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Congratulations Clay! Red Bank, NJ's Count Baise Theatre has officially announced that Clay's December 16 concert is SOLD OUT.
For more information, go to the Count Baise's website.
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We now have an official date for Clay's appearance Tyra Banks Show. The memorable episode Clay taped last month will be aired on November 22.
Be sure to mark your Claylendars for this one since Clay flirted like crazy with Tyra. To see when and where Tyra comes on in your area, go to the Tyra Banks Show website.
Clack Clack Clack! New clack from today's appearance on the Meghan Mullally Show is now available at ClackUnlimited.com. Don't miss this fantantastic TV appearance.
Since I don't really have a full summary for you right now, so here is Clay's Q&A. Meghan likes 'quizzing' her guests. Thanks to whoever transcribed this -- Classic Clay at his best.
Technorati tags: Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways, ATDW, American Idol, Without You, InvisibleWhat's your name? : Clay Aiken
What's in your iPod (or CD player)? : Myself of course
What is "your song" at karaoke? : Like I ever do that
What's your favorite time of day? : Anytime I'm Sleeping
What book are you reading right now? : Sharon Osbornes new book (I think it's 365 pages)
What's your favorite website? : www.wral.com (local news)
What's your favorite old movie (DVD)? : Whale Rider
What's your favorite current movie? : Dixie Chicks documentary "Shut up & Sing"
What is set on your television DVR? : Jericho, ER, The Office, 60 Min. and 20/20
If you weren't in show business, what other career would you consider? : Teacher
What is the strangest job you've ever held? : This One
What was the exact moment you became an adult? : Still waiting for that oneIf you could trade places with one person for just ten minutes, who would it be? : My brother in Iraq, so he could have some time off
What was your last purchase? : My phone
What's in your carry-on bag? : My dog
What's under your bed? : Dust Balls
What's your guilty pleasure? : Keeping my favorite color a secret
Congratulations Clay! CDD has confirmed that ATDW has now officially gone Gold (500,000 copies shipped by RCA). Notice the big dot beside ATDW's listing in the Billboard seen at the top of the post? That means it's been officially certified by the RIAA.
Platinum, here we come!
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It's hard to believe that it's now been exactly 1 year since Clay kicked off the Joyful Noise Tour 2005 in Vancouver. Relive the memories at our Joyful Noise 2005 archive.Originally From Butterflyshine at CV via CH:
Clay has two In Touch mentions this week:
Found this mention in the 11/13/06 In Touch Magazine page 28 under Seen & Heard.....Quote: Hot Tickets; Clay Aiken ran barefoot from an apartment building in Santa Monica on October 17, but he was too late. Two parking tickets were already on the windshield of his Volvo, and the meter maid was long gone.
And they mention his upcoming appearance on DOOL (page 92) Idol Worship; Clay Aiken is heading to daytime on December 22. The American Idol star will appear as himself on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives and will also perform.
Amazon.com has a surprise for you when you go to A Thousand Different Ways' listing on their site. In addition to the picture of the CD, customers can submit their own pictures of Clay to the "image gallery" of A Thousand Different Ways. You have to have an account with Amazon.com to do this.
I just added 2 myself, making a total of 9 images at the site. Only 5 images are showing under the CD picture, but if you click "See 9 customer images", you will be taken to all 9 of the images. You can also vote on the images at this and other amazon.com listings.
This is something I never knew you could do at Amazon.com. Check it out. And if you have an account, add your own image!
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News was posted about two brand, new contests at the Official Fan Club today. It's pretty exciting!
11/01/06 : Redeem a Best Buy code and WIN!This next one is for members only.
By Team Clay
Redeem a Best Buy Fan Pack code NOW for your chance to win... one lucky winner will get a signed 8x10 Clay Aiken photo and an autographed CD! If you've already purchased a fan pack and redeemed your code, you are already eligible to win! If you've yet to pick up a fan pack, or haven't redeemed your code, please be sure to do so on or before January 31, 2007 when the contest ends. Please see the Official Rules for more details.
