Andrea Bocelli Launches New CD Incanto With Special Appearances Around the World Including The Oprah Winfrey Show on October 31

Elliott Yamin and AB sing at peace concert in Israel

Tel Aviv, Israel was the next stop on Bocelli’s worldwide trek on October 27th for “Believe – A Peace Concert,” which celebrated a decade of peace-building and the 10th anniversary of The Peres Center for Peace. Andrea performed a stirring ballad co-written by the distinguished President Peres and international singer Liel, entitled “Ray of Hope.” Additional artists who shared the stage for this memorable event were Academy Award-winner and Argentine musician Gustavo Santalaolla, American Idol favorite Elliot Yamin, celebrated saxophonist Dave Koz and songwriting superstar Diane Warren among others.

Oh Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so sorry.

Don’t sweat it. .

POP or ROCK MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST 1. Chris Brown 2. Kid Rock 3. Usher

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST 1. Mariah Carey 2. Alicia Keys 3. Rihanna

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP 1. Coldplay 2. Eagles 3. Daughtry

FAVORITE ALBUM

1. Coldplay/ Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 2. Eagles/ Long Road Out of Eden 3. Alicia Keys/ As I Am

COUNTRY MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST 1. Garth Brooks 2. Kenny Chesney 3. Brad Paisley

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST 1. Reba McEntire 2. Taylor Swift 3. Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP 1. Brooks & Dunn 2. Rascal Flatts 3. Sugarland

FAVORITE ALBUM 1. Garth Brooks/ The Ultimate Hits 2. Rascal Flatts/ Still Feels Good 3. Carrie Underwood/Carnival Ride

RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST 1. Flo Rida 2. Lil Wayne 2. Kanye West

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP 1. G Unit 2. Three 6 Mafia 3. Wu-Tang Clan

FAVORITE ALBUM 1. Jay-Z/American Gangster 2. Lil Wayne/ Tha Carter III 3. Kayne West/ Graduation

SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST 1. Chris Brown 2. J. Holiday 3. Usher

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST 1. Mary J. Blige 2. Alicia Keys 3. Rihanna

FAVORITE ALBUM 1. Mary J. Blige/ Growing Pains 2. Mariah Carey/ E=MC2 3. Alicia Keys/ As I Am

SOUNDTRACKS

FAVORITE ALBUM 1. Alvin And The Chipmunks 2. Juno 3. Mamma Mia!

ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC

FAVORITE ARTIST 1. Coldplay 2. Foo Fighters 3. Linkin Park

ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

FAVORITE ARTIST 1. Daughtry 2. Eagles 3. Jordin Sparks

LATIN MUSIC

FAVORITE ARTIST 1. Enrique Iglesias 2. Juanes 3. Wisin Y Yandel

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

FAVORITE ARTIST 1. Casting Crowns 2. MercyMe 3. Third Day

ARTIST OF THE YEAR Lil Wayne Chris Brown Alicia Keys Eagles Coldplay

T-MOBILE BREAKTRHOUGH ARTIST Colbie Caillat Flo Rida Jonas Brothers Paramore The-Dream

Congratulations to the American Idol alums, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, and Jordin Sparks, on their nominations! :clap_tb:

Coldplay and Leona Lewis have been added to the performance lineup for the American Music Awards, Billboard.com can reveal. The event will be held Nov. 23 at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

Also on the bill are Kanye West, Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, New Kids On The Block, Pussycat Dolls, Taylor Swift, P!nk, the Fray and Annie Lennox.

David Archuleta, Ashley Tisdale, Demi Lovato and T-Pain will present awards at the event, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

Woohoooo!! :thumbup_tb:

Additionally the application allows the user to send a message to a friend and links directly to DavidCookOfficial.com, where users can connect with each other.

“Mobile applications that connect artists with their fans in an entirely new way are game changing,” says Wade Beavers, CEO of DoApp Inc., the web and mobile innovation company SONY BMG worked with to create the application. “This fun application enables David Cook to connect with his fans and give them something more than digital downloads.”

