Idol Headlines for 05/01/10

I have a feeling “September” will do well. It’s a good song.

Yea for Daughtry’s next single being September. It’s my favorite one on his album.

Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir ‘At War’

Meow… I like Evan as an skater, anfd Johnny is not bad either, but neither of them have the personality that Abbott has… and since we are talking about skaters… Can I said how hot Charlie White is…

I like Jim Cantiello’s suggestion of “The Rainbow Connection” for Tim. It would be perfect. Too bad he didn’t sing it on Idol. Maybe he would still be there.

I think Johny and Evan should both zip it. Two months ago Johnny came across fabulous and kind and now he is acting like …THIS. ewwww
Evan was sleazy from the beginning.
September sounds exactly like all of Daughtry tracks.boring. top 5 on HAC is a lock. One more album like this and they are done.
Am i the only one dissapointed with the new Glee episodes? They aren’t as good as the first 13. I have a hope for Gaga episode though.
The inteview with Kris. Why are they asking him about Adam’s come-out? seriously???? ewwwwww

Bit of Danny news for today:

Danny Gokey’s tweet from two day’s ago made Billboards top 20 tweets of the week:

http://www.billboard.com/news/top-20-tweets-of-the-week-5-1-10-1004087988.story#/news/top-20-tweets-of-the-week-5-1-10-1004087988.story

He played to a sold out house last night in Nashville. Newcomer Chris Jansen (his single had the most adds at county radio last week) opened for him.
Bria Mansfield and also Mark Bright attended.
Here is a pic from the stage:

http://twitpic.com/1jyri0

Evan and Johnny have hated each other for years, so this latest fight is no surprise.

Radio stations have spun The Truth 19 times this week. Here is the breakdown (monitored stations only)

KLLC (San Francisco) – 13
WPST (Trenton, NJ) – 3
KMXB (Las Vegas) – 1
KQKQ (Omaha, NE) – 1
KMHX (Santa Rosa, CA) – 1

That’s in addition to the 4 spins it got last week, 1 each from stations in Chicago, Las Vegas, San Diego and Spokane

EDIT: Actually it may include the 1 spin from LV, since “this week” is defined as the last 7 days on this chart

The interview with Kris. Why are they asking him about Adam’s come-out? seriously???? ewwwwww

Because all Kris Allen interviews must have a question about Adam.

Last week IIHU got 5 spins, with 4 of them coming from Canadian stations in Montreal and Saskatoon. The one US station to play it was WWDC in Washington, DC — which is listed as an alternative rock station

for some reason, IIHU isn’t listed in the custom reports, so I can’t get this week’s spins. Maybe because it doesn’t have an add date yet?

IIHY has also been spun by some non monitored rythmic station according to pulse.

I see that Kris agrees with Adam on who has the best voices this year. And I agree with both of them…..Well Adam mentioned Big Mike too, who I also like but I think he’s going home this week because a lot of people don’t like him and VFTW is supporting him. :(

Seems Adam has landed in Finland. Lots of fan photos from the airport on twitter.

ETA: Seems like the 2nd Nokia concert sold out as well.

Because all Kris Allen interviews must have a question about Adam.

I didn’t mean this. I don’t mind when the idols get asked about fellow idols like in terms of camaraderie or music success. They’re all asked about that all the time in the US and will be probably forever, but about comming out? one year later? ewwwww

Seems Adam has landed in Finland. Lots of fan photos from the airport on twitter.

ETA: Seems like the 2nd Nokia concert sold out as well.

LOL. I read that Adam is landing in Finland and that his second Nokia concert is sold out and I’m thinking “Not every day they add a second concert for company shareholders”. But you mean a concert in a Nokia sponsored stadium in the US, right?

Kind of cute it happens the day he arrives in Finland.

@adamlambert sold out in two minutes for the toledo show…… so i guess i will see you in columbus, congrats on a two min sell out~!!!!!
1 minute ago from web

Heh, yeah. Someone commented that all the great twitter pics from the airport must be because all the people in Finland have great nokia phones! Anyway, yes, I meant the NYC concert the 23rd.

“September” is my favorite track on Leave This Town but I was hoping one of the more rockin songs would have been the next single. Stupid RCA.

Studio57:
05/01/2010 at 11:24 am

@adamlambert sold out in two minutes for the toledo show…… so i guess i will see you in columbus, congrats on a two min sell out~!!!!!
1 minute ago from web

Who tweeted that?

sage you got that wrong, when Adam’s fans found out that Nokia phones take better pictures of Adam than any other phones they all went out and bought Nokia phones.

Judee:
05/01/2010 at 10:36 am
“I think Johny and Evan should both zip it. Two months ago Johnny came across fabulous and kind and now he is acting like …THIS. ewwww
Evan was sleazy from the beginning.
September sounds exactly like all of Daughtry tracks.boring. top 5 on HAC is a lock. One more album like this and they are done.
Am i the only one dissapointed with the new Glee episodes? They aren’t as good as the first 13. I have a hope for Gaga episode though.
The inteview with Kris. Why are they asking him about Adam’s come-out? seriously???? ewwwwww”

I agree that both Johnny and Evan can zip it. Johnny shouldn’t try to out Evan, especially when Johnny won’t answer the gay question himself. Second, it’s none of our business either way. I don’t care who’s sleeping with who.

As for Daughtry, I second your observation about his new album. I love his voice, but the second doesn’t even come close to what his first album was. This second has three songs I like, the others are pretty much filler.

As for Kris, I think the media don’t find him very interesting and try to inject Adam into his interviews to draw readers in. Yes it’s not right, and I hoped they would stop after all this time.

ok all these concerts selling out so fast makes me very worried I won’t be able to get tickets….that is if there is actually a show even remotely close to me. Frikken scalpers well I hope they saturate the market.

Review of Carrie’s Fayetteville concert:

Carrie Underwood soars to new heights

And an article about how Crown Coliseum was able to book Carrie: Hard work, luck led to booking country star. It’s an interesting read re: touring.

What the public doesn’t know is the business side of the booking and promotions business, Zaccaro said.

For example, top-level acts such as Jay-Z, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty may have a $500,000 guarantee – the amount of money they’re guaranteed to be paid per show.

“And that’s just for them stepping foot in the building,” Zaccaro said. “We’re not even talking about catering, security, insurance, production, transportation or advertising costs.”

Those costs can, on average, add another $100,000 to $150,000 to a promoter’s bottom line, Zaccaro said. For a venue such as the Crown Coliseum, which can offer 8,000 tickets for a major show, things can get costly quickly.

“At our capacity, just to cover that kind of guarantee,” Zaccaro said, “that comes to $62.50 a ticket. Add all the other costs, and we’re looking at around $81.25 – just to break even.”

Is this true? I am devastated if Toledo is truly sold out! Dumb question but how can you tell? I have been on ticketmaster since 10am. My husband on one computer and me on another. It only says tickets aren’t available. It doesn’t say sold out or anything like that. I am going to keep trying – this can’t be true – it just can’t be true………..I will see Adam F Lambert this summer :)

where are these sold-out tweets from? there was a false sold-out tweet yesterday.

ok all these concerts selling out so fast makes me very worried I won’t be able to get tickets….that is if there is actually a show even remotely close to me. Frikken scalpers well I hope they saturate the market.

The scalpers know a good thing when they see it – they know that Lambert fans will pay big bucks too see him. I think a lot of scalpers will be making a nice dollar with the Adam tour :)

Toledo has been on sale since the 28th. The scalpers probably bought a lot of them during the pre-sales like they do for everyone. I hate scalpers! Then when they can’t re-sell the tickets there are a ton of empty seats.

ETA: Seems like the 2nd Nokia concert sold out as well.

Looks like someone missed the boat on NYC bookings. If Pac OC can book two 8500 seat concerts, NYC should have booked something close to that. At a minimum half the seating of So. CA. So much for my vacation plans in NYC. I’m really trying to plan a short trip somewhere (Vancouver scratch, NYC scratch) to see Adam.

According to Ticketmaster, the are no tickets left for Toledo and both Nokia shows. So it looks like the tweets about the sellouts are true.

the Adam tickets are really gone. they’ll be flying around internet for much higher prize from now on. this sucks for his fans… i don’t get why can’t they book bigger venue especially in New York.

I don’t know about the Toledo concert but Nokia tweeted the show on the 23rd was sold out. They’ve said the same thing to people calling them.

Radio 1 in the UK did play FYE today. :-) hopefully the keep playing it!

@hotmud: Borgata says they are sold out for Adam Lambert 2 minutes ago from web

glambertislove RT @SeattleSusieQ: Ticketfrontier.com has tickets for the second Nokia Adam Lambert concert. 2 minutes ago from TweetDeck

I would call the venues to see if concerts are really sold instead of relying on random tweets.

lorismile:
05/01/2010 at 12:13 pm
Radio 1 in the UK did play FYE today. hopefully the keep playing it!

You would think after the good promo in the UK that more stations would be playing it more often – thought he would have had a nice bounce from that as well. Hmmm :)

The question is what percentage of these tickets were bought by scalpers? I’ve seen reports of tickets on stubhub with the sellers asking for more than $1000? That’s nuts.

So if scalpers bought a lot of the tix and can’t unload them on fans willing to pay xtimes face value, what may be a sellout on paper won’t be so in terms of people at the show.

Here is another contest being held by Wisconsin Vision and FM 106, for Danny fans in Wisconsin. The grand prize is to get an a trip to see Danny perform on the Sugarland tour on October 15 in Tampa, Florida. Whoever wins will get two plane tickets to see FL, two concert tickets to the concert and some money to cover hotel and other expenses.

This is the latest date I have seen so far for Danny on this tour. Prior to this the latest date I had seen for him was in August. I am glad that he will be doing at least one tour date with Sugarland in October, and hopefully he will have more tour dates with them after August.

http://www.fm106.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=105992&article=7061598

So if scalpers bought a lot of the tix and can’t unload them on fans willing to pay xtimes face value, what may be a sellout on paper won’t be so in terms of people at the show.

I guess they set high prices in the beginning then lower them closer to the concert time. I think it’s all supply/demand. If no one will buy the tickets at those ridiculous prices they will lower the price.

ETA: Remember MJ saying for the Ai concerts you could find really good seats on stubhub the day before or the day of the concert for reasonable prices. Maybe it will be the same?

So if scalpers bought a lot of the tix and can’t unload them on fans willing to pay xtimes face value, what may be a sellout on paper won’t be so in terms of people at the show.

When it gets close to the day of the concert, the prices go way down. I saw a couple of tickets for the Vancouver concerts a little above face value the day before the show. The day of the show they were all gone.

So if scalpers bought a lot of the tix and can’t unload them on fans willing to pay xtimes face value, what may be a sellout on paper won’t be so in terms of people at the show.

No one cares about that. only the fans are screwed. the venue and Adam’s label are happy they sold all tickets, they don’t care who paid for them. I remember when Miley Cyrus went on the first tour with JoBros as special guests, every show sold out immediately and the parents were paying literally thousands $ to get their kiddies tickets as christmas presents. it was nuts. the answer of media: good for Miley!

Radio 1 in the UK did play FYE today. :-) hopefully the keep playing it!

isn’t it the biggest radio in the UK? I hope they keep playing it too.

When it gets close to the day of the concert, the prices go way down.

i think so. Just it causes some fans panic and make it more difficult to plan ahead.

yeah if the tickets won’t sell, the prize will go wayyyy down. the scalpers WANT to sell them. but for the fans it is a bit inconvinient to wait. if they buy them now, they can arrange everything in advance…

smeggingnuts:
05/01/2010 at 11:47 am
ok all these concerts selling out so fast makes me very worried I won’t be able to get tickets

I’ve been feeling the exact same way. Very anxious that I’m not going to get to see him live. Don’t know why they didn’t go with bigger venues.

