this time. She was horrible. Corky deserves a high number, but Cloris nothing.

Maurice & Cheryl danced a Viennese Waltz to the song Gravity—John Mayer

Lance & Lacey danced a Jive to the song Tutti Frutti—Little Richard

Susan & Tony danced a Mambo to the song Si Señor-Gloria Estefan

Brooke & Derek danced a Rumba to the song No Air—Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

- Original Chris and Jordin music video
Cloris & Corky danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song Come See About Me—The Supremes

Cody & Julianne danced a Samba to the song Whine Up—Kat DeLuna and Elephant Man

- Original Music Video
Warren & Kym danced a Rumba to the song Irreplaceable—Beyoncé Knowles

- Original Beyonce music video
Dancing with the Stars Old School Hip Hop group dance to the song It Takes Two-Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

Check out all the Dancing with the Stars music from October 20, 2008 where they introduced new dances and therefore an interesting mix of new music.

Lance & Lacey danced a West Coast Swing to the song “Breakin’ Dishes”—Rihanna

Toni & Alec danced a West Coast Swing to the song “The Way You Make Me Feel”—Michael Jackson

- Original Music Video
Susan & Tony danced a Hustle to the song “Upside Down”—Diana Ross

Warren & Kym danced a Hustle to the song “Funky Town”—Lipps Inc.

Cloris & Corky danced a Salsa to the song “Tres Deseos”—Gloria Estefan

Maurice & Cheryl danced a Salsa to the song “Everything I Can’t Have”—Robin Thicke

Brooke & Derek danced a Jitterbug to the song “Don’t Be Cruel”—Elvis Presley

Cody & Julianne danced a Jitterbug to the song “Big Time Operator”—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Tonight’s episode of Dancing with the Stars had Brooke & Derek dancing a Samba to the song Hip Hip Chin Chin by Club des Belugas. I found it really interesting that Brooke and Derek did a samba to the same song that Lacey Schwimmer and Danny did a samba to on So You Think You Can Dance (choreographed by Dmitry Chaplin - Could you imagine him on DWTS?). Take a look at Lacey and Danny’s samba and tell me if you like it better or worse than Derek and Brooke’s samba.

I’m a little bit torn on which I like better. I think I’ll personally give the edge to Brooke and Derek, because they are the much prettier couple in my book.