Kris Allen Announces Dates for his Christmas Tour
Just announced the rest of the 2018 Somethin' About Christmas Tour! I had such a good time last year I couldn't pass up the opportunity to do it again. Tag a friend that needs to go.
Tickets go on sale this Friday. Don't miss it! pic.twitter.com/d3udLlzozc
— Kris Allen (@KrisAllen) September 18, 2018
‘American Idol’ and ‘The Voice’ led him on, then passed. What happens next? – This isn’t exactly the music career Preston Gunderson envisioned for himself. Gunderson is happy to be playing, teaching, recording, and connecting. But eight years ago, he dreamed of his songs reaching millions via the talent show machines The Voice and American Idol, which he semi-successfully auditioned for and signed his life away to for a while. That all ended after his last audition, when a judge told him something that’s stuck in his craw ever since. “I’d already been through [the audition ringer], but they were like, ‘Come back and do it again,’ and I did—in Chicago this time,” he says, sitting in a Minneapolis coffee shop. “Spent my own money to go down there, because I believed they wanted me to be a part of it. I made it through the first initial things, and the woman was like, ‘Hey, we’re not going to use you this year.’ I remember those words just sticking in my brain: ‘Use’ me. I just felt like… I don’t know. It ruffled my feathers and it made me feel kind of like a little pawn. – Read more at CityPages.com
Carrie Underwood and her bump hit Disneyland – The country music star, who is expecting her second child with husband Mike Fisher, was photographed by paparazzi wearing oversized sunglasses, a blue shirt that hugged her bump and black leggings. The couple treated their 3-year-old little boy, Isaiah, to his first trip to the theme park. – See the photo at Page 6
LISTEN: Constantine Maroulis & Diana DeGarmo of ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ – Listen below as recording artists, Broadway veterans and “American Idol” finalists Constantine Maroulis and Diana DeGarmo are the latest guests of Matthew Reid on the Off Deadline podcast, as they prepare to star in “Jekyll & Hyde” at the North Shore Music Theatre. – More at WickedLocal.com
How America’s Got Talent’s Grace VanderWaal Turned Her Golden Buzzer Into an Unstoppable Career – “Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there’s always that fear that it won’t go well,” Grace shared with E! News exclusively when recalling the special day. “So to have people being happy, it makes me really proud of the projects that I’ve done.” – Read more at E Online
