Singer, performer contracted to go west touring North America (7)
I believe the answer is:
sinatra
'singer' is the definition.
(Frank Sinatra)
'performer contracted to go west touring north america' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'north' could be 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north') and 'n' is present in the answer.
'america' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'go' could be 'sit' (sitting is a kind of going) and 'sit' is present in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'ra' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sinatra that I've seen before include "'Ol' Blue Eyes'" , "Vocal artist" , "Francis Albert, late lamented crooner" , "Frank -, twentieth century US singer" , "Old singer" .)