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Kelly Clarkson Demos Leak!

Kelly ClarksonHa! I found this at the New York Vulture blog. Some Kelly Clarkson demos leaked at this blog. Probably for legal reasons, the blogger took them down. However, one of the blog commenters uploaded them to a download site. Warning - download site not exactly SFW. You’ll find those links in the comments section, plus a really interesting conversation. Hint: It’s very typical of blog comments when Idol fans ATTACK! Heh.

The demos are supposedly meant for her next album. I downloaded them and took a listen:

  • “Close your eyes” - I like this. It’s got a folk/country feel to it.
  • “One Day” - Pretty ballad. This is closer to what she did on My December.
  • “Ready” - Kind of Jewel-ish
  • “With a Little Bit of Luck” - Very catchy chorus-this could be a single.

Kelly’s still singing about tough times, but with some optimism. The tracks are rough, but they are promising.

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50th Annual Grammy Awards

Final: The Idols were pretty much shut out of all their categories. (See below).  Daughtry, Fantasia and Mandisa were completely shut out.

The White Stripes, Foo-Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys–deserved their awards. Nothing more to say, really.

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast tonight by CBS 8 PM ET. Check out the list of Idol nominees. It’s pretty impressive. In all, there are 7 Idols nominated for awards: Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson, Mandisa, Jennifer Hudson and Ace Young.

Good luck to all the Idols up for awards tonight!

There is pre-Grammy live blogging at Billboard. Check out the bit with Ace Young. Grammy.com is posting the winners.

ETA: The Pre-Grammy Award Telecast is going on now. Many of the awards will be handed out before tonight’s live telecast.

Winners:

  • Carrie Underwood WON Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “Before He Cheats”.
  • “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood, written by Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins WON Best Country Song
  • “Love You I Do” from Dreamgirls WON Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media the song is performed by Jennifer Hudson.

Losers:

Awarded at pre-Grammy award show:

  • Isreal and New Breed, A Deeper Level, won Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album beating out Mandisa, True Beauty.
  • “Radio Nowhere” written by Bruce Springsteen won Best Rock song beating out Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett (Ace) Young for “It’s Not Over”
  • Maroon 5, “Make Me Wonder” won Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals beating out Daughtry for “Home”.
  • The White Stripes, “Icky Thump” won for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals beating out Daughtry “It’s Not Over.”
  • “Lost Highway” by Willie Nelson and Ray Price won Best Country Collaboration With Vocals beating out both “Because of You” Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson and “Oh Love” Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.
  • “No One” by Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers, Alicia Keys won for Best R&B Song beating out Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam Watters, who wrote Fantasia’s “When I See U”
  • Ne-yo won Best Contemporary R&B album for Because of You beating out Fantasia for Fantasia.

Awarded during the live broadcast:

  • “No One” by Alicia Keys won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance beating out Fantasia for “When I See U”
  • “Love” by the Beatles won Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media beating out Dreamgirls, featuring Jennifer Hudson.
  • “Rehab” by Amy Winhouse won Song Of The Year beating out “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood, written by John Kear & Chris Tompkins.
  • Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters won Best Rock Album beating out Daughtry, Daughtry.

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Don’t Miss…

Monday 1/14 Jordin Sparks appears on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Tuesday 1/15 - Blake Lewis appears on The View.

Wednesday 1/16 - Blake Lewis appears on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. Jordin Sparks performs a mini-concert on the Jimmy Kimmel ShowBlake Lewis appears on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Idols on Tour

Kelly Clarkson kicks off her 2 worlds 2 voices tour with Reba McEntire in Dayton, OH.  Kellie Pickler opens for Rascal Flatts on their “Still Feels Good” tour beginning in Manchester, NH. Thursday 1/17

Clay Aiken debuts in the role of Robin in the cast of Spamalot in NYC. Friday 1/18.

Taylor Hicks plays in the Bob Hope Golf Classic in Palm Springs, CA.  Tune into the Golf channel Jan 16-20 12-3 pm pt for TV coverage.

