Tidbits 6/9

Great promotion for Clay's summer tour over at AOL Kids/KOL. "Clay Aiken's fans call themselves 'Claymates,' and you might call yourself that too after seeing him perform in concert this summer. Will this former runner-up on American Idol be at a city near you?"

• National Post comments on Clay in Toronto last week for the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum's new "Crystal" -

  The celebs crammed into the Crystal last week, and our man tagged and bagged 'em. Among the obvious names: Brian Mulroney, Peter and Melanie Munk, G-G Michaelle Jean, and Hilary and Galen Weston. More surprising: Clay Aiken and Eric Benet, the latter being the ex-squeeze of Halle Berry.

• And a few more Tour mentions for today:
• Flint Journal & MLive.com Idol Chatter blog - "July 23: Second-season runner-up Clay Aiken performs at Freedom Hill Amphitheater in Sterling Heights."
• TC Palm

• Idle Wandering on why Clay is "da man"... "Lots of folks think of Clay Aiken as a rube or a wimp. Watch this and you may change your mind. Look at the eyes at the end."