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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 7:22 pm
So, who's going? Who already has their tickets and who are you looking most forward to see?
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 2:02 am
I'm going to the Portland Maine show on 9/21 and am most excited to see Taylor!!!! Tickets sold out in a half hour.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 11:38 am
from mjsbigblog.com/categories/americanIdol/ The Tour! Finally some news about the tour, courtesy of MTV.com What to expect: Bucky Covington and Kellie Pickler will duet on a song from "Grease" Paris Bennett and Lisa Tucker will duet As will Mandisa and Ace Young Says Taylor Hicks-- "Expect some vintage rock and roll. I'll probably do some Beatles, some obscure Beatles...and Kat, I love singing with her. I'll do some stuff with other people. Harmonica, of course. I'll be playing a lot of guitar. On the show I wasn't allowed to be an instrumentalist. Now I'm free as an artist, and I'm very excited about that." Bucky, and maybe even Ace (Bucky is giving him lessons) will play guitar. Lisa will play piano Says Paris--"I get to shake one more time, but this time I get to do it in full-fledge, and it's not just a minute...And if I wear my hair the same for every song, people are going to be like, 'No, that's not her.' So trust me, I've got some tricks under my sleeves." The Tour opens in Manchester, New Hampshire next Wednesday, July 5.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 2:18 pm
Hmmm, what about Chris? Is he gonna play guitar or swing the mic stand around or just stand there so his fans will recognize him?{joke}
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 2:52 pm
The concert is off to a disappointing start tonight in Manchester NH. McPhee will not perform Whitney Matheson is live backstage in New Hampshire: Ten finalists are on the bill for American Idols Live, but tonight it will be only nine: Katharine McPhee will not be performing tonight or July 6 because of "severe bronchitis and laryngitis." According to a statement, a doctor has ordered the runner-up "total voice rest." "I'm disappointed, and I am sorry to disappoint my fans who will be attending the start of the American Idols Live tour," McPhee said in the statement. There was no word on who would have to break the news to a couple dozen fans waiting outside, hours before doors open to the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H. blogs.usatoday.com
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 6:57 pm
Mak, have you read all WM's "live report" of the concert? Sounds so exciting!(same link, click Main page or they make you click a lot, don't tell Woody, haha, BB inside joke.) Taylor sang Jailhouse Rock, Hollywood Nights, Do You Like Good Music, Livin' in the City, Don't Let Me Down, DIMYP and TI2TS for encore. That's more than the 6,7 he said he'll do, might be on account of Kat's absence.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 2:03 am
Yes, Chy, I kept refreshing the page like a madwoman, waiting for the Taylor reports, lol. It sounds like a really good show! I hope their voices and energy hold up for the show I go to in September.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 4:28 am
Is it me or lately does Katharine seem to be acting more and more like a diva? Well, that's probably just my attitude -- I never cared for her that much.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 5:54 am
Kat might be a little more sheltered and a bit spoiled, but I won't say Diva. As a singer/musician myself, I could tell you the "severe bronchitis and laryngitis" is nothing to fool around with. I never could get over mine in a few days' rest though. Two whole weeks is what I usually have to count on. Maybe she's in the middle of it already since she's been out of sight for a while now.
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Roppiepie
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 6:41 am
I have some bad feeings about Katherine. She seems a little bit too high maintenance, IMO. First she drops the bulemia bomb and disappears from the radar immediately afterwards. Now she's ill before the tour even starts. I don't doubt that she is really sick, but the timing is very awkward. Whatever happened to "The Show Must Go ON"? Past idols have slugged back shots of olive oil to help them keep up with the tour. There's just something about her that just doesn't ring true to me.
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Ladybug007
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 6:55 am
I dont like KAtherine..she should drop off the 15 min fame radar pretty soon..
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 8:02 am
I can sympathize about singing and throat problems but it does seem the timing is unfortunate. Of course when is illness ever well timed?