11/01/06 : NEW OFC CONTEST: SUBMIT YOUR OWN CLAY AIKEN WALLPAPER DESIGN!Technorati tags: Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways, ATDW, American Idol, Without You, Invisible
By Team Clay
We are requesting YOU to create unique Clay Aiken wallpaper for the Clay Aiken Fan Club's "EXTRAS" section. This means you need to put your artistic and computer savvy skills to work to design a truly original and fantastic wallpaper! The winner will receive a signed 8x10 photo, autographed CD, and have their wallpaper posted on the fan club website for everyone to download and receive full credit for their talents! Login to see Official Rules for details.
We have some new videos to share with you:
Clay's currently taping tomorrow episode of The Megan Mullally Show. The two last appeared together on Clay's 2004 Christmas special, A Clay Aiken Christmas. We have this quick report from the CB's ncsupack88:
Just talked to Spartus and she said there were probably over 100 now and that will probably be capacity for the show. Tyra's capacity was about 125 and she doesn't see MM show being any larger. They will take the group in about 11:30 and the show will start taping around noon. She said that they were told it would last til 2 or 2:30 and not to expect any reports til after the show b/c they will take phones.Don't forget that this show will air TOMORROW. Please check local listings to see when the show comes on in your area.
Clay Aiken will be making his soap opera debut next month. “People” reports that the former “American Idol” runner-up will perform a song from his new album “A Thousand Different Ways” on the December 22 episode of the NBC soap Opera “Days of Our Lives.” He’s expected to sign at a private concert for Steve and Kayla, and his version of “O, Holy Night” from his 2004 “Merry Christmas with Love,” will also be included in the soap.
The Tyra Banks Show website has a brief preview of Clay on her show, at a yet to be determined date in November.
When you get to the site, click on "Don't Miss November on Tyra" (bottom left of the screen) and a video will start playing. Keep watching it until it shows Clay singing and then sitting and talking to Tyra. The part that is shown is when Tyra asks him if he is allergic to chocolate. Hearing him say "oooOOoo" is worth the whole video!
Hopefully this little bit of video will tide you over until we get to see the whole show!! At least now we definitely know that its sometime in November!
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A cruise has been planned benefiting and approved by The Bubel Aiken Foundation for February 23, 2008. A Clayboard thread has been set up which includes all information about the cruise.
The 7-day cruise on the CARNIVAL fun ship GLORY, includes ports of call to Nassau, Costa Maya, Belize, Cozumel, and back to Pt. Canaveral, FL. Cruise prices include all of these stops as well as the following:
*All meals on board the ship including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and room service if desired100 cabins have been reserved. Types and number of cabins, as well as pricing information for each type of cabin and deposit information are also at the Clayboard.
(food available 24/7)
*Private cocktail gala with captain
*Gratuities (no worry looking around for money at the end of the cruise)
*All on board entertainment (Broadway/Las Vegas style entertainment nightly)
*Tax deductible donation of $100.00 to the Bubel/Aiken Foundation
Carnival Cruise match donation of $35.00 per person
*$50.00 shipboard credit per cabin
*several surprise gifts
All port taxes of $217.60 per person included
Most beverages included, alcohol and soda are at additional charge.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
The Salamandars are at it again!! They do they most wonderful, craziest stories about Clay with great computer graphics. The newest version is just in time for Halloween...Clay's Halloween 2006! Be afraid...be very afraid of some of the Halloween costumes they have Clay decked out in!! But while this may be frightening, you will have a frightfully good time and laugh yourself silly!
So go through creaking doors. Make your way through hanging spider webs. And definitely watch out for Claykenstein as you head to the Salamandar's Halloween website to enjoy Clay's Halloween 2006!
Oh, and to see the Salamandar's other silly Clay stories, go to their pages at The Clackhouse.
