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Tour Dates for Kelly Clarkson’s Fall Tour

Here are the dates for Kelly Clarkson’s fall My December tour.  Her summer tour was canceled after poor album sales and a very public feud with her boss Clive Davis of BMG.

Here’s the lineup for Clarkson’s My December tour:

• Oct. 10: Verona, N.Y. (Turning Stone Casino)

• Oct. 14-16: New York (Beacon Theatre)

• Oct. 18: Philadelphia (Tower Theatre)

• Oct. 21: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun)

• Oct. 23: Boston (Orpheum Theatre)

• Oct. 24: Washington, D.C. (DAR Constitution Hall)

• Oct. 26: Buffalo, N.Y. (Seneca Casino)

• Oct. 28: Detroit (Fillmore)

• Oct. 30: Toronto (Massey Hall)

• Nov. 1: Chicago (Chicago Theatre)

• Nov. 2: Minneapolis (State Theatre)

• Nov. 5: Denver (Paramount Theatre)

• Nov. 10: San Jose, Calif. (Events Center)

• Nov. 12: Seattle (Paramount Theatre)

• Nov. 14: Sacramento, Calf. (Memorial Auditorium)

• Nov. 16: San Diego (Civic Auditorium)

• Nov. 18: Los Angeles (Gibson Amphitheatre)

• Nov. 20: Phoenix (Gammage Theatre)

• Nov. 23: Dallas (Nokia Theatre)

• Nov. 25: Houston (Verizon Wireless Theatre)

• Nov. 27: Atlanta (Cobb Energy Center)

• Nov. 29: Miami (Mizner Park)

• Dec. 1: Tampa, Fla. (Ruth Eckerd Hall)

• Dec. 3: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)

Kelly Clarkson’s Sales Continue to Slump

Clive Davis was right about how bad former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson’s album would perform with the general public.  Clarkson early this year slammed Davis for his opinion of her album.  She later publicly apologized to him.

Her current album My December, a dark departure signaling the singer’s artistic independence and emotional turmoil, is falling short of its two peppy pop predecessors. In its sixth week on the Billboard chart, the disc dropped six slots to No. 21 after selling 26,500 copies, down 14% from last week’s 31,000, for a total of 562,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

That pales against Breakaway’s six-week benchmarks in early 2005, when it hit 1 million in sales and sat at No. 10 with a weekly take of 67,000 copies. Six weeks into its run, her 2003 debut Thankful was No. 13 with weekly sales of 81,000 and a total of 1.1 million.

Old white men who have been in the music business for dozens of years are usually pretty right, especially when they can control your marketing budget as well.  I think Kelly learned her lesson this time.  Clive was probably pretty right about his analysis of the album as well.

Kelly Clarkson Slams Clive Davis

Bulging diva Kelly Clarkson might not be the sharpest cookie.  This latest conclusion being made after Clarkson slammed her BMG/RCI boss Clive Davis.

Clarkson says she told Davis: “I don’t know you very well, and I am not a bull-[bleep]er. I get [that] you don’t like the album. You’re 80; you’re not supposed to like my album.”

Clive is an icon in the business and responsible for the success of dozens upon dozens of entertainers.  Kelly, you probably aren’t too smart to bite the hand that feeds you. Almost every review of your album has sucked, not just those by 80-year-olds.

Clarkson had to cancel her summer tour due to poor ticket sales.

Kelly Clarkson Cancels Summer Tour

Photo: Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson is canceling her summer tour due mostly to the fact that she was having a hard time selling tickets.  This comes one day after firing her manager and on the heels of her feud with music mogul Clive Davis about her upcoming album My December.

“In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won’t be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.

“But I promise you that we’re going to get back out there as soon as is humanly possible to give you a show that will be even better,” she added.

Maybe if Clarkson quit performing on every awards show and oversaturating America with her music then more people would buy up tickets to come see her live. Basically why pay to see KC in concert when you can see her perform one or two songs at almost every awards show that exists.

Jordin Sparks Wins ‘American Idol 6′

Photo: Jordin Sparks

Seventeen-year-old Jordin Sparks beat out beat-boxer Blake Lewis to win season six of American Idol.

I had never seen a season of Idol before this year and I didn’t miss but one or two episodes in the process.  Jordin deserved to win this competition.  Jordin was the best overall package on the show this year.  She will only be more and more packaged in the next few months as she works on her debut album.

Performers on last nights show included Gwen Stefani (via feed from her live concert), Kelly Clarkson, Smokey Robinson, top six male finalists, Doug E. Fresh (beat-boxing with Blake), top six female finalists, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Carrie Underwood, Sanjaya Malakar with Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Green Day, Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard, Bette Middler (what the heck was that about….horrific), Kelly Clarkson (again…please, once was enough), Taylor Hicks (again….better than the first time), Carrie Underwood (again), and Ruben (again).

What a bunch of show filler at the end. So much that it ran over the alloted TIVO time schedule.  I had to get on the phone to find out.

Congratulations to Miss Jordin Sparks. You have a huge career ahead of you……and a birthday coming up where you will then be able to see R-rated movies.

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New Victoria’s Secret Girl- Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Simpson

 

Victoria’s Secret Pink line has a new cover girl in Ashlee Simpson. The Pink line is geared towards teen girls, although I see women of all ages wearing it.

She ought to be able to afford some flashy new digs. It will soon be announced that the 21-year-old will front the campaign for Victoria’s Secret’s new line, Pink. She beat out finalist Kelly Clarkson to become the face (and hips and legs and … well, everything else) of the new line of younger, “cuter” lingerie.

Simpson also is moving in with her boyfriend.

West Coast spies say she’s selling her Encino home to move in with boyfriend Braxton Olita. (Young Braxton, who plays guitar in her shows, has also graduated from sleeping in the band tour bus to bedding down in Ashley’s own private coach, I hear.)

I guess Papa Joe has loosened all the family rules for the younger rebellious daughter. I am sure Jessica’s divorce played a role as well. Joe reminds me of Joe Jackson. Father of the Jackson musical clan. If you know anything about him, then I need not say any more.