Katharine McPhee Expected To Join Idols Tour Friday

‘American Idol’ season five runner-up Katharine McPhee has responded to reports that she has ditched the ‘Idols Live’ concert tour altogether, posting a letter on fan site KatharineFans.com. “I have heard a rumor that I will be missing the entire tour, I can assure you that that is completely false,” she writes. “I am looking to join the tour around the 21st. That is the doctor’s orders, not mine.” McPhee, who has been subject to an ongoing smear campaign by fans of ‘Idol’ champ Taylor Hicks, added, “Please also understand that in the upcoming future there’s going to be TONS of rumors and mean things that people say and do to try and bring me down. Sadly, that’s just the way this business works. Just know that in the future I probably won’t be able to clarify everything that is said in the media.” Read more.