Last night during a tour stop in Grand Prairie, TX, David Cook covered Led Zeppelin’s “Rock & Roll” during his set!
Check out David’s performance below!
Holy crap.
Way to rock it out, DCook!
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MUSIC VIDEO: David Cook – “Fade Into Me”
David Cook released the music video for his current single, “Fade Into Me” earlier this morning. The song is the singer’s second single off his latest album, This Loud Morning.
Last month I had the opportunity to talk with David in an interview for Blogcritics about his current tour, and he shared with me a little about this latest video, which was directed by Chris Sims.
“The content of the video, I wanted to showcase how we are live. I feel like it’s really easy sometimes to throw a tie on, and comb your hair, and put together this really sweet storyline; and I think “Fade Into Me” could have definitely taken that angle and it would have worked. I wanted this video to be kind of a no frills, no pretense kind of look at us on the road. It’s a lot of live footage, really just for lack of a better way to phrase it, it’s more of a day in the life kind of thing.”
Check out the video for “Fade Into Me” below!
Idol Season 10 News Round-Up
Lots of news coming from the season 10 Idols this week!
First up, Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina’s debut albums hold strong on the charts again this week.
According to Hits Daily Double, Scotty’s album is up one spot to number three, selling 54,875 copies of Clear As Day. Lauren’s album, Wildflower, lands at number 10 this week, selling 25,985 copies. Not too shabby!
And in case you missed it, Scotty released the music video for his current single, “The Trouble With Girls.”
Tune into the Today Show on NBC bright and early this Friday, October 28 to catch Tim Halperin in a segment highlighting TCU’s “Frogs For the Cure,” as well as the singer’s ongoing involvement with Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
VIDEO: David Cook Covers Muse
Last night during his concert in San Diego, David Cook and his band debuted a new cover song. The chosen track? “Stockholm Syndrome” by Muse.
Check out the video the performance below!
This is great! Way to rock it out, DCook!
And in case you haven’t had the opportunity to read it yet, check out my interview with David from last week!
VIDEO: Panic! At The Disco Cover Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”
Panic! At The Disco covered the one and only Adele during their show last night in Ventura, CA. The band has been posting polls on Facebook for their fans to vote on which cover song they should perform each night at their show, and last night the band took their turn at performing “Rolling in the Deep”!
Check out the band’s performance below!
Not too shabby! What do y’all think of Panic!’s Adele cover?
Gavin DeGraw Announces Fall Tour Dates With David Cook & Carolina Liar
Gavin DeGraw sent out a tweet earlier this afternoon letting his fans know
that the dates for his Fall tour with David Cook and Carolina Liar are ready for us to flail over!
Check out the dates below!
10/9 – State College, PA – Penn State
10/10 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
10/11 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
10/13 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
10/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
10/17 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
10/18 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
10/20 – Santa Rosa, CA – Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
10/21 – Reno, NV – Silver Legacy Resort Casino
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Gavin DeGraw Returns to Maroon 5/Train Tour
This past Wednesday night, Gavin DeGraw returned to his current tour with Maroon 5 and Train in Columbia, MD after being attacked in NYC earlier this month.
Check out performance videos of “In Love With A Girl” & “I Don’t Wanna Be” below!
Gavin’s back with a vengence! I think he sounds great! Check out a great review of Gavin’s set from JSYK.com!
And in case you missed the big news yesterday, Gavin revealed to 96.5 TIC FM that he will be heading out on a co-headlining tour this Fall with his RCA labelmate, David Cook.
Do I even need to explain to you how stoked I am? Ha!
Tour dates should be announced within the next week or so! I will definitely be keeping tabs on the latest news, so make sure you’re following me on Twitter!
Backstage with ‘American Idol’s’ Stefano Langone
Before the Top 11 contestants from the tenth season of American Idol took the stage at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on July 13, I had the opportunity to sit down for a one-on-one interview with Washington native, Stefano Langone.
Langone and I talked about the current tour, his post-tour plans, and his advice for the American Idol season 11 hopefuls.
How has the tour been going so far?
The tour’s been going great. We’re getting some great reviews. Just trying to establish myself as one of the top-notch performers. Everything’s been working out.
So you tried out for Idol initially in San Francisco, and now you’re performing tonight in the Bay Area, how does it feel to kind of come full circle?
All of my family’s from the Bay Area. I’m really, really pumped to perform tonight. There’s going to be a lot of Langones in the house.
