Where to watch, buy T-shirts and tweet

Viewing parties tonight

Ÿ Kilcoyne’s Redwood Inn, 342 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Ÿ Tuscany, 550 S. Milwaukee Ave.: food half price 4-6 p.m. in dining room; and half-price 7-8:30 in the bar with beverage purchase.

Ÿ Market Square Restaurant, 600 W. Dundee Road; features the $5 Haley Buffet.

Ÿ PS Pub, 771 W. Dundee Road, Haley T-shirts on sale for $10.

Ÿ T.G.I. Friday’s, 1500 E. Lake-Cook Road.

Ÿ The Ram, 700 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Ÿ Pete Miller’s Seafood & Prime Steak, 412 N. Milwaukee Ave. Former “Idol” finalist Leslie Hunt will be here tonight and again May 25.

Ÿ Bob Chinn’s Crab House, 393 S. Milwaukee Ave. Viewing party in the bar area featuring Haley’s Comet cocktails

Ÿ Tokyo Café, 600 N. Milwaukee Ave., Prospect Heights.

Haley T-shirts

Ÿ PS Pub, 711 W. Dundee Road, ($10)

Ÿ Wheeling Park District, 333 W. Dundee Road ($10)

Haley hotline

(847) 403-4636 for up-to-date Hometown Celebration information.

@Haleyscoop

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Idols Live Tour

A VIP package and Internet presale for the Idols Live 2011 Summer Tour starts at 10 a.m. this morning and ends at 10 a.m. Thursday. Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday. (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com