Tidbits 9/13

• The United Press International has 2 hot new photos from the David Foster gala. Canuck2010 also has some new shots from the gala -- see it at her Photobucket gallery.
  
• Richmond News mentions Clay in article about David Foster's River Rock. Clay performed at the gala and judged at the Star Search competition this past weekend.
• Raleigh Chronicle has a good article about Clay's upcoming Jay Leno appearance (this Friday) -- "Raleigh's most famous resident Clay Aiken will be on the Tonight Show with talk show host Jay Leno on September 15th (Friday night) according to the official Clay Aiken website."
• NJ.com article about Clay's Easton, PA concert.
• Attention Raleigh fans- WRAL-FM will debut Without You on their airwaves tomorrow. The CB's PreciousDTP says the station plans to air the song at around 7:40 in the morning.
• The Washington Post printed an interesting quote about the importance of first week CD sales in today's paper:

  "There's more and more pressure on the first week," says Greg McCarn, vice president of marketing for Lyric Street Records, home to country-pop chart-toppers Rascal Flatts. "The first week speaks to the health of your fan base. Have you been able to maintain or expand your fan base since the last record? Or have you seen some deterioration? We've seen that first week become increasingly important over the last few years."

• Access Atlanta announces ATDW's release and the Atlanta CD release party.
• USA Today blog quote from a new Entertainment Weekly article about Idol - "It appears those Claymates follow their leader no matter where his hair takes them."
• Dallas Fort-Worth Star Telegram - FOX Reality Channel to begin airing American Idol Rewind -- "Sorry, Clay Aiken fans, he's still gonna be runner-up. 7 p.m."
• Gainesville.com- article about a "Clay Aiken wannabe"
• Newsday corrects their Clay Aiken "American Idol winner" boo-boo- "Clay Aiken was runner-up on season two of "American Idol." A story on Monday's Flash! page was incorrect."
  

• Nothing here today... we're on the lookout for Clay blogs.
  

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