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Sarah Darling To Perform “Home To Me” September 22 On Fox & Friends
Black River Entertainment’s Sarah Darling will be heading to the big apple this week for her September 22 debut on Fox & Friends. Sarah will perform twice during the broadcast, one of which will be her upcoming single, “Home To Me.” Sarah’s interview and performances will air live on the Fox News Channel at 8:10 am EST and continue on the After The Show Show, immediately following the broadcast on foxnews.com.
The August 21st digital release of “Home To Me” was the best selling digital single by a new female artist since Lauren Alaina, American Idol season ten runner-up, released “Like My Mother Does” as her debut single in May of 2011.
“Home To Me” was written by Caitlyn Smith & Bobby Hamrick and is a breezy mid-tempo track that takes the listener on a lyrical journey comparing her love interest to the beauty of America’s landscape as she finds “home” in that person.
Currently playing on SiriusXM’s The Highway, “Home To Me” will be released to radio this fall and is the lead single from Sarah’s upcoming album with producer Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Rascal Flatts). Sarah Darling fans can purchase “Home To Me” on iTunes and view the lyric video on YouTube.
VIDEO: Simon Cowell Mad at The Voice
X Factor judge, and producer, Simon Cowell isn’t very happy this week. He has been pretty vocal lately about NBC’s decision to run a 3-night season premiere of its hit singing competition The Voice, after Simon says they agreed to let X Factor have Wednesday and Thursday. The Voice aired last night, again tonight, and will tomorrow night. Simon believes that NBC is afraid of losing viewers to X Factor after fans watch the first episode.
In an interview on the Ellen Show, Simon actually boos the Voice and says how he really feels. Watch the interview below and let us know what you think is the better show: The Voice, which features Blake Shelton, or X Factor?
DVR Alert: Rodney Atkins On Fox & Friends
Curb Records artist Rodney Atkins will be appearing on tomorrow morning’s episode of Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel. The country music star is the finale to the “All American Summer Concert Series” for the station. He’ll be performing his hit single “Take A Back Road” and his brand new current single “I Just Wanna Rock And Roll” during his time in the 8 am EST hour.
In other Rodney news, his hit single “Cleaning This Gun” has been featured in the number one movie in America, “The Bourne Legacy.” The single, which was originally released in 2006 as the fourth single off of his “If You’re Going Through Hell” album. Pretty cool! In case you need a reminder of that single, listen/watch to the video below:
DVR Alert: Thompson Square On Fox & Friends
Husband-and-wife duo Thompson Square will be performing their brand new single “Glass” live on the Fox & Friends All American Concert Series this Friday, July 6th from 6 am to 9 am EST on Fox News Channel. The special concert will be held at the Fox News Studios on Avenue of the Americas in downtown New York City. It’s a free show and fans are encouraged to show up to the studios early to make sure they are able to watch the duo’s live show!
Other country stars participating in the Fox News American Concert Series this Summer include Craig Morgan, Gloriana, and Rodney Atkins.
Nominees For The Teen Choice Awards Announced
Some of our very own country starts are among the list of nominees announced today for The 2012 Teen Choice Awards.
Lady Antebellum is nominated for Choice Music Group alongside Selena Gomez & The Scene, Gym Class Heroes, LMFAO and The Wanted. Taylor Swift is nominated in the Choice Single by a Female Artist for her song “Eyes Open” and Choice Female Artist.
Blake Shelton is up for Choice Male Artist against Justin Bieber, Drake, Bruno Mars and Pitbull.
Nominees for the Country categories are as follows:
DVR Alert: Craig Morgan to Headline Fox & Friends Concert
Country music star Craig Morgan has just been announced as the headlining act for the July 13th broadcast of Fox & Friends “All-American Summer Concert Series” in New York City on July 13th. In the free, open-to-the-public concert, fans will be able to catch his title track from his album “This Ole Boy” along with some of his biggest hits from the last few years. The stage will be set-up outside the Fox News studios on Avenue of the Americas and 48th Street starting at 7:30 am that Friday morning.
