Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood Plan Tuesday Night Opry Performances
Lady Antebellum and Carrie Underwood are among the country artists taking part in upcoming Tuesday night performances of the Grand Ole Opry. Underwood will perform Tuesday (June 8) at the Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville, along with fellow Opry members Josh Turner and Trisha Yearwood, among others. Lady Antebellum and Justin Moore are among the artists scheduled for the Opry’s June 15 performance at Lipscomb University. Following last month’s flood, the shows are being held in various locations in Nashville until repairs to the Grand Ole Opry House are completed.
Danny Gokey Looks Ahead to First CMA Music Festival
Nashville, TN – 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville recording artist Danny Gokey will make his debut appearance at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville next week, with a schedule that includes not only a main stage performance on Thursday, June 10, but also a series of autograph signings and a role as CMT’s official Twitter correspondent for the 2010 CMT Music Awards.
Thursday of the CMA Music Festival will also be a busy day for Gokey, who will perform on the LP Field main stage that night, following daytime appearances signing autographs for fans at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum store (12:30-2:30 PM), as well as morning and afternoon appearances for CMA Music Festival attendees at the Greased Lightning Fan Fair Hall. There, Danny will be autographing for fans at both the CMA Booth and the CMT Booth.
Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, June 8, Danny will be among the artists lending their support to the 103 WKDF Country Beach Party, hosted by Darryl Worley, as a benefit for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The event will be held at The Stage in downtown Nashville. For more information, visit www.103WKDF.com.
This weekend, viewers can watch for Danny as he joins one of country music’s most beloved personalities for an episode of CMT’s Southern Fried Flicks with Hazel Smith. Look for the fun-filled segments with Danny and Hazel woven throughout this week’s film, Driving Miss Daisy, airing Sunday, June 6, at 3 and 8 PM ET.
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Irving Azoff may join Allen Shapiro in bid for CKX
Music mogul Irving Azoff may join one of the groups kicking the tires of CKX Inc., the parent company of “American Idol” producer 19 Entertainment.
Azoff, the chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, is considering backing the potential bid of $550 million being put together by Allen Shapiro, president and chief executive of Mosaic Media Group, and One Equity Partners, a private-equity arm of JP Morgan Chase, confirmed people close to the situation. The news of Azoff’s emergence as a potential player in the CKX sweepstakes was first reported by the New York Post.
If Azoff does throw some money Shapiro’s way, it won’t be the $200 million that the New York Post suggested. A person familiar with Azoff’s thinking indicated that any investment would be much smaller than that and added that right now the talks are very preliminary.
Lambert fans share concert excitement outside Kirby Center in W-B
WILKES-BARRE – Tickets to the opening show of Adam Lambert’s first headlining U.S. tour made an excellent birthday gift for one devoted fan.
Megan Lafferty, who received tickets to the show for her 13th birthday, stood out in the crowd gathered near a still-running tour bus behind the F.M. Kirby Center on Friday. Her blue-streaked hair was styled to match Mr. Lambert’s spiked locks.
“I liked when he sang ‘Mad World, ‘ ” she said, recounting her favorite performance from Mr. Lambert’s time on “American Idol.” “It really clinched (my) love.” Mr. Lambert was the “American Idol” season eight runner-up.
Mr. Lambert did not emerge from the bus while Megan waited, but she got her picture taken with his band members.
“It’ll suffice, ” she said. “It’s worth the memories.”
Constantine Maroulis and Rock of Ages Cast to Perform as Part of Taste of Times Square June 7
Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis and additional cast members from Broadway’s Rock of Ages will perform three songs from the musical at the annual Taste of Times Square on The Hard Rock Café STAGE, on Monday, June 7 at 5:45pm. The cast members will be dressed in their bathing suits.
This 17th annual outdoor festival of food and entertainment , running 5pm to 8:30pm, will feature more than 50 restaurants in the district, who will set up tables on the street and offer a “taste” of items from their menus.
