SYTYCD tour heads to Chaifet, St. Louis MO
Chris Richardson at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Danny Gokey at Gator Country Free Fall Concert, Jacksonville, FL
David Archuleta at Foster Festival, Okinawa, Japan
David Cook at Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
Jasmine Trias at Sun City Sierra Ballroom, Palm Desert, CA
Jason Castro at Girls of Grace event, Fleming Island, FL
Josh Gracin at Camp Casey Fest, Ferndale, MI
Kellie Pickler at Choctaw Casino, Durant, OK
Stefano Langone at the Padres Contra El Cancer Benefit, Las Vegas, NV
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Lauren Alaina will be signing copies of her debut CD Wildflower at the Walmart in Oglethorp, GA at 1pm, and in Marietta GA at 7 pm.
Blake Lewis opens for Morgan Page at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA.
Carrie Underwood will ride in the Northeastern State University homecoming parade, attend the football game and receive a distinguished alumnus honor during halftime.
David Archuleta will sign at 3 Utah Deseret Book stores -11/21 U-Village @ 4pm, 11/22 Ft Union @4pm, and 11/25 downtown SLC store @7:30pm. (Via @DeseretBooks)
David Archuleta will be at The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa on November 19.
Glee’s Lea Michele tweets, “Having the best time at work today! Got to meet some of the original cast of West Side Story from movie! It was amazing!!”
See Episode 10 of Kidz Star USA featuring Kris Allen HERE.
Scotty McCreery picks up his new truck
Scotty tweets, “Just picked up my new truck! driving it home! yfrog.com/nwvz5bj”
Kelly Clarkson hit ‘rock bottom’
Kelly Clarkson “hit rock bottom” five years ago.
The singer shot to fame after winning ‘American Idol’ in 2002 and while she initially coped well with success, she was forced to take a break when she became too ill to function.
She said: “Because my career went from zero to 100, there was no growing. I learnt well under pressure but, like, four years passed by and I it rock bottom.
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‘Glee’s’ Sue to run for Congress; Kurt fights to keep Blaine
LOS ANGELES – A new character will try to steal Blaine (Darren Criss) away from Kurt (Chris Colfer); Sue (Jane Lynch) will run for Congress, and Will (Matthew Morrison) will prove he has, um, “man marbles.”
“Glee’s” Chris, Jane and Matthew revealed these storyline developments and more when we interviewed them recently.
Jane and Matthew were paired together. Here’s a sample of their banter, which displays their close friendship:
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100 & Single: The Erratic Chart Fortunes Of TV-Crowned Idols, From Kelly To Scotty
This week’s chart, then, is Universal’s report card; and depending on your perspective they either got an A or a gentleman’s B-minus.
Merely finishing McCreery’s album in time for an October release—earlier than any prior winner’s album—must have been something of a feat for Iovine and McCreery’s album producer, Nashville veteran Mark Bright. But it was clearly worth it, as it gave McCreery a lower bar to top the chart. The headline this week isn’t “McCreery album debuts with solid, unexceptional 197, 000 in sales” (that would be the B-minus interpretation). Instead, by scoring a No. 1 debut, Universal and McCreery get A-level headlines like, “McCreery debut makes album chart history.”
Read more at Village Voice