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For those of you who are members of the Official Fan Club, head on over there and check out the new photos of Clay on the Martha Stewart Show. Here's the news straight from the OFC:
10/30/06 : New OFC Photos: Clay on The Martha Stewart Show!While you are over there, also look at the new pictures that have been added to the Fan Club Photo Album. There are over 200 photos in the album now!
By Team Clay
To see pictures of Clay from his appearance on The Martha Stewart Show check out PHOTOS section! Be sure to select the "Clay on TV" category from the drop-down menu to check them out. Enjoy!
We all know very well by now that Clay is going to appear as a guest on the daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives. We know he will sing Everything I Have and that his version of O Holy Night will also be featured on the show. But NBC Universal Media Village has now given us a little more information about the plot for that show in an article called CLAY AIKEN SPICES UP THE HOLIDAYS ON NBC'S POPULAR DAYTIME DRAMA 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES'. Check this out from their site:
In this special holiday episode, Aiken gives a private concert at Salem's local club Dune for Patch (Stephen Nichols) and Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) after the couple offer to volunteer to help Aiken catch a ride to the airport when his car gets stranded.Hmmm, what I want to know is where was Jerome when Clay's car got stranded? I didn't think they ever left him alone to travel! Or did this happen when he took a week to travel around the country a couple of months ago...and his car just happened to conk out right at Patch and Kayla's doorstep!! Good for us that it did!! :)
Join us on December 3 at 8 PM EST, 5 PM PST for THE AMAZING RACE CLAY AIKEN 2!What, you say? This is not a misprint. Clay is releasing a mini-CD (they are actually called EPs) just in time for the holidays. All is Well will be released on November 28 and will include five tracks - "All is Well," "Christmas Waltz," "My Grown Up Christmas List," and "O Come O Come Emmanuel." But there is an interesting little twist here. It would appear that this CD is only available from Wal-Mart!
Brookstone's new Christmas CD, Ultimate Christmas will include Clay's beautiful song, Don't Save It All For Christmas, from his platinum selling Christmas CD, Merry Christmas With Love. Ultimate Christmas is up at Brookstone's website at a cost of $17.00.
The CD includes many favorite Christmas songs, such as Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy by Bing Crosby & David Bowie, Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley, Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano, and Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys. Clay song is the last song on the CD, which to me is saving the best for last! Also, Clay's name is one of the few included on the front cover of the CD.
What an honor to be included with some of the great songs of Christmases past. Clay's songs are classic bound, if not already classics!
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Clay's interview with the TV Guide Channel (finally) aired last night in what was dubbed "TV Guide - Clay Aiken Closeup". Taped at Planet Hollywood in NYC, Clay talked about a wide range of topics and said that "everything on [ATDW] is really me."
While we're on the topic of clack, don't miss SecretlyLovesClay's brand new Virgin Megastore M&G videos from last month. Both of these pieces of clack are available at ClackUnlimited.com:
The Hartford Courant published this big ad for Clay's December 12 Hartford concert in today's issue. Thanks to the CB's clayneticut for this scan.
Totally unexpected Clay sighting in the NY Times. I get parts of the Sunday paper on Saturday. Here I am going through the Arts and Leisure section when my eyes immediately lock onto a picture of Clay. I do a double take...yup...CLAY!!! It's an article on E!'s show The Soup and the host. But who do they put in the pic with Joel McHale but Clay!! Hee!!!! The article doesn't mention Clay but does mention Tyra being mad at the Soup Host for poking fun at her.
The pic is big although not the new hair. The article is half a page and the picture is one fourth of that.
Menconi invited reader invective with his less-than-admiring review of Clay Aiken's latest album. Said one reader: "People like you obviously have a hidden animosity, and you were the people who picked on him when he was a little kid." That's what happens when you take on artists with devoted fan bases who are looking not for criticism so much as affirmation.
Meghan's Quote of the Day