Speaking of concerts, Kelly Clarkson’s Manila concert was FANTASTIC! She sounded tons better live than on her record! She hit all the right notes, not a single one out of place. Her singing seemed so effortless! I’m still on a high! Kelly, you’re now my second favorite Idol, after DC!

You would think after the good promo in the UK that more stations would be playing it more often – thought he would have had a nice bounce from that as well. Hmmm

HAHA – cute! Actually it’s one of the largest radio staion. Others are already playing it. I’m sure he will get a nice sales bounce when the charts are released, but I could be wrong. He’s had some great reviews there.

ETA: Z100 is having an Adam Lambert weekend and is giving tickets away all weeked to his Nokia show. You can listen online for anyone who may have missed out on getting them.

I fianlly caught up in all the Glee episodes-Im a gleek!

HAHA – cute! Actually it’s the largest radio staion. Others are already playing it. And I’m sure he will get a nice sales bounce

I’m originally from the UK so I know a thing or two about their stations. Far as I can see, so far the promo hasn’t had much of an impact. :)

Are these people crazy? http://www.ticketfrontier.com/ResultsTicket.aspx?evtid=1357753&event=Adam+Lambert

Section: FLOOR Row: GA $420.00

As much as I want to see Adam I wont pay to those people +1100% of the original price.

I’ll wait for another opportunity…..

Judee:
05/01/2010 at 12:12 pm
i don’t get why can’t they book bigger venue especially in New York.

hmm I remember in the not to distant past where people were saying that Adam booking anything larger than 3k was reaching since he wouldn’t be able to sell the tickets…lol but it is kinda stupid to book such small venues in high population areas

Granted I am not sure what percentage of tickets were sold to scalpers. But not every single sale was. I see so much squeeing on twitter about people getting tickets. So its good to know at least there are fans out there getting tickets….hopefully one day that will be me…..hahaha I feel sorry for anyone on that day if I do

Organic: I don’t know if you’re still on this thread, but I left you a note about Milwaukee ticket sales on the Allison/Adam Glam Nation thread.

Thanks much Teri63. Took your suggestion and signed up as a member. I had also signed up on Ticketmaster with the venue and Adam as favorites, so I’ll just keep checking my email. Hope you get tickets as well. June 15 is actually my birthday, so hoping to treat myself to a great concert.

isn’t it the biggest radio in the UK?

No, Radio 2 is. Radio 2 is probably a more interesting station musically than Radio 1 – it used to be more of an easy listening radio station playing the kind of songs your mother might like, now it is more diverse and eclectic.

Most listened-to UK radio stations – http://www.mediauk.com/article/32695/the-most-popular-radio-stations-in-the-uk

And on Radio 1′s playlist –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/

Can’t see Adam Lambert there, perhaps they might add him later on.

We do remember how long it took for radio adds in the US right? And that was with all the exposure from AI and stuff. Its gonna take awhile for that stuff to build up especially since he’s forgein. Can we give him some time please, people were saying the same thing in Austraila it just took time.

smeggingnuts I remember that too, and I agree with you.

Organic:

05/01/2010 at 12:44 pm

Thanks much Teri63. Took your suggestion and signed up as a member. I had also signed up on Ticketmaster with the venue and Adam as favorites, so I’ll just keep checking my email. Hope you get tickets as well. June 15 is actually my birthday, so hoping to treat myself to a great concert.

Before the Riverside box office clerk told me anything, she asked if I was signed up with their site, and it looked like you can click links on their site to get tickets — although, truthfully, it probably just links to Ticketmaster. Soooo, I’m going to take your lead, as well, and list this venue as a favorite with Ticketmaster. I already have Adam as a favorite, there, of course, but this is serious business, and we can’t cover too many bases. LOL!

Good luck to you, too — What an awesome birthday treat that would be! I live in the Chicago area, and the Hammond, IN, casino gig is, according to Mapquest, just about 45 minutes away, so I’ll be trying that one, too. I’d rather go in Milwaukee because Allision will be playing, but seeing that so many seem to be having difficulty getting tickets, I’ll be trying everywhere that’s remotely close!

Edit: Oops — I messed those block quotes up big time! LOL!

I agree that both Johnny and Evan can zip it. Johnny shouldn’t try to out Evan, especially when Johnny won’t answer the gay question himself. Second, it’s none of our business either way. I don’t care who’s sleeping with who.

when sis this happened??? I didnt heard anything about it… and isnt Evan dating Nastia Lurkin (sp?) since before the olymics… ?

waffle:
05/01/2010 at 12:33 pm
Speaking of concerts, Kelly Clarkson’s Manila concert was FANTASTIC! She sounded tons better live than on her record! She hit all the right notes, not a single one out of place. Her singing seemed so effortless! I’m still on a high! Kelly, you’re now my second favorite Idol, after DC!

Awwww thanks for sharing. :) I love kelly.. and yes, she can hit all those notes…

Does anyone know about Adam doing the X-Factor Finland? If so when is it? Should be coming up soon.

I guess they set high prices in the beginning then lower them closer to the concert time. I think it’s all supply/demand. If no one will buy the tickets at those ridiculous prices they will lower the price.

ETA: Remember MJ saying for the Ai concerts you could find really good seats on stubhub the day before or the day of the concert for reasonable prices. Maybe it will be the same?

This is true for most hyped concerts. Within hours of the Sugarland concert I am attending; there were no good seats left. We bought ours as soon as they went on sale and they’re not good. But they released more this week for next week’s concert.
Same for AI concert- you could get almost front row seats the week of the concert for face value.

This is the way of concerts! Scalpers buy all the tickets- that is why the concerts sell out and they advertise ridiculous high prices. As long as people don’t panic you can get your tickets close to the time at a good price.

And, as you can see from that one tweet; the nasty scalpers prey on us fans by tweeting that it is sold out when it isn’t.

Casinos do it too. For Danny’s HOChunk Casino- Right at the time of tickets going on sale there were only very back seats available. The casino itself appears to have bought up the whole front section for their VIPs, etc. Will they release any closer to the date of this sold out concert?? IDK, but I bought my crappy seat anyway right away so I could plan :( but not at a scalper price of course.

I’m originally from the UK so I know a thing or two about their stations. Far as I can see, so far the promo hasn’t had much of an impact.

Really? Weird because I help run a UK site and the UK people think the promo is working okay. I’ll have to check with them. Radio 1 called one of them to record the introduction they used for FYE. We don’t know if he will chart this week or not. They said the charts for next week would be more telling than the ones for this week.

They spun him for the first time today so it’s not surprising he isn’t on their playlist.

It was me. I thought 5k is too big for him (and i still do), i mean Daughtry performs in that kind of venues. But 2k for New York is too small, he would have filled bigger venue specifically there. But it’s difficult, Cook performed there last year (right?) and had only one show (???), even though he sold twice as many albums as Adam, so the label probably couldn’t know.

koshka:
05/01/2010 at 1:10 pm
Does anyone know about Adam doing the X-Factor Finland? If so when is it? Should be coming up soon.

Acourding to AO its on the 3rd

Judee:
05/01/2010 at 1:15 pm
It was me. I thought 5k is too big for him (and i still do), i mean Daughtry performs in that kind of venues. But 2k for New York is too small, he would have filled bigger venue specifically there. But it’s difficult, Cook performed there last year (right?) and had only one show (???), even though he sold twice as many albums than Adam, so the label probably couldn’t know.

Actually I think the label did know. When the Nokia concert was first posted on AO they had both dates listed. But quickly 1 was taken down. So I am guessing they assumed there would be enough people for both. Which makes it even weirder that they booked that size of venue. Maybe they just couldn’t get a larger one in that time frame, with other acts already having them booked??

Yep- Borgata is SOLD OUT. And they even removed the seats that they usually have to make it general admission ( they still have bleachers in the back but the rest is standing room only). Also what else is really funny is Joel McHale is going to be at the Borgata on the same night at the smaller vunue there and the 8:00 show is sold out and they added an 11:00 one ( ETA_ That one sold out too, lol). I can just imagine all the husbands of the people going to see Adam are going to see Joel ( like my husband and son, lol).

http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?Category_1=5000&Category_2=5100&SectionID=&Page=3

Judee:

It was me. I thought 5k is too big for him (and i still do), i mean Daughtry performs in that kind of venues. But 2k for New York is too small, he would have filled bigger venue specifically there. But it’s difficult, Cook performed there last year (right?) and had only one show (???), even though he sold twice as many albums than Adam, so the label probably couldn’t know.

I thought the lengthy discussion Adam fans mentioned were 3-4k venues, not 5k. Even if his high-end venue seating was 4k, he could fill it, but he doesn’t have to sell out in two minutes. There is nothing wrong with taking two weeks to sell out a venue. As it turns out, Adam’s venue sizes are all over the place, from around a thousandish up to 8500. Average was around 3.5k. I know one venue not listed yet (I called) has 6k seating.

There could be more NY dates at a later time. Not all the venues have been listed yet.

Does anyone know about Adam doing the X-Factor Finland? If so when is it? Should be coming up soon.

I believe this is on the 2nd, Sunday.

There could be more NY dates at a later time. Not all the venues have been listed yet.

Sure hope so. I am still waiting for more Florida dates.

Toledo Update – I called ticketmaster and they confirmed there are no longer tickets available for Club Omni at this time. This is a 2000 person venue and is general admission with standing room only. I am actually surprised it sold so quickly. Next time I will be more prepared with the presale code and I will call ticketmaster instead of trying to purchase online. That is what I have learned over the last 4 hours.

I would like to say thanks to everyone here. I have been following this site off and on for the past year. I really appreciate the constant flow of info and news and all the comments this blog offers. I usually only have my iPhone which is why I hardly ever comment. Hope everyone has a better time getting tickets than I have had. I still cannot believe I do not have tickets yet. Oh well, patience patience patience…heh! What is going on with the Royal Oak venue? It isn’t listed on ticketmaster.

Ok, well i hope all the fans who want to go, will be able to get their tickets for reasonable prizes and in time.
Allison in Manila!!!! Finally girl gets to travel a bit. yay!

Who would have thought Adam would be selling out in middle America?

smeggingnuts – Thanks! sadly I didn’t think to check there.. I’m not a fan of ‘fan sites’. :)

No idolatry about country week? hm. Can i suggest the Dave Karger guy as a reguler guest on future episodes? thank you:)

We finally get a Adam Lambert concert in the South, in the wonderful city of Knoxville, Tennessee. The tickets haven’t gone on sale yet, but I hope I can get one before they are all sold. I am sure the scalpers will grab those tickets too, before his devoted fans can buy one.

Judee:
05/01/2010 at 1:15 pm
It was me. I thought 5k is too big for him (and i still do), i mean Daughtry performs in that kind of venues. But 2k for New York is too small, he would have filled bigger venue specifically there. But it’s difficult, Cook performed there last year (right?) and had only one show (???), even though he sold twice as many albums than Adam, so the label probably couldn’t know.

Yes, Cook performed there last year. Only one night. It was his 98th show I believe. It also was sold out.

ETA: Adam will probably have more New York dates for all you worry warts.
Cook performed in Newburgh, Brookville, Poughkeepsie, Brockport, Niagra Falls, and Clifton Park in New York. LOL (some of the earlier ones were colleges though). So Adam probably will be back too.

Next time I will be more prepared with the presale code and I will call ticketmaster instead of trying to purchase online.

OH, I’ll have to try that too. Didn’t know ticketmaster took those presale codes too. Any advice is helpful. I feel like I’m trying to get tickets to a Cubs World Series. Not much hope, but damned if I’m not going to give it my best shot.

lorismile:
05/01/2010 at 1:30 pm
There could be more NY dates at a later time. Not all the venues have been listed yet.

