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8/27: The tour slogs on
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The “Idols Live” tour slogs on. I need to check with Pollstar to see how the show is doing attendance wise. It hit my home market of Long Island over the weekend and that means we get to hear how those New York critics took it.
The New York Times could have been a lot meaner but did opt for that over-arching cliche: “a show that amounted to high-energy karaoke.”
Glenn Gamboa in Newsday notes that this year it’s more about “musicianship” because the “Idols” play more instruments. He was actually very kind, though he said Blake had trouble hitting his high notes. It sounds like they’ve added and changed some songs from earlier in the tour. Gina Glocksen is singing a current Pink song “Who Knew” and Chris Sligh is now trying out Fall Out Boy’s “Thanks fr th Mmrs.”
On Sunday night at the Teen Choice Awards on Fox, Sanjaya won “choice” reality show entertainer and of course, “Idol” won best reality show.
And the “Next Great American Band” (on Fox debuting Oct. 19) will feature Sheila E. (“The Glamorous Life”) and the Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik as judges. Australian Idol’s Ian “Dicko” Dickson will be the third judge, possibly filling in the Simon role. And New Zealand Idol host Dominic Bowden is hosting. More details in this USA Today story.
Down in Philly, the final auditions are up and running. And it looks like the biggest, probably because it’s really the only audition for the entire Northeast. The Inqirurer said a whopping 13,000 people registered in the first eight hours.
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