Reported Glimpses of Clay at Toronto Museum Concert

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According to a post from The Clayboard, Jennifer at LBFCA was at the Toronto concert Saturday night and got several glimpses of Clay. Here is that report from Jennifer:

posted at LBFCA by Jennifer
I just wanted to let you know that yes, indeed, he was there. But as Mr. Fosters guest. Not as a participating artist. We went to T.O. to catch a glimpse of a couple of other artists that we like and were quite satisfied with the view. It was a "first come first serve" type of show and you ended up where you were squished in. There were mostly 'adults' in the crowd as this was the opening of, what I would call an artistic museum, that has such things as an African display and History from around the world. The building itself is absolutely incredible. Anyway we were treated with several glimpses of the man himself standing in the wings. Laughing and joking with Mr. Foster and several other "important" musical types. Casually yet very classy looking in a black dress shirt (open at the neck) *sigh* and black slacks. YUM! Oh, and for those of you that are wondering .. the hair was flat and nicely styled. He ran his fingers through it several times. I guess I was supposed to be watching and listening to who was on the stage in front of me but Im not sure I could even tell you who was there during the times Mr. Beautiful was visible. Anywho .. he was relaxed and happy and obviously in a good mood. He had those around him laughing at all times. Hope this helps! *wink*

Great report! Thanks Jennifer. We'll be on the lookout for any more news that may become available, including pictures from last night!

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Update 4:26 PM: a report in Canadian media from the National Post confirms that Clay was indeed at the concert Saturday night as a guest. He apparently met up with Mark Shekter, a songwriter/producer who produced the concert.

what was stranger still was the appearance of the most spiritual and fabulous of American Idols, Clay Aiken.

If you blinked, you woulda missed him, but he was, indeed, there for a few split-secs!

Aiken, my spies report, flew in to Toronto on Saturday morning with uberproducer David Foster, after having conquered Vancouver during a singsong coinciding there with the West Coast's visit of The Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Idol checked out the staging, watched the rehearsals with Foster and at the same time fit in a meeting with Mark Shekter, who was exec-producing the concert at the ROM on Saturday night.

"He also talked to Jann Arden," my source reports, adding that he ran for the airport just as soon as he could that afternoon.

And so?

So, partly this is possibly the only opportunity for me to mention the serieux architect Daniel Libeskind and the hair-challenged choirboy Aiken in the same sentence. And partly, maybe, to make the case that there could not be a more appropriate pop star to stand in as metaphor for the new museum wing.

The not-ordinary Michael Lee-Chin addition -- which has been called "daring" but also, in recent days, been compared to Dante's Inferno -- is like, Clay, an acquired taste. Quite clearly. Like Clay, it's also been likened to kitsch, but like him, too, it's at least got people talking.

CTV also ran a story today about Clay in Calgary:

Within 12 hours of her impromptu performance, Greenway was in Calgary performing with Beverley Mahood and former American Idol finalist Clay Aiken -- who was with Foster at the restaurant the night before -- at a David Foster Foundation event on Friday.