Tidbits 8/6

• Atlanta Journal Constitution - Clay Aiken coming to Atlanta -

  Clay Aiken spoke to our nightlife/leisure reporter David Graves about his upcoming tour stop at Chastain Park Amphitheatre Wednesday, August 15 with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. I might have to ask David for the full interview. What we posted online is only four questions and naturally, there’s nothing about his personal life. Here’s the link..
  
  He’s going to perform songs off his last album (covers such as “Open Arms” and “Every Time You Go Away”) and upbeat songs such as “Baby Got Back” and “1999.” Yes, Clay performing “Baby Got Back.” That is not a typo folks. The Sir-Mix-A-Lot bootylicious song and Clay Aiken. That alone makes me want to go and see him just to have my jaw hit the concrete.
  

• Look who's listed at the Columbus Symphony's MySpace page as the #1 friend - Clay!
  
• Concert listings:
• Wilmington Star - Cary, NC - "Clay Aiken, with the N.C. Symphony Orchestra: 7 p.m. Aug. 10. $32.50-$55."
  
• Dallas Morning News - hints for the AI wannabe -

  FUN WITH MAKEOVERS: You might want to ugly yourself up a bit so that producers can spot something attractive underneath and want to transform you, à la Clay Aiken or Elliott Yamin. It's amazing what dollar-store glasses, a bowl-cut hairdo and high-water pants will do to make a person under.

• New Yorker - "Idol: The Musical" in events calendar
• Foxes on Idol - Canadian Idol heads to Toronto musical based on Queen - "We Will Rock You"... they musical makes reference to pop cultural icons including Madonna and Clay:

  The local version of the script has been tweaked to incorporate multiple references to Canada and Toronto, and also to keep other references current. Also spoofed are American Idol, boy bands (“the death of rock”), and many pop icons such as Clay Aiken, Madonna, Britney Spears, and, of course, Céline Dion.

• Press release via PRWeb - Idols coming to Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT ... this really has nothing to do with Clay's concert there later this year... the PR just makes reference to the "Ruben and Clay" season of AI - "Trenyce was an American Idol from season two which produced Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken. This season was a competitive one with lots of talented idols."
  
• Idolator finds some Clay fan's signs disturbing....

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