DVR Alert: Phil Vassar To Perform New Single on Fox
Rodeowave’s Phil Vassar will be performing his new single “Don’t Miss Your Life” on Fox & Friends on Thursday morning. He’ll also be joining hit songwriters Al Anderson, Craig Wiseman, and host Bob DiPiero tomorrow at the CMA Songwriter Series at the Joe’s Pub in New York City.
Phil wrote “Don’t Miss Your Life” after a conversation with an older gentleman on a recent flight. The gentleman’s job required constant travel all over the United States, and made a comment about how much growing up he missed of his daughters’. He told Phil not to fall into the same trap, and the song was born.
“I started looking at pictures of my girls on my phone and realized I wasn’t in any of them,” said Phil. “That’s where this song came from.”
For a look at his new music video, check out his behind-the-scenes video posted on philvassar.com. “Don’t Miss Your Life” is out on radio right now, so let us know if you hear it!
The X Factor Auditions Start
Simon Cowell brought his version of reality singing competitions to the United States last year, and auditions for the second season of “The X Factor” began yesterday already. Fox is using state-of-the-art MyStudio HD Recording Studios in the Westfield Culver City Mall in Los Angeles, California, and at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Other auditions are also underway at other MyStudio locations in Honolulu, Phoenix, Nashville and New Jersey.
“We wanted to give everyone the opportunity to audition and MyStudio booths are another way for us to do this. These booths are studio quality, and we are going to be moving them to lots of cities across America over the next few weeks. You can find a list of all the cities where the studios will be on The X Factor website: www.thexfactorusa.com,” said Simon Cowell.
The program is expanding its audition process this year to help find the best undiscovered talent in America. They’re out to find even more singers than any other reality tv program, both solo artists and groups, with its partnership with MyStudio. Auditions are open to anyone 12 years of age or older, and will be able to record a capella versions of their chosen audition songs in the studio and share with producers why they’re the act that deserves the $5 million recording contract prize this season. MyStudio engineers are available at every audition to help make sure the track goes smoothly.
The finalists from the MyStudio auditions will go directly to auditioning in front of the judges on camera for the second season. The contestants will perform at this stage in front of Simon Cowell and his fellow judges, as well as a live audience in the thousands.
Last season, Drew was one of the lucky MyStudio finalists that made it all the way to the live rounds and landed on Team Simon. She was a top three finalist for the girls team.
Simon will return with L.A. Reid as judges for the new season. New judges, who are replacing Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger will be announced at a later date.
See the full list of audition cities below. Are you planning on auditioning, or are you encouraging a friend to go?
Kristin Chenoweth To Perform National Anthem At NFC Championship Game
The NFC Championship Game will kick things off with a country sound with Kristin Chenoweth performing the Nation Anthem.
This Sunday’s game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers kicks off at 3:30pm PST on FOX.
Chenoweth earlier announced her intention to hit the road this year in support of her “Some Lessons Learned” album. No official dates have been announced for that, but we do know she’ll be getting some very high exposure next week. On January 25th, the Broadway and TV star will be guest hosting “LIVE! With Kelly” on ABC.
The appearance on ABC is natural as Chenoweth has her own series, “Good Christian Belles,” that will be debuting in March. So don’t be surprised if there is a crush of Kristin between now and then.
Celebrate New Years Eve In Country Style
FOX is ready to bring back the cowboy boots and hats for New Years Eve. They’ll be airing their first-ever American Country New Years Eve Live on December 31st. The special will have performances from both New York City and Las Vegas as they count down to the New Year. The special starts at 11 pm EST and will go on until 12:30 am EST on FOX. It will be tape-delayed in other time zones.
Ring in the New Year with musical performances from Rodney Atkins and American Idol season 10 runner-up Lauren Alaina, who will both take the stage to perform their latest hits. The host of the night, and additional performers, will be announced over the next few days.
