One singer leaves the competition tonight on The Voice 10 Top 12 results. We’ll be live blogging beginning at 8 pm ET. Former coach and Blake Shelton gal pal, Gwen Stefani, will perform her single “Misery.”
SUPERSTAR DUO BROOKS & DUNN TO RECEIVE NASH ICON AWARD PRESENTED BY FORD F-SERIES AT THE “2016 AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS” Superstar country duo Brooks & Dunn will receive the NASH Icon Award Presented by Ford F-Series, and will perform at the 2016 AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS airing live from the Forum in Inglewood, CA, Sunday, May 1 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. – Via FOX pr release
Invictus Games Orlando 2016 Announce Unforgettable Closing Ceremony Program – The Invictus Games Orlando 2016, presented by Jaguar Land Rover and taking place from May 8-12 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort, today announced a lineup for the event’s Closing Ceremony on May 12 featuring world-renowned talent and uplifting performances. The Closing Ceremony will feature musical performances by international popstar Rachel Platten, who will perform the song of the Games and her No. 1 single, “Fight Song.” The lineup also includes best-selling country vocal group of the past decade Rascal Flatts, American sensation and former “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips, Florida native and Grammy-nominated hip-hop superstar Flo Rida, “The Voice” Season 9 winner Jordan Smith and the first nationally-recognized wounded warrior band, Vetted. – Maybe we’ll get a selfie! – Read more at news.sys-con.com
Carrie Underwood’s Houston visit postponed due to severe weather; arriving April 25
Due to the severe weather in Houston, tomorrow night’s show has been rescheduled for April 25th. Stay safe Houston! -TeamCU
— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) April 18, 2016
Adam Lambert reveals when he’ll start work on his next album and who he’ll be writing with – The plan is still being concocted and is unfolding, so we don’t really know. It’s all kind of still spinning around,” Adam told Digital Spy. “It’s only now that I’m starting to go, ‘Where do I want to go next, sound-wise?’ But I haven’t gotten close enough to the process yet. I think I’ll start working on stuff in the Fall.” Adam’s last album, The Original High, saw him work closely with super producer Max Martin, and that’s something he wants to continue on the next record. “He’s amazing. Max really gets me and we get along really well,” Adam said. “I think he brings out the best in me vocally, which is good.” – Read more at Digital Spy
The Swon Brothers check off bucket list moments on tour with Underwood – “We picked the best ones we could find, but we didn’t have time to write or really be the artists we wanted to be. I’m till very proud of that record, but it’s one thing when you get to write and produce your record, and take your time,” Colton Swon said. “This record, we’re writers on every song. We got in the studio and put our heads together, we argued and fought. We got to be brothers in the studio.” That process is exhilarating for them, which makes them want to do more. “We’re ready to do another one,” Colton Swon said. “We’re listening to what people are telling us.” – Read more at Tulsa World.com
Kellie Pickler still friends with Taylor Swift, but not part of her ‘squad’ – Country star Kellie Pickler is one of America’s true sweethearts. She rose to fame on Fox’s “American Idol” stars, soon after which she became friend with an up-and-coming country singer Taylor Swift, before Swift had her “squad.” “I’m not a part of any squad, per se,” Pickler told FOX411 of her current status. “I just kind of my own little thing but yeah you know I’ve been blessed to meet amazing people and surround myself in good company … and obviously Taylor is an incredible songwriter and entertainer and performer and artist so yeah we’ve been blessed to have written together in the past and cross paths with other people and grow and develop into our own artists.” – Read more at FOXNews.com
The Voice Winner Jordan Smith Talks His Wedding and His New Album – “The very first time I heard it, I was so moved by it,” he said. “It is so crazy how it tells my story and what I believe so much, yet I didn’t write it. Stefan Macchio, who played piano for me, and the co-writer Lauren Christy were both there when I performed it, so it was really cool for me to have them there, but that song just speaks to me so much. It is full of little nuggets of wisdom. I think that it represents everything that I believe. It turned out to be the single so people can know exactly what kind of music they can expect from the album.” – Read more at Parade.com
