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Article: `Idol' winner Allen is ready for tour and album

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A year ago, American Idol winner Kris Allen was planning on finishing college and getting a "regular job."

The 23-year-old singer from Conway, Arkansas, says he was looking forward to getting married and knew he needed a career plan.

"I was like, `You know what? I've got to figure something out.' I went back to college and I was gonna finish school and hopefully something would happen. Just kind of have a regular job, regular life and `American Idol' stepped in," Allen said in a recent interview.

Now the season eight winner of the Fox singing competition is looking forward to the "American Idol" summer tour, which kicks off July 5 in ...

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