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Don’t Miss…

Sunday 11/18 - The American Music Awards are broadcast on ABC. 8/7 pm. Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Fantasia are nominated for Awards. Kellie Pickler, Ryan Seacrest and Jordin Sparks will be presenting. Daughtry is slated to perform.

Monday 11/19 - Jordin Sparks appears on MTV’s Total Request Live. 3:30 et/pt.

Tuesday 11/20 - Jordin Sparks appears on the ABC Good Morning America Fall Concert Series.

Wednesday 11/21 - Jordin Sparks appears on Live with Regis and Kelly.

Thursday 11/22 - Jordin Sparks appears in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, broadcast on NBC at 9 am ET.  Kelly Clarkson performs live during the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show. Chris Sligh sings the National Anthem before the Predators/Red Wings game in Nashville, TN. 7 pm ct.

Saturday 11/24 - George Huff and Mandisa are featured in the Gospel Music Channel special, Christmas at Union Station. 9 pm. Check the schedule for repeats.

Idols on Tour

Phil Stacey sings “God Bless America” as a part of the military appreciation game during the Jaguars/Chargers football game in Jacksonville, FL. Katharine McPhee appears in the Mother Goose Parade in San Diego, CA. 12 pm pre-show, 12:30 parade begins. 11/18

Ruben Studdard appears in the stage play “Heaven I Need a Hug” at the Peoria, IL Civic Center, Peoria IL. Jordin Sparks appears at the Glendale Glitters Spectacular in Glendale, AZ. 5:30 pm. 11/23

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Kelly Clarkson joins Reba McEntire For a Winter Tour

Kelly Clarkson will embark on a short winter tour with Reba McEntire.  The 2 worlds 2 voices tour kicks off January 17, and will no doubt feature “Because of You,” the Kelly/Reba duet from Reba’s chart-topping album “Reba Duets”.  Here are the dates:

  • Jan. 17: Dayton, Ohio (Nutter Center)
  • Jan. 18: Louisville (Freedom Hall)
  • Jan. 19: Morgantown, W.Va. (West Virgina University)
  • Jan. 24: Norfolk, Va. (Norfolk Scope Arena)
  • Jan. 25: Winston-Salem, N.C. (Lawrence Joel Coliseum)
  • Jan. 26: Fayetteville, N.C. (Crown Center)
  • Jan. 31: Wichita, Kan. (Kansas Coliseum)
  • Feb. 1: Tulsa, Okla. (Mabee Center)
  • Feb. 2: Bossier City, Kan. (Century-Tel Center)
  • Feb. 7: St. Charles, Mo. (Family Arena)
  • Feb. 8: Indianapolis (Conseco Fieldhouse)
  • Feb. 9: Rockford, Ill. (Metro Center)
  • Feb. 14: Tupelo, Miss. (Bancorpsouth Arena)
  • Feb. 15: Jonesboro, Ark. (ASU Convocation Center)
  • Feb. 16: Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center)

Reba’s husband, Narvel Blackstock, became Kelly’s manager after she parted ways with Jeff Kwatinetz and The Firm earlier this year. 

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Don’t Miss…

Carrie Underwood performs on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Monday November 5.

Daughtry, appears on MTV’s Total Request Live, Monday, November 5.

The CMA Awards - Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Kelly Clarkson are all nominated. Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler will also perform, and Bucky Covington will be on hand to present. The show will be broadcast live by ABC at 8/7c PM, Wednesday, November 7.

The Dove Awards, featuring Mandisa performing “Lose My Soul” premiers on the Gospel Channel, 8 pm, Saturday, November 10.

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Rent, featuring Anwar Robinson, is at the Progress Energy Theater in Raleigh, NC from 11/6-11/11.

Clay Aiken performs at the Capital One Holiday Celebration on Ice at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV. 11/6.

Elliott Yamin, performs the Anthem and an after game concert at the Celtics game, Boston, MA. 11/7.

Melinda Doolittle appears in the fundraiser “Melinda Doolittle and Friends” for the Boiler Room Theater, at The Factory at Franklin TN Liberty Hall, 8 PM. 11/9.

