Carrie Underwood peforms “Go Your Own Way” with Lindsey Buckingham.   She and Lindsey both play electric guitar.

Jennifer Hudson rawks out on “Come Together” with Joe Perry on guitar.

Todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idol headlines after the jumpà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Kelly Clarkson’s  tour is back on after being scrapped this summer due to poor ticket sales.   The new tour has been scheduled in smaller venues.   It kicks off on October 10th at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.   Kelly appeared live  to sing  ”Never Again” on the NFL [...]

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ETA:   Great crowd tonight! New England loves them some Idols.. oh, except you a-hole, yes YOU sitting in Sec 2 Row I Seat 1…a simple “excuse me” would have sufficed.   Jerk.

Ahem!   I’ll have more on tonight’s show  tomorrow…

….and I’ve already seen the show three times.   I love [...]

Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (BillBoard issue date 09/15/07)

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OH. MY. GOSH.

Taylor, you were my first. I waited through six seasons of American Idol for someone like you – someone who could make me say, “WHOA! I LOVE this voice!” – someone who could make me just not WAIT to see them in their own concert… and you were the one and last [...]

Here are some statistics for the Season 6 Idol Tour at about the halfway mark. These are based on information reported to Billboard by the concert promoters.

Summary first, detailed stats for each concert after the jump:

Season 6: Half-way Report (30 out of 59 concerts (or is it 60?))
Total Gross: $12.1 million

Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell were in Philadelphia, PA this weekend for the first set of 3rd round auditions.   When asked by the press during the lunch break what he thought of the talent he had seen so far, Simon Cowell said,

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A lot of the auditions [...]

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Happy Labor Day to those who celebrate! I don’t have to work today. Yay!

Watch Ace Young as he appeared on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon last night. The host introduced him as “S Curve recording artist” and said his debut album would be released this fall…thanks cmccurqt

A snapshot of Idolsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ singles radio play culled from Mediabase charts as of this morning. Find out where your favorite Idol stands on the radio after the jump.

This week’s Idol Billboard Chart for y’all. Read along, won’t you?

The Billboard chart is turning into a monster! It seems like every week I’m adding new charts. I’ve added the recurrent charts for the Hot 100, R&B, Country, Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts. The recurrent charts reflect the longevity of [...]

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