You have got to love these guys! They are turning things up-side-down on tour!
THE AMERICAN IDOL TOUR is in full swing, and fans can’t buy tickets fast enough….
Archive for July, 2008
David Archuleta, David Cook “Idol Worship” & Josh Groban
July 8, 2008
- David Archuleta and David Cook
Idol worship, sans America
The voting long over, fans are treated to three-hour arena encore
Chris Morris
By Joe Brown
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 (2 a.m.)
No. 2 David Archuleta made an aptly angelic entrance, emerging amid violet-hued clouds of stage fog, his cherubic face peeking above the piano as he sang Robbie Williams’ “Angels.” Archuleta showed he could rock a little with One Republic’s anthemic “Apologize,” but it was on Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” that he proved himself a pop classicist, singing purely, without “Idol” affectations, evoking the yearning sweetness of ’50s and ’60s- era crooners. “I like songs with messages. I tried to do that on the show,” Archuleta said, before out-Groban-ing Josh Groban with a radiant “When You Say You Love Me,” which brought the show to a (screaming) standstill. On the TV show, the 17-year-old’s tongue-tied shyness seemed like shtick, but onstage it looked like genuine humility, as he giggled and waved, overwhelmed at the waves of response. With the right guidance, this young artist has what it takes to make a timeless album.
No. 1 David Cook, the reigning Idol, was introduced by Archuleta as “my big brother,” and proved he deserved his win. Playing electric guitar throughout the set, he started with his slow-burning grunge-lite makeover of Lionel Richie’s “Hello,” backed by a projected solar eclipse. With his expensive bed-head haircut, Cook was a charmer, twinkling and winking like a bartender turned superstar. No song was too brooding or intense for Cook to sneak a grin at his voting constituency. “I’m just trying to earn a paycheck, because Las Vegas took way too much of my money last night” he said, introducing his coronation song, “The Time of My Life.” (My seatmate said she had met Cook earlier in the day, and he confided that he took a bath on nickel slots.) He nailed Aerosmith’s “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” and dedicated the Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” to his brother Adam, who is recovering from brain cancer. Cook came back for an encore, a slow-building, apocalyptic remake of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” with its lyric about “breaking young girls’ hearts.” . . . more…
Russell Watson – I’ll Walk With God
July 5, 2008
Russell’s beautiful “I’ll Walk With God” ["The Student Prince"] from his Amore Musica album.
