By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Monday, June 15, 2015
"American Idol" auditions begin this week for the last time.
The bus tour begins Thursday in Seattle and Providence, R.I. while cattle call auditions begin next month. Auditions come to Savannah and Athens.
LIVE AUDITION DATES AND VENUES
7/10/15 – Denver, CO – Denver Coliseum
7/22/15 – Savannah, GA – Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena
8/2/15 – Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center
8/8/15 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena
TBD San Francisco, CA TBD
BUS TOUR STOPS (Venues to be announced shortly)
6/18/15 Seattle, WA
6/18/15 Providence, RI
6/20/15 Baltimore, MD
6/22/15 San Diego, CA
6/22/15 Pittsburgh, PA
6/24/15 Tucson, AZ
6/25/15 Indianapolis, IN
6/26/15 Santa Fe, NM
6/28/15 Athens, GA
6/29/15 Tulsa, OK
6/30/15 Oxford, MS
They're also fishing around via social media and talent agents. Or you can just audition online.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Carrie Underwood won three CMT awards last week, including video of the year for "Something in the Water."
She performed at CMA Fest in Nashville as well, looking post-baby wonderful.
More impressive: she revealed she had a C-section.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
A huge supporter of the troops, Kellie Pickler was awarded with the first Chris Kyle Patriot Award at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville on Saturday. Presumably, we'll see some of this in the fall when her CMT reality show debuts!
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Adam Lambert's third album is out tomorrow called "The Original High." His single 'Ghost Town" edges up to 21 on the Hot AC chart and 27 on the top 40 chart.
The Boston Globe liked the record: "It's an appealing snapshot of how Lambert has grown, and how he's still willing to surprise his listeners and himself."
Indeed, he told Details mag: "For the first time in my life, over the last year or two, I feel like I'm a f**king grown-up!" he said. "I definitely have a little dash of Peter Pan syndrome somewhere, where I always have a childlike attitude towards things. But I bought my first house this year, I have a business, I've done a lot for myself, and I've done a lot for my career."
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Kelly Clarkson will join Flo Rida, Meghan Trainor, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley at the NBC "Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular" in New York City. Her single "Invincible" is at No. 19 on the Mediabase Hot AC chart.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
Remember that awful video we saw of Kat McPhee singing "Lick My Lips" two weeks ago? Well, she has a pop album called "Hysteria" coming out July 24. She worked with Sia on two songs and one with Ryan Tedder.
“I love pop music,” she says. “There’s so many different styles that I’m fortunate enough to able to sing being from a musical theater background. I grew up singing pop music.”
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Season 10 winner and runner up Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina reprised their duet "I Told You So" at the CMA Fest.
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