September 29th, 2009 12:08pm
by pinella
Ever wonder what the B-52s look like now?
Well, they performed on Saturday night at Stafford Lake in Novato at the 7th Annual Rock ‘n Blues By The Lake concert to benefit the Novato Public Schools.
If you enjoyed them back “then” I suppose you would enjoy them now. Like one guy in the crowd said, “Oh, I haven’t missed any of their Northern California performances ever.”
Oh, my … those fanatic fans. …
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September 29th, 2009 11:47am
by pinella
Blake Lewis Saturday (Sept. 26, 2009) in Novato
NOVATO – I clearly had no clue of what I was getting into by going to a Blake Lewis concert. Blake, you see, had been a runnerup on American Idol the season before I even knew AI existed. I am a late bloomer.
So, off I went to the 7th Annual Rock ‘n Blues By the Lake concert on Saturday. It’s a concert to …
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September 25th, 2009 03:05pm
by pinella
The American Idol television adventure ended three years ago.
About four months after that, the AI Tour was complete.
What did Blake Lewis do then?
“We toured, all on the East Coast,” Lewis said, “but we cut it short to about three weeks.”
He went on to make a record and is working on a second one now. Then next month its off on another try at touring – October through December.
“We are working …
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September 24th, 2009 11:34am
by pinella
Blake Lewis will perform Saturday as one of the headliners (B-52s are the main attraction) at the Rockin’ Blues By The Lake at Stafford Lake Park in Novato.
On stage around 5ish.
Fourteen songs.
Over and out and back to Seattle where he has been rehearsing for this gig for the past couple of weeks.
No judges.
No plea to the audience for votes.
No drama-filled “next” show to see if he made the cut.
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September 23rd, 2009 12:32pm
by pinella
It was 28 months ago today that Blake Lewis, now 28, stood on stage at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and learned that he was … not the Season 6 American Idol.
Upset? Hardly.
Heart-broken? Not a chance.
Dismayed? You have to be kidding.
“I wasn’t trying to win,” Lewis said in a phone interview this morning from Seattle. “I was content with not winning. It’s just that spiritually I don’t believe in false …
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September 9th, 2009 05:43pm
by pinella
Latest AP bulletin:
- LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person close to “American Idol” says Ellen DeGeneres is joining the show as a judge, taking Paula Abdul’s place.
Abdul, who announced she was quitting the hit singing contest amid a contract dispute, had been replaced by a succession of guest judges as “American Idol” started next season’s auditions.
DeGeneres wasn’t among the visiting judges, but the person familiar with the decision to hire …
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September 3rd, 2009 01:13pm
by pinella
By the AI numbers
If you are a numbers geek and really want to know, here are some figures for this summer’s AI Tour
Season 8 Tour has gone like this:
First 40 Concerts: 386,299 of 460,366 seats sold.
Total Revenue: $24,006,245.
Avg Revenue: $600,156 (84 percent.
Avg Attendance: 9,657
Season 7 went like this:
First 40 Concerts: 382,366 of 448,330 seats sold (85 percent).
Total Revenue: $23,306,866.
Avg Revenue: $596,881.
Avg Attendance: 9,559
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Total revenues appear to be up about $700,000, …
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August 20th, 2009 08:26pm
by pinella
David Cook’s athletic career is legendary …. sort of.
As a left-handed pitcher in American Legion level baseball (high school age), Cook’s exploits on the diamond took an abrupt halt. But not before he staked out a claim to fame.
Cook was on the mound one day in Missouri when up to bat came Albert Pujols. Pujols, who had hit 39 home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals entering Thursday’s game, has …
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August 20th, 2009 07:43pm
by pinella
For his older brother, David Cook did what he does best. He wrote and sang a song.
It’s called Permanent.
“And I think that song,” Cook told IdolChatter in a phone interview last week, “is gonna be a cornerstone song for me.”
Adam Cook, 36, fought brain cancer for 11 years before he passed away last May 2. Prior to his passing, David had composed and recorded Permanent for Adam.
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August 17th, 2009 03:50pm
by pinella
No need to ask David Cook who received the loudest applause at the Aug. 7, 2009 American Idol Tour stop in Atlantic City. He heard the ovation for this year’s runnerup Adam Lambert compared to that given to winner Kris Allen.
“Yes, but last year I always felt like Archie (season 7 runnerup David Archuleta) got more response on the Idol Tour than I did,” Cook told IdolChatter in a phone …
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