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Carly Smithson and her band, We Are the Fallen, are set to release their debut album, Tear the World Down on May 11.  After performing at Kings College, London on March 23, the band is set to tour with Finnish rock band H.I.M. Check out the tour dates HERE.

• UPDATE: Listen to a snip of a new song, “Without You” on the band’s My Space HERE.  Nice! Carly is right where she belongs…

Carly attended Season 7 mate, David Cook’s, concert at Morongo Casino and Resort Saturday night and took the stage with David and his band for a scorching performance of “Barracuda”.  Check it out HERE.

From the press release:

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 03/01/10) – Universal Republic Records’ compelling new rock brigade, We Are The Fallen, will release their debut album Tear The World Down on May 11th, 2010. The iconic band has already uncorked their scorching first single, ‘Bury Me Alive,’ making it available exclusively for the digital domain in the beginning of February.

The formidable five-some is comprised of the original members of multi-platinum trailblazing band Evanescence, guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt along with drummer Rocky Gray, joined by breakout American Idol finalist Carly Smithson on vocals. Acclaimed bassist Marty O’Brien (Disturbed and Static-X, among others) rounds out We Are The Fallen’s unique sound.

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I’ll be filling this post with photos and videos from David Cook’s Concert at the Morongo Casino Resort and Casino in Cabazan, CA. So, ya know the drill–chat away, and watch this space for updates.

Twitters: @h20waterconvo Recap from H2O HERE.

David opened with “I Did it For You”

After the JUMP…Videos including a NEW SONG “U And I”. Plus Carly Smithson takes the stage! She sings “Barracuda”. Also, “Light On”, “Lie”, “Make Believe”, “I Did it For You”, “Heroes”, “Kiss on the Neck”

VIDEO: Susiew523, VMRocks, Scoobyld

Videos after the JUMP…

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The first single, “Bury Me Alive”  from Carly Smithson’s band, We Are the Fallen, is now available for download from iTunes and Amazon.

Carly gets to show off her impressive pipes on this epic tune.

The band, made up of ex-members of Evanescence, will be hitting the road beginning with their debut show in London, UK on March 23.

The  group will then return to the US to begin a tour in Philadelphia on the 26th, , opening for the Finnish band, HIM.  For more info, check out wearethefallen.com.

The band’s label, Universal, is promoting the song to rock radio, and considering how tough it is to get females on rock radio these days, I hope they push it hard.

UPDATE: If you sign up for the band’s email list, you can down load an acoustic version of “Bury Me Alive” HERE.

Download “Bury Me Alive” from iTunes:

• Bury Me Alive – We Are the Fallen – iTunes
• Bury Me Alive – We Are The Fallen – Amazon

Season 7 Idol, Carly Smithson and her band, We Are the Fallen will release their first single, “Bury Me Alive” to digital outlets on Tuesday February 2.

Those of us who signed up for the band’s newsletter back in June received the single for free. If you missed out on that deal you’ll have to pony up the dollar or so to download it on the 2nd.

The band, made up of original Evanescence members, Ben Moody and John LeCompt along with drummer Rocky Gray and bassist Marty O’Brien will head out on the road with Norwegian rockers HIM for a 28 city tour, beginning on 3/7 in Philadelphia, PA.

We Are the Fallen’s full length album is due out later this year.

Season 7 Idol, Carly Smithson and her band, We Are The Fallen are set to tour, opening for Findland hard rock band, HIM.

We are the Fallen are made up of Carly, and ex-members of the band Evanescence, and were signed by Universal Records in October. The band is scheduled to release an album this year.

The band formed in June, with a big splashy press conference and live performance, they’ve been hunkered down in the studio writing and recording.

The tour begins in Philadelphia, PA on March 26.

Check out the tour dates, after the jump…

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Good news for Season 7 Idol, Carly Smithson and her band We Are the Fallen (We Are the Fallen are made of of Ex-Evanescence members).   The band will release their first record in early 2010.

From the press release:

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Universal Republic Records has signed new rock group We Are The Fallen, it was announced today by Monte Lipman, President and CEO of Universal Republic Records. The new band is comprised of the original members of multiplatinum trailblazing band Evanescence, guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt along with drummer Rocky Gray, with enigmatic American Idol finalist Carly Smithson powering the vocal reins of the new group. Respected touring and studio bassist Marty O’Brien (Disturbed and Static-X, among others) rounds out the iconic fivesome.

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David Cook was at the center of a mini-reunion of   the Season 7 Idol cast when he and his band played a concert in Los Angeles last night.

Michael Johns, Carly Smithson, Brooke White, Jason Castro, Syesha Mercado and Ramiele Malubay all came out to see their friend play. And they tweeted about it!

@Mjohnsmusic: Cook n the boys put on a great show. Hung with Dave for 20mins caught up I’m proud if his success catch his show if his in ur area

@Syesha: I love you my friend. We are all so proud of you. You rocked it tonight! http://twitpic.com/h6fjw

@JasonCastro: @thedavidcook if i hear the loop… im come in on cue! haha lookin forward to it!@CarlySmithson: What a show People !!!!! Been too long since we all laughed together in the same room . @thedavidcook Im proud of you man. Your a force !

@RamieleMalubay: @carlysmithson lov yah for holding me up at the concert haha

@CarlySmithson High Five to @realbrookewhite who channeled her inner Moses and parted the crowed . Thanks to all the fans that helped us get to the front

@realbrookewhite: http://twitpic.com/h64ww ‘“ Leave a little light on

@realbrookewhite: http://twitpic.com/h6afa ‘“ Good show Good friends Good times

@realbrookewhite: http://twitpic.com/h62fp – Don’t lie to the cookie

According to JoesPlace blog, Michael Castro, Jason Castro’s little brother, got a golden ticket from the judges during the Dallas Season 9 auditions this week. He advanced to Hollywood last year too, making it all the way to the last day of the round. We’ll see if he makes it further this year…

Season 6 Idol Chris Sligh just twittered: “1 of the biggest male country artists put my song “Wouldn’t Change a Thing” on hold! Follow up to Flatts? Here’s hoping!” Chris wrote a Top 10 country hit for Rascal Flatts, “Here Comes Goodbye”. You can listen to “Wouldn’t Change a Thing” on Chris’s MySpace page. Chris is on the verge of announcing a record deal with a major label…

Daughtry will be one of the guests on producer, Timbaland’s next album, Shock Value II according to this website. Other collaborators include: Estelle, Danjahandz, Keri Hilson, The Jonas Brothers, Hollywood Undead, Jim Beanz, Amar, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Usher, Chris Brown, Missy Elliott, Drake, The Neptunes, Sebastian’ ¦.

Oprah protege, Charice announced on twitter that she recorded a duet with David Archuleta for his upcoming Christmas Album, Christmas from the Heart, due out this fall…

Carly Smithson and her new band, We Are the Fallen (made up of ex-Evanescence members) are busy writing, recording and getting ready to tour. Check out a short snip of the band performing an acoustic version of their first single, Bury Me Alive, HERE.   Carly twitters that the songs she was working on as a solo earlier will be incorporated into the band…

Is Carrie Underwood adding some beats to her next album? Engineer, Ann Mincieli recently twittered, “Working with Max Martin and Carrie Underwood in the Studio today!! Tracked Lap N Steel and Banjo!! I got the most UNIQUE Guitar TONES!!!” And R&B star, Ne-Yo twittered to a Carrie fan who asked “On a scale of 1-10, what’s the possibility of seeing your writing work on Carrie Underwood’s upcoming album?” He answered, “Just wrote for Carrie’s album so hopefully- 10.”