The Season 10 American Idols kicked off their summer tour at the Maverik Center in Utah on Wednesday night. I haven’t seen a crowd count for the show, but it got a mostly favorable review from the Salt Lake Tribune. The writer who covered the concert for the paper seemed most impressed by Stefano Langone, …
“I decided to audition this year because, really, honestly, I feel like it could change my life.” — Naima Adedapo, during her Idol audition interview — Tonight, the top 11 American Idols from Season 10 will take the stage at the Maverik Center in Utah and perform in front of thousands of people. Last week,…
Chalk up another high-profile gig for season six American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. She’s fresh off her Monday appearance in Washington, D.C., singing at the A Capitol Fourth concert televised on PBS. And today, Major League Baseball announced she’ll sing the national anthem prior to next Wednesday’s All-Star Game in Phoenix. The game will be…
Danny Gokey returns to the new music scene today with “Second Hand Heart,” the lead single off his sophomore album. As usual, Danny sounds great on the song. And it sounds radio friendly. It also seems to fit his personal story since he lost his wife, Sophia, to heart disease just before starting an Idol…
They’ve been rehearsing for weeks and they hit the stage for the first time Wednesday night. The American Idol Season 10 summer tour kicks off at the Maverik Center in Utah, the first of nearly 50 shows that will run through Sept. 10 when the tour ends in Rochester, N.Y. In between, the Idols will…
So, I flicked on the TV Monday night to learn the fate of Sonyae Elise, Jackie Tohn and Scotty Granger. Instead, I wound up watching the first two minutes of one of those horrible “Real Housewives of (fill in the blank)” shows. Seems Platinum Hit has a new night and a new time slot —…
If you’re not heading out to enjoy fireworks on July 4, you can watch a pair of shows on TV and listen to some Idols in the process. PBS will televise A Capitol 4th at 8 p.m. The 90-minute show will feature season six winner Jordin Sparks singing “Beauty and the Beast,” while Mark Ballas…
Can Carrie Underwood repeat the feat accomplished by Kelly Clarkson? Kelly reached the top of the country singles chart earlier this year with a duet of “Don’t You Want to Stay,” featured on a Jason Aldean album. Now Carrie is heading in the same direction with her duet from Brad Paisley’s “This is Country Music”…
If you hadn’t heard yet, new music Tuesday this week brought more than just a second album from David Cook. EPs have been released for each of the final four from Season 10 of American Idol, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart and James Durbin. Now, true fans of each artist probably already have a…
Last night, The Voice announced a tour featuring the show’s eight semifinalists. For now, at least, it’s a pretty limited tour, with just six dates stretching from July 27 to Aug. 6. The tour starts in Los Angeles, ends in New York and features stops in Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston and Wallingford, Conn., in between….
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