It was unveiled today on Katharine McPhee's official MySpace blog that she will be performing as part of an all-star ensemble at Lionel Richie's "An Evening of Stars" gala, which will honor Richie with the "Award of Excellence" courtesy of the United Negro College Fund. Per the blog post:The Award of Excellence, which he will accept the night of the gala, is for the musician’s long and distinguished career as a singer-songwriter-producer and for his history of supporting minority education.
Other artists set to perform at the event include Akon, Jesse McCartney, Natalie Cole and Chrisette Michele. The event will be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sat., Sept. 12, in Pasadena, Calif., and will be filmed for broadcast on BET in addition to other various local networks in January 2010.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Katharine McPhee to perform at Lionel Richie's "An Evening of Stars"
Friday, January 23, 2009
'Idol' odds and ends: 'Idol' really beat 'Lost'
The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:
>Despite all the hoopla for the return of ABC's hit Lost, it only managed to average 11.4 million viewers over its two-hour premiere, compared with Idol's 25.4 million viewers for its Louisville auditions. Not bad for such an "aging" series.
>David Cook's "Declaration" college tour had its complete schedule released today. Some of the universities he will be visiting from Feb. 13 to April 25 include Valparaiso University in Indiana, Bloomington University in Pennsylvania and Colby Sawyer College in New Hampshire. For a full schedule, see this entry on PopEater.
>More news is swirling about a possible record deal for Katharine McPhee. She recently performed at the House of Blues in Chicago, with an anonymous source reporting the following about the Universal-sponsored showcase event:
She sang a Paula Cole cover first..not sure which song. She then sang one off her last album...and a new one she was in the midst of writing...and then At Last.>It was announced by radio station B97 that David Archuleta and Jesse McCartney will be performing a free show at the Clearview Mall in Metairie, La. at noon on Feb. 15 as part of the station's Mardi Gras celebration.
I would say it sounded pop with some r&b influences. Regardless, she did a wonderful job.
>Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks will be two of the artists making an appearance on Katie Couric's pre-Grammy special, which will air on CBS on Wed., Feb. 4. Other artists slated to appear include T-Pain, Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Arch's "Touch My Hands" leaks
A portion of a new track of David Archuleta's from his upcoming self-titled album called "Touch My Hands" leaked via a survey for Top 40 listeners from RatetheMusic.com. The clip, which is 1:40 in length, is mid-tempo and features a standard clap track among other production elements that are consistent with "Crush" (currently #15 on iTunes). Listen to the clip below:
Judging from the clip, Arch is heading in a Jesse McCartney/OneRepublic direction in terms of his album's material. It's not half bad, and it will definitely appeal to Top 40 radio listeners. But will it make it on Top 40 radio? Time will tell. What does everyone else think about it?
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Jordin performs "One Step At a Time" on GMA
Jordin Sparks performed her latest single "One Step At a Time" on Good Morning America this morning following a concert with Jesse McCartney at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square last night. Before the performance, Jordin spoke with GMA co-host Robin Roberts about what her life has been like since winning Idol in May 2007. Watch the interview and performance below:
"One Step At a Time" is currently Top 10 on Top 40 radio and is sitting at #15 on iTunes' Top 100 Songs chart.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
TCA wrap-up
Last night's telecast of the 2008 Teen Choice Awards on FOX was hardly eventful, but four Idol alums made appearances regardless of how disappointing the show itself was. First on deck for the show was Katharine McPhee, who is "rocking her acting chops in The House Bunny" according to host Miley Cyrus, presented the award for "Choice MySpacer" with Jesse McCartney.
Katharine's exchange with Jesse was as cheesy as can be, and the fact that Katharine actually added Jesse into her top friends (and now sitting pretty as the top friend) following the taping made the situation all the more ridiculous. But the two looked like they were having fun, which is all that matters. Katharine was followed by the Davids, as Arch and Cook presented Miley with her award for "Choice Music Female Artist." The two had a poorly written exchange that centered around going by just one stage name ("David," would you believe it or not?).
Following the Davids was Jordin Sparks, who towered over presenting partner Lil' "Big Baby" Mama while presenting the awards for "Choice Male Hottie" and "Choice Female Hottie." Jordin, who brought Africa to the show via her shirt, had to put up with Lil' Mama's loopy cockiness but she definitely pulled it off.
Overall, the Idol alums were probably the highlight of the show, and its not surprising so many got premium appearance slots because the show was broadcast on FOX. Here's to a better show next year. Who knows, maybe Miley will actually kiss Arch.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Jordin to co-headline first tour
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Jordin Sparks will co-headline her very own first tour later this summer alongside Jesse McCartney. The 19-stop tour will bring Jordin to her hometown of Glendale, Ariz., in addition to such places as Salt Lake City, Boston and Baltimore. Jesse mentioned the tour for the first time publically in an interview he did with Perez Hilton earlier today.
The tour will run from Aug. 5-30, and tickets go on sale on July 11 for the first six dates, and July 18 for the rest of them. This tour comes on the heels of Jordin's gig as the opening act for Alicia Keys' "As I Am" tour, which she wrapped up on June 18.
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