Phillip Phillips

The Associated Press is reporting that  Phillip Phillips will return to the stage for the first time since the American Idol finale on Fourth of July at the National Mall in Washington DC.

While Phillip Phillip’s dad was in Los Angeles to be with the American Idol winner while he underwent a grueling 6 hour surgery to repair a kidney, thieves broke into the family pawn shop back home. Not a great week for the Phillips family.

UPDATE: 3 arrests were made, the suspects appeared in court this morning

TMZ is reporting that American Idol winner, Phillip Phillips FINALLY had his surgery yesterday. Reportedly the procedure was 6 and 1/2 hours long!

UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter is confirming the report.

Phillip Phillip’s coronation single, “Home” bows at #2 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart this week with 278,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It’s also the second-best digital sales week ever for any Idol contestant. Only original Idol, Kelly Clarkson’s 2009 song “My Life Would Suck Without You” had a higher sales when it debuted with 280,000 downloads!

According to TMZ, American Idol winner, Phillip Phillips is forgoing his New York City victory tour to go under the knife on Tuesday:

I’ll be posting a transcript of Phillip Phillips conference call later today. In the meantime, check out media interviews from around the web.

UPDATE: Phillip talks to the press about what it was like to win, sticking to his guns and almost dropping out of the competition.