Blake Lewis performs at the LG Action Sports Championship in Dallas, TX. 11/10

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Kelly Clarkson at the Orpheum, Boston MA 10/23/07 Photos and MORE

I was about 15 rows back, dead center at the Kelly Clarkson concert last Tuesday. Not bad for last-minute tickets. I took a bunch of photos. You can check them out on my MySpace right here. I hope you like!

Kelly’s concert was lots of fun. Pop singer/songwriter Jon McLaughlin was the opening act. You might know his song “Beautiful Disaster” from the radio. Live, he and his band rock more than his soft-rock recordings would indicate. That was cool.

After a short intermission, Kelly took the stage. The stage set was designed to mimic the Gothic staircase on the “My December” album cover. Her first few numbers were new songs. The audience even sung along on a few of these. Standouts were “Sober” (I love that song–disappointed it didn’t do better on the charts) and “Never Again”.

Near the middle of the show, she mixed in some of her more familiar hits, like “Thankful” and “Because of You”. Mid-show, the stage curtain came down, and Kelly did a few numbers with keyboards only, including, a soulful cover of the Patty Griffin song, “Up to the Mountain”.

When the stage curtain came back up, there was a new set, and Kelly performed some spunky versions of her well-known hits including, “Walk Away”. One of her last songs of the night was “Chivas”–one of my favorite performances of the evening.

Her encore, “Since U Been Gone”, incorporated the Kelly Clarkson Pogo Dance (heh) and full audience participation.  The two teenage girls in front of me were pogoing right along and singing at the top of their lungs, much to the amusement of their parents. Cute.

The concert was a nice mixture of new and old stuff, and unlike a few reviewers, I didn’t think there was a jarring difference between the first half (somber and dull) and second half (the perky Kelly we all know and love). The set was nicely mixed up and well paced. Definitely a good show. If Kelly is scheduled to perform at a theater near you, I say GO…

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Billboard Update for Issue 11/03/07

This week’s Idol Billboard Update. Read it!

The Highlights:

  • Idol albums on the Billboard 200 all saw sales increases this week, with the exception of Kelly Clarkson, who fell from 149-157, and dropped 10%. Her total sales are 682,975. Daughtry at #34, is up 3% (20,443;3,207,475). Carrie Underwood, “Some Hearts”, at 81, is up 5% (9,772;5,970,184). Elliott Yamin, at #164, is up 4% (4,423;425,979).
  • Daughtry’s single “Over You” hits the Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 at #20.
  • Jordin Spark’s single “Tattoo” continues its climb up the Hot 100. She spiked from 55-39 this week. And, “Tattoo” debuted on the Hot 100 Airplay chart at #74. It also climbs on the Pop 100 and Pop 100 Airplay charts–31-24 and 30-26 respectively.
  • Josh Gracin’s new single, “We Weren’t Crazy” debuts on the Hot Country Songs chart at #51.
  • Elliott Yamin’s “Wait For You” climbs from 7-5 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, making the Top 5.
  • Kimberley Locke’s “Band of Gold” premiers on the Hot Dance Club Play chart at #43.

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Kelly Clarkson at the Orpheum in Boston

I saw Kelly Clarkson at the Orpheum theater last night. I got tons of pictures, and managed to sneak a few videos. Heh. I’ll have more on the concert later, but for now…

Here is Kelly’s incredible cover of Patty Griffin’s “Up to the Mountain”:

And, “Chivas” from her latest album, “My December” Sorry for the crappy camera work, I really had to sneak these….

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New Bo Bice Video! Clay Aiken Joins the Cast of Spamalot! (Holy Crap!) And other Odds and Ends…

Check it out! Update: Check it out tomorrow. It looks like Yahoo put it up early by mistake…

Also, his single “American Blood” is now available on Napster…

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Bo’s album “See The Light” drops 10/23…

LATE BREAKING NEWS! Thanks to Connie from Idol Stages for this tidbit!

Clay Aiken is joining the cast of Spamalot, the musical based on Monty Python sketches, playing to full houses on Broadway right now.

