Idol Headlines for 07/12/09
Review: American Idols Live!
The ‘American Idols Live! Tour 2009′ features nine vocalists not named Adam Lambert and one that is.
The latter is the person who matters; at least that’s what Bay Area ‘Idol’ watchers have told me repeatedly over the last few months. Of course, some of those same people said that past winners Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard would maintain lengthy, high-profile careers in the music industry. I’ll be sure to pass those words on to Hicks and Studdard when I see them performing at some future county fair.
The thing is, however, those viewers may just be right this time around.
Concert Review: Packed Arco Arena revels in Idol-atry
The monster machine that is the “American Idols Live! Tour 2009″ roared into Arco Arena last night. And, for three hours, fans of the TV show and the Top 10 finalists were treated to a spectacle of lights, theatrics and amazing music.
(Maybe Beyonce stuck around after her show here Thursday. It would have been worth it!)
A member of arena security estimated the crowd at “near capacity – if not more.” It was a packed audience, willing to spend close to $70 for the coveted floor level seats and filling the upper levels almost to the top. Sacramento was only the fourth stop on a tour that will criss-cross the country through Sept. 15.
More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…
From the $25 American Idol Tour Program’ ¦
Wow! $25 for a PROGRAM!
I found some scans of the American Idol Tour program and thought you may want to take a look. To get the best view, click on the photos so you can see them full size in a new window.
EVEN MORE from the American Idol Tour Program
I’m going to start this one off with Scott MacIntyre, considering Blind Guy alwasy seems to get the shaft.
Chris Daughtry
Daughtry finished fourth on American Idol in 2006, but his debut album became the bestselling record of 2007. His follow-up, Leave This Town, debuts this month. He spoke to Ramin Setoodeh.
Chris Daughtry’s versatile voice powers his well-written new disc
Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson, Clay Aiken and recent runner-up Adam Lambert are proof that you don’t have to be the winner on “American Idol” to gain an audience and build a successful music career. North Carolina native Daughtry finished fourth during the show’s fifth season, which was eventually won by Taylor Hicks. Using his own last name as the name of his band, Daughtry’s self-titled 2006 debut was a smash hit and sold well over 4 million copies. The group’s sophomore album, “Leave This Town” (*** out of four stars, out Tuesday on RCA), may convince even the most fervent hater of “American Idol” that Chris Daughtry is a genuine talent
Swift, Pickler deliver just what fans want
And so, last night’s show ‘†part of Swift’s 52-city Fearless tour, her first as a headliner ‘“ was a heady mix of youthful energy and heart-clad sleeves.
Exhibit A: North Carolina-born Pickler, who famously cried at the 2007 Country Music Awards, did so again during her sleek 30-minute set. As Pickler buried her face in her hands, the crowd offered empathetic cheers in lieu of a 15,000-strong group hug. Bad moms, bad boys, whatever: they’d all been there. The artist understands her audience.
2 new discs have Simon Cowell connection
HOLD BACK MY HEART Michael Johns (TRP)
Musically, these debut discs could hardly be more different – one neo-soul with a rock influence, the other a classical/rock/dance hybrid. But they share origins in the world of reality TV and a connection with Simon Cowell.
Johns was kicked off American Idol after making the Top 10 in Season 7, a dismissal so premature, some thought, that it helped lead to the “judges’ save” rule on the show, by which the judges can keep a participant in the contest. Escala were finalists in the 2008 edition of Britain’s Got Talent (the same show that this year gave us the inimitable Susan Boyle) and are affiliated with Cowell’s record label.
Sparks learns to fly
Jordin Sparks has found that she has to be tough to survive in the music business, writes Nui Te Koha.
JORDIN Sparks has her battles. “Anything in life can become a battlefield,” she says.
“It can be a relationship with friends or family. It can be your health or job.
“I’ve certainly had my battles, although,” she smiles, “my career has been pretty battle-free.”
Well, almost.
Mariah Carey’s ‘Obsessed’ Video To Premiere On ‘America’s Got Talent’
Mariah Carey caught plenty of attention for the costumes she was spotted dressed up in across New York City as she filmed the music video for her single, Obsessed, recently.
And fans will get to see the final product next week.
NBC has confirmed that “Americas Got Talent,” the show hosted by Mariah’s husband, Nick Cannon, will feature the network premiere of Mariah’s “Obsessed” video on July 15.
“Just wanna let you know that the world premiere of the ‘Obsessed’ video is on ‘America’s Got Talent’ (hosted by NCx0x) Wed.night..July 15th! Mariah wrote on her Twitter account on Friday.
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Here is the uninterrupted video of Adam’s set in Oakland (broken into 3 parts). Sorry, I’m just getting home . . . If you play them back-to-back you’ll get the feel of the whole set. There is some sound and video distortion (sitting in the first row has it pluses and minuses ‘“ you can see the performers up close, but don’t get the wider angles or the full sound effects. . . )
Intro, Whole Lotta Love, Starlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xqz8xvenWY
Mad World, Slow Ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHPFis9kJU
Bowie Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsAjttToZG4
Finale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkOollPM6z8
Enjoy!!! :clap_tb:
It looks like Archie has been busy today working on his Christmas album with Kurt Bestor, based on these two tweets from Kurt Bestor…
Who is Kurt Bestor, you ask? Here are some impressive data on him…
Perhaps best known for his innovative interpretation of seasonal carols found in his popular 5-CD boxed set The Complete Kurt Bestor Christmas, the Utah based composer and performer launched his career writing music for television and movies. His credits include more than 40 film scores and more than 40 themes for national TV programs and commercials. It is Bestor’s music that has introduced NFL Monday Night Football, and National Geographic Explorer; he scored TBS’s Wild! Life Adventures and the IMAX film The Great American West. He also was given the Outstanding Film Score Award at the New York Film and Television Festival for his music for PBS’s A More Perfect Union. Bestor was awarded an Emmy ® for his collaboration with Sam Cardon on the original music for ABC’s coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics.