Entertainment during the event will also include musician Toby Lightman, George Gee and the Jump Jive n’ Wailers Swing Orchestra, and more.
For more information, visit www.rockofagesmusical.com or www.timessquarenyc.org.
Idol fave, Evanescence team up
TORONTO – When he was looking to start a new band, the last place Evanescence co-founder Ben Moody went looking for a singer was American Idol.
“I didn’t watch the show; didn’t know anything about it, ” he says, relaxing in a darkened room above the El Mocambo on a scorching hot afternoon.
But after he decided he wanted to form We Are the Fallen with bassist Marty O’Brien (Disturbed, Static X) and original Evanescence members John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums), he caught on to season seven alumnus Carly Smithson.
“Carly knew a girl that was renting a room from me who was hounding me to listen to her, ” he says. “We were looking for someone just like us, so I checked her out. That night I called her and said you’ve got to come over to the house and the next morning We Are the Fallen was born.”
What Diana DeGarmo, Hair and hair are doing about the oil spill
Diana DeGarmo sounded apologetic recently for not having gotten a haircut. “I’m contractually obligated to not cut my hair, ” she said. “I have to have my hair for the show.”
The show the former American Idol contestant is talking about is “Hair, ” at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, where since March DeGarmo has played Sheila, a leader of the Tribe — student, anti-war protester and girlfriend of Berger, played by Ace Young, another ex-American Idol contestant, and another cast member who cannot casually get a haircut.
Ozzy Osbourne Talks Tattoos, ‘American Idol’
“I suppose there are people who imagine me going to my Bavarian castle and hanging upside down from the f—ing rafters every night, ” he joked. “I’m just a guy, man — I’m just a crazy guy who started a merry-go-round ride many years ago, and I’m still here.” Ozzy has seen a lot changes over the years, but one of the biggest shifts in the music business — the emergence of reality singins shows like “American Idol” — is not something he cares to think about. “I cannot watch that sh–, ” said Osbourne, whose wife, Sharon, is a judge on reality performance competition “America’s Got Talent.” “I cannot do it for the simple fact that for a person to come out of the working-class thing, pass the audition, go on the show and then have a panel of people tell them how f—ed up they are … I’m a 42-year veteran and I could not f—ing do it. My hat goes off to all of those kids on those shows.”
Bret Michaels Talks About Health and ‘Idol’ Prospects
Bret Michaels has had one hell of a ride since he came to the PopEater offices in March. Since then, he’s suffered a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him, had a stroke, won ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and appeared on ‘American Idol’ — an appearance that has led to speculation he may replace Simon Cowell at the show’s judge’s table. So what does he have to say about it all? PopEater was able to catch up with our old pal to talk about his recent life-threatening scares, the likelihood of him landing ‘Idol’ and how he’s going about life cautiously these days. “I combined diabetes with appendicitis with a brain hemorrhage, then a warning stroke and the PFO … that’s a five whammy cocktail punch. If you would have told me all that combined together, I would have said, ‘That person has to be a goner, ‘” Bret tells PopEater. After the jump, our chat with Bret, plus hear his cover of Sublime’s ‘What I Got.’
Church news 6/5
Clawson Assembly of God. ”American Idol’’ Finalist and Jasper native Michael Sarver will join Clawson Assembly of God for Father’s Day, June 20. The Father’s Day Extravaganza starts at 9:30 a.m. with praise and worship service in the Sanctuary. When services conclude the congregation will be released to enjoy the fair-type festivities. A full gun show sponsored by Green’s Guns and Range from Marshall will be set up, plus vendors from Best Buy, Rush Truck Center, Pedalocity, Dynamic Customs, Taco Bueno, Duckmaster Custom Boats and so many more. A mechanical bull and a rock wall will top the entertainment list with several contests. The event is free. To be a vendor at this event call 853-2727.
