Kris Allen Gets Ready To Perform Before Sunday’s Miami Dolphin’s Game
Kris Allen arrived at Land Shark stadium in Miami Friday, to do a little promo ahead of his performance at the Miami Dolphins Tailgate party on Sunday, October 25.
Kris and his band will perform a concert at 3 pm before the Dolphins/Saints game begins at 4:15 ET pm. According to AI Now, Kris will debut songs from his upcoming album, Kris Allen, set to be released November 17.
Ha ha. Cheerleaders!
More photos of Kris after the JUMP…
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cookcricket,
you are right, the red x is a little weird but the shirt isn’t new. It’s from rock week and the duet with Danny ( http://www.kris-pics.net/v/screencaps/americanidol/top4/AI8-Cap-Kris-Top04L-0038.jpg.html ). After that performance and the side eyes he gave Simon or Danny I thought he would have burned it. I’m glad he didn’t, he looks good in it, maybe better with the jacket too, but I guess ocean and jacket don’t go together.
Tess,
I think if we take that quote out of context it sounds weird (just like “you can never say no to the high school girls” lol , yahoo interview) but he said the same thing about the breast cancer gig (a little better) “the management hooked me up with it and they asked me if it was something that i would like to do and is smth that my family have gone through so…”.(they probably asked him for this particular performance since it was non-profital, I think, but still..) So I guess the management suggests gigs but doesn’t force him to do something that he doesn’t want to. After all in all these inteviews he says that he is a big football fan and therefore very excited that his first performance with his band is at a football game (or should I say soccer? sorry).
I have. It’s on his 2006 album. It’s fantastic. Hard not to be, the songwriting on that song is as good as it gets, ever. The imagery of Elvis shaking it like a Harlem queen. Wow.
I don’t think Buffett’s version is as good as the orginal Welch/Rawlings version. I don’t know how it could be. The original is haunted. Welch wrote it and recorded it in the historic old RCA studio in Nashville where Elvis recorded most of his hits as did the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, and on and on. Welch said the whole time they were recording there they kept feeling the harmony ghosts of the people who had recorded in the studio. Their recording of Elivis Presley blues — the two of them playing it live around a single mic in an old-timey studio is pure magic.
If you like organic singer-songwriter stuff, of course.
Here’s a live version from a fairly recent BBC 4 TV special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FM8ui2ByUI
There’s a video of them recording the song in the Nashville studio on their DVD, but it doesn’t appear to be on YouTube
mmk28,
Lol at the “side eyes” comment. I will never forget that look!
Ok From the clip with Dolphine cheerleaders – Did anyone else notice where Kris’s hands were at when he was introducing them, esp at “This is Missy..” pointing both hands pretty much at her boobs and then realizing it, quickly readjusts…. LOL…..
(Still on the subject of Jimmy Buffett. Or Jimmy Buffet, as we called him to be funny.)
“Come Monday” is my favorite, too. His first hit, I think, since he used to sing it in concert and preface it by saying, “And now for my only hit…”
“Come Monday” is still on my iPod, along with my second fave, “Pencil-thin Mustache.” I believe they’re both on the album “Living and Dying in 3/4 Time.”
Pre-Margaritaville, he did a small (500-seat) concert at my college in the mid-70s. It was one of the first live concerts I saw. I still love him, even though the whole Margaritaville and Parrothead thing took him away from what I loved about him.
As for Kris and the Dolphins and the kind of concert it is — I’ve seen some similar tailgating concerts (although no Idols) and the sound was fine. We really enjoyed it. My guess would be that this is a way to try out Kris and his band live without a huge national audience or too much scrutiny while they get the kinks worked out.
LOL at the side-eye comment. That duet was the most mismatched, uncomfortable-looking performance of the season for me. So many things wrong with that – the messed up lyrics, lack of eye contact, lack of chemistry, bizarre-o judges comments. I understand the studio version was much better – I wish now I would have downloaded it.
I’m indifferent toward Jimmy Buffett. I don’t care what the stadium was named for, I’ll never hear that name and take it seriously. Too many college parties tuned into SNL to erase the Land Shark skits from my memory.
Many thanks to cookcricket and hwc for the Elvis Presley Blues mentions. I enjoyed both Jimmy Buffett and Gillian Welch’s versions. I could hear Alison Krauss doing this song, too.
I’m anxious to see/hear Kris’ new band tomorrow! So little has been mentioned about who’s actually in the band other than Cale.
Here is an article about what Kris did yesterday in the stadium. It says that the number 17 on his t-shirt represents the 17th of November. That’s very cool. I haven’t thought about it and I guess not a lot of people will get it, unless they anounce it during his performance. http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/kris-allen-gets-tour-land-shark-stadium
It is they’ll be some perrecorded messages for us Kris Fans threw out the game. I wonder what it’s going to say. I really hope we get some very good video’s on his singing.Am so excited.
I’m really surprised that MJ hasn’t called this Jimmy Buffet stuff. The first couple of posts…okay. But this is SUPPOSED to be about Kris Allen!
Couldn’t they have used a better picture of him in this article? That is seriously funny looking. Yeah, Kris can on occasion take a bad picture, lol. Great article, though, sounds like a fun time. Wonder is there is vid of his touchdown ball-spike?
Gulfluv, thanks for the article…I wondered if there was any significance to the number 17…duh! haha
IMO, this is a good gig for Kris. One thing I thought of last night was that a good showing tomorrow may translate into another appearance for Kris Super Bowl weekend. There are a lot of major musical artists who perform that weekend at various pre Super Bowl events. Super Bowl XLIV is also going to be played nowhere other than LandShark Stadium. You never know. Some people may mock this performance but Kris is getting a lot of exposure and some very good press. This is his weekend so far with his album tracks being released, a very good review on his album and now performing his new songs in front of a live audience. Great for him.
How much do I love that somebody mentioned “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw” here. That song features the late, great Vassar Clements on fiddle. I actually think his sleazy fiddle playing makes the song. My favorite Buffett song would be “He Went to Paris” or maybe “Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfan”. I’m actually no longer a fan *gasp*. I got over him in about 1980 when he went really mainstream.
Thanks for that article, mmk28.
It is very cool that they made a shirt for him to commemorate his album debut.
They are really giving Kris the 5 star VIP treatment. Lots of press and radio. The banner of him, private tour, Orange Carpet appearance tomorrow, video messages from him throughout the game.
I really want to know how this came about. It certainly doesn’t seem like your typical AI fare or something 19 would come up with.
I think it’s a fabulous opportunity for him and he’s going to come in contact with some very influential people. Tapping into the sports market may very well be genius.
The “duet” with Danny was a travesty, exceeded in wrong only by Simon’s comment that Danny sang it better. I almost shot my TV.
Which reminds me of Elvis! Thanks, hwc, for the link to Elvis Presley Blues. I do love me some blues and will check out more of Gillian Welch’s stuff.
These pics of Kris look so awkward to me.
However, just for the record, I downloaded his single 3 times accidentally lol.
“LLWD IS #10 on itunes in NEW ZEALAND. I heard the top station had been playing it a lot and The Script are very popular there.”
That makes me so happy and can’t wait for Sunday videos!
Me too! All I could think every time I read the stadium name was, “Candygram!” Hee
Although, “Let’s Get Drunk and Screw” is a classic…
Love Gillian Welch ! Got to see her do an acapella “Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby” with Allison Krauss (ETA: and Rawlings) at last year’s ACL Fest. Absolutely amazing!
Love Kris; but I’m much more interested in the Saints!
WhoDat
Geaux Saints!