What has been the most fulfilling part of the tour so far for you?
Just getting to see the crowd’s reaction, and getting to see the fans after the show. My goal really is to make a name for myself, and really show people who they voted for and just making more fans, you know? Creating a buzz and making sure I establish what I want to do after the show. Unfortunately I didn’t get to pick the songs that I wanted to do, and I didn’t get to perform in the way I wanted to, but I’m taking what I’ve got and I’m making the best of it. I’m going out there and giving great performances and that’s number one.
Having to perform the same set every night on tour, how do you stay amped for each show?
It’s the crowd. The crowd keeps you hyped up; you can always count on that. You can’t get sucked into the, “Ugh, I’m doing this again.” You can’t get sucked into it; you’ve got to realize what you’re doing it for and why you’re here. It’s about the music and about your performances.
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Backstage With ‘American Idol’s’ Paul McDonald
Last Wednesday, hours before the Top 11 from American Idol season 10 took the stage at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, I had the opportunity to talk with one of the more unique and interesting voices from this past season.
Cool, calm, and collected, 26-year-old Paul McDonald from Nashville, spoke candidly about the American Idols Live! Tour, including which contestant fell victim to the first tour prank of the summer, and working on his solo music while out on the road.
How has the tour been going?
It’s been excellent so far. We’re only like, I think, five shows in, and we got about a thousand more to go. [laughs] We go through September, and we do a handful of Canada dates, maybe one or two. Then they take us over to the Philippines.
Wow, I’m pretty sure that’s a first with taking the tour overseas. What has been the most fulfilling part of the tour for you so far?
Oh goodness. I guess it’s just the whole vibe of pretending that we’re real rock stars for the summer. We’re singing karaoke and stuff, but the production is like a huge tour. We have six buses, six semis, we have catering, we have the whole VIP kind of like a very pro tour. That’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience, unless you’re the Rolling Stones, or Bruce Springsteen, or Carrie Underwood, or one of those, you know? So, it’s kind of cool to be in that for just a little bit and see how this grand scale of venues and touring works. It’s cool.
Do you have any kind of fun bus stories from the tour so far?
Fun bus stories? Oh gosh, I’m trying to think. We really don’t hang out on the bus too much, because they literally have us working from [about] noon. This morning I got up at like eight-thirty, we went to the Ronald McDonald House, me and Casey. We did some charity, we hung out with the kids, came back and had hair and make-up, which I don’t do any of that stuff. After that we have lunch, and then we have sound check. We go from normally from 12 noon to 12 at night. The only bus time is after the gig we go in there and like have a drink and pass out, but there has been a good story.
The first gig in Salt Lake City, Jacob Lusk decided to take a shower in the locker room — we’re playing all these big basketball arenas and stuff — and I was like, “Let me show you how it’s done fellas.” This is like “Band Pranks 101.” I got the bucket of ice, and all of us, Scotty and everybody, filled it up with ice-cold water. Jacob’s in the shower singing, you know, doing his thing. We walked in there and Casey’s filming it, and came in and just busted him with an ice cold bucket of water, and he was like, “Ahhhhh!” I was like, day one, the tour pranks begin.
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Concert Review >> American Idols Live! in San Jose, CA 07.13.2011
This week the American Idols Live! tour rolled through San Jose, CA to the delight of the masses who showed up to see one particular Santa Cruz native by the name of James Durbin. Just the mere mention of his name at the top of the show by season 10 runner-up, Lauren Alaina, resulted in an eruption of cheers from the crowd.
And I must say that Durbin didn’t disappoint. He appeared in a couple group numbers during the first half of the show, but it was his entrance for his two-song set that had the audience at the HP Pavilion on its feet.
Entering from the back of the building wearing a San Jose Sharks jersey, singing Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’Mine,” Durbin shook hands as he made his way up to the stage. Towards the end of the song he held his microphone out to the audience and, without any real prodding, they sang the chorus back to him. I have to hand it to Durbin. He’s charismatic, has great stage presence, and absolutely relished every moment of his solo performance, wherein he took the time to thank the fans for voting for him and for the overall support he received from the Bay Area.
But Durbin wasn’t the only Idol who amped up the crowd. Paul McDonald got the people on their feet in the first half of the show during his lively performance of Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May.” Naima Adedapo’s rousing rendition of Jennifer Lopez’s current hit, “On The Floor,” complete with an African dance break, was one of the most well-received performances of the night.
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