Well if they do add more NY dates it will be later in Aug. because June is pretty much full and I am assuming that the 2 1/2 months that Adam was talking about for his tour are all ready books just waiting for finaliztion. So if there is more NY dates it logistically makes more sense that will be because they exstended his tour in the US. I can’t see them throwing a NY concert inbetween playing in AZ and TN lol.

and hey I don’t know what you New Yorkers are complaining about there is 3 NY dates. There isn’t any close to me the closest I have is a 15 hour drive :(

koshka:
05/01/2010 at 1:41 pm
smeggingnuts – Thanks! sadly I didn’t think to check there.. I’m not a fan of ‘fan sites’.

your welcome, and I really don’t like fan sites either. I only go to AO to check for tour dates lol

Glad to hear that Glam Nation tour is a hit already! :) But I hope you guys in the US will eventually get the tickets to see Adam though.

It appears that Adam & band had landed safely in Finland, check out the video at the Helsinki airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPbS8OCLCk

MRM: There are some tickets for the Omni gig on Stubhub. Cheapest tickets are $64. Not sure if that works for your budget or not…

http://www.stubhub.com/adam-lambert-tickets/adam-lambert-toledo-6-8-2010-958988/

Yes, Cook performed there last year. Only one night. It was his 98th show I believe. It also was sold out.

98th show in New York? (j/k) i remember because the tour of season 8 was in New York area at that time too amd someone mentioned it back then…

Well if they do add more NY dates it will be later in Aug. because June is pretty much full and I am assuming that the 2 1/2 months that Adam was talking about for his tour are all ready books just waiting for finaliztion. So if there is more NY dates will be because they exstended his tour in the US

Some NY shows could be the ones Adam was talking about that haven’t been finalized yet. ;-)

Thanks for posting the Finland video. Is it just in the US that Adam has so many older female fans. I’ve seen pics and vids from all over the world, and the average ages seem to be late teens and twenties (and other ages scattered).

Thanks for posting the Finland youtube. Is it just in the US that Adam has so many older female fans. I’ve seen pics and vids from all over the world, and the average ages seem to be late teens and twenties (and other ages scattered).

It’s because he’s from idol. That’s the demo of the show. The more top 40 hits he will have, the more of young people he will attract.

I hope so too Lorismile

Some NY shows could be the ones Adam was talking about that haven’t been finalized yet.

Well I for one hope not (not to piss of NY fans) but there is absoluting no dates in the Pacific Northwest at all. So sorry you guys have 3 NY dates your gonna have to wait for the exstention of the tour cuz god damnit there better me more then 3 shows for the whole west coast.

Yes, Cook performed there last year. Only one night. It was his 98th show I believe. It also was sold out.

98th show in New York? (j/k) i remember because the tour of season 8 was in New York area at that time too amd someone mentioned it back then…

Wow that is a lot of touring – has it done much for him in the states? I never hear mention of him in Canada.

lorismile:
05/01/2010 at 1:53 pm
MRM: There are some tickets for the Omni gig on Stubhub. Cheapest tickets are $64. Not sure if that works for your budget or not…

Hope I did that block quote right. Anyway, I am going to give it some time and see what happens. I imagine ticket prices from these scalpers will slowly come down. I just want to make sure I don’t completely lose out because I was mad about twice or three times the ticket price…lol. Thanks for the info. I will definitely pay attention.

Wow that is a lot of touring – has it done much for him in the states? I never hear mention of him in Canada.

Yep, 155 shows, LOL. I think 4 in Canada… Montreal, QC; Ottawa, Windsor, and Orilla, Ontario. I think it’s helped him here in the USA. When he had singles out his crowds were younger, but towards the end of the tour it was mainly diehards.

Smeggingnuts where and when is the 3rd NY concert you’re talking about? Is this sold out too?

This is very funny, and I would think not all that common — the Top 7 artists on the Hot AC radio chart all have some connection to Kris…

HOT AC

1 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now 4517 4507 10 25.073
2 2 TRAIN Hey, Soul Sister 4178 4193 -15 22.732
3 3 THE SCRIPT Breakeven 4151 3880 271 21.214
6 4 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 3396 3091 305 18.729
4 5 DAUGHTRY Life After You 3372 3472 -100 16.945
5 6 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dyin 3083 3308 -225 15.287
8 7 ONEREPUBLIC All The Right Moves 3047 3033 14 16.496

Kris has or will be playing gigs with everyone on this list, he has the AI connection with Adam & Daughtry, and he has songs on his album written/co-written by (2) (3) and (5)

How weird is this?

“September” is my favorite track on Leave This Town but I was hoping one of the more rockin songs would have been the next single. Stupid RCA.

Ghost of Me and September were both recently added to Daughtry’s myspace page — tracks always show up there before a single’s released.
Ghost of Me may be going to rock formats, something that old RDCEd’s mentioned as a possibility a month or so ago.

Yep, 155 shows,

Holy crap thats alot of shows….I hope Adam ends up doing a crap load too. But I think that if FYE sells in Europe that he will probably be headed over there in the fall for some small scale touring……awwwww the stress is gonna kill me. I wish they would just announce all the tour dates so I at least know there is something remotely near me. Then I can stress about buying tickets :razz:

Laury:
05/01/2010 at 2:25 pm
Smeggingnuts where and when is the 3rd NY concert you’re talking about? Is this sold out too?

lol opps my bad the 3rd date is the 06.06.10
Wappinger Falls, NY, Dutchess Stadium (KFEST 2010) show. Still a chance to see Adam I suppose. Though its not part of The Glam Nation Tour.

When he had singles out his crowds were younger, but towards the end of the tour it was mainly diehards.

Lol, were you there to see that in person? I was at a concert the end of August and it was over 80% teens, young adults.

Spring 2009, here are some facts about Cook’s Tour:

292 days from and including start on Feb 13, 2009, to and including Dec 1, 2009
154** Shows in 44 states, +PI, +CAN
150 Unique set lists
33 Total unique songs played*
12 Avg # songs at venue
02 Avg # covers per set list
03 Dates rescheduled (Perryburg, OH; New Haven, CT; Fargo, ND)
02 Dates cancelled/postponned (New London, NH and Norfolk, VA)

Here are the Canadian Tour threads if you’d like to hear the fan reaction in Canada. (Just scroll down to the posted videos sections.)

Montreal, QC

Ottawa, ON

Windsor, ON

Orillia, ON

Wow that is a lot of touring – has it done much for him in the states?

One of the benefits of touring is it keeps an artist’s music visable to fans and the press, and helps support album sales. DCTR stayed in the BB200 for 37 weeks, supported by radio play and the neverending tour. Dave also got a nice new house in LA out of the deal, lol. Playing a lot of small shows is a ton of work though, and not really suitable to the kind of show Adam wants to do. I’d expect Adam will do fewer, larger shows and a shorter tour, but ending up selling roughly the same numbr of tickets overall.

Lol, were you there to see that in person? I was at a concert the end of August and it was over 80% teens, young adults.

When I said “near the end of the tour” I was kinda thinking October onward. Y’know when he didn’t really have a single out there. (Stupid RCA!!)

I hope Adam is on for 90 mins and not 60 mins. I guess I’ll see for myself on June 4th.

Smegggsss. It isn’t our fault if NY loves us some Adam!!! Plus we probably have the population to justify extra shows. (teasing! Leave the kitten alone).

Foxwoods still doesn’t have Adam on their website. :-(

I hope Adam is in for 90 mins and not 60 mins. I guess I’ll see for myself on June 4th.

For your sake, I hope so too. It will all depend on what he’s contracted for. The venues have to have security on hand, so the length of the show is negotiated and agreed upon in the contract.

I just saw Kelly Clarkson in concert. She is awesome!

I particularly loved these covers -

Lies (Black Keys cover) (This gave me goosebumps.)
That I Would Be Good/Use Somebody

The Manila show wasn’t sold out but those of us who came were loud and showed her lots of love. =D

smeggingnuts for a minute I thought there was hope for me, I really want to go to the Glam Nation tour in New York :(

For you Ryan Star fans out there:

RyanStar:

I’ll be running trying to keep up with track star @thedavidcook tomorrow at the race for hope in DC. Proud to be a part of it.

My 4 yr old is *so* excited, we were in Kohl’s the other day and “Breathe” came on and he was standing there in the middle of the store singing at the top of his lungs… “Bweathe! Just BWEATHE…”

Ryan also has a show tomorrow night at Iota in Arlington, anyone going? I’m thinking about it, it’s only $10. I don’t usually go out on a school night but I really like Ryan :)

Do you think the openers make more money too if they sell more tickets? Obviously, the headliners do.

Laury:
05/01/2010 at 3:08 pm
smeggingnuts for a minute I thought there was hope for me, I really want to go to the Glam Nation tour in New York

Laury sorry if my post made you sad it was supposed to be full of snark but I guess my frustration leaked through.

I really don’t know what they have planned for tour dates. It makes me sad to think they may skip a whoel section of the US like the Pacific Northwest but Cook didn’t have any concerts planned there until like late fall I think after his tour was exstended a bunch of times. So it makes me really worried that they didn’t plan any dates near me for his first tour. And there is no guarentee that Adam will get exstentions on his tour. He may just skip over to Europe instead of touring more here :(

For all we know they will load up the tours in the Midwest, East coast and southern Cal and leave the rest SOL. Cuz right now that what it is looking like.

Laury I hope they have more gigs in your area I really do. I just hope there is at least one in mine.

idolsnow ADAM LAMBERT has arrived in Helsinki. His single is #3 on the Finnish chart and he’ll guest star on Finland’s “The X Factor” Monday night.

woot

Tierbee – that was a cool tweet from Ryan! I saw him open for David and he was really good. He & his band and Dave and his band all seemed to grow close after touring together for much of the Declaration tour.
Cookie’s Race for Hope team has raised $135,000 for brain cancer research last time I checked. Woo – Go Team Cook! (and Cookie didn’t do too bad in their golf tourney either).

ETA – Remember everyone can donate! http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/Events/RFH-DC?team_id=33690&pg=team&fr_id=1490

This is very funny, and I would think not all that common — the Top 7 artists on the Hot AC radio chart all have some connection to Kris…

Thanks for this insightful post girlygirl. This gives me renewed confidence that The Truth will be successful on HAC radio. Although we know that Kris can successfully cross-over onto Pop, I think his natural place is on HAC. A lot of artists have had very successful careers by staying near the top on the HAC charts. It’s great to see Kris in such good company. I love Daughtry and the Script and Whatya Want From Me is by far my favorite track on Adam’s album. I think The Truth will be up there soon enough.

Although I was a little disappointed Jive didn’t test pop radio again with the second single, I think we’ve all seen that Pop can be a crapshoot. Any format where Kesha has been more successful than Kelly Clarkson in the past year demonstrates a distinct lack of musical taste in my opinion.

Cookie’s Race for Hope team has raised $135,000 for brain cancer research last time I checked.

Wow, I hadn’t checked lately but that is awesome that the total is still rising!

Usher: Talent shows are killing music

R&B star Usher has accused TV talent shows of killing the music industry.

Just weeks after the singer appeared as a mentor on the current season of “American Idol,” Usher has blasted the show and its rivals for making talented singers celebrities and then casting them aside.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=497003&gt1=28102

I thought 5k is too big for him (and i still do), i mean Daughtry performs in that kind of venues. But 2k for New York is too small, he would have filled bigger venue specifically there.

