American Idols Live! 2008 - Grand Rapids, MI

 
photo: T.J. Hamilton

ETA:

Tonight, the Idol show makes its way to Grand Rapids, MI. Drop by and tell us about the show if you were there tonight, or send your re-cap (and any pictures and links to videos you have) to my email address at mjsbigblog at gmail.com…I’ll post your story on the blog.

Watch this space for updates

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33 Responses to “American Idols Live! 2008 - Grand Rapids, MI”


  1. 1 EmmaJK Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    *looks around* first? woot!

    Mavid was a wheelbarrow. David was the “pusher”. Heh.

    The backbend is back in Billie Jean! There better be video.

    Cookie’s belt came off at some point, and he asked that the spotlight be turned off so that he could get his belt back on. Wardrobe malfunctions FTW!

    DC/DA interaction at the end of PDSTM consisted of them pointing at each other and DA pointing at DC’s belly. Hmmm. Maybe something to do with the belt?

  2. 2 gingerly Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    Belt? I’d say tummeh ftmfw!

  3. 3 frogcooke Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    Someone let us know how Archie was sounding… Article from Grand Rapids said he was still sick.. coughing while he was out side, and sneezing and sniffing during press.. :X I’m thinking allergies and lingering cough….? Though he cracked a note on wysylm in green bay..

  4. 4 houstonrufus Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    Gosh. Archie still sick? Me worried.

  5. 5 cruzceleste Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:05 am

    Article from Grand Rapids said he was still sick.. coughing while he was out side, and sneezing and sniffing during press

    Bets, he is willing to eat a fish soup that his grandma does now…maybe I can send him a little from here…well I hope he gets better, and I hope 19/AI/JIVE give him a break… please is not like it will be that bad for the kid to actually get a day of sleep and rest…GOSH

  6. 6 desii Sep 4th, 2008 at 2:50 am

    REALLY? ARCHIE WAS SICK? NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN.
    I WENT TO THE SHOW, TRYING TO POST VIDS, PICS ARE BEING SLOWLY UPLOADED TO MYSPACE.COM/EQUATOR

  7. 7 cruzceleste Sep 4th, 2008 at 3:22 am

    REALLY? ARCHIE WAS SICK? NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN.
    I WENT TO THE SHOW, TRYING TO POST VIDS, PICS ARE BEING SLOWLY UPLOADED TO MYSPACE.COM/EQUATOR

    Good photos, you don´t have Archie in you friends (expect pm like poor Brooke, LOL)

    How was the concert?

  8. 8 soundscene Sep 4th, 2008 at 3:51 am

    So… why were they all wearing Pop Tart shirts during PDSTM?

    http://www.mlive.com/grpress/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/09/two_davids_provide_spark_durin.html (scroll through for pictures)

    Except Cook, who got his Fruit Loop on.

    LOL at Michael.

    And Jason and Archie wearing jeans!

  9. 9 Mia Sep 4th, 2008 at 4:59 am

    Either a laundry room disaster befell the PDSTM outfits or the Poptart powers that be forced them to wear the crappy Tees with a view to extracting a few more dollars from souvenir buying public. I am glad David Cook resisted the latest indignity. It is enough that he has to thank Poptarts ahad of the band.

  10. 10 David_Cook_Rocks Sep 4th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    Here’s my Mavid video.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4vr8bKeZLM

    And a picture of Michael recreating the wheelbarrow with a lucky fan at the After Party!
    http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f87/Kristen8108/AI Live Grand Rapids/IMG_0209.jpg

    And here’s my backbend video. I was taking pictures during BJ but I switched to video mode as quickly as I could when I realized he was doing the backbend!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7T9t_Fy9uM

    I have a ton of video I took from the concert. It’s going to take me awhile to get them all uploaded but you can check my YouTube page for updates.

  11. 11 desii Sep 4th, 2008 at 6:47 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igWqfFtI3HY

    they were wearing PT shirts b/c the headquarters is near g-rap.

  12. 12 frogcooke Sep 4th, 2008 at 7:41 am

    Good to hear he’s sounding good lol and lol @ the poptarts thing lol

  13. 13 frogcooke Sep 4th, 2008 at 8:46 am
  14. 14 frogcooke Sep 4th, 2008 at 8:52 am

    Just a funny chapstick vid from KC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWoFBNPODM

  15. 15 frogcooke Sep 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Ack cant edit my post….

    From Grand Rapids, Archie hears the news that his fans made a team and have raised $14k(at the time, its now 19k) for Stand Up To Cancer. He looks like he may have gotten a little misty-eyed.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hA0WjOwgI

  16. 16 cruzceleste Sep 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    laundry room disaster

    :lol_tb: LOL, They should have lost Archie´s suit….

