See the Season 11 Top 10 perform live on the American Idol LIVE! Tour 2012 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wikes-Barre, PA.
Daughtry performs at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium. – Via AmericanIdol.com
The MTV Music Video awards are TONIGHT and I’ll be live blogging them! The show begins at 8 pm ET.
Lee DeWyze performing at Stageit Again – He tweets, “Playing for Change” @stageit 9/25! Get your tickets : http://playingforchangeday.org/show/lee-dewyze-playing-for-change … Going to be awesome, great cause, and it’s donate what you can! ”
Behind The Music Celebrates 15th Anniversary Season With 8 New Episodes Featuring Carrie Underwood, Toni Braxton, Train, And More – “Behind The Music: Carrie Underwood” Airs Sunday, September 30 at 9pm ET/PT In “Behind The Music: Carrie Underwood,” the singer speaks openly about the challenges that came along with her sudden fame and the process of auditioning for and ultimately winning American Idol. She also discusses her search for love, which led to her fairytale romance with her hockey player husband, Mike Fisher. FEATURED ARTISTS ALSO INCLUDE: TRAIN, NE-YO, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, GYM CLASS HEROES AND TONI BRAXTON AS WELL AS UPDATED EPISODES FEATURING T.I. AND P!NK – Read more at VH1
Red Light Management Adds Staffers – Former BNA Records VP Promotion and artist manager Bryan Frasher has joined the staff of Coran Capshaw’s Red Light Management in a newly created role. Most recently, Frasher opened his own Gunslinger Entertainment in March 2012, with artist Casey James as his first client. James will move with Frasher to become part of Red Light’s artist roster. – Read more at Music Row
Colton Dixon tweets, “Such an honor to present the rich Mullins artist achievement award to Steven Curtis Chapman. pic.twitter.com/t04zrv7Q”
Kelly Clarkson Talks Next Album, ‘Good Changes’ at RCA, Downside to ‘Duets’ – On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her historic win of the first season of “American Idol,” Kelly Clarkson was celebrating the milestone the best way she knew how – by making more music. Though her fifth studio album “Stronger” is less than a year old, Clarkson was already hard at work on her sixth album over the Labor Day weekend, cutting a pair of tracks with producer Greg Kurstin – the man behind her biggest hit to date, “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger).” “We’re always working,” Clarkson said Tuesday night at a New York event for Pepsi and the NFL’s new Pepsi Anthems program, for which Clarkson recorded an original song for her home team the Dallas Cowboys, “Get Up.” – Read more at Billboard.com
Kelly Clarkson Has a Nonstop Dance Party with Her Boyfriend – A little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll! After performing in Chicago on Saturday night, Kelly Clarkson and boyfriend Brandon Blackstock swung by Nellcôte for a private after-party with fellow tour mates The Fray.
Dressed in a T-shirt, jeans and cowboy boots, the Duets mentor, who recently earned a Country Music Association award nomination, “didn’t stop dancing” with Blackstock all night, an onlooker tells PEOPLE. – Read more at People
Haley Reinhart highlights Girl Scout celebration Sept. 8 – Haley Reinhart will be in Chicago this weekend to help Girl Scouts celebrate its 100th anniversary with a speech and a few songs at a large celebration in Grant Park. Girl Scouts has been celebrating its 100th birthday all year and will continue the festivities with an inaugural Girl Scout Cookie Classic 5K Run, Walk and Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 8. – Read more at Daily Herald
Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey Turns Jazz Singer In Surprise Bar Show – R&B superstar Mariah Carey surprised the crowd at a New York City jazz club on Wednesday (05Sep12) by putting on an impromptu show. The Fantasy hitmaker was in the Big Apple for her televised Nfl Kickoff appearance, during which she sang new track Triumphant to launch the American football season. However, she wasn’t ready to hang up her microphone after the performance – she later visited Manhattan’s famous Cafe Carlyle and belted out her favourite jazz songs while sharing a bench with the club’s pianist. The singer took to Twitter.com to share a photo of herself with a handful of musicians, including bassist Randy Jackson – Carey’s new American Idol colleague. – Read more at Contact Music