Clay Aiken, who became a music superstar following his success on the American Idol television series, will join the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, making his Broadway debut in the role of Sir Robin, at the Shubert Theatre, New York, from January 18 to May 4, 2008. Tickets are available online now at telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200/(800) 432-7250

Read the entire press release

Director Mike Nichols says, “Clay Aiken is amazing beyond that glorious voice. Turns out he is an excellent comic actor and a master of character…”

David Hyde Pierce orginated the role of Sir Robin in Spamalot.

Congratulations Clay! There will be more deets to follow…

More Idol News

Check out Chris Sligh’s My Space to hear some brand-new demos. He’s also re-worked “Love is Raining Down.” In Chris’s latest post on his blog he says that he’s found a label, and will be announcing a deal fairly soon…

Laytoya London has shortened her name to London. I’m not kidding.

And, according to peeps who were there, Clive Davis was in the Beacon theater audience last night to see Kelly Clarkson perform in concert…

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Billboard Update for Issue 10/20/07 and Idol Record News

Idol Record News

  • You can hear 40 second song-snippets of all the songs on Carrie Underwood’s upcoming album “Carnival Ride” here.  However, if you are patient and can sit through songs by other artists,  Slacker.com is streaming full songs on their Carrie Radio station.  Type “Carrie Underwood” in the search box, then play.  I’m listening to a song called “Crazy Dreams” right now…Also *ahem* these songs can all be found as downloads on the internet…somewhere… Or, so I hear.  PS I like “Twisted”.
  • Blake Lewis has a website with a phone number.  Call, and you get a recorded message from Blake. After,  you can leave your own message.  Fans can hear the single at this phone number as soon as it’s ready. I got a message back on my cell phone, so I’m assuming they’ll be sending out messages as soon as the single is available.  No, I did not leave a message. Heh.
  • Not record news, but worth mentioning: Melinda Doolittle will be taping a PBS Christmas special in November at her Alma Mater, Belmont University.  The program will air on December 20th on the Nashville PBS station, and December 24th across the country.  Yay, Melinda!

This week’s Idol Billboard Update

Highlights:

After the JUMP!

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Carrie Underwood performing her single ”So Small” at the Grand Ole’ Opry, Saturday, October 20th.  It’s the Opry’s 84th Birthday Celebration, and you can watch live on GAC television, at 8 pm.

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The North Carolina State Fair features Ruben Studdard on 10/14, Kellie Pickler on 10/16 and Daughtry on 10/20.

Also on 10/14, Josh Gracin performs at the Suffolk, VA Peanut Festival and Kellie Pickler performs a sold-out show at the Foothills Festival

Ruben Studdard appears at the South Carolina State Fair on 10/18

Bucky Covington and Josh Gracin both appear at the KSON San Diego Country Fest East, 10/20.

Kelly Clarkson has a 3 night stint at the famed Beacon Theater in NYC this week.  She’ll be appearing there on 10/14, 10/15 and 10/16.

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It’s YOUR Billboard Idol Update, right HERE!

Highlights

  • …And the Idols who still have a presence on the Billboard 200 have seen their albums dip even further this week from last week’s lackluster showing. The highest charting CD is Daughtry at #41. Carrie Underwood’s “Some Hearts” follows at #75, Kelly Clarkson’s “My December” at #99, and Elliott Yamin at #122. Upcoming new releases from Elliott Yamin (10/14), Carrie Underwood (10/23), Bo Bice (10/23), Jordin Sparks (11/20) and Blake Lewis (11/27), should soon add a little Idol heat to the Billboard 200.
  • With the release of Jordin Sparks’ single, “Tattoo” to iTunes last week, comes its debut to the Billboard Hot 100, at #58. “Tattoo” also debuts at #21 on the Hot Digital Tracks and #22 on Hot Digital Songs. It climbs from #70 to #32 on the Pop 100 and #40 to # 36 on the Pop 100 Airplay charts. The digital single sold 33,780 copies its first week.
  • My Bad. Daughtry’s rock single “Crashed” debuted on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart LAST week and I inadvertently left it off. Sawry. The good news is that it debuted at #32 last week  and climbed three spots to #35 this week…