Clay Aiken: New Album Is Like a Homecoming
When “American Idol” season two favorite Clay Aiken belted out his touching 2003 rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters, ” he won over the hearts of millions.
Now, seven years later, he’s built his own bridge of success as a platinum-selling artist, Broadway actor, author and, more recently, a dad.
The down-to-earth, Raleigh, N.C. native just released his fifth studio album, “Tried and True, ” featuring classics from the ’50s and ’60s.
“It seems like a little bit of a departure from the last four albums I’ve made to some extent, but in truth, it’s really more of a homecoming in a way, because it’s really what I have always wanted to do, ” Aiken told CBSNews.com.
Paula Abdul Talks ‘Drop Dead Diva, ‘ Dancing & Needing Her Own “Judge Paula”
If singer-dancer-QVC maven Paula Abdul has truly mastered one thing, it’s keeping all of us guessing. Since vacating her judge position on ‘American Idol, ‘ Paula has been rumored to be doing ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and, more recently, pal Simon Cowell’s U.S. version of ‘X Factor.’
But surprise! It was recently announced that Paula’s got her own new dance-themed reality show coming midseason to CBS called ‘Got to Dance, ‘ where she’ll act as mentor and head judge. She’s also multi-tasking with some serious acting, playing a version of herself in dream sequences on Lifetime’s ‘Drop Dead Diva’ (season 2 premieres Sun., June 6, 9PM ET).
Ex-‘Idol’ music man moves to land of Leno
As a key player in “Idol’s” success — working with the show’s contestants, orchestrating the band and scoring musical arrangements — Minor doesn’t hesitate when asked how TV’s top show can reclaim its mojo after last season’s ratings dropoff.
“I think it’s a matter of casting, ” he says. “People watch that show because of the [contestants’] back stories, and I think in part it’s casting the show and making it interesting with interesting people.
“It’s just a matter of the talent out there and I think they’ll look at strong casting and musically expanding on their repertoire of songs.”
And Minor has a surprise pick for who he thinks should replace star “Idol” judge Simon Cowell, who left the show to launch the American version of his British hit, “The X Factor.”
“I really liked Harry Connick Jr., ” he says of the pop crooner, a guest judge last season.
“I thought he was great for the contestants by telling them, ‘Hey, I understand what you’re doing, musically, ‘ and then giving them pointers to help them further.
“It’s conflicting [for the contestants] when one person says ‘you need to make it your own’ and another judge says, ‘you made it your own.’
Bo Bice: I love what Idol’s given me
“American Idol” season 4 runner-up Bo Bice is back with a new album, a new baby and a new appreciation for the people in Nashville after the devastating floods earlier this month.
Bo’s new album, “3, ” was released last week and his single, “Long Road Back, ” is being used to raise money for flood victims. All proceeds from the single will be donated to a variety of flood assistance programs for people in Nashville as they recover and rebuild.
Bo recently spoke to us at the Larry King Live blog about his time on “Idol, ” why he loves it and how Nashville is doing these days…
CBS Radio Expo – June 26, 2010 at Yankee Stadium
Bring the family out to the CBS Radio Expo on Saturday, June 26 at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. Join Newsradio 880, CBS FM 101.1, WFAN Sports Radio 66, 1010 WINS, Fresh 102.7 and the new 92.3 Now for a full day of music, stars and fun!
Check out full views of the new Yankee Stadium along with great interactive exhibits on everything from family fun to entertainment, health and wellness and a green lifestyle as you walk along the rain protected concourse level.
Plus, you will not want to miss the live performances from Kris Allen and Eddie Money, celebrity athlete autographs, interactive games, great food and fun.
Convenient parking is only $5 and tickets are available by clicking here now or at the Yankee Stadium Box office on the day of the event.
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David Archuleta answers Fan Questions at his Mall Of America Book Signing Earlier Today (6/5/10)
Plus, snip of David performing “I’ll Be” HERE.
