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- Kellie Pickler to Tour with Rascal Flatts
- Who Will Perform on Wednesday’s Show?
- Happy 18th Birthday, Allison Iraheta!
- Adam Lambert Headlines “The Glam Nation Tour”
- American Idols LIVE! Tour 2010
- Ann Powers: Man, ‘Idol’ (sort of) felt like Shania
- With four Idols sporting new ink, Season 9’s Top 6 talk tattoos
- Exclusive photo: Allison Iraheta’s birthday dinner with Kris Allen and David Cook!*
- Wednesday ‘Idol’ chat at 1 p.m. Pacific
- ‘Idol’ Monday rehearsals: Lee and Siobhan get cozy, Crystal goes full-on hippie, Casey’s still sexy
- Getting to know Sons of Sylvia (a.k.a. Carrie Underwood’s favorite band)
- Will he or won’t he? Adam Lambert scuttles Cowell replacement rumors
| Kellie Pickler to Tour with Rascal Flatts Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Season 5s country gal, Kellie Pickler, will be joining Rascal Flatts on tour this summer. The first leg of the new tour, JC Penney Presents Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This Tour, will being on June 25 in Raleigh, North Carolina and will continue with 26 shows through September 19th in Boston, Massachusetts. Kellie Picklers current self-titled sophomore album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart, just like her first album, Small Town Girl.Hernewestsingle, “Makin’ Me Fall In Love Again,” is the follow-up to her Top 15 hit “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You.” Of her sophomore albums 10 songs, Kellie wrote five of them, including her first Top 10 single, Best Days Of Your Life, which has amassed over one million digital transactions to date.Kellie has shared the stage on tour with Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson. Kellie will be hitting up the following venues on the first leg of the tour: 6-25 Raleigh NC Time Warner Cable Pavilion
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| Who Will Perform on Wednesday’s Show? Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT On Tuesday, the Top 6 finalists will take on songs by this weeks mentor, Shania Twain! On Wednesday, one person will go home, but the evening will be filled with exciting performances from some of todays biggest stars. Lady Antebellum, who brought home a few Academy of Country Music Awards last week, will perform their smash hit single, Need You Now. The single is the title track off their second studio album. Also, the Rascal Flatts will stop by the show to perform Unstoppable. They are the decades top-selling and most awarded group in country music, and this will be their third appearance on American Idol. The one and only Shakira will perform Gypsy, a single off her album She Wolf, but she wont be performing it alone. The Rascal Flatts will join her for this performance! Sons of Sylvia, who will release their debut album Revelation tomorrow, will perform their first single, Love Left To Lose. The track was co-written by Ashley and the bands cousin, hit maker Ryan Tedder. The band is made up of brothers Ashley, Austin, and Adam Clark, who won Foxs American Idol-inspired show, Next Great American Band. Sons of Sylvia sang with Carrie Underwood on her song What Can I Say from her album Play On. Currently on the road with Carrie for her Play On Tour, Sons of … read more
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| Happy 18th Birthday, Allison Iraheta! Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Season 8s top girl, Allison Iraheta, has grown up in front of our eyes. When we first met Allison she was just 16 years old, and today she is no longer a minor! The teen has accomplished so much in just a years time. After coming in fourth place during Season 8, Allison was signed by Jive Records and 19 Recordings and then recorded her album as she toured across the nation on the American Idols LIVE! 2009 Tour. On December 1st, the redheaded rocker released her debut album, Just Like You, which debuted at #35 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #14 on the Billboard Digital Albums Chart. Allison performed her second single, Scars, on the very first Season 9 results show. View photos of her performance. Whats next for the Season 8 star? Shell be touring with her American Idol best bud Adam Lambert, as well as Orianthi, on Adams Glam Nation Tour. To find out if Allison will be performing in a town near you, click here. We hope Allisons 18th birthday is her best one yet! Watch Allison as she discusses what … read more
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| Adam Lambert Headlines “The Glam Nation Tour” Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Season 8 Runner-Up Adam Lambert will embark on his first headlining tour, an audio and visual spectacular, both theatrical and atmospheric, that will give his millions of fans something theyll love to listen to and look at. The Glam Nation Tour kicks off June 4 in Wilkes Barre, PA. I hope the audience will be able to escape for a few hours and fall into a world full of glam, drama and excitement, Lambert says. And I would love everyone to come away with a new appreciation for the music on my album. Adams debut album For Your Entertainment (19 Entertainment / RCA Records) has sold over 600,000 copies since making it’s debut at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in November. Adam’s hit single, Whataya Want From Me, written by Pink and Max Martin, became Adams first #1 hit on the Billboard charts, topping the Hot Singles Sales survey as well as Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. Whataya Want From Me has been a smash hit on many charts, including the Hot 100, Pop Songs, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Hot Digital Songs and Hot Dance Club Play. It has also become an international hit, going top 10 in Australia, Japan, Sweden and Finland and reaching #1 in Singapore. Read more about the songs success. Its not just the single and album that have been international sensations; its Adam himself. He was mobbed at airports in Japan and Singapore, and was a media sensation in Scotland, where he showed up in a kilt. Germany fell in love with Adam at … read more