Idol Record News

  • Check out Kelly Clarkson’s new video for “Don’t Waste Your Time” at Ricky.org. Anyone still under the impression that “My December” is full of depressing pop dirges, needs to check this out. This song, or the bright and poppy “How I Feel” would have made good first singles from “My December” in my very humble opinion.
  • Idol Christmas music coming your way: Elliott Yamin releases a Target exclusive Christmas album on October 14 as part of the NBC Sounds of the Season music collection. Check out the track list here. Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler are featured on “Hear Something Country”. Carrie Underwood sings “Do You Hear What I Hear” and Kellie Pickler? “Santa Baby.”
  • Jon Peter Lewis has teamed up with Authentic Records out of Des Moines Iowa. Not only will they be distributing his debut CD “Stories From Hollywood,” JPL will also have the opportunity to tour with bands from Authentic’s roster, like The Nadas and the Josh Davis Band.  Without label support, it’s been nearly impossible for Jon to get together any kind of a decent tour.  Authentic’s roster is comprised mostly of rootsy folk, rock and blues and will introduce him to an entirely new audience.  That’s a good thing.

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Billboard Update: Issue 10/06/07 - And Idol Record News

This week’s Idol Billboard update! YAY!

  • All the Idols’ CD’s are pushed down the Billboard 200 to make way for a slew of new entries. There is only one Idol album in the Top 50–Daughtry, at #32. The next to chart is Carrie Underwood’s “Some Hearts” at #61. Mandisa’s “True Beauty”, Bucky Covington’s “Bucky Covington” and Fantasia’s “Fantasia” all fell off the Billboard 200 this week.
  • Reba McEntire’s “Reba Duets” album, featuring Kelly Clarkson singing “Because of You” debuted at #1 this week. The single, “Because of You” has spent 13 weeks on the Hot 100 and is currently at #51. It sits at #14 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
  • Carrie Underwood’s single “So Small” breaks the Hot Country Songs Top 10 at #10.
  • Wow! Check it out! Elliott Yamin’s single “Wait For You” is still hanging in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 after 23 weeks on the chart.
  • Daughtry’s “Home” keeps the #1 spot on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart for the 8th straight week.

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Billboard Update: Issue date 09/29/07

This week’s Big! Idol! Billboard! Update! WHEE! Right here.

Highlights (and random music news):

  • Not Idol related but interesting: Kayne West’s CD “Graduation” debuts on the Billboard 200 at #1, posting the album chart’s largest sales total in more than two years. He handily won the well-publicized pr stunt feud with Fifty Cent, whose album “Curtis” debuted at #2 selling 691,000 copies. Here’s the big news–The Top 4 sellers on the Billboard 200, West, Fifty Cent, Kenny Chesney (his album debuted at #3 selling 387,000 copies) and Hanna Montana (133,000 copies) together totaled 2.2 million units, more than all titles combined on last week’s entire Billboard 200. Wow. Back to Idol…
  • Fred Bronson of Billboard’s Chart Beat reports that Carrie Underwood’s huge hit single, “Before He Cheats” is now, after 55 weeks on the chart, in the top 10 longest-charting songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. If it hangs on another 5 weeks, it will be in the top five. This week, “Before He Cheats” dips a bit on the Hot 100, from #32 to #39.
  • Season 5’s Mandisa had a good week on the album charts. Her CD “True Beauty” climbed from 195 to 143 on the Billboard 200, from #12 to #6 on the Top Christian Albums chart, and #13 to #7 on the Top Christian and Gospel albums chart. For more on Mandisa’s post Idol journey, read here.
  • All the Idols, except for Mandisa (23% increase) and Daughtry who climbed one spot, from #22 to #21 (11% increase) suffered declines on the Billboard 200 this week.
  • On the song charts, Daughtry’s “Over You” continues its climb, from #38 to #37 on the Hot 100. Check out the video for “Over You” at VH1 VSpot. I can’t figure out if the chick in the video killed her boyfriend or not…and who is getting over who?
  • Jordin Sparks’ “Tattoo” climbs the pop charts (from #84 to #75 on the Pop 100, from #45 to 40 on the Pop 100 Airplay). Carrie Underwood’s single “So Small” takes a hit on the Hot 100–from #17 two weeks ago, to #25, to #44 this week. The surge two weeks ago was due to her single being made available on iTunes. Her video just debuted on CMT this week. Why is it that cars are always being destroyed in her videos? heh. I expect the song to climb next week. It did climb a bit up the Hot 100 Airplay chart–from #52 to #45.

