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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
7/8: Kimberley Locke, Chris Sligh, Ace Young coming to Atlanta July 26
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m going to miss three “Idol” alums who are coming to Atlanta Saturday, July 26. (I’ll be in Chicago that day for a convention.)
-Season two finalist Kimberley Locke is showing up at the gay Midtown club Wet Bar. She’s obviously gay friendly. She came last year, too. It’s at 960 Spring Street.
And in a complete contrast, season six finalist and contemporary Christian artist Chris Sligh is joining 104.7/The Fish. for “Fish Family Night” at Jimmy’s Mad Mad Whirled in Marietta at 9 p.m. The photo is him with Kevin and Avery, the morning hosts for the show from March.
Ace Young is coming to Wild Bill’s the same night. His album, out July 15th, is now available for streaming on AOL here.. His publicist just told me about the Wild Bill’s date so it’s not up yet on the Web site but check here for more details when they become available.
“(Young and Lewis) took a huge step to be in control of their records,” says My Rocket Science director of digital media Alicia Yaffe, who is working with both artists. And while this allowed them creative control with little label interference, they face the challenge of getting that music heard.
-And for the five of you left still watching “Nashville Star,” Pearl Heart and Navy dude Tommy Stanley were surprisingly ousted - especially before high school talent show act Lauren and Sophie. Pearl Heart naturally had a great performance (for them) before getting ousted. Tommy didn’t even get to sing. Very odd way of doing things there at “Nashville Star.” And John Rich was plain grouchy towards annoying Shawn Meyer and vocally limited Coffey. And while Gabe Garcia has the best male vocals left (out of two), he is still lacking in the charisma department. Melissa Lawson was okay but isn’t improving much in my mind. Ashlee Hewitt is simply okay to me. Personally, I have no real favorite here because we won’t be seeing much of any of them after this show ends.