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| American Idols LIVE! Tour 2010 Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT The Top 10 finalists Aaron Kelly, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Crystal Bowersox, Didi Benami, Katie Stevens, Lee DeWyze, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, and Tim Urban will hit the road this summer on the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2010. The tour will kick off on July 1st at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and it will end on September 14th at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The complete list of dates is below. As we gear up for the tour, theres sure to be extensive tour discussions in the message boards, an interactive tour map, interviews with the Top 10, and more. Complete tour ticket information will be posted on AmericanIdol.com in the coming days. Cant wait to watch your favorite Idols perform? Watch Season 9s performances, here. Here is the complete set of dates for … read more
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| Ann Powers: Man, ‘Idol’ (sort of) felt like Shania Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Shania Twain loves exclamation points! The woman who helped reinvent country music for the age of exurban sprawl and two-income, "The Blind Side"-style families has found success with many songs featuring that peppy punctuation — including her signature tune, the happy update on Mae West and Marilyn Monroe, "Man! I Feel Like Twain's presence Tuesday night did help — this was one of the most enjoyable shows of the season.Yet, as fun as it was, Shania Night still left questions about whether this season's singers really get the point of crossover pop. On one level, "Idol" did fine by Twain, who's inching toward a comeback after many years out of the spotlight and a subsequent split from her longtime creative partner and husband, the producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It highlighted the warmth and versatility of her music and her adorable personality. But instead of milking that catalog full of proto-"Sex and the City" empowerment anthems, most of our remaining hopefuls chose earnest love songs representing Twain's power-ballad side. Doing so, they missed the chance to milk the mood that made Twain so important when she emerged in the 1990s: the jaunty self-confidence that helped this Canadian resort lounge singer and her rocker mate invade Nashville and open up country for a new generation. A couple of would-be Idols did at least seem aware of the new Nashville that Twain, never a fixture in that town, helped usher in. Casey James seemed like the wavy-haired lost twin of Keith Urban, emoting meaningfully on the fairly obscure swooner "Don't!" Performing one of Twain's biggest hits, "You're Still the One," Lee DeWyze offered a vision of what Rascal Flatts might be like with Chris Daughtry as lead singer: scary to some, perhaps, but certainly appealing to the "Idol" voting public. Crystal Bowersox, as is her wont, went more grassroots by placing herself in the center of a small band and twanging her way through "No One Needs to Know." It was a cute moment: Mama Sox pointed the lyric at her boyfriend, sitting in the audience, and then profusely blushed — identified rightly by judge Randy Jackson as something of a tribute to the neo-bluegrass band Nickel Creek. Who would have thought Twain, so often accused of being plastic, would have been the one to get Bowersox to loosen up and show a little real, sweet emotion? But then, girlfriends' bonds are never that predictable.
Equally awkward was Siobhan Magnus, who at least tried to steal some of that Shania spark with a very loud rendition of "Any Man of Mine." The judges loved it, but it was one of those overly busy performances that I'll bet will look more chaotic than killer on playback. The night's most interesting turn came quite by accident. Michael Lynche, staying firmly within his comfort zone of reverently romantic crooning, turned one of Twain's more obscure tunes, "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing," into a weeper that put him nearly in the league of the late Luther Vandross. (Ellen made the comparison in her comments.) The performance had very little of what makes Twain so special: no knowing wink, no intelligent cuteness, just a big, open heart. But it was crossover pop of the first order — a reinterpretation by a singer aware of his own strengths and able to bend a song toward them without breaking it. Simon, oddly, called Lynche's take "girlie." Maybe. But only in a world where "girlie" means powerful and persuasive. Come to think of it, that's the world where Shania Twain lives. – Ann Powers Photos: Lee DeWyze (top) and Michael Lynche sing during the Top 6 performances. Credit: Michael Becker / Fox
