Just a hunch … American Idol’s most valuable off-season acquisition wasn’t Jennifer Lopez or Stephen Tyler. It was the show’s reunion with former executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. A return to three judges. Shorter results shows. A focus on contestants rather than judges. All sound like changes for the better as Idol prepares for season 10….
Shontelle isn’t an American Idol, but she shared the stage with one Friday night at WLAN’s Birthday Barnyard Dance at the Pullo Center. And we’ve got photos from her show, so why not share? Shontelle took the stage before David Archuleta on Friday and likely left fans wanting more when she departed after a way-too-short,…
Update: Fantasia made the tour official with an announcement Tuesday morning. It begins Nov. 4 in Richmond, Va. In addition to the local dates mentioned below, the tour will also make a story at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 28. No word yet on when tickets for that show will go on…
All those David Archuleta fans I met Friday night who were anxious to hear more of his new album need wait no longer. Head over to AOL.com and you can listen to the entire album for free. When I interviewed David last week he was clearly quite proud of the fact that he had writing…
Season eight American Idol champ Kris Allen is heading overseas on a USO tour. Beginning Monday, he’ll be performing for troops stationed in Germany and the Netherlands. And, upon his return, he’ll embark on a new tour in support of Lifehouse. It kicks off Oct. 15 with a show in Connecticut. Two dates are scheduled…
Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry were in Singapore this weekend, performing as part of the events organized around the Singapore Formula One Race weekend. Both are also touring internationally in the coming months. Daughtry has dates scheduled in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and South Africa during the month of October. Adam, meanwhile, is taking the Glam…
FM97 threw a Birthday Barnyard Dance at Penn State York’s Pullo Center Friday night. And each time the radio station’s personalities mentioned David Archuleta’s name, it was pretty clear the majority of the fans on hand were there to see the season seven runner-up from American Idol. For my pre-show interview with David, where he…
Erica Emery of Hanover and Erica Robertson of Spring Grove say they watched nearly every episode of season seven of American Idol together, rooting on David Archuleta. Friday evening, they were together again, at Penn State York’s Pullo Center, waiting for David to take the stage as part of WLAN FM 97.7’s Birthday Barnyard Dance….
David Archuleta is playing the Pullo Center at Penn State York Friday night. So what better place to find out what American Idol fans think of the announcement earlier this week that Jennifer Lopez and Stephen Tyler would be the new Idol judges now that Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres have all left…
Ready of not country music rivals, here comes Carrie Underwood. Yet again. With three number one country singles already to her credit off her “Play On” album, single number four — Mama’s Song — is one of the big movers this week on the Billboard charts. The single jumps from 26 to 21 among country…