I think it would be wise to start with reasonable size venues first to gauge the fan’s reactions, then adding more dates with bigger or smaller sized venues depending on how the ticket sales go. It’s bad publicity to have to cancel dates (Jordin, hah!) or the tour selling badly – it sounds good to have 100% sold in a 2000 capacity venue than to have a 5000 capacity venue only half-sold even if fewer tickets are sold in the smaller venue.

If Adam can sell out 3-4000 capacity venues regularly, then it will be impressive for someone headlining his first tour. It might also explain why the Idol tour did so well last year – he might not have the greatest number of fans compared to past idols, but what fans he has are very passionate.

If Adam can sell out 3-4000 capacity venues regularly, then it will be impressive for someone headlining his first tour. It might also explain why the Idol tour did so well last year – he might not have the greatest number of fans, but what fans he has are very passionate.

I’m confused how does this imply he doesn’t have alot of fans? Not saying he has U2′s fan base or anything just wondering.

wordnerdarchie or other David Cook fans. Do you know for how many people he performed last year alltogether (or the average attendance per show) ? thx
I always thought The truth will do well on HAC, i don’t understand what all the drama is about. Kris’ fans are just probably pissed Train wanted sing the bridge, but seriously, if some train tards will buy the song just because Pat’s on it, it’s good, right?

I’m confused how does this imply he doesn’t have alot of fans? Not saying he has U2’s fan base or anything just wondering.

Sorry, I added the extra words “compared to past idols” but too late for you to see. I meant compared to the likes of Kelly or Carrie, or even Daughtry or David Cook. Adam certainly isn’t selling as many CD as the others, but those who bought his CD are also more likely to go to his shows.

dv:
05/01/2010 at 3:34 pm
Usher: Talent shows are killing music

R&B star Usher has accused TV talent shows of killing the music industry.

Just weeks after the singer appeared as a mentor on the current season of “American Idol,” Usher has blasted the show and its rivals for making talented singers celebrities and then casting them aside.

So says the STAR SEARCH winner that gives no example of what the hell he is talking about. Hope to God when Bieber’s voice changes Usher sticks around for him. Is he aware that Youtube is pretty much a medium that is not much different from AI in that it can create insta- stars? What a tool. Hey Usher- did you like that huge sales bump you got from the show?

Cookie’s song “Heroes” was just used on NBC’s pre-race coverage of the Ky. Derby

lorismile:
05/01/2010 at 1:14 pm

Really? Weird because I help run a UK site and the UK people think the promo is working okay. I’ll have to check with them. Radio 1 called one of them to record the introduction they used for FYE. We don’t know if he will chart this week or not. They said the charts for next week would be more telling than the ones for this week.

They spun him for the first time today so it’s not surprising he isn’t on their playlist.

lorismile:

Thank you so much for keeping us updated on how things are going in the UK. It’s nice to have someone who is actually in contact with people in the UK to give us the FACTS of what’s going on!

When is Adam going to be on the talk show everyone is so excited about? From what I understand- this show an EXTREMELY popular late night show!

wordnerdarchie or other David Cook fans. Do you know for how many people he performed last year alltogether (or the average attendance per show) ? thx

These stats are courtesy of ladymadonna

Capacity Range: 252 to 20,000?
Average Capacity: 2700
Total Capacity: 410,415

Types:
College: 44 shows (29%)
Club: 39 shows (26%)?
Fair/Festival: 28 shows (18%)?
Theater: 24 shows (16%)
Casino: 17 shows (11%)

Sizes:
250-600: 16 shows (11%)
600-1,000: 22 shows (14%)?
1,000-1,500: 39 shows (26%)?
1,500-2,500: 38 shows (25%)
2,500-5,000: 10 shows (7%)?
5,000-10,000: 19 shows (13%)
10,000-20,000: 8 shows (5%)

These do not include the private corporate shows or the show with David Archuleta in the Philippines which was reported to have over 110,000 people in attendance.

LOL, Usher. You would have a lot more credibility with that gripe if you hadn’t *just* been on Idol.

Judee you asked a question above about numbers attending David Cook’s tour last year. Stats can be found here
http://www.davidcookofficial.com/us/blog/declaration-tour-statistics

- deleted stuff that Wordnerdarchie posted before I did. boy that one’s quick

Does anyone here know how you can find out the writing cedits on a song… wanted to know who wrote Jason Derulos Ridin’ Solo?

I quite don’t get Usher’s point. Isn’t there a reson why Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry survived and others did not? there are thousands and thousands of artists not coming from talent shows with major label contracts who’s albums flop just as much hard as some idol’s. So if someone goes through the whole think and 20 million people like them and vote for them, why not to give them a recording contract? I don’t think Usher knows under what kind of pressure they are for the couple of months. Somebody please explain what he meant by the idols are killing music. I mean this is coming from a mouth that ‘discovered’ Justin Bieber. Are idols really killing music more than fetus is?

Idols are Killing music that is why the music needs more artist like Justin Beiber.

thanks guys for the stats. David was certainly busy last year:). He also played lot of big venues not just small ones.
Ok here comes a stupid question. What exactly is a fair and why are they so big and the tickets are so cheap (i know Adam is playing some fair for 8k people and that is definitely not his normal venue size)? Are the people there to see the concert or is it just a sidekick to something else?

Cookie’s Race for Hope team has raised $135,000 for brain cancer research last time I checked.

That is wonderful news! Run hard tomorrow, Ms Tierbee, and everyone else who is participating. I’m only a virtual, so you have my gratitude as well as my best wishes.

Danny played to a sold out house last night in Nashville. Newcomer Chris Jansen (his single had the most adds at county radio last week) opened for him.
Bria Mansfield and also Mark Bright attended.
Here is a pic from the stage:

http://twitpic.com/1jyri0

This just amazes me! Danny finished 3rd on AI and didn’t have a record deal right away. He was ridiculed on the blog sites so much that I thought he wouldn’t even get an album deal. Then we he did- people thought he wouldn’t do well because country music fans wouldn’t accept him.

Here Danny is selling out an 1,800 venue where HE IS the headliner and HE HAS an opener! (and he got good prices for tickets) I’m thrilled for Danny and his fans!

Judee – people attend fairs for all kinds of reasons. some for the fair & the music, some for just the headliner. But the headliner usually has separate ticket sales from just general fair admission, you know. I went to a fair basically to see David Cook last summer (I also saw him at a college and also a theatre).

lorismile:

When is Adam going to be on the talk show everyone is so excited about? From what I understand- this show an EXTREMELY popular late night show!

You probably mean the Jonathan Ross show. Adam will be on this Friday, May 7th, but it seems that BBC America and BBC Canada are airing Ross’s show about a month behind. Hopefully there will be videos out before then.

LOL There is a horse in the Kentucky Derby called HomeboyKris!!!!!!

When is Adam going to be on the talk show everyone is so excited about? From what I understand- this show an EXTREMELY popular late night show!

He is taping it on Weds I believe and it airs on Friday. The show has got a little naughtiness, so I’m told, so I expect Adam will be a hit on it! lol

Usher is complete and utter asshole. Sorry, but to go on the show, get the huge, nice sales bump and then to dump on the show, is nothing short of disgusting. I understand not everyone is successful coming off the show but to say that deludes the music business is wrong! The music business is deluded by auto-tune, illegal downloads, no-talent Disney tweens, etc.. not American Idol.

I think I need to place a bet on Dublin, or Line of David in the Kentucky derby. ;)

ETA: And for the trifecta, add – Make Music for Me to the bet. :)

Miss Chaos:
05/01/2010 at 4:37 pm
LOL There is a horse in the Kentucky Derby called HomeboyKris!!!!!!

hahaha..this is funny!!!
Let’s go HomeboyKris, win the race! :D

Let’s go HomeboyKris, win the race!

Nope, General Quarters won. Sorry, folks.

Hazehel
Hehehe I hate when I post stuff an realize I didn’t type all I was saying. :)

Nope, General Quarters won. Sorry, folks.

Dang. Where’s the spoiler alert? Lol

Tim Urban Talks Love Songs, Workout Videos During Visit To MTV News

OK, I really like Tim in all his post interviews. And all his performances were good too, IMO.
He has a winning personality, and no criticism will deter him.
Great job, I think he’ll be a success.

And good job Jim for inserting a Kris Allen name in your interview.
Yeah, I think Tim has to prepare for the girls’ screams in the tour, and LOL that he’ll prepare for some woman to French kissed him.

Huh? General Quarters isn’t in the Derby race is it? Did you list the other race winner leading up to it?

Yes, I did, and Yes, I am an idiot! I have the Baseball game on the radio and the Kentucky Derby on TV, and the computer, and I discovered I can’t multitask! Sorry, everyone…

That’s Ok, offside, I thought that might be the case, since I noticed a race that got done, but didn’t hear who won it. :)

ETA: I’m still picking Dublin (which is the name of David Cook’s dog).

I don’t know why there was the discussion Adam couldn’t fill 3-4k venues when Cook had numerous huge venues 5-20k venues.

What venue did Cook/Archuleta play at where they could accommodate 110k (110,000) people in The Philippines?

A DJ on 99.5 announced just before playing WWFM that Adam and Orianthi were coming to DC on tour. Details to be finalized.

What venue did Cook/Archuleta play at where they could accommodate 110k (110,000) people in The Philippines?

It was an outdoor venue (called the Mall of Asia Open Grounds) If you didn’t buy a ticket, you could hang right outside the grounds, still hear the concert and glimpse it on the giant screens. It sold over 50,000 tickets, but there were estimates that there were double that due to the perimeter.

Oh, I just heard David Cook’s “Heroes” again on the Kentucky Derby coverage.

ETA: Correction: 42050 was the inside sold ticket amounts, with news reports of over 100,000.

Tweet from @collective_soul: “apparently there were 115,000 people out to hear David Cook cover our song last night in Manila”

Ok here comes a stupid question. What exactly is a fair and why are they so big and the tickets are so cheap (i know Adam is playing some fair for 8k people and that is definitely not his normal venue size)? Are the people there to see the concert or is it just a sidekick to something else?

The first concert (at 8,500 seat capacity) is already sold out and they have added a second night. You have to purchase tickets to attend these concerts. The ticket prices range from $20-$50. The ticket price does include admission to the fair for the day so you can go early or stay later and enjoy the fair. However, a general fair admission ticket DOES NOT include admission to Adam’s concert. You have to purchase a separate ticket for that.

R&B star Usher has accused TV talent shows of killing the music industry.

Just weeks after the singer appeared as a mentor on the current season of “American Idol,” Usher has blasted the show and its rivals for making talented singers celebrities and then casting them aside.

I can’t help but think this last part is his point. In the blurb I clicked on he was talking about management. Note he says the singers are talented, he’s not complaining about them, moreso the whole swim or sink mentality of the management after the fact. At least that’s what I took from this.

I’m thrilled for Danny and his fans!

Thank you Tiger92. I can always tell how sincere you are and your supportive posts are so welcome. Danny and his fans were indeed put through the wringer (and occasionally still are) last season so it is indeed validation when (deserved)good things happen for him and when fans of other idols say nice things it warms our hearts.

I agree Usher is being a jerk. What is his problem with Idol; especially after they most assuredly gave him a big Idol bump for his new album.

And most of the top contestants off Idol are a heck of a lot better SINGERS than what passes for some pop stars these days, yeessh.

“I can’t help but think this last part is his point. In the blurb I clicked on he was talking about management. Note he says the singers are talented, he’s not complaining about them, moreso the whole swim or sink mentality of the management after the fact. At least that’s what I took from this.”

Yeah, I thought so too, but he also talked aboutmass production of versions of the lost art so IDK.

It was an outdoor venue (called the Mall of Asia Open Grounds) If you didn’t buy a ticket, you could hang right outside the grounds, still hear the concert and glimpse it on the giant screens. It sold over 50,000 tickets, but there were estimates that there were double that due to the perimeter.