    From Grand Rapids, Archie hears the news that his fans made a team and have raised $14k(at the time, its now 19k) for Stand Up To Cancer. He looks like he may have gotten a little misty-eyed

    That was the reaction that I was specting he will have…

  17. 17 frogcooke Sep 4th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    yes…. should of lost the grey suit….. Let him wear those jeans during his set!

  18. 18 mj Sep 4th, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I am glad David Cook resisted the latest indignity. It is enough that he has to thank Poptarts ahad of the band.

    Heh. He’s still shilling for the man. Kelloggs makes both pop tarts and fruit loops..

  19. 19 Pam Sep 4th, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Interviews:

    Idol Tour At The Van

    Click on page 2 in the news section and it’s the 1st vid on that page.

  20. 20 cruzceleste Sep 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Interviews:

    Idol Tour At The Van

    So Archie´s allergies are back…

  21. 21 frogcooke Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Allergies cold = yuck. lol But on the grand rapids vids he sounded awesome.

  22. 22 AInoob Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Looks like Michael was in one of his particularly hammy moods, LOL!

    DC/DA interaction at the end of PDSTM consisted of them pointing at each other and DA pointing at DC’s belly. Hmmm. Maybe something to do with the belt?

    I thought Archie was pointing at the Fruit Loops shirt, lol.

    I can’t believe they’ve only got a handful of shows left. That Tulsa one should be a fantastic show.

  23. 23 Trina Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am

    I can’t believe they’ve only got a handful of shows left. That Tulsa one should be a fantastic show

    I’ve been in such a funk about the tour ending I’m very much considering Tulsa. That is if my husband doesn’t threaten me with divorce LOL.

  24. 24 cruzceleste Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am

    That is if my husband doesn’t threaten me with divorce LOL.

    LOL… who said that American Idol bring the families together…

  25. 25 IGetCranked Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    I figured Cook would be exhausted from traveling but he sure didn’t perform like it!

    I loved the chapstick video! He’s so funny! All the guys are.. I would like to be invisible and hang on their bus for a week.

    The Mavid picture looks just nuts! LOLOL

  26. 26 spritely Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:51 am

    D.C. looks so pale in that Mavid photo. He actually is a vampire, right? Hey, that’s okay with this Buffy/Spike/Angel fan.

  27. 27 sma11ie Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Kelloggs makes both pop tarts and fruit loops..

    And fruit loops are awesome! Haha, another magic rainbow reference there…? With all the cool vintage-ish Kelloggs T’s out there, I wonder why they couldn’t have given the top 10 cute graphic T’s instead of the boring Pop-Tarts shirt? At least it looks like they had fun cutting them up. Though KLC’s choice of fringe-ing the bottom on hers is… um questionable.

  28. 28 cruzceleste Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    I loved the chapstick video! He’s so funny! All the guys are.. I would like to be invisible and hang on their bus for a week.

    I actually will love to listen to the conversations that Jason and Archie have… those have to be hillararious… If they both do an Interiew together the poor reporter won´t even know what they are talking about…

  29. 29 EmmaJK Sep 4th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Cookie banter

    Wardrobe malfunction:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVUsuLKbRM

    Talking about Oprah:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CupAL_2NTKo

  30. 30 gerreb Sep 4th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    From Grand Rapids, Archie hears the news that his fans made a team and have raised $14k(at the time, its now 19k) for Stand Up To Cancer. He looks like he may have gotten a little misty-eyed

    That is so sweet. It looks like he’s not really sure what to say…how do you thank someone for something like that?

  31. 31 Lu Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    I’m a little out of the loop since I haven’t seen the show but I’ve watched that Billie Jean video several times… what backbend? I dont get it.

  32. 32 cookcricket Sep 5th, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Kristin and EmmaJK, thank you so much for the vid links!!! He. Is. So. Cute.!!
    “Speaking of embarressments I think this is at the top of the list. ” LOL!!!

    Lu, if you click on Kristen’s vid for BJ and go to the ‘Related Videos’ to the right and click on jbjdiva’s vid of BJ in Grand Rapids it should show the back bend better. I think Kristen turned on her vid while he was coming up from it.

    Kristen, you’re awesome! I can’t wait to see your updated Mavid vid!!!:)

  33. 33 David_Cook_Rocks Sep 5th, 2008 at 4:18 am

    I’m slowly but surely getting my videos posted to YouTube. I took over 50 videos. I actually didn’t even think that was possible since there aren’t 50 songs but I had to stop and start some of the videos to take pictures. So I’m joining a few of them back together. I have 5 videos simultaneously uploading right now.

    I’ll eventually get all my pictures and video up. I also need to start working on a recap. Thank goodness I’m home and have the day off work tomorrow.

    Here’s more Cook banter.

    Part 3: David throwing guitar pics, interacting with the drummer, doing math (lol), and filming the crowd.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBlPnG9gNg

    Part 4 - Commenting on a funny sign and throwing more pics.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7iirZNiShk