Today’s Idol Appearances
- Casey James plays the 92.4 WXTU 27th Anniversary show at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden NJ.
- Blake Lewis performs at the Hollywood Pledge Launch party, Beverly Hills, 11 am. More info HERE
- Crystal Bowersox performs the National Anthem at the Chicagoland Speedway’s Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 150 ARCA Series. (5pm CDT) and the Nationwide Series race. (6:30pm CDT, live on ESPN).More info HERE.
- David Archuleta will sign copies of his book on June 4 a the Utah Festival of Books, BYU Campus, Provo Utah. More info HERE.
- Stefano Langone guest stars in a concert at his former school, Bellevue College, Seattle WA. More info HERE.
- Lee DeWyze performs at the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival in Temecula, CA.
- Danny Gokey will be the musical guest on Nashville’s Mayor Karl Dean’s “A City Rising” Rally.
- Matthew Morrison will sing his new single “Still Got Tonight” on tonight’s So You Think You Can Dance UK.
Crystal Bowersox will perform at Seattle Pridefest 2011 on Saturday June 25.
Haley Reinhart Talks Celebrity Fans, Future Plans
Haley Reinhart came in third on American Idol, but she certainly earned herself many devoted fans. Some were so devoted that they believed that the show and the judges were actively conspiring against Haley, and so the fans voted like crazy to keep her around. Haley says she appreciates all the fan efforts during the show, and reveals that their support did indeed paid off.
Haley tells ABC News Radio that the margin by which she missed making the final two wasn’t very large at all — “I’ve heard I only lost by, you know, so much. I heard it wasn’t way off, you know, between the three of us, ” she says. Noting that 95 million people voted the night she went home, Haley says, “There’s just a lot of great people out there, and you really develop true fans, so that’s something that I’ll always remember.”
Read more at ABC News Radio
American Idol David Archuleta in Concert at Vietnam’s Idol Music Event 2011
SAN JOSE, CA, May 24, 2011 – Windi Trinh, founder of MFAS, LLC and title sponsor of Idol Music Event 2011, is excited to announce that David Archuleta will be in concert in Vietnam July 21-25, 2011. Archuleta, International music sensation and runner-up in the seventh season of American Idol in 2008, will be performing along with Vietnamese guest singers My Tam, Dan Truong, Ho Ngoc Ha, Ngo Thanh Van, Dam Vinh Hung, Phan Ding Tung, Phuong Thanh and Tuan Hung.
Read more at MFASDirect
Kellie Pickler Plots New Album, Has No Plans for a Baby Any Time Soon
Kellie Pickler has a lot going for her. At only 24, she’s seen success as a former ‘American Idol‘ contestant, which has resulted in two powerful albums and a slew of hit singles, including her new anthem, ‘Tough‘ — and she happily married Kyle Jacobs earlier this year. But for someone so young and so vibrant, Pickler has also seen a lot of hardship.
As a kid, Pickler’s father was in and out of prison and her mother was physically and mentally abusive, if she was around at all. The country starlet learned how to be ‘Tough, ’ and is now fighting against everything she once knew through her music as she learns how to stand on her own two feet. Taste of Country recently caught up with Pickler, who dished on her forthcoming new album, which she says will be the most personal yet.
Read more at Taste of Country
WKDF helps kick off CMA Week with Country Beach Party
Radio station 103 WKDF is at it again, encouraging fans and listeners to come on down to The Stage on Broadway in their best summer skivvies to kick off CMA Week at their Country Beach Party on Tuesday, June 7.
Darryl Worley, Kellie Pickler, David Nail and Thompson Square are set to perform, and proceeds will go to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Advance tickets are $65 each; VIP tickets, which include dinner provided by Finnezza and a chance to mix and mingle with the artists, are $200 each. Visit 103wkdf.com for more information.
Kimberley Locke – New Music Teaser – Finally Free / I Can’t Get Enough / Sirens
On May 24, 2011 Kimberley Locke called upon fans to choose her next single through a voting campaign on her Facebook page. The page featured 3 brand new songs, the one with the most votes to become her next single. http://www.facebook.com/kimberleylocke
Cheryl Cole’s £1.2million ‘gagging deal’ over X Factor
Cheryl Cole could pocket £1.2million for four days’ workd – if she keeps silent over her X Factor exit.
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Insiders say she may be paid her full contract for the US version despite being cruelly axed in the first week.
But in return she must agree not to bad-mouth the show or Simon Cowell in public. The deal would mean the Geordie Girls Aloud star could collect a golden goodbye worth £25, 000 an hour.
One insider said: “Cheryl is going to be paid off if things go to plan.
Read more at the mirror.co.uk
Tricks of the trade they try to keep secret: Britain’s Got Talent producers are investigated…
THE SCOUTS WHO WON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
If you thought everyone who appeared on the show did so by turning up at the advertised auditions, you’d be wrong.
Talent scouts for Simon Cowell’s company Syco trawl the internet, local talent competitions and clubs, cherry-picking acts to appear. Dance troupe Diversity, who beat Susan Boyle to win two years ago, were ‘discovered’ in this way.
Read more at Daily Mail
GLEE – Behind the Scenes: LXD Tour
Harry Shum Jr’s LXD getting ready to open for the Glee tour