Isn’t that the same place Kris headlined a concert?

I don’t know if Kris headlined at the outdoor venue, or whether he was at some of the inside venues. It’s a very large complex. I don’t follow him that closely.

BestAI, I found these pics of M. of A. Philippines. Maybe Kris fans can answer your question.

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo3

pug:
05/01/2010 at 5:09 pm

A DJ on 99.5 announced just before playing WWFM that Adam and Orianthi were coming to DC on tour. Details to be finalized.

I also heard this a few days ago. I keep checking the tour dates and keep hoping……. *fingers crossed*

I don’t know why there was the discussion Adam couldn’t fill 3-4k venues when Cook had numerous huge venues 5-20k venues.

Because at this point last year David had sold double what Adam has sold to date? FTR I also questioned David’s ability to fill up those big venues.

Um, how can General Quarters win a race that hasn’t taken place yet?

The Kentucky Derby post time is at 6:24 pm Eastern

Not that HomeboyKris is going to win — he’s a 50-1 longshot…

LOL, not only is there a HomeboyKris in the Kentucky Derby, but he is part owned by Joe Torre! (I’m a Kris fan and a Yankee fan). I wish I had time to bet, he’s 25 to 1!

ETA: girlygirl, I think it’s 25 to 1 now.

That doesn’t sound like Usher is blasting the Idol contestants. He seems to be saying that TPTB don’t support these contestants and help them build viable careers once they are off the show — something I would agree with, at least in part.

Danny and his fans were indeed put through the wringer (and occasionally still are) last season so it is indeed validation when (deserved)good things happen for him and when fans of other idols say nice things it warms our hearts

I was probably one of those Adam fans who really disliked Danny because of his relatives and pastor. After Adam and his mother disputed that Adam and Danny didn’t get along, I started changing my tune. If a mother is quoted, then it is believable. Then towards the end of the tour, you could see how chummy Adam and Danny were becoming (they walked off the stage arms around each other).

So, I did a complete turnaround about Danny when I could see that Danny and Adam were, in fact, friendly, and both of them saying they were. I really started to feel bad about how Danny got such a bad rap during the season. That could be one reason he didn’t make it into the finale — all the negative talk about him.

With that said, I know he was very, very saddened by his long-time girlfriend/wife’s death, has a huge heart, and has an incredible voice, who should have longevity in the music industry.

Both of Kris’s concerts in the Philippines were at outdoor venues.

Help. Please.

Where can I download CLYG? I cannot wait until it’s available on iTunes U.S. BUT I WILL BUY IT.

I don’t know which of the download sites are safe and which aren’t.

Anyone?

saga:
Does anyone here know how you can find out the writing cedits on a song… wanted to know who wrote Jason Derulos Ridin’ Solo?

Try allmusic.com.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:gx5rx98aldje

The most recent viewing figures for Jonathan Ross in the UK are about 2.9 million about a year ago. So no, this is not an EXTREMELY popular chat show :lol

What it is is about the ONLY chat show at the moment, shown in the late evening, which showcases a live music act, on BBC1, the main channel. Hence, everyone goes on it to hawk their product.

The best music related launch/publicity programme on British TV is the X Factor, but that won’t start again until the Autumn.

Because at this point last year David had sold double what Adam has sold to date? FTR I also questioned David’s ability to fill up those big venues.

OK, I can see your point. I really do believe Cook had/has a much bigger fanbase than Adam (the finale votes and album sales is evidence of that).

Here is a photo of the crowd at Kris’s concert in Manila. As you can see, it was an outdoor venue.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=20ho961&s=5

Where can I download CLYG? I cannot wait until it’s available on iTunes U.S. BUT I WILL BUY IT.

Here is a download link from mediafire.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymnvnzujzun

Here is a downlad link from sendspace.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4u5rgp

Kara is playing afternoon DJ on KBIG here in L.A. this afternoon…

Girlygirl, that was a great pic of Kris’s concert. I can’t imagine being at a concert that large.

Thanks zz!

Thanks Karen! I thoght there were some similarities between that song and Adams Strut so I thought maybe Kara was a co writer but it doesn’t seem so. Jason Desrouleaux/Jonathan Rotem/Xavier Thomas wrote it.

Kris had two concerts here in the Philippines. One in Manila and one in Cebu. These two cities are probably the two largest metropolitan areas in the Philippines. Kris headlined both concerts coz he performed last but all acts actually performed full sets. I attended the one in Manila so that’s the one I know more about. It was held at the McKinley Hills open grounds which is different from the Davids venue. The venue was definitely smaller and was a more high end area than the David concert venue. The Manila concert was attended by 17,000 people I think but I have no idea how many attended the Cebu one. I think that was pretty good concidering he had two concerts here and only has 1 hit song when he came. Also, compare it to Kelly’s concert here yesterday which wasn’t sold out and considering the smaller venue I think maybe 8,000 people at the most could have attended that concert so Kris did pretty well here.

David Cook’s Team for a Cure has raised over $136,000 now. People have been very generous in supporting this cause. Thanks to all who have contributed. :) http://bit.ly/7SOXQD

Woooohoo Team Cook! That makes me so very proud :)

I wonder if Adam is not that popular in The Philippines. Both Davids performed there, as did Kris, but Adam has not yet been invited. :(

I always thought The truth will do well on HAC, i don’t understand what all the drama is about. Kris’ fans are just probably pissed Train wanted sing the bridge, but seriously, if some train tards will buy the song just because Pat’s on it, it’s good, right?

I don’t think train tards are going to be eating this single up just because of Pat. So far Train has only sold 240K (ish) albums. They are way down from their popularity 8 – 10 years ago. Their last album about 6(?) years ago tanked.

We all know that Hey Soul Sister did fabulous!!! and hopefully will help them find some new fans. Any bump that Kris on The Truth from his Pat association may end up having more to do with the smashing HSS single than the name of Train. Well thats just my opinion.

BTW – I love old train.. their last 2 albums, not so much – but loved HSS.

Koshka

Train’s album may not be selling well, but Hey Soul Sister is a smash single and their new single that was released in late March is already moving rapidly up the charts. So The Truth has a shot to do quite well, since added to these facts, Kris’s own single was a pretty big hit.

BestAI:
05/01/2010 at 6:14 pm
I wonder if Adam is not that popular in The Philippines. Both Davids performed there, as did Kris, but Adam has not yet been invited.

Who knows… but didn’t someone in the Philippines tried to name drop Adam in conjunction with Kris? Wasn’t it that Philippines is great for live performances, but not so much on album sales? Maybe that’s why he hasn’t performed there, because there isn’t a big promo advantage. IDK, maybe they just don’t like him. *shrug*

Daniel is posting some pictures of his brother’s concert in the Bahamas.

I like this one!

http://twitpic.com/1k2vsl

BestAI,I think Adam is also very popular here in the Philippines. All 3 of his singles have been hits in the country’s #1 music channel on TV. He is probably more popular than Kris but I can’t really site any sources. I for one am a Kris fan though. I don’t know why he hasn’t been invited here though considering he is quite similar to a lot of Korean pop groups which are extremely popular here right now. Maybe, and this is just pure speculation in my part, it’s cos of his image and that the Philippines is a very religious Catholic nation.

girlygirl:
05/01/2010 at 6:20 pm
Koshka

Train’s album may not be selling well, but Hey Soul Sister is a smash single and their new single that was released in late March is already moving rapidly up the charts. So The Truth has a shot to do quite well, since added to these facts, Kris’s own single was a pretty big hit.

Right, then we agree about train…. Train’s album strength is not going to be a benefit, their hardcore fans don’t seem to be there anymore.. As I said the Train single smashed and will no doubt have an influence, but the source of the influence maybe from the success of the single, rather than the group’s fan base per my previous comment.

Also I said nothing about the chances of The Truth doing well or not, I was only talking about the Pat bump or influence.

ETA: Above is poorly written, but I think you get my point. :)
Also.. what chart is the other Train song on? HAC? I haven’t even heard it yet. *goes to check* Ok.. I see it on HAC, wonder why it isn’t on top40. I’ll have to check and see if it somewhere below 40. *runs off to check*.. hmm not even in the 50-200 range.. much not have released it to top40. Strange. Wonder if they are looking to only push HAC?

kevin424 – thanks for adding comment, interesting perspective. Gives me something to think about.

edit

Jonathan Ross is a huge deal for Adam. He is almost completely unknown in the UK and Jonathan Ross is the best paid television and radio host. For Adam to go there is like Justin Gaston getting american idol performance (in terms that getting highprofile gig without having a career). I was really surprised. It must have been Simon Fuller’s job and he has to have some serious connections to the team on the show. I remember last year crazies tweeted Jonathan about having Adam and he responded (kind of sarcastically) he’ll have Adam after he’ll have couple of hits, so they have something to talk about (so basically saying: ‘he is nobody, why would i have him on my show, when i interview people like Gaga, Eminem, Daniel Craig or Tom Cruise?’). so yes it is kinda big deal for him. but his profile went a bit down after the russell brand incident,so maybe the talk show is struggling now. he is leaving BBC in july anyway.

koshka, I think you do have a point there about album sales. Not much people here buy album cos piracy is very rampant in the Philippines. Its pretty much the stndard here whether it be TV shows, movies or music. Everyone and I do mean everyone either downloads or buys pirated stuff. I know lots and lots of people who never buy albums yet their iPod’s are always up to date. That’s really a problem here. I do know a lot of Adam fans that never bothered to buy the album. I, along with some Kris fans I know, did buy Kris’s album though. :)

The most recent viewing figures for Jonathan Ross in the UK are about 2.9 million about a year ago. So no, this is not an EXTREMELY popular chat show :lol

Popular, schmopular. He’s funny! and that’s all I care about, and it’s all about me, and my needs. I could link again the John Barrowman/Andrew Lloyd Webber (guest starring –in a way, Janice Dickinson) on Jonathan Ross show again to prove why… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrPSipiV_Tw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1PjTCL_FM&feature=related

So yeah, looking forward to it.

Adam is at #46 on the UK Official Charts list. It says he’s been on for 5 weeks. I’m guessing it’s import sales generated from the playing of his video. If he gets to Top 40 there, the stations should play him more regularly.

http://www.theofficialcharts.com/singles-chart/

DeanaRM

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Wow, totally awesome to see Dave’s team raise that kind of money for such a great cause.

thedavidcook
To everyone who has donated to this year’s Race For Hope team… THANK YOU!!! Let’s keep it up! we can donate til the end of August.

Maybe, and this is just pure speculation in my part, it’s cos of his image and that the Philippines is a very religious Catholic nation.

You may have a point. Huge majority of Japanese are not Christians, thus not having a problem with Adam’s sexuality. If you’ve seen the Japanese bands, what Adam did on the AMA’s is tame compared to their boy-on-boy actions.

I have a feeling in the near future, Adam may have a concert in Singapore, and of course, in Japan, but not The Philippines.

Omg Truthiness
That show with John, Janice and Andrew was frikken hilarious I loved that episode

Yay! We did it! Go Team Cook :). It sounds dorky but he really does inspire me to give back.

fadetowhite:

The most recent viewing figures for Jonathan Ross in the UK are about 2.9 million about a year ago. So no, this is not an EXTREMELY popular chat show :lol

What it is is about the ONLY chat show at the moment, shown in the late evening, which showcases a live music act, on BBC1, the main channel. Hence, everyone goes on it to hawk their product.

The best music related launch/publicity programme on British TV is the X Factor, but that won’t start again until the Autumn.

I assume you are in the UK. Other posters from the UK are really excited about Adam going on his show. So it’s just difference of opinions.