So it’s a bit more than just a lighter song application, which makes a lot of sense to me. I take back what I said about it being silly or whatever. More artists, it seems, are offering apps that allow fans to keep up with their latest news, etc., and combining the lighter/song app with something akin to the facebook app sounds pretty smart and innovative. I don’t have an iTouch/iPhone, but please, those have purchased this app and have tested it out (LOL, sorry about your predicament, cheese, but it’s pretty funny), please report back on the other functionalities, cuz I’m really curious.

Also great about the PR? DC’s quote is LOLz: “I am really stoked about this application. I think it gives a different dynamic to the single and it is much safer than practicing pyromania. Not to mention, you won’t burn your thumb!”

I love that DC seems to be poking light fun at this whole thing a little without being disrespectful at all– he recognizes the necessary commercial aspect of the music business, doesn’t take himself too seriously, and is never too-cool for school.

“Fans know there’s a moment in every rock show where they become part of the spectacle. It starts with one, then the whole room is filled with glowing lighters shining back at the band. Now you can light up any venue with David Cook’s “Light On” Lighter. Turn up the volume because when you spark up this lighter it plays David Cook’s hit single “Light On” in its entirety. Don’t worry, if you’re at a live show the song can be paused and the flame will burn as long as you have battery power.”

I think that last sentence answered someone’s post a few days ago about why would you want the song playing while you were at a concert. You can shut the song off.

Someone already gave it 5 stars! :laugh_tb:

I have convinced myself to buy it when I get home. (That didn’t take long!)

Too funny at your post above cheese! Now the simple $1.99 app will only cost you about $300 more!

How is it cheese? Give us your evaluation.

:wallbash_tb: I’ll let you know when I get a new iPod Touch (so maybe Christmas 2009?) I only looked at the software requirements and didn’t notice that you need a 2nd Gen Touch to use it. Reading is fundamental.

I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t planning to buy it, so of course I bought it.

:laugh_tb:

How is it cheese? Give us your evaluation. I am thinking about getting it.

New York critics weigh L.A.-spawned ’80s rock musical

The New York Times liked the show’s energy and look — “The flash-and-trash ambiance is on the mark … and Kristin Hanggi’s direction never lags” — but sniffed at “the paper-thin story, played for laughs” and complained that “like much of the music that inspires it, ‘Rock of Ages’ too often lacks a human pulse.”

The New York Post was not impressed: “a perfect storm of cheesiness,” “relentlessly silly,” “forget the plot.” Still, it concluded, “based on the rapturous response that greeted nearly every number … ‘Rock of Ages’ may do for ’80s rock what ‘Mamma Mia!’ did for ABBA.”

But some critics apparently had a ball at the headbangers’ musical: “a crowd pleaser that never takes itself seriously (nor should it). It gets the ’80s power-ballad scene right,” said the Daily News. Meanwhile, the Newark Star-Ledger recommended “Rock of Ages” as “tons of retro fun for anybody loving those bygone times of big hair and even bigger power chords.”

LA Times

My Latest Turn-It-Up Song? Bucky Covingtonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s.

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CMT.com

Julianne Hough’s tough cookie mentality isn’t unusual for dancers

Despite the pain, which her rep says has been “coming and going since last week,” the 20-year-old only missed one rehearsal for the show.

So is this tough-as-nails ‘tude specific to Hough? Not according to Mignon Furman, director of New York’s American Academy of Ballet, who says such commitment is par for the course.

“The show must go,” she said. “Dancers are very serious about that.”

In fact, Furman added, she’s even seen dancers “throw up on the side of the stage and go back on” during performances.

NY Daily News

Ken Barnes randomly muses on David Cook over at Idol Chatter.

Ken Barnes never met a press release that he didn’t like. Unless he didn’t get one, like when the Melinda Doolittle album news was released. Then, he refused to believe that Melinda had an album out until he was informed personally, even though the news was in a few different places, including here. He even dubbed the info at Tennessean.com “dubious”. LOL.