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Idols Live heads to the City Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO
The Voice performs at the Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL

Chris Daughtry tweets, “Headed back to LA. Been a change of plans. Doing most of the record in LA now.”

Carrie Underwood blogged to her fans at her fanclub that she’s got 20 songs that she absolutely loves in the can. There was one song the band needed to sound loose on, so they plied them with margaritas!

Kellie Pickler revealed in a twitter party with her fans yesterday that she’ll be shooting the video for her single “Tough” in two weeks. And, her next album is set to come out in October.

Amazon has the new Casey James single Let’s Don’t Call it A Night available for download on August 16.

Jordin Sparks tweets, “Call back for that audition a couple weeks ago! Eeeeeeee! Here we go!”

Twitter reports suggest that Carrie Underwood and Tony Bennett are filming their duet for the CBS season premiere of Blue Bloods today. The duo recorded “It Had to Be You” for Bennett’s upcoming duets album, to be released in September. Bennett tweets a photo of him and Carrie on the set today.

Tommy Boy and Black Hole Recordings present a set of hot remixes to American Idol’s Blake Lewis new single. “Till We See the Sun” is the follow up single to his # 1 Billboard Club Chart topper “Heartbreak on Vinyl.” Download the EP at Beatport.com. The EP will be available for download on iTunes on August 16.

Nigel Lythgoe tweeted, “About 8 very good performers this afternoon and quite a few with a lot of potential. #AmericanIdol auditions again tomorrow.” (American Idol producer round auditions are taking place in Denver)

American Idols Live heads to the Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO

Download the brand-new Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood music video for their hit country single “Remind Me” at iTunes HERE

Chris Daughtry tweets, “Thinking about putting all our albums (new one included) out on vinyl. Thoughts? Any interest?”

Read Melinda Doolittle’s recap of last night’s Idols Live show in Nashville! The writeup includes photos of her with Idols and band members too. Read it all right HERE.

Idols Live rolls into the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville TN 7 pm CDT

The Voice Top 8 performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV

Judge backs Lopez over home video row with ex

LOS ANGELES — A US appeal court sided with superstar Jennifer Lopez in a privacy dispute with her ex-husband over the use of the former couple’s home videos.

David Archuleta is heading overseas again. This time, to the Futenma Flightline Fair in Okinawa Japan on August 6. More details can be found HERE.

‘American Idol’ roundup: What’s new with seven non-winners from past seasons — hear their latest music here

American Idol Season 11 auditions take place in INVESCO Field at Mile High. More information HERE

Siobhan Magnus will sing the National Anthem at Fenway Park tonight, before the Cape Cod Baseball League All Star Game. Game starts at 7:05pm

Adam Lambert at St. Agathe en Feux Festival at Sainte-Agathe-des-monts, Quebec, CANADA
Bo Bice performs on the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN

The Blake Lewis EP of “Til We See The Sun” remixes will be released in the UK on August 15. You can listen to snippets of the songs, including the single at Amazon.com UK. Listen HERE. Via BlakeLewisArmy

Adam Lambert tweeted, “So proud and excited for @Sashamallory on SYTYCD!!! You’re amazing! Love I can say ‘I knew you when’ !” SYTYCD contestant, Sasha Mallory, was a dancer on Adam’s Glam Nation tour.

Cat Deeley tweets, “LXD are performing on the show tonight! Plus Lady Gaga…Amazing group routine from Tyce, to open the show… I may cry!”

American Idols Live heads to the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC

Jordin Sparks performs a “Secret Show” in New York City today to promote the VH1 Save the Music Foundation. (VH1 confirms Jordin will perform in Times Square at 11:30 am)

Chris Daughtry tweets, “Drums for album 3 are complete!!! Robin did an OUTSTANDING job! Very proud and happy to have him http://twitpic.com/5ww3b0”

Help Season 8 Idol, Megan Joy Kickstart her upcoming EP. Megan is hoping to raise $15, 000 in order to produce a 7 song EP. You can donate to her next project by clicking on THIS LINK.

Jennifer Hudson will perform at the upcoming President Barak Obama Birthday Party/Fundraiser at the The Aragon Ballroom in Chicago IL on August 3 at 4 pm. More information HERE.

‘American Idol’s’ Jennifer Lopez Expected to Close Deal This Week