This is very funny, and I would think not all that common — the Top 7 artists on the Hot AC radio chart all have some connection to Kris…

HOT AC

1 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now 4517 4507 10 25.073
2 2 TRAIN Hey, Soul Sister 4178 4193 -15 22.732
3 3 THE SCRIPT Breakeven 4151 3880 271 21.214
6 4 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 3396 3091 305 18.729
4 5 DAUGHTRY Life After You 3372 3472 -100 16.945
5 6 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dyin 3083 3308 -225 15.287
8 7 ONEREPUBLIC All The Right Moves 3047 3033 14 16.496

Kris has or will be playing gigs with everyone on this list, he has the AI connection with Adam & Daughtry, and he has songs on his album written/co-written by (2) (3) and (5)

Oh I like every song on that list- thanks girlygirl. The Top ones on Pop don’t compare. To me HAC is where all the good music is . Kris is keeping some good company!!

The most recent viewing figures for Jonathan Ross in the UK are about 2.9 million about a year ago. So no, this is not an EXTREMELY popular chat show :lol

Umm, I think that is what his listeners amount for his radio show is. I don’t think that’s his TV show viewers but I could be wrong.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/jonathan-ross-radio-2-rajars

His TV viewership from Jan 2009 was about 5 million, not 2.9.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7849582.stm

If people are going to use old ratings, at least be accurate please. I have no idea what it is now but can probably find out for tomorrow.

Somehow I think other Idol contestants would love the opportunity to be on his show. I don’t think any of them, or their fans, would brush their appearance aside so easily. I think this is an amazing opportunity for Adam. He is truly a new artist in the UK and the fact that he is going on the show at the very beginning of his career there is a pretty good.

fadetowhite:

The most recent viewing figures for Jonathan Ross in the UK are about 2.9 million about a year ago. So no, this is not an EXTREMELY popular chat show :lol

The population in the UK is 62 million compared to 309 million in the US. We think Oprah has a good viewership with 8 million. It seems that close to 3 million is a pretty good number for a talk show in a country that is one-fifth the size of the US.

Maybe Jonathan Ross doesn’t have the viewership that the X-factor has, but 2.9 million may still mean it is a popular show and a good spot to get. Oprah only has 8 million vs. AI’s 20 million, but no one is going to say that a gig on Oprah isn’t a positive thing. In fact, sometimes Oprah can give an artist a VERY nice bump- like what happened with Adam and his album sales!

ETA: I see now where JR has 5 million viewers! Sounds like a pretty good audience in the UK to me! Thanks once again :) for the facts, Lorismile!

applauds tiger92!!!! Did you ever know that your my hero?? :-)

so technically he has about 8 million between radio and TV, at least from a year ago. (yes I know some/most are probably the same people) (I’m being snarky)

Tiger92 just took the words out of my mouth but I was gonna say doesn’t the UK have a much smaller population than the US? So of course the ratings for the shows will not be the same as in the US.

Sounds like amazing promo for Adam! :-)

So lets do the math: if JR has an audience of 5 million in a country that is 1/5 the size of the US that pretty much is the AI audience ( well, maybe not THIS years audience ;)).

edit:

Oh and Adam seems to be growing a lot still on HAC! That’s awesome! I finally hear him all the time now in DC!

I did find it interesting, the posters from the UK said it would be a huge deail if Adam could get booked on the Jonathan Ross show. They equated it to getting booked on Oprah, but Oprah would never book someone unkown. So, when Adam did get booked, needless to say, they were pretty excited. As Mary said, this is good promotion for Adam.

Hey Mary102
I found something u might find intereting. I posted it on the last Adam thread I think its a page back near the bottom.

Oh and Adam seems to be growing a lot still on HAC! That’s awesome! I finally hear him all the time now in DC!

Mary102 – some alternative rock station in DC spun IIHY (granted just once) last week. Not sure why but they did!
WWDC-FM Pub 1 Alternative Rock Washington, DC

Maybe you won’t have to wait as long to hear his new single on your stations.

All promo is good … Whether opening for a well known artist or doing a talk show. It’s all good.

Greetings from Manila
We love Adam Lambert here. Maybe when he does his Asian tour he can spare us his time…We are waiting patiently..

Since the talk today is on the UK here is the transcript from a online chat yesterday talking about the state of music there and how the general election may influence it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/have_your_say/musicdebate.shtml

wtf….If anybody cares the fetus is at the White House Correspondence dinner tonight. Why did I even bother to post this. I guess it’s because it’s 05/01/2010.

I did find it interesting, the posters from the UK said it would be a huge deail if Adam could get booked on the Jonathan Ross show.

Yes, but fadedtowhite(or whatever, rushed and should be getting ready to go out, no offense to ya, love the poster) is in the UK as well. So not seeing as it’s non-UK people who are trying to put Jonathan Ross into some perspective. Which again, don’t care about any of his ratings. Guy is high-frickin’larious. I mean check him out with people that aren’t even as out there as John Barrowman, like Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman, results? Still frickin’ funny as hale.

So again bottomline, me, my needs. Guys I like together being funny. Yeah, pretty much there and bollocks the ratings.

but his profile went a bit down after the russell brand incident,

Re- Jonathan Ross- Can someone explain what the Russell Brand incident was?

I don’t think Adam would have a chance on X-factor even if it was running right now. It’s for chosen ones with number 1 hits and albums. The show is viewed by 13 mil people on average (last season), it’s like if 65 mil would be watching idol in America (proportionally). It’s A-list guests only. i think everybody that performed last season went No.1 next week, because of the huge audience. That’s why people were campaining against the winners single, because people were sick that anybody who appears on that show goes straight to No. 1 and are basically ruining the competion.
I can’t wait for X-factor in the US. I think it will be enormous. yay! Simon Cowell surely knows how to produce a show. I don’t blame him he’s sick of idol, when he sees Ken’s amateurism.

I don’t know why there was the discussion Adam couldn’t fill 3-4k venues when Cook had numerous huge venues 5-20k venues.

The big venues are fairs and festivals which may have a high number of captive audience and those who who attend aren’t necessarily fans. We are talking about doing a show where there isn’t any other attractions apart from what’s being put on the stage by Adam or Cook and their opening acts, i.e. we are talking about them being the only main big draw, those who attends would be by and large fans who pay just to see them. It would be very good if Adam can fill 3-4K venues regularly for someone doing his first tour.

Oh, and that Jonathan Ross is a moron. Couldn’t stand his silly school boy humour. Some of his interviews were quite frankly embarrassing, like the time when he gawped and made lewd suggestions to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Re- Jonathan Ross- Can someone explain what the Russell Brand incident was?

He was a guest on Russell Brand’s radio show and they left couple telephone messages on a 79-old actor Andrew Sachs phone about Russell Brand’s sex encounter with his granddaughter. People were complaining (it was on BBC radio 2, the uproar was probably because it is not commercial radio, basically the queen owns BBC) and Russell quit the show and Jonathan Ross was suspended for 3 month from all his BBC activities (radio show+late night) and then his salary was cut a bit after he returned. You can google it Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand controversy or something…

Late to the discussion, but I saw Cook the day after Thanksgiving last year, so very late in the tour, and I’d say the audience was fairly mixed on male/female and ages all over the place. Those waiting by the bus for pictures were mostly women in the upper 20s and up. It was an awesome show.

I was lucky to get 2 tickets to Adam’s 6/23 Nokia theater show today. And for some reason something changes and I can’t make it, I won’t be selling them for a dime more than I paid for them. I’m sure I can find an Adam fan that missed out. It’s horrible that scalpers do this to the fans. Supply and demand though, I get it.

OMA SQUEEEEEEEE OMA I CANT BELIEVE IT I JUST HEARD WWFM ON HOT 99.5 for the first time!!!!!!!!!

:D

Wow-this & world domination.now,I just need SNL,& I can die happy :)

Oh, that Jonathan Ross is a moron. Couldn’t stand his silly school boy humour.

Well his humor is very British (obviously), but i disagree that it’s a school boy type of humour, exactly the opposite actually. And he got some serious heat after the Gwyneth interview.

Wow sr4mjc that’s awesome congrats *cheers*

sr4mjc sell one to me!! :)

Well I’m not English so I have no idea how big a deal Ross. But if Brits say his show is a big deal, I believe them. When was FYE (album) officially released in England? I’m interested in the numbers there. Although again if someone in the know says Adam hasn’t made a big impact there (yet) I’ll believe them as well.

Please no one accuse me of an unwholesome interest in the careers of Adam (or other Idols). This is an Idol blog you know. :)

short interview with Kris from Friday

http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/05/american-idol-kris-allen-performs-for-core-fan-base.html

Jpfan
FYE doesn’t get released until the 3rd I think on Monday.

If Brits and Canadians like the same music, Adam should be okay. I don’t know if they do though. Anyone know how FYE and WWFM are doing in Japan.

I’m a bit confused, if Adam’s concert is part of the O.C. Fair how were they able to add a second appearance. The main point of fair concerts is to offer a variety of artists to attract people to come and spend the day and spend lots of money. These affairs are usually booked way in advance(the fair managers attend conventions to see who is available and their prices to plan accordingly). In all my years being involved in fair on both the County and State level I can never recall them adding a second performance on this short a notice unless someone else cancelled.

Certain1
Maybe they books both ahead of time, and waited to see how well the first one sold before announcing the second. They did that with Adams nokia concert in NY

It’s interesting to hear the answers I’ve heard regarding FYE release in England. There’s been discussions regarding this on another board that I frequent. Some of the posters are from England. They’ve said many times that FYE was released in England months ago, just not promoted. According to them, it is a re-release with promotion this time around. I don’t know what’s the real story. But they insist that the CDs they held in their hands in Nov./early December were not imports. Now I don’t care one way or the other, I’m just relaying the gist of earlier discussions.

Well his humor is very British (obviously), but i disagree that it’s a school boy type of humour, exactly the opposite actually.

Oh course it is schoolboy puerile kind of humour. For example the time when he interviewed David Cameron (who may possibly be the Prime Minister very soon) he asked him if he had sexual fantasy about Mrs Thatcher while masturbating. Dare any interviewer in the US ask question like that to Barrack Obama or John McCain and not have people thinking that the interviewer is a complete moron?

Adam has said himself that his CD and single are just being released in the UK. Someone is not telling the truth, and it’s not likely Adam.

Maybe they were pirated downloads and don’t want to admit it.

People must be as confused as I was about this OC Fair. It is not a fair, per se, that usually runs for a few days to a week in the summer and ends with the big headliner. It goes on all summer (ETA: ALL YEAR) and has all different types of events. Adam is part of the concert series. It’s basically like any other large outdoor ampitheatre or fairgrounds. People buying the tickets for this are buying them to see Adam ( or Orianthi).

http://ns.ocfair.com/ocf/Calendar/Calendar.asp?NAV=6&

It’s no wonder Craig Ferguson is the most R-rated talk show host in the US.

BestAI:
05/01/2010 at 9:26 pm
Adam has said himself that his CD and single are just being released in the UK. Someone is not telling the truth, and it’s not likely Adam.

Maybe they were pirated downloads and don’t want to admit it.

Does it really matter when it was released? Its kinda like the script releasing their album without promo. Who would really buy an unknown. I would think that the beginning of promo would be a better thing to watch. Perhaps what they mean is that they released the single?

AOL Radio New Pop Radio is playing If I Had You right now!

Hope Kris’s family and everyone else in Arkansas remains safe. Another tornado headed their way

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3789621&id=62408869112

BestAI, I honestly don’t know what to believe anymore, since these posters have also been been talking a long time about being able to download the CD from UK Itunes. I suppose it could it be possible that Adam wasn’t aware it was being sold in the UK this whole time. It is puzzling.