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| With four Idols sporting new ink, Season 9’s Top 6 talk tattoos Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Life offstage had a theme this week and it was new ink. With a rare day off (which Siobhan Magnus described as "like, a big deal"), four of six Season 9 contestants took advantage of the me time and visited a Hollywood tattoo parlor on Friday night. Naturally, we had to ask what inspired the four to mark the occasion and also posed a question to Casey and Aaron, who sat out the inking: What would they put on their sleeve at this moment in their lives? Crystal Bowersox: Sporting fresh ink on her left wrist — a beautifully illustrated gadfly-like twist on the classic medical symbol with a syringe down the middle and the words Type 1 Diabetic written across the top, Crystal said she got the tattoo because she is a "diabetic for life" and also "because I am really horrible about wearing medic ID bracelets and necklaces." But beyond practical purposes, Crystal says it sends a message to others and serves as a reminder to herself. "It's important now being in the position that I'm in," she explained after Tuesday night's show. "I have Siobhan Magnus: Ever the jokester, Siobhan first tried to convince us she had Michael's and Lee's names written on her butt cheek, leaving "room on the other side for everybody else…. I'm Michael Lynche: Big Mike's gigantic guns both got new decoration. On his left arm, three stars, each about 3 inches tall. On his right: the word "Dream" in script. "They're healing up good," said Mike. "I'm just into reaching for the stars, you know? As silly as it is, I'm reaching as high as you Lee DeWyze: Fans first spotted Lee's adornment at a "Shrek Forever After" screening over the weekend (see it here). Lee explained the symbol: "I got a silhouette of the Chicago flag … [because of] everything that's happened to me there, and that's where this all started for me." Casey James: When it comes to future tats, the wheels are already turning in Casey's mind. One of which, he teased, involves "a symbol from a movie" on his arm. He later 'fessed up: it's a Star Wars thing, which he'll share with his brother and cousin. "I've got a few [tattoos] drawn up that I'm getting when I go back home," said Casey. "My brother has one on his arm that's my initials on music bars, and I'm going to get his, which is BC." Aaron Kelly: Though he's now one year closer to 18, Aaron's mom – Shirley Halperin Follow @IdolTracker on Twitter Photo: Contestant Crystal Bowersox
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| Exclusive photo: Allison Iraheta’s birthday dinner with Kris Allen and David Cook!* Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Allison Iraheta celebrated her 18th birthday one night early, dining at L.A.'s STK with "American Idol" winners David Cook and Kris Allen on Monday evening. The three, along with Kris' missus, Katy, and members of Allison's management team at 19 Entertainment, presented the birthday girl with a cake replica of the cover to her debut album, "Just Like You," after feasting on the steakhouse's world-class meaty entrees. [*Update: A previous version of this post misspelled Katy Allen's first name.] Upon exiting the La Cienega hot spot just after 10 p.m., the three were accosted by photographers angling to get a group shot, but not before Cook grabbed the video camera and turned it around on the paparazzi, putting a light-hearted end to Allison's special night. Up next? Independence, adult responsibilities and rent payments. But first, a little jaunt to Asia. Ah, the life of an Idol… – Shirley Halperin Follow @IdolTracker on Twitter Photo: Kris Allen (left), Allison Iraheta and David Cook. Credit: 19 Entertainment
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| Wednesday ‘Idol’ chat at 1 p.m. Pacific Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT It's that time again! Join us for our weekly post-show chat this Wednesday at 1 p.m. PDT when we'll discuss all things "American Idol" and look back on Tuesday night's episode. Will Siobhan do Shania Twain justice? How will Big Mike handle a country song? Who's in the danger zone and who's going all the way to the finale? Think you know the answers? We want to hear from you! Sign up below for a reminder and we'll see you tomorrow… <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=e96a8c09df">'American Idol' chat</a>
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| ‘Idol’ Monday rehearsals: Lee and Siobhan get cozy, Crystal goes full-on hippie, Casey’s still sexy Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT It's getting down to the wire with the Season 9 finale just about a month away, so does that mean the last six standing are letting the competition get in the way of their friendships? Actually, this crop of hopefuls only seems to be getting closer, two contestants in particular. Still, there was an element of staying inside their own heads, ear buds in place to shut out the rest of the world. Either that, or they were just passed out cold. Read on for Idol Tracker's weekly spoiler-free view from inside the "American Idol" rehearsals, where this week's theme, the songs of Shania Twain, promises to put a kick into Season 9's step (if you need more convincing, check out Brian Mansfield's take in USA Today on "Why Shania Twain makes a great 'American Idol' theme"). No more messing around, it's time for the big notes. An oft-heard criticism of Season 9 is that they lack the oomph of a good belt — and we don't mean the leather kind. We're talking about a monster last note, a long sustain, with vibrato that makes the chairs shake. It seems our top 6 are finally getting the picture, which puts big belters like Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly in a good position, so long as they keep it in key and avoid the dreaded "screech," "scream" or "squeal" label. Crystal Bowersox embraces her inner — and outer — hippie. With dreads neatly tucked away in a floppy knit hat and rocking a pair of flowery, flowy pants and flip-flops, Crystal was the image of hippie perfection as she worked out individual parts with the many flavors of strings on deck for Shania week. Her personal microphone stand, which looks like it walked right off a Stevie Nicks solo tour and onto the "Idol" stage, was covered with protective material of some sort to keep it from shattering. Of course, only unionized stage crew can actually handle it physically. Imagine that — from stowing your favorite mic stand in the garage to having it gently carried for you on the "American Idol" stage. What a long, strange trip it's been… And then there's Siobhan… Wearing the same sleeveless denim jacket she sported to the Top 12 party (with the rad Ramones patch on the bottom back), pink high-top sneakers and dark skinny jeans, Siobhan was the spitting image of adorableness, as usual, so you really can't blame Lee DeWyze for cozying up to her in row 3. In my gossip magazine days, one might have been tempted to read into the head-leaning and gentle back-scratching (not to mention the ink still drying from their Friday night tattoo run), but I'll leave that to you all. Casey James vs. sinuses, round 8. The persistent sinus problem that's been plaguing Casey for weeks is thankfully on its way out, and with hair pulled back in his bunny rabbit of a ponytail, Casey is finally coming around to his full vocal potential. You know what that means? Prepare to be wowed. We actually learned quite a bit about Casey on Monday: that he can play slide guitar really well, and he's also proficient at trumpet and the drums! Just don't hand him a bass. "I'm not a bass player by any stretch of the imagination," he boasted, giving a nod to Rickey Minor, who's pulling out the upright for a couple of this week's performances. He also revealed some of his thinking behind hassle-free hair. For example, he knows it's too long when it's no longer possible to "get out of the shower and put something in my wet hair to fix it." Way to paint a mental picture, Casey. On the flip side, he also proudly proclaimed that he has "never picked on Aaron," In fact, he said the boy wonder was "my favorite kid here." Awww… It's all about the iNap. Turn the iPod on, tune in and turn off for a while — that seemed the best way to capture some much-needed zzz's while waiting for their fellow finalists to run through their songs at least three times. Lee was all about it; ditto for Michael Lynche and Siobhan who, after tooling around on her laptop and leafing through a magazine, decided to sprawl out across a row of seats. But it was news of a 9:30 a.m. start Wednesday, as opposed to the usual crack-of-dawn call time, that literally sent Casey dancing in the aisles. It's the little things… The stage stairs squeak! You'd never hear it on a broadcast or even a dress rehearsal, but while Big Mike Lynche contemplated using the moving stairs for his number (the ones that typically open up to reveal the judges or Ryan Seacrest), the massive stage prop was wheeled out and squeaked every inch of the way. What's up, stagehands? Get some WD-40 on that, stat! – Shirley Halperin Follow @IdolTracker on Twitter Photo: Shania Twain, third from right, mentors the top 6 finalists, from left, Casey James, Lee DeWyze, Siobhan Magnus, Aaron Kelly, Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche. Credit: Ray Mickshaw / Fox
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| Getting to know Sons of Sylvia (a.k.a. Carrie Underwood’s favorite band) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT We're back to an hourlong results show this Wednesday but one that's In the company of such musical heavyweights, you're probably thinking to Don't recall? You're not alone, if ratings were any indication. So here's a primer: One of the trio's But their family ties reach far beyond TV talent shows. The brothers "We used to stay up all night talking, saying things like, 'Man, And it's only gotten crazier. Ashley, Adam and Austin were touring After last week's "Idol Gives Back," Carrie Underwood flew in via – Shirley Halperin Follow @IdolTracker on Twitter Photo: From left, Austin Clark, director Wayne Isham, Adam Clark and Ashley Clark on the set of Son of Sylvia's video for "Love Left to Lose." Credit: Meeno
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| Will he or won’t he? Adam Lambert scuttles Cowell replacement rumors Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT That rumor that Adam Lambert will slide into Simon Cowell's seat at the "American Idol" judges' table when Cowell vacates it after this season? Alas, it is false. "I keep hearing the rumor too. Unfortunately, it's just a rumor," Lambert said during a recent live Web chat with MySpace Music UK. "I would be honored to be asked — but I think at this point I'm just focusing on my career as a recording artist." The 28-year-old singer, who is heading from London to Amsterdam on Tuesday, probably wouldn't mind finding some time to focus on his love life, either. "I have a fear of being alone — not being alone by myself, but I want to fall in love, and grow old with somebody and I just sometimes get scared that it's not going to happen," he said. Watch video footage from Lambert's MySpace interview — in which he discusses his admiration for David Bowie, his favorite song to sing live, the artists he's most excited to have played alongside, his most embarrassing moment, why everyone thought he was "weird" in high school, and how he makes rhinestones stick — below:
– Amy Reiter
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