This Week’s Music News
- Thursday, April 12th, 2007 -
What’s Happening This Week in the Music World- Sanjaya and a Bowl Cut and much more.
Music News
Scavenged from VH1, Billboard by jyospe@1031jack.com
KFC GIVES SANJAYA AN EXTRA CRISPY OFFER TO DO A BOWL CUT. One thing that American Idol contestant Sanjaya is best known for is his hair, and Kentucky Fried Chicken wants to take advantage of that. Hoping to promote their Famous Bowls, KFC has made an offer to Sanjaya. The chicken cookers will give the singer five-thousand dollars cash and a lifetime supply of the Famous Bowls as well as make a charitable donation in his name to Colonel’s Scholars if Sanjaya sports a bowl hairdo during an upcoming Idol performance. On top of the other incentives, if he does his hair in the bowl do, KFC will give him a starring role in their next commercial. The company’s president wrote to Sanjaya, “The judges and critics may think you’re a long shot for a recording contract, but at KFC, we think you’re a real ‘original.’” Keep watching American Idol to see if Sanjaya steps up to the plate or chickens out. This week’s elimination airs tonight at 9 Eastern on FOX.
JOHNNY CASH’S FORMER HOME BURNS. According to a press release from Johnny Cash’s sister Joanne, the Hendersonville, Tennessee home that Johnny and June Carter Cash lived in for most of their marriage, burned down yesterday afternoon. The house is currently owned and being restored by Bee Gee Barry Gibb but the Hendersonville Fire Department told CMT News yesterday afternoon that the home was fully engulfed. The Nashville Tennessean reports that the home on Avondale Drive sustained heavy damage and nearly the entire local fire department was dispatched to the scene to fight the blaze, just northeast of Nashville. The fire began when construction workers were on the property, but as of press time, there was no known cause for the blaze. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
BON JOVI POSTPONES BOOK… Jon Bon Jovi’s biography has been “postponed indefinitely,” and so has his corresponding concert to benefit the Book Industry Foundation. According to the online media business magazine MediaBistro, no specific reason was given for the delay of Bon Jovi’s book, which is titled Believe. As for the June concert, which was to also feature Amy Grant, the head of the event coordination said that the publisher of the book “approached us with the firmest conviction and every belief that Mr. Bon Jovi would perform.” He added, “Unfortunately, as we all know in this business, things change fast and books do, on rare occasions, get postponed. This can sometimes be a bitter pill, especially for those of us who work in the event planning business.”…
…BUT BON JOVI WILL PLAY LIVE EARTH. The U-S portion of Live Earth will take place at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium. Bon Jovi will play at former Vice President Al Gore’s Live Earth concert amongst an eclectic line up that includes Roger Waters and The Police along with rap artists and country singers. Jon Bon Jovi once told us that… (Actuality #1) “A good song is a good song and it just defies formats and that’s the magic to songwriting.” So the audience should enjoy all the good songs from Kanye West, Fall Out Boy, AFI, Akon, Kelly Clarkson, Ludacris, Rihanna, the reunited Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews Band, Alicia Keys, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, John Mayer, KT Tunstall and Melissa Etheridge who are among the other artists confirmed to perform at that event. Tickets for the New Jersey show will go on sale Monday at 10 AM through Ticketmaster.
BRANDY OUT OF TALENT. TMZ is reporting that Brandy has, in fact, been replaced by Sharon Osbourne as a judge on the upcoming season of America’s Got Talent. Rumors have swirled that Osbourne was in talks with NBC since the R&B;star is in the midst of lawsuits stemming from a fatal car crash she was involved in last year. Osbourne was previously a judge on the U-K reality show The X-Factor. Earlier this year, Jerry Springer was chosen to replace Regis Philbin as the show’s host since Regis is recuperating from bypass surgery. The second season of America’s Got Talent is scheduled for this summer.
SHERYL CROW IS SPURNED… In Touch magazine has named Sheryl Crow the unluckiest woman in Hollywood when it comes to finding love. She tops the list of women who keep striking out, followed by Jennifer Aniston, Paula Abdul, Hilary Duff and Tyra Banks. Laguna Beach and The Hills star Lauren Conrad took the six spot, with Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Kirstie Alley and Cameron Diaz rounding out the top ten in that order.
…BUT SHE STILL GOES GREEN. Sheryl Crow is currently amidst her Stop Global Warming College Tour. According to the Associated Press, the 11-stop trek also features Laurie David, who produced An Inconvenient Truth. Crow performs, while David talks about climate change. The duo are traveling thanks to biodiesel fuel and the next stop on the tour is Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For more info, hit up SherylCrow.com.
Posted on Thursday, April 12th @ 12:40 pm.