Wheelchair users in Academy queue claim staff said ‘you’ve been sat down all day’ – Two disabled music fans claim they were made to wait outside a gig behind other concert goers after being told by staff: “You’ve been sat down all day.” Helen Speck and Sarah Garner arrived at the Manchester Academy hours before the Adam Lambert gig on Saturday night after being told they would be allowed in before the crowd. But the pair, who are both wheelchairs users, say they were left waiting outside until hundreds of others had filed into the venue. They claim staff told them they ‘had seats’ and that everyone else had been ‘standing up all day’. Helen and Sarah, who paid more than £300 on taxis to and from Middlesbrough for the gig, say that when they did eventually get inside, their night was ruined after they were put behind a filthy, scratched screen. – Read more at Manchester Evening News
Von Miller absent from start of Broncos workouts, but teammates unfazed – ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – It seems like a long time ago that Von Miller predicted contract negotiations with the Denver Broncos would be peaceful. That was back on Feb. 8, less than 24 hours after he was named Super Bowl MVP. That was before the Broncos placed the exclusive franchise tag on Miller in March, before other defensive players, including his former teammate Malik Jackson and New York Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon cashed in in free agency, and before Miller began his run on Dancing with the Stars. In the absence of a new, long-term contract and because of his reality television commitments in Los Angeles, Miller was a no-show from the start of the Broncos’ offseason program on Monday. – Read more at USAToday.com
Nyle DiMarco Explains ‘DWTS’ Tears: ‘I Got So Emotional’ – Turns out his emotional state was a reaction to the fact that, as a deaf person, he managed to nail a dance with a brand-new partner, despite the fact they hadn’t worked together for long. “I think this week I was nervous about working with someone new and then we got out there tonight and we killed it,” DiMarco told Us Weekly after the show. “I know as a deaf person I can work with anyone and anyone can work with me, but I was proud we achieved that and showed anybody can work with anybody. So I got emotional about it,” he revealed. – Read more at US Magazine
‘I Might Be a Little in Love with Him’: Dancing with the Stars’ Sharna Burgess on Working with Deaf Model Nyle DiMarco – Burgess calls her week spent working with DiMarco, 26, a “beautiful growing experience” and says it has made her a better teacher. “The thing with Nyle is I can’t second-guess what I say. I have to be very clear,” says Burgess, who admits she had to change her way of teaching a bit to work with the deaf model. “I work with sound and sound effects rather than counts, but Nyle needs the counts so he gets the repetition of the beats and know when to step,” she explains. “I had to go back and figure out the counts a lot. I’ve learned better and more efficient ways to explain things.” – Read more at People
Jodie Sweetin’s Dancing with the Stars Blog: What It’s Really Like Working with Val Chmerkovskiy – Fuller House star Jodie Sweetin is blogging about her experience on Dancing with the Stars’s 22nd season exclusively for PEOPLE.com. Follow Sweetin and her partner Keo Motsepe on Twitter! Last week could definitely have gone better. I just lost my place and never really found my way back to the dance. I panicked a bit, and that’s never good. Friends told me that they couldn’t see the missed steps – and my daughters had a blast at the show because it was Disney Week – but I’m my toughest critic and I was so bummed about my performance. – Read more at People
#DWTS Switch-Up Night #GMA Recap With Drew Lachey #Paddlegate
The Voice season 7 singer, Luke Wade and American Idol 8 winner Kris Allen set to tour together
Tour with @KrisAllen starts May 4!
Get your tix now at https://t.co/SB9f7FGlKI ?#LukeWadeOnTour #KrisAllen pic.twitter.com/tv52UXu3GU
— Luke Wade (@lukewademusic) April 18, 2016
Blake Shelton’s $2 Million In Touch Lawsuit Can Move Forward, Judge Rules – Go ahead and pop the champagne in celebration, Blake Shelton. “The Voice” coach has scored a big win in his $2 million libel lawsuit against In Touch magazine parent Bauer Publishing on Monday, after a judge shot down the company’s motion to strike the lawsuit. Shelton filed suit against Bauer in October over an In Touch cover story that claimed he was headed to rehab after hitting “rock bottom.” In an order handed down in federal court in California, Judge Christina Snyder found that, the story’s headline, “REHAB for Blake,” along with the story’s sub-headlines, could lead a reader to believe that country singer Shelton had entered rehab. – Read more at The Wrap