On another topic, did anyone here get tickets to Adam’s concert in Mystic Lake? I saw posted that tickets weren’t available this morning on the regular sale (presale started yesterday). It sounds like they sold fast. If you did get tickets, you’ll be in for a great show. I love that venue.

ETA: Oh my, check out this twitpic of flooding by Nashville. http://tweetphoto.com/20716205

Here’s a very intriguing tweet:

http://twitter.com/GlamRockGodUK

Stay tuned for fantastic news on promoting Adam in the UK you’re gonna LOVE it :))
about 1 hour ago via web

But they insist that the CDs they held in their hands in Nov./early December were not imports.

I help run a UK website and we get inside information from Sony sometimes. The UK version of the CD hasn’t been released yet. The actual UK version is being released on May 3rd. The UK girls that help out with the site have all had the import version since November which they ordered online. It’s possible the people at the other blog you mention may not even be aware it’s an import version. I don’t think they are lying, I just think don’t realize the difference. There was an article written released that mentioned he charted on just imports alone.

I honestly don’t know what to believe anymore, since these posters have also been been talking a long time about being able to download the CD from UK Itunes

I believe this is true, that the US version was on there. I have asked my friends how he was charting when it wasn’t officially launched yet and I was informed people were buying the import version.

Technically, in the global world, the minute a CD is first released in any country it is available worldwide. I guess, for me, I count the actual UK version release as the official date, but I can see where you and these posters are coming from thinking it was November.

Here is the track list for the UK version: (It will be released on May 3rd.)

1. Music Again
2. For Your Entertainment
3. Whataya Want From Me
4. Strut
5. Soaked
6. Sure Fire Winners
7. Loaded Smile, A
8. If I Had You
9. Pick U Up
10. Fever
11. Sleepwalker
12. Aftermath
13. Broken Open
14. Time For Miracles
15. Masterplan
16. Down The Rabbit Hole
17. Voodoo
18. Can’t Let You Go

lorismile,

Thanks for clearing that up for me, I appreciate it. :)

ETA: Oh my, check out this twitpic of flooding by Nashville. http://tweetphoto.com/20716205

Oh my! My husband just returned from Nashville last night. I wonder how close this is?

When Adam was in UK last month he was asking the fans where they got their CDs which he was signing.They answered they were imports…Then he said you are all resoureful.

Organic
I think they just don’t know we already know about jonathan ross. I doubt its anything else. Cuz if you remember MTVUK kept saying they had big Adam news and it turned out to be his gig at G-A-Y that we knew about weeks before they announced it.

Radio edit of IIHY- VERY subtle changes to the bridge ( The flashing of the lights…) where there is more echoing and the end is a little different:

@hooplamagnet: \o/ THANKS! RT @Hatshepsutely: @hooplamagnet IIHY radio edit: http://tinyurl.com/2ev2aw5 (expand)
about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply

Thanks smeggs! That makes alot of sense.

Here’s a very intriguing tweet:

http://twitter.com/GlamRockGodUK

Stay tuned for fantastic news on promoting Adam in the UK you’re gonna LOVE it )
about 1 hour ago via web

Hope it’s better than MTV UK’s late news..lol

If I had you my tickets, mj’s peeps will be the first to know! Hubby was trying for the 6/22 show and couldn’t get any while my girlfriend was trying for the 6/23 show. She was logged in as me with a credit card on file and had a little issue with Visa verified but she got them (I wasn’t able to be on the computer this morning). It was $95.75 for two tickets after fees. Reasonable, but GA isn’t ideal as a short person. $35 a ticket for 2100 person venue, I wonder what Adam makes of 73k in ticket sales?

ETA: The radio edit sounds pretty good, it is subtle. Too bad they didn’t change the verse lyrics while they were at it.

To add to the UK release info:

itunes UK have had both Kris & Adam’s albums available since 13th and 20th November respectively. Their singles including No Boundaries are also there, as is Allison’s but sadly, not her album. They are priced at 7.99 which is not an import price, nor is there any mention of them being imports but the tracklisting is exactly the same.

I guess they were made available due to the increased popularity of AI in the UK but of course without any promotion whatsoever. I believe that Kris was also set to release a week before Adam (saw it on a future release thingy) but it would seem that his release has been postponed for now. Maybe they’ll go with with TT as lead single?

All the info is on UK itunes, just change countries for a looksee.

ETA I would agree that the official UK release for Adam, complete with new tracklisting is 3rd May.

itunes UK have had both Kris & Adam’s albums available since 13th and 20th November respectively.

Perhaps they were available for download by you couldn’t get the physical CDs? Also were the tracks the same as the US ITUNES or are they the tracks that are listed above which include the four additional songs?

It might be an issue of digital vs physical CDs?

ETA- Ok I see you edited your post to add that the track list is new for the May release.

I have just one more piece of information regarding Adam’s UK album. The people I’ve talked to on the other board didn’t order the CD as talked about above, or download it from from I-Tunes. They saw it in a couple of different music/CD shops in London. The CDs were part of the stores’ regular display, priced the same as all of the rest of the CDs, and were not marked as imports. I guess that’s why they didn’t feel it was an import and there’s all of this confusion about it.

Danny performed at the Country Music Expo today in Indianapolis . I think that he was the closing act there today. Here is a really short video of him being interviewed today at the Expo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PJblDuzxWs

They saw it in a couple of different music/CD shops in London. The CDs were part of the stores’ regular display, priced the same as all of the rest of the CDs, and were not marked as imports. I guess that’s why they didn’t feel it was an import

Probably, but they still would have been imports unless they were the version with the alternate cover and additional songs. It was stated rather early on that the official UK release would have additional songs than the original US version.

Undercooked

Sorry, haven’t yet figured out how to quote but I’m almost sure there were physical releases in stores too. It’s a long time since I bought an import but if I remember correctly they were adorned with IMPORT stickers and at least twice the price. Hence, I’m sure, why people didn’t think of them as imports.

Wordnerdarchie
Well that is interesting and no wonder the confusion. Lol well not sure how to explain that but the offical release is Monday haha and the ones that were sold previously were the US edition since they didn’t have Voodoo or Can’t let You Go…..oh well hope sales go well

“Hope Kris’s family and everyone else in Arkansas remains safe. Another tornado headed their way

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3789621&id=62408869112”

That looks similar to the street on Kris’s homecoming last year . I hope there wasn’t too much damage & hope everyone’s safe?

Girlygirl thanks for all the Kris info. The video showing Kris being interviewed at the High School didn’t work for me – but I’m used to that- same with the MTV videos.

Thrilled that David Cook’s team has raised so much money for this cause. Read that David’s father and brother are there. and Monty, David’s bass player is there too. Reports from Phil Marshall’s concert include tidbits that the Anthemic WILL play on Cookie’s second record and that they will hit the studio after the Salt Lake City event.

I just want to apologize to Crystal fans for being so ugly with my comments on a previous thread.

Hello parents of teens…. there is a horrid website where teens can diss each other called formspring. It is mega nasty.

Anthemic WILL play on Cookie’s second record and that they will hit the studio after the Salt Lake City event.

Yay and… hurry up! Antsy for more music!

I’ll try to tweet some from the Race tomorrow, I’m tierbee on Twitter as well. And that’s cool that Monty is there, love him. And Ryan Star. Woohoo! Going to be *really* hot, record-breaking highs (90 degrees), going to need to bring the sunscreen! Finally done with laundry and off to bed… have to get up eaaaarrrly to make sure we get there in time :) ‘Nite, all!

Hope nobody knows anyone who was in Times Square tonight — NY Times reports Times Square had to be evacuated because of a possible car bomb found in an SUV

tiger92:
05/01/2010 at 9:57 pm
Here is the track list for the UK version: (It will be released on May 3rd.)

Sigh. Lucky brits! They pretty much get ALL the tracks! CLYG and Voodoo are so freaking good, and they were denied us (well, we finally got Voodoo of course). But I want to spend money on CLYG, and plenty of us in the US are WILLING to spend money on it here! (hint hint)

Love the radio edit of IIHY. Not many changes, the end sounds great though with the little changes there!

luvadamlambert:
05/01/2010 at 8:50 pm
OMA SQUEEEEEEEE OMA I CANT BELIEVE IT I JUST HEARD WWFM ON HOT 99.5 for the first time!!!!!!!!!

luv, I hear WWFM pretty often now on 99.5, plus 107.3 and 92.5 :-)

some alternative rock station in DC spun IIHY (granted just once) last week. Not sure why but they did!
WWDC-FM Pub 1 Alternative Rock Washington, DC

That’s awesome! Yay! Maybe it’ll make up for DC always being pretty much last to play ANYTHING EVER.

smeggingnuts:
05/01/2010 at 7:52 pm
Hey Mary102
I found something u might find intereting. I posted it on the last Adam thread I think its a page back near the bottom.

Thanks, smeggingnuts - let me check it out :-)

jpfan:
05/01/2010 at 9:03 pm

If Brits and Canadians like the same music, Adam should be okay. I don’t know if they do though. Anyone know how FYE and WWFM are doing in Japan.

you are one of the very knowledgeable poster here
i think you can figure out yourself :)

Jordins first stop on her Battlefield tour:

http://twitvid.com/TWO9R – No Air partial second half

http://twitvid.com/11NKC – It Takes More

Setlist http://twitpic.com/1k4prh

http://twitpic.com/photos/frogcooke – lots more pics from tonight

Studio57: People must be as confused as I was about this OC Fair. It is not a fair, per se, that usually runs for a few days to a week in the summer

Yes it is.

It runs this year from mid July to mid August. I just found out someone I know is showing sheep there this year, as they have for several years past. I don’t know about other places, but in CA, fairs like Del Mar and the OC and LA County fairs run for much longer than a few days. Many of the bigger fairgrounds are open at other times of the year too, for various events including concerts, but according to the conversation I had with BestAI a week or so ago, Lambert’s concert is taking place during the County Fair. (I don’t remember the date. If and when Allison is announced as an opener I will pay more attention. I can see her *and* my friends and it will make having to go to the OC to do it less painful.)

ooh ding! when is the salt lake city event? is it too far away? aargh, it means i have to wait longer for the new record. anyway, what time is the race? im glad that ryan and monty were there, it’s now a family thing they support and also meaningful thing to do in the memory of adam..

David Cook performs June 9 in Salt Lake City. Race for Hope begins 9am tomorrow (I think).

the Anthemic WILL play on Cookie’s second record and that they will hit the studio after the Salt Lake City event.

Woo times two! Although the way things are going, “after SLC” could mean anytime between… when is SLC? July? (ETA: June! Thanks wellhesback.) and the end of the year. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. That would mean a late Summer/early Fall release I guess? Possibly?

I’m also pleased with the donations to the Race for Hope. That’s a small bit of comfort for David and his family at what has to be a tough time. It’s so cool that Ryan is going to be there — I remember when he first opened for DC & the guys and it was all so new and tentative and who knew if they would get along, etc., and here they are a year later and solid friends. One of my favorite performances of the whole year last year was the acoustic “Breathe” Ryan dedicated to David after Adam died. It was so heartfelt and quite beautiful.

Good luck to tierbee and everyone who’s running!

Review of Carrie’s Columbia, SC concert:

Underwood a big voice and a big show

Excerpt:

Carrie Underwood doesn’t need a big production to steal the hearts of a crowd.

All she needs is a microphone.

Underwood is a superior singer; her voice has a large range that she uses liberally and to stirring effect.

But, now that the former “American Idol” is a headlining superstar, she also has a big production to back up her vocal talent.

It was evident when Underwood was hovering above the 9,000 fans who attended her Saturday night show at the Colonial Life Arena.

