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See the Season 11 Top 10 on the American Idol LIVE! Tour 2012 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL.
Daughtry performs at Casino Rama in Orillia, ON.
Bucky Covington performs at Boon County Park in Danville, WV.
Casey James performs at Belpre Homecoming in Belpre, OH.
Bo Bice, Ruben Studdard, Vonzell Solomon, Katie Stevens and RJ Helton perform at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, MO.
Mandisa performs at the Women of Faith – Celebrate event in Columbus, OH.
Phil Stacey performs at Victory Christian Fellowship in San Mateo, FL. More at AmericanIdol.com

Haley Reinhart takes the stage at Lollapalooza today at 1 pm in Chicago’s Grant Park.

Phillip Phillips will perform on The Today Show August 28th and Live! With Kelly September 4.

Season 12 Bus Tour Auditions – The Season 12 auditions bus pulled out of American Idol headquarters in Los Angeles yesterday and is headed for Idaho Falls, ID. It’s the first stop on the “American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour.” Auditions in Idaho Falls will take place on August 4. Check out the entire schedule on AmericanIdol.com

Stephen Colbert, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Hudson, Bette Midler to Be Featured on Oprah’s Next Chapter – Stephen Colbert, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Hudson, and Bette Midler will be among the celebrities featured on the next season of Oprah’s Next Chapter, hosted by Oprah Winfrey on the OWN Network. – Read more at Theatermania

TEMECULA: Former ‘Idol’ contestant Casey Abrams to play winery show – Get ready for Casey Abrams. The Idyllwild resident, who found fame as a contestant on season 10 of “American Idol,” released his genre-jumping debut album earlier in late June. Now the multi-instrumentalist who brought his stand-up bass to the stage in Hollywood will join another famous bassman at a Temecula winery for a concert this month. Abrams will open for Lee Rocker, of Stray Cats Fame, at Wiens Family Cellars at 35055 Via Del Ponte in Temecula on Friday, Aug. 24. – Read more at Press-Enterprise

Carrie Underwood tweets from the set of the CMA Awards promo shoot

Carrie and Brad Paisley are on set doing promo for the CMA Awards. Carrie tweets, “Clowning around on set! Whose kids are these?! pic.twitter.com/UssdKREK”

Women Who Rock: Jordin Sparks on Working With Whitney Houston

Read more at Rolling Stone

What pop star Kelly Clarkson idolizes – The lazy days of summer aren’t so lazy if you’re Kelly Clarkson. The original American Idol winner spent her summer as a mentor on ABC’s reality singing competition, Duets, and performing on the road. In between, Clarkson, 30, who holds the Idol record for most album sales worldwide, answered our call for a few of her favorite things via e-mail. Her tops: Duet: Clarkson was blunt and specific with advice to the wannabe singing stars on Duets. What she thinks really works: Poison & Wine sung by The Civil Wars. – Read more at USAWeekend

Reinhart hopes Lollapalooza concert boosts her profile – For rock fans, the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago’s Grant Park is a chance to see a dizzying array of bands.
For the up-and-coming artists onstage, the fest is something different — a chance to reach a wider audience. Wheeling native Haley Reinhart, a former “American Idol” contestant who recently released her debut album, will take the Lollapalooza stage shortly after 1 p.m. Friday, the first day of the fest. “It will give me a chance to really make my name,” she said. “The fact that I’m the first ‘Idol’ to do this, and that I’ll be playing for people who might not be familiar with me — I feel like this is a great way to break out a bit, build my audience.” – Read more at Daily Herald

Adam Levine Slams Critics, Talks Tattoos in Inked Magazine! – “Music critics are all f**king idiots,” Levine proclaims at the very beginning of his interview, taking a stand against some of the negative reviews of his band’s latest album, “Overexposed.” “There’s obviously a certain balance between pursuing an audience and pursuing what you love to do,
but I love what we do,” he adds. “I would never put out a record I didn’t want to listen to.”
And when it comes to criticism that the band has sold out, Levine admits he loves having major, mainstream attention. – Read more at TooFab