Dancer, Alex Wong tweeted, “WOW. OK JUST MET GAGA AND SHE GOT DOWN AND TOUCHED MY CAST AND SAID A PRAYER FOR ME. HOLY SH&$&$!:@:@!!!!!!” Alex just had surgery on his left Achilles tendon. He injured his right tendon last year. Lady Gaga will be guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance tonight.
American Idols Live heads to the RBC Center, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Show begins at 7 pm EDT.
The Voice tour begins tonight, at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. 8:15 pm PDT
Aaron Kelly at the Troy Fair, Troy, PA
Bo Bice at 12th & Porter, Nashville, TN
Brandon Rogers at the Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
Sanjaya Malakar at Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC.
More at IdolStages
Look for Jordin Sparks on the Today Show this morning. (She tweeted)
Anoop Desai tweets, “writing for zero.1 is finally finished. 20 tracks. time to narrow them down and get to work! thought i had all the songs awhile ago but something kept bugging me. now i have them all. taking my time so that it feels completely right.”
Casey James tweets, “I have waited my whole life to be able to say this…My first single, “Let’s Don’t Call It a Night” goes to radio this week! Ahh!!! Woo!!” Brian Mansfield reports that the song goes for radio adds on August 15. HERE. I posted the news HERE.
American Idol 11 auditions begin registration in Denver today. Auditions take place on Friday, July 29. More information at AmericanIdol.com
WQDR Raleigh Makes Waves Along With Ratings Strides
“Don’t be fooled by ‘The Scotty Effect, ’” the one sheet mailer blared next to a picture of McCreery with a cartoon dialog bubble saying “It was good while it lasted.” The piece went on to declare “WQDR has seen a one-time run up in their listening as they’ve stunted Scottie’s [sic] win, but as the euphoria over Scotty’s victory erodes, so will their listening. What goes up must come down.”
While acknowledging that all of its promotion surrounding McCreery—including temporarily changing the station’s name and logo to “Scotty 94.7”—played a key role, WQDR station manager, PD and afternoon air personality Lisa McKay takes exception to the mailer.
Read more at radio-info.com
JUDAS PRIEST: We Owe JAMES DURBIN A Debt Of Gratitude For Bringing Heavy Metal To Mass Media
MetalTalk.net: Before I start asking about the [forthcoming album, can you tell us what you thought about your surprise appearance to 30 million unsuspecting Americans on “American Idol”?
Ian Hill: It was a whirlwind! The lad James [Durbin] — we owe him a debt of gratitude for bringing heavy metal to the mass media. For that reason it was something we couldn’t turn down. We weren’t just representing JUDAS PRIEST but the whole heavy metal family, if you like. Because we’d had a couple of hits in the ’80s in the states, people know the band name well. We’re a well-known brand. They may not necessarily associate it directly with the music, but everyone knew the name, so it wasn’t a cold audience. It was fun; we had a great reception!
Read more at Blabbermouth.net
New photo of Pia Toscano
Reportedly from her video shoot (Pia uploaded it as a thank you to her fans)
Edge on Demand: The Return of Sanjaya
Via FOX Charlotte
Celebrity judges seek spark from TV appearances
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jean Holmgren doesn’t like country music and had never heard of Blake Shelton.
Then came “The Voice.”
A few months later, she’s the proud owner of Shelton’s new album, one of more than 116, 000 fans who made “Red River Blue” the tall Oklahoman’s first No. 1 on the Billboard album charts this month.
“Once Blake was on my radar from ‘The Voice, ‘ I heard his new single and I was really impressed, ” said Holmgren, a 27-year-old online marketing specialist from Kingston, Pa. “I was never a country fan but he has such a good voice.
Read more at NewsTimes
Aerosmith Records in the Studio