Perhaps they were available for download by you couldn’t get the physical CDs?

Adam and Kris’s CDs have been available for download from I-tunes and for sale via Amazon Uk (as an import) and in HMV retail shops as physical copies (again as imports) since the US release date last November.

A similar thing was true for Cook and Archie last year.

Without any publicity, without a real UK launch and because the viewing numbers for AI on satelllite/cable/digital are tiny, the sales are low.

Cook and Adam did pretty well on itunes, for example, when the download was available (cook got into the low 40s; don’t know exactly how Adam did, but it was pretty good too). But that was purely off interest from the show itself. Without radio/TV media support via a UK release, those numbers aren’t going anywhere.

The moderately successful Idols over here (mainly Kellie and Jordin) have had full on UK releases and singles released to radio after top 40 success in the US. Adam is going down that route now, hence his sales will increase substantially.

But the fans will have bought his album months ago.

I assume you are in the UK. Other posters from the UK are really excited about Adam going on his show. So it’s just difference of opinions.

They can be excited if they want to be :lol

I’d be thrilled if Cook was going on Ross’s show too – I’d be able to see him on my screen in the UK!

I watched the show for the first time in months last week, because Russell Crowe was on, but it wasn’t a great interview (oddly, because he’s been on before and it’s been pretty good).

But I think you misread my post somewhat.

Clearly, J Ross cannot be an EXTREMELY popular chat show with only 2-3 million viewers.

But it is a late night show on BBC1 (the main channel) and it is an established show for people to go on to sell their wares: they have one live music act every week and it’s usually very good.

I wasn’t dissing Adam for going on – it’s a good gig. I was just clarifying the popularity of the show.

And, yes, I am from the UK: therefore I do know something about the show and what works best as a launchpad for musicians on UK TV…and, in this case, I’m not swayed by being a huge fan of the artist concerned: like I say, I’d be thrilled to see David Cook on anything over here and be videoing it like mad, so I understand where the Adam fans and their excitement are coming from.

ETA: a really popular show in the UK will have upwards of 13-15 million viewers for perspective (ie X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent main shows). In a population of 61 million (much less than the US obviously) that’s still pretty low. TV is less watched now than it was in the past. But the perception of Ross is nowhere near as popular in recent years as it was when he started. Even before the Brand incident many thought him absurdly overpaid and his ratings have been slipping for years.

Hey – I like him and find him funny!

I just find it kind of amusing to be told that my perceptions of the popularity of UK personalities and shows is totally wrong by people living in the US who have no conception of popular British culture :lol

That would mean a late Summer/early Fall release I guess? Possibly?

Late summer is pushing it IMO. I’m beginning to think I wasnt far off when I joked about another November release.

My god waiting until June to get into the studio is so completely and utterly stupid I cant even wrap my my mind around it. Why not just wait another another 6 months to release a single and keep him off radio even longer and release the damn CD in January while they’re at it so they can completely kill any momentum? So pissed cranky :(

Trina:

I can only assume that they’re going for something of a relaunch with Cook mark 2…

Hopefully, the second single will be strong enough and the radio goodwill long enough to give it a good start.

But, ultimately, I’d rather wait for an album that’s been carefully crafted and is the best it can be, than see them rushing to meet deadlines.

I love some songs on DCTR and like the album as a whole, but DCTR2 is critical for Cook’s long term acceptance as a major label artist: I don’t want to see the same kind of scheduling and image compromises as happened with the debut album limiting what they might achieve with it.

If it’s good enough, it will do well.

That’s my (wishful thinking?) belief and I’m sticking with it until launch :lol

Also – isn’t early Autumn a better launch date for a new album in the US? I think that’s what I’ve read from American posters?

Ooh, 5:30 am is early, lol! And here I am, not a morning person.

Race for Hope does start at 9. Early start needed to get from Northern VA to DC in time to meet team by 8!!!

oh, goodluck tierbee! and have fun!! fellow dc fans, thanks for the infos… regarding dctr2, patience is a virtue.

i agree… we won’t want him to rush it again just for the sake of promotion purposes such an idol performance..

but fall release, i got mix feelings, it is better? maybe, but is it also too far?? waah.. i don’t know… oh cookie, as long as you feel good already with that record, kindly please share it to us asap… but for now, i’ll wait patiently.

Yes it is.

It runs this year from mid July to mid August.

I just found out someone I know is showing sheep there this year, as they have for several years past. I don’t know about other places, but in CA, fairs like Del Mar and the OC and LA County fairs run for much longer than a few days. Many of the bigger fairgrounds are open at other times of the year too, for various events including concerts, but according to the conversation I had with BestAI a week or so ago, Lambert’s concert is taking place during the County Fair. (I don’t remember the date. If and when Allison is announced as an opener I will pay more attention. I can see her *and* my friends and it will make having to go to the OC to do it less painful

Well, according to that link I provided in my post- it runs all year. Most county fairs I have been to last a few days to a week in the middle of the summer and the headliner usually plays the last day. Train is playing like a week or so before Adam. And I have never heard of someone playing two seperate days at a country fair- have you? Yes, it is a country fair, but it is not a traditional one IMHO- don’t most country fairs have free concerts? Maybe they do it different in California shrugs. All I know is people are not buying those tickets to see the sheep, lol.

I just found out someone I know is showing sheep there this year, as they have for several years past.

Its been YEARS since I’ve gone to the OC Fair… I didn’t realize they even brought in live stock. The only live stock I remember at the OC fair was a petting zoo…or maybe that was the livestock area? LOL My memory fails me.

Yes, it is a country fair, but it is not a traditional one IMHO- don’t most country fairs have free concerts? Maybe they do it different in California shrugs. All I know is people are not buying those tickets to see the sheep, lol.

The OC fair is very California. Most of southern california is urban and those attending are not necessarily interested in livestock.

german Idol winner Daniel Schumacher covering WWFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJKlm4r93jA

sr4mjc….Hi…not a bad rendition of WWFM. He seems a little winded at the end and the falsetto isn’t that great but all in all a decent imitation. His voice and stage presence seem a thousand times better than the bunch from S9.

I can see this being a standard in almost any singers repertoire. It’s such a beautiful song. Thought I’d be sick of it by now, but after Adam’s Idol performance I like it more and more. And people recognize it now too. The girls squealing at the beginning is cute.

german Idol winner Daniel Schumacher covering WWFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJKlm4r93jA

Nice! Didn’t like the background singer though…

Didn’t someone say that the OC gigs were part of some summer concert serie they have?

Yes, saga I did.

I found this on the web- now this is how a county fair is normally set up. David Cook played this last year. You paid an entrance fee to the fair and anyone could go see David Cook, but if you wanted a “VIP” section with seats, the cost was $25.00. In other towns, the organizer pays for the performer and the concert is free.

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/45294552.html

At the Pacific Amphitheatre, the venue is gated off and it is a regular arena in the middle of the fairgrounds. Costs of seats start at $19.50 and go up to $49.50 depending on the seats ( you can see a picture of people in their seats on the bottom):

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B00448EE6073F91?artistid=1342835&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

That place is pretty impressive looking.

David Cook at Race for Hope!
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Yes, it is a country fair, but it is not a traditional one IMHO- don’t most country fairs have free concerts? Maybe they do it different in California shrugs.

Everything is done differently here in CA(and not necessarily for the better!)
The closest fair to me is the CA state fair in Sac, and the concert series’ tickets are a separate admission price, BUT free to anyone who has payed admission to the fair. So, in other words, only the first section or so is reserved seating. I saw David Cook and band there at last year’s fair, and I was a little miffed that after I had paid for a ticket(45.00) I also had to pay admission to the park and parking when others only paid to get it the park- not their
problem, though, I realize it was my error. Anyway, one good thing, security didn’t allow the people in the GA seating section to turn the stage area into a mosh pit. They kept ropes between the paying section and GA section, which to me was a nice way of saying ” we realize you spent good money for this event, so we’ll do what we can.” I think David was a little confused, though, because he likes all his customers to be on their feet, waving bye-bye chair, etc.
Our little section remained standing the entire time, but many in the front and right side sat down two or so songs into the set.

It’s so cool that Ryan is going to be there — I remember when he first opened for DC & the guys and it was all so new and tentative and who knew if they would get along, etc.,

I can’t see him not getting along with anyone!
Good Luck and Thank You to everyone participating in any form in today’s race.

Getting ready to start the Race for Hope!

Thanks for those pics, nhd!Go team David Cook!

#Race4Hope Survivors Tribute with Heroes
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Where I am (central new york) fairs whether county or state are huge. The New York State Fair is 12 days and has anything for everyone. Much of it free. At the entertainment grandstand so far are booked Rihanna, the fetus with sean kingston, Rush, Rascal Flatts, more to follow. For FREE are Lady Antebellum (must have been booked before their #1..ha), some oldies..blue oyster cult, Kansas, Blues Travelers…with at least 10 more free acts to be listed.

Yes there are “farmers” but the majority of people there are urbanites looking for some greasy food, fun and games and some good music. The only problem I have is the music is outside. When it rains it’s horrible.

WWFM coming up now on VH1 number 7!

@Kristen8108
#David just passed us. He looked a little heated. It’s hot out here!
5 minutes ago via txt

Here’s a rough translation of Adam’s Sweden live chat:
http://bit.ly/cZ8uT2

Nothing new or earth shattering lol

@carrottop999
#David just passed the finish line in 30 mins
15 minutes ago via UberTwitter

#@DCisMyIcing he just finished in a run and now went back to walk again
13 minutes ago via UberTwitter in reply to DCisMyIcing

@FoolsApril64
Done … Passed best cheerleader ever on side of road … Thanks @thedavidcook ¤race4hope 45 Min
5 minutes ago via UberTwitter

Since I brought this up yesterday I will say that obviously what we call a fair here in the Midwest is quite different than tha CA way. Most of ours have acts that come in and if their price was resonable then the show admission was included with the gate price. At one of our local fairs a couple of years ago, they brought in Kellie Pickler @ the cost of $40,000 and felt they had to run a article apologizing that they would have to charge seperately for her show. I will note that there are animals here (rural) and probably less than 100,000 countywide.

For the larger fairs it is not uncommon for the concerts on the big stage to be an extra charge and because these are booked so far ahead for the 7-10 day event there are never addtnl dates added. So what I have gathered from what I read here is that the O.C. fair is not a traditional fair but more of a street fair built around concerts.

@JumpNegative
#Walking with dave! http://twitpic.com/1kbj70
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Nice legs Cookie!

That’s so cool; he went back and walked with the others after he finished running. I read a comment under the last pic nhd posted that read: David Cook, you are living your dash. Truer words could not have been written.

So what I have gathered from what I read here is that the O.C. fair is not a traditional fair but more of a street fair built around concerts.

LOL! No, it’s not. I don’t know why this is such a difficult concept, but I guess we really do do things differently in CA.

The OC fair has been running every year in the summer for 120 years. Like the Del Mar fair (to which I’ve been many times for both the horse show and the livestock shows *and* the concerts), and the LA County fair in Pomona, It’s a livestock/produce/baked goods/Grandma’s Best Jam fair, just like most US fairs. The big CA fairs extended the length of time they run and added a midway with rides and musical acts as the years have gone by, but they’re still, at heart, county fairs.

The concerts have gotten very popular and have been able to attract big acts in recent years, but they’re still side shows (very big, very popular, very much revenue generating side shows) when the fair itself is on. The bigger fairgrounds are *so* big, of course they use them for other things during the year, including concerts. That’s what the other poster’s link was for.

And I have never heard of someone playing two seperate days at a country fair- have you?

Yup. I kinda followed what David Cook was doing on his tour last year and looked at the other acts booked, and yes, some did do two separate dates.