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Jason Castro announces mall tour, will visit Scranton & D.C.

September 29, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Jason Castro just announced a tour featuring free shows at malls across the country. And the dread-locked, fourth-place finisher from season seven will be coming to this general area twice. Next Tuesday, he’ll be at the Center Court Mall at Steamtown in Scranton for a 6 p.m. on-air interview and performance. The following moring, he’ll…
Chris Daughtry
Daughtry helps raise money for a good cause (photo gallery)

September 27, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Chris Daughtry and his band performed at the — whew, get ready for this — Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation for Education’s Grand Slam for Children benefit concert Saturday. The event was held at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino, and the Associated Press provided photos from the event. They follow. Beneath the photos, you’ll…
Justin Guarini
Bachelor days almost over for Idol’s first heartthrob

September 24, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

American Idol’s first heartthrob is about to get hitched. Justin Guarini, 30, runner-up to Kelly Clarkson in season one will marry Reina Capodici, 27, of Doylestown, Pa., Saturday, according to a press release issued this afternoon. The couple have known each other since high school, but only started dating a few years ago, according to…
Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler
Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler perform for ACM honorees

September 23, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

The second annual Academy of County Music (ACM) Honors show was held Tuesday in Nashville, featuring performances by Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and other stars of country music. The show celebrates the accomplishments of the special honorees and non-televised category winners from the 44th annual ACM Awards, held earlier this year. Carrie was named ACM…
Bucky Covington
Bucky Covington: was he smarter than a 5th-grader?

September 23, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

In case you missed it, country music star Bucky Covington appeared on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” Wednesday night on CMT. And despite fessing up to being “a lazy student” during his school days, Bucky did pretty darn well. Certainly a whole lot better than fellow season five Idol contestant Kellie Pickler did…
Idols on the Music Chart
Idols on the music charts

September 22, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Carrie Underwood apparently has another hit on her hands. Is anyone surprised? Her new single, “Cowboy Casanova,” bolts from number 26 to 18 on the Billboard country singles chart this week. Bound for a spot somewhere in the top 10, I’m sure. I mean, all five singles — that’s right, five — from “Carnival Ride”…
Taylor Hicks
A look back at Idol’s best from season five

September 22, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

So, you say you’re suffering from American Idol withdrawal pangs with the York Fair over and most of the major new Idol-related music releases more than a month away. Well, a new season of American Idol Rewind starts Saturday, with a look back at season five. You remember season five. The year of the “Soul…
Blake Lewis, Casey Carlson
A surprise star in new Blake Lewis video

September 22, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

So, I checked out the video for Blake Lewis’ new single, “Sad Song,” Tuesday afternoon because it’s a catchy song and I wanted to see what “film noir meets the 1980s” looks like. After all, that’s what he promised in a teaser leading up to today’s video release. What the teaser didn’t mention was that…
Kris Allen, New Idol Music
Listen to Kris Allen’s new single

September 21, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Kris Allen debuted his new single — “Live Like We’re Dying” — Monday morning on the Z100 radio station in New York. You can go here to hear it. Now that didn’t take long, did it? The Idol summer tour just ended last week. “Live Like We’re Dying” is the lead single of Kris’ album,…
Blake Lewis, David Archuleta, Jordin Sparks
Idol tidbits on David A., Blake Lewis, the Emmys and Daughtry

September 21, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Miscellaneous news from the world of the Idols … * In case you missed David Archuleta singing in Spanish Friday night on ABC, here’s a link to the YouTube video of him singing Contigo en la Distancia at the 2009 ALMA awards. In a blog posted today, David writes that the show (taped Thursday) marked…

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