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 8:12 am
Roppiepie, if your vocal chords are just stressed out, olive oil, massage, or Chinese herb tea(personal best remedy) might help. But laryngitis leaves you with nothing to work with! Days after recovery, I'd still worry about notes coming out cracked - sorta like boys when they go through the voice change, they have no control over which octave the notes gonna be at.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 8:46 am
did this happen before or after her concerts with boccelli?
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 10:45 am
She had throat problems the final day of competition, too. Remember she had to have an injection to be able to sing that night? Maybe she just never recuperated from that, as she had to do all the media appearances immediately afterwards. I've never felt any connection to her, but I wish her well. I just posted a link to mjsbigblog in the General AI5 thread. MJ and some posters there have written recaps of the concert in NH last night. It sounds like a great show!
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Roppiepie
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 7:42 pm
She just seems "off" to me. She was on Extra tonight with Teri Seymour doing a photo shoot on the beach in Malibu. She sounded pretty healthy there. I don't even know why I care!!!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, July 07, 2006 - 12:28 am
HOT video of Bucky, Elliott, Ace and Chris singing Patience at the concert in NH. They dedicated it to Kat. There are a couple HOT Taylor videos at the same site. I saw one with Elliott singing Trouble somewhere too. www.gofish.com Lol, Roppiepie, at your last sentence.
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Spinnaker
Member
07-07-2005
| Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 4:19 am
Thanks for posting that link, Mak1 - Loved it!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 8:02 am
Thanks for posting the gofish video, Mak1! It was interesting to me to see how comfortable Bucky and Chris looked performing in concert. I think they were handicapped on the show because they were so used to being on stage with their instruments and it didn't feel as natural to them to be singing without holding and playing their guitars.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:10 am
Katharine McPhee misses Pittsburgh concert after performing on The View yeah, uh huh, sure ...
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, July 28, 2006 - 4:17 pm
You're welcome, Spinnaker and Azriel. I think they sound great together. I like seeing Bucky and Chris with their guitars, too. Bucky has been going down into the crowd and shaking hands during his concert performances. Well, thank goodness Katharine was able to get driven to DC in time to meet with the President today! It's nice to see she is able to attend the events that are important to her. <snark intended>
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 11:15 pm
I have seen a lot of sarcasm about Katharine and I (not a fan) feel the need to point out that Pittsburgh is 380 driving miles from NYC and that there were 2 vicious and long thunderstorm lines taht passed through that afternoon, early evening. The idols are not really responsible for their schedule and they surely do not do their own reservation planning. If Kat got out of the View after noon and got to the airport 1:30 or later, the flight would have been cancelled. The drive would not get her there in time for the sound check at 5 PM, so I can see where she could not make it physically to Pittsburgh to do the show by 7:30. Other idols have missed shows do to short sighted planning on their managements part. Some have been missed for other reasons (better offers to go to an award show). In this case, I believe it was management timing it too close.
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Roppiepie
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 1:25 pm
I'm tapped out with McPhee excuses.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 3:45 pm
Kat was seen exiting the tour bus today on crutches. It has been reported that she fractured a bone in her foot during last night's performance. She will reportedly be in tonight's show. Good points, Sadiesmom. If Idol's management had been doing a good job, I don't think we would hear as much sarcasm about Kat. The only info I saw regarding her absence from the tour came from various fan or gossip-type websites. Kat published a letter to fans. Her mother posted something. Her sister did an interview with Kat. There were inconsistencies in some details, which led to speculation and rumors. IMO, management should have issued a statement instead of leaving it to Kat and her family to deflect the criticism. That said, I echo your thought, Roppiepie. With nothing to base this on except my biased opinion, I still believe Kat would have found a way to get to the White House in that same weather. Taylor has been battling a lung infection with fever recently. He didn't miss a show, although his set has been shortened. It was shortened just before Kat joined the tour. Did you hear about Elliott arriving late for the AI tour of the White House? He missed the group photo shoot.
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