The American Idol summer tour that opened in Detroit two months ago concluded Tuesday night in Milwaukee. And it concluded in fine fashion, with the Top 10 joining Phillip Phillips onstage for a final performance of his hit song, “Home.” Through most of the tour, Phillip performed the song with just Deandre Brackensick and Colton…
A Season 2 premiere of The X Factor was held Tuesday at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Demi Lovato and Britney Spears drew the most attention, of course. The new X Factor judges make their televised debut on the show tonight. Stop back in for a live blog on the show. In the meantime,…
What did we learn from the first two nights of The Voice. That the show learned nothing – absolutely nothing – from its mistakes of Season 2. In Season 2, way back in the spring, the show expanded the judges’ teams from eight singers to 12. The result: Singers disappeared for weeks at a time….
By SHANNON PRUSAK Casey James, the third-place finisher on American Idol in Season 9, performed a free show on the WGTY Great Country Radio Stage at the York Fair Sunday. When WGTY’s Scott Donato introduced Casey on stage, he asked the audience if they thought that Casey should have won Idol. The audience applauded and…
Casey James finished third on Season 9 of American Idol behind Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox. Later that year, Lee and Crystal released debut albums, in time to capitalize on the holiday shopping season. Casey James fans waited. And waited. And waited some more. In March, two full years after his Idol audition aired, Casey’s…
Bucky Covington finished just eighth on American Idol. But after the show he released one of the most successful country albums by a former contestant not named Carrie Underwood. The year was 2007 and three Bucky Covington singles — “A Different World,” “It’s Good to Be Us” and “I’ll Walk” — wound up at number…
When dates were added to Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality World Tour 2012 earlier this year, one of them was at the Giant Center in Hershey. That means not only will Brad be playing the Giant Center on Saturday, Oct 6. He’ll bring along his two opening acts — Season 10 Idol winner Scotty McCreery and…
Wanna go cruising with Danny Gokey? I should say on a cruise. Really. Danny posted on Facebook recently that Sophia’s Heart, the charity he started to honor his late wife, is planning its third annual cruise fundraiser. And to make sure Idol fans get to hear plenty of their favorite music, he’s invited along fellow…
If you haven’t caught the Season 11 Idols on their summer tour and you live in Pennsylvania, you still have another chance. Three, as a matter of fact, since three of the tour’s final five stops are in this general area. On Thursday, the Idols will be performing at the Mohegan Sun Area in Wilkes-Barre….
Alexis Grace, a gone-too-soon finalist on Idol Season 8, is apparently working on a debut album. Earlier this week, Alexis tweeted that she has started a Facebook music page to keep fans up to date on her album news. The profile on that page indicates she hopes to release an album in 2013. She even…
