JNTII Concerts 2 Hours Long, The Insider Impressed with Clay

Article from Vindy.com, a local Youngstown, OH Portal. Clay performs in Youngstown.

Aiken plans holiday show here
Part of the ticket revenue will benefit the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley.

YOUNGSTOWN -- Pop singer Clay Aiken will bring his Joyful Noise holiday show to the Youngstown Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27, Belkin Productions announced Monday.

Comprising all holiday music, this year's Joyful Noise tour will include some theatrical elements in addition to more than two hours of music.

TV work expands

Aiken has also recently expanded his role as a television personality, this time working on the other side of the interviewer's microphone. People accustomed to seeing him singing on television, or doing guest roles on shows like "Scrubs," were surprised to find him co-hosting "The Insider" backstage and red-carpet coverage with Pat O'Brien of the 2005 Emmy Awards. So impressed were the producers, "The Insider" asked him back to host several more feature segments on the new Fall television season.

Aiken spent a good portion of the summer on the road with his summer Jukebox Tour, which featured songs from the '50s and '60s, all the way up to the '90s and '00s. He has also been busy choosing material with executive producer Jaymes Foster-Levy for a follow-up project to the multiplatinum "Measure of a Man" release.

Charity aid

Belkin Productions also announced that, in cooperation with their television media partners, 27 WKBN-TV and FOX 17/62, $1 from every ticket sold will benefit the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley.

Through the station's community promotional campaigns, Caring for our Community on WKBN and Fox and Our Family on FOX 17/62, the money raised will help provide physical and spiritual assistance to the needy in Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull Counties this holiday season.

Reserved tickets are $53.50 and $43.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.gettix.net, www.belkinproductions.com, all gettix.net locations including the temporary box office in the City Centre One Building at Champion and Federal streets in downtown Youngstown; Skate Zone in Austintown and USA Cinema in Niles, or charge by phone at (866) 443-8849.