You can read more about him HERE.
What the heck’s a “twat”???
Small gigs are good. Have you seen Adam at Upright Cabaret? I would have loved to have seen Adam there. At least I would have had a chance of getting his autograph. LOL.
Also, I think Adam is doing what he loves and was doing what he loves, just like Taylor Hicks. Singers like to sing right???
LOL. Adam isn’t talking about female anatomy when saying “twat”… it’s a twitter thing. I kinda think Adam has little interest in that part of a woman’s anatomy. I also suspect there’s not a sexist bone in his body, although I don’t know him.
I hope Adam doesn’t develop a filter to please the masses. Ick.
True, pj, which is why twat would slip out so easily.
I think he is a prick. Wonder how many definitions of prick there are. LOL
There are probably a few definitions of prick, twat and bitch. It all depends on the context used. I really don’t think Adam meant any disrespect to women. He is way too close to his mom and has very close women friends.
I guess I’m going to have to re-evaluate myself and my lingo. I’m probably a twat, bitch and prick rolled into one! Yet even my Mom loves me. Bless her.
ETA: I don’t use the F-word in her presence, though. LOL.
Well, I don’t think “Taylor Hicks” or “Elvis: The Rotund Later Years” are the only two options available to Adam and Allison and Kris.
If it’s a live synth line that Kochanski is playing (as opposed to the actual instrument being synthesized) no problem.
What’s a live synth line when the keyboard is connected to a professional studio software package and both are triggering midi files? Push a key to trigger sampled violins that play along with what whaever chord changes you are playing. Is that a live synth line? The borders get very blurry.
Here’s the keyboard workstation Kochanski is using for the Idol tour — interfaced to the computer software package. Towards the end of this demo when he starts layering patterns ask yourself “what does playing live mean?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKn-ElQE0NQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTynawZFKk
In the interview with Kochanski during Taylor’s tour, he said that the use of some backing track instrumentation varied from song to song. Remember, I don’t think they had background singers on that tour, so all harmony vocals were midi generated.
I’m just saying that this band would have no problem at all playing the Madonna or Goldfrapp techno dance songs that I linked. As with those live performances, there would be some use of synthesizer midi tracks.
I also hope he’ll still be well received in the midwest/south, but think we’ll see a lot more love for Kris and Danny there, and Adam may be 2nd behind Kris, rather than number 1 in some of those areas.
But I know every area can be surprisingly different – I live on the east coast, pretty eclectic area, yet I know of AI fans who seemed offput by Adam. It was unfortunate. Not that everyone has to love the guy, but just not be rude just because of his sexual preference (which they kind of were).
I must say I was VERY surprised that NoBo was cut from the program – that has never happened before, and when I told other AI fan friends of mine, they said, “But every year’s song is crappy, and it always makes the tour, regardless.” Just makes me wonder how bad it really did come across on tour (hard to tell just from the vids). I actually didn’t mind the song TOO much, listening to it from the itunes download.
Still, I have to wonder if it didn’t have just a little to do with Adam performing right before him, and having such a high energy, well-received set. NoBo was probably unfairly handicapping Kris even more than in previous years – so they gave him a free pass by letting him do something else.
Why is the twat comment coming up now? Adam wrote that on his twitter July 8. He defines the term for him “when I read lame, boring tweets I call them TWATS.”
Thanks for those standing up for the Midwest and South. I do get tired of people presuming Adam may not get the same response when he comes to the midwest. Let me assure you – he will be just fine here. Contrary to what some think Missouri knows good music and a good singer when we hear it. And the artists respond to it.
Nola, Adam used “twat” to describe bad twits, and wrote, that he also sends “twats” I did not get any impression that he was being disrespectful in any way, while your calling him prick is not very nice
It is unfortunate that twat as been co-opted by Twitterers as a whole, as a verb and a noun, because it does have another not so nice usage. Tweet is so much sweeter – just like fag means something different to Brits than North Americans. And I even try to avoid the use of the word root because it has a whole other meaning in Australia.
In terms of the AI tour band, they are quite good and the issue of live vs tracks on tour is a fascinating one. I was quite disappointed when The Edge demonstrated in a documentary of U2 prepping for the Vertigo tour how he had all the various guitar sounds from different songs programmed into a computer and he could use his wah wah pedal to change for each song and I’m thinking, is that like cheating sort of? Then I thought that is how a band with only 2 guitars make such a large sound. And many many drummers, live awesome drummers use drum programs as they are playing – not sure how that works but they are all very open about it so it must be a pretty standard thing.
Nola writes of her dislike of Adam in every post. Ignore her.