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Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire Perform on Oprah

Reba McEntire’s album of duets dropped this week.  She and Kelly Clarkson have made Kelly’s hit song, “Because of You” a hit all over again on country radio.  Kelly and Reba met in 2002 when they sang together on a post-season Idol special. They’ve been fast friends ever since.  Reba’s husband, Narvel Blackstock, is currently Kelly’s manager.  Here they are performing on Oprah:

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This Week’s Idol Appearances

ETA: By popular demand (chat peeps!) watch Britney Spears sleep-walk through her VMA performance…

I thought I’d devote a post to upcoming Idol appearances that I lovingly gather in one place right here.  If I’ve missed something, shoot me an email at mjsbigblog@gmail.com

  • The MTV Video Music Awards are on TONIGHT, and I don’t know about you, but I’m tuning in for the Brit-brit crash-and-burn that promises to open the show.  Heh.  Idols will be there, supporting the Britney side show. Jennifer Hudson presents an award, while both Daughtry and Carrie Underwood are nominated for awards.  Tune in tonight at 9 pm EDT on MTV.
  • Monday, Kimberley Locke performs at the 16th Annual Ella Awards honoring Gladys Knight in Beverly Hills.
  • Chris Daughtry and his band Daughtry have some TV appearances this week: On Wednesday they appear on the CBS Early Show and then later that night on the Late Show with David Letterman. On Thursday, they appear on Live with Regis and Kelly.  Get your DVRs ready!
  • Opening Thursday: Jon Peter Lewis plays Jesus in the Redlands Civic Light Opera production of the musical “Godspell”.  (The production answers the hypothetical question: What if Jesus were a Hobbit? Heh.)
  • Friday,  Diana DeGarmo appears at the Otis Redding Tribute in Macon, GA 8 pm.
  • Saturday, Kimberley Locke appears at the Savannah Pride celebration in Savannah, GA.  George Huff appears at the Brilliant Embers Fall 2007 Concert in Anaheim, CA. 5:30 pm.  (that’s quite the juxtaposition…) Elliott Yamin appears in London, UK on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Kelly Clarkson appears on a repeat of the CMT special CMT Crossroads: Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire. 3 pm and 11 pm.  Finally, Taylor Hicks performs during halftime with the Auburn University Marching band at the Auburn-Miss football game at Auburn University. Taylor attended Auburn before he quit to pursue a music career full time.

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Kelly Clarkson and Bucky Covington Announce Upcoming Tours

Kelly Clarkson’s tour is back on after being scrapped this summer due to poor ticket sales.  The new tour has been scheduled in smaller venues.  It kicks off on October 10th at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.  Kelly appeared live to sing ”Never Again” on the NFL Kickoff show broadcast on NBC prior to the Saints vs. Colts season football opener. 

Bucky Covington just announced a tour.  He’ll co-headline the “Raising the Bar” tour with fellow country music newcomer, Jason Michael Carroll.  The tour starts on October 25 in Corpus Christi, TX.   Here’s Bucky singing “It’s Good To Be Us” on the GAC Riverfront Concert special. 

Here he is on the same stage singing his Top 10 country hit,  A Different World.

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Billboard Update (08/11/07)

Check out this week’s Billboard Update:

The Highlights:

  • Billboard debuts a new formula this week for compiling the Hot 100 singles chart. The new formula includes songs and videos streamed by Yahoo! and AOL.  Streaming will account for 5 % of Billboard’s hit calculation initially, with 55% going to airplay and 40%