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Kelly Clarkson Brings Out Surprise Guests at Show in LA

Jessica Crans — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:04:37 +0000

Last night was a pretty big night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Kelly Clarkson was in town to perform to a sold out crowd for her Stronger Tour, and as a surprise she brought along some of her celebrity pals to sing with her.

Blake Shelton happened to be in town last night to film last night’s live episode of The Voice, so making an appearance at Kelly’s show worked out perfectly. Kelly and Blake have been good friends for a while now, as they are both managed by Starstruck Entertainment in Nashville, TN.

Kelly brought Blake Shelton out on stage to perform with her for “Don’t You Wanna Stay”, the smash hit she sings with Jason Aldean. She introduced Blake with ”I LOVE him! He is so freakin’ awesome. I love his music, I love him as a person, I love how he messes with people all the time….He is a phenomenal country singer.” You can tell they have a real genuine friendship just by watching them perform together on stage.

At this point in the show, Kelly had brought out two special guests before Blake, Tamyra Gray (who was on American Idol Season One with Kelly) in which they sang the Whitney Houston song “When You Believe,” and pop singer Michelle Branch, who in addition to having her own pop solo career, was in the country duo “The Wreckers” with Jessica Harp. Back in February of 2008, The Wreckers announced they were splitting up the group to focus on their solo careers.

This isn’t the first time Kelly has sung with Michelle, as she made an appearance at The Wreckers’s show at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, TX back in 2007 to perform “Leave The Pieces” with them. This time her and Michelle performed “Leave The Pieces” again.

Last but certainly not least, as if the audience even thought the show could get any better, Kelly brings out Reba to sing “Because of You” with her, which was the fourth single off of Kelly’s “Breakaway” album in 2005. The song was later released in 2007 as a duet with Reba McEntire and featured on her CD “Reba: Duets.” Kelly wrote the song when she was 16 about her parent’s divorce, which happened when she was only 6.

Kelly just last weekend won two ACM awards with Jason Aldean for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” and in her acceptance speech, she thanked country music for accepting her in from the pop world. Country loves Kelly, and we’d certainly love to see her do a lot more in the country world in the future. What do you think?

VIDEO: ACM Awards – Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson Win Single of the Year

Jeanna D. — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:34:51 +0000

It was a sweep for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” at the 47th Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night.

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson took home the ACM Award for ‘Single Record of the Year’ for their number one hit, “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”

The pair took the stage to accept the award along with producer, Michael Knox. Aldean graciously thanked the writers for creating a great song. He continued his speech by adding that he wanted a female vocal on the record and the first person that came to his mind was Clarkson. He then told the crowd, that she took the song to a new place.

Clarkson, looking gorgeous in red, thanked Jason and their managers and then sweetly thanked everyone for welcoming her from the pop world. Country music loves you, Kelly! You are welcomed with open arms.

The pair also picked up ‘Vocal Event of the Year’ prior to the ACM Awards’ live broadcast.

“Don’t You Wanna Stay” appears on Aldean’s album, My Kinda Party, as well as on Clarkson’s deluxe edition of her Stronger album.

Watch the video of Jason, Kelly, & Michael accepting their ACM Award:

Continue reading to watch video of Jason in the press room…

Aldean also stopped by the press room for an interview. He discussed the win, his career, working with Clarkson, Thompson Square, and touring.

“The reason I got into this business is I love playing live, I love playing music, and that’s what I want to do.”

Watch the full interview:

Congratulations to Jason, Kelly, and Michael!!!! The honor was very well deserved.

*Photo Credit: Ethan Miller – Getty Images

ACM Awards: Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson Win Vocal Event

Jeanna D. — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:23:17 +0000

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson as duet partners was a perfect collaboration.

Prior to the ACM Awards’ telecast on CBS, Jason and Kelly were announced as the winners for ‘Vocal Event Of The Year’ for their cross-over mega hit, “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”

‘Vocal Event’ was not slated as a televised award this year, but Jason was presented with the ACM award on the red carpet moments ago.

We wish we could have seen Jason & Kelly accept their award during the live broadcast, but we are very happy for their win!

From the @ACMAwards twitter:

LIVE on the red carpet, @Jason_Aldean takes home the trophy for Vocal Event of the Year!

They also shared this photo:

Academy of Country Music on WhoSay

Congratulations to Jason & Kelly!!!!

Kelly Clarkson Sings With Jason Aldean & Surprises Nashville Crowd

Jessica Crans — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:56:52 +0000

Jason Aldean brought his My Kinda Party Tour to Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN Friday night, February 24, but this time he brought along a special guest. Throughout the tour, Lauren Alaina, one of Jason’s opening acts, normally returns to the stage to perform “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with him. Tonight, Kelly Clarkson made an appearance and sang with Jason while she was in town between her tour dates.

Clarkson surprised Jason by coming out on the side of the stage, as Lauren usually enters on the back of the stage on an elevator that comes up through the floor. Jason is all ready to welcome Kelly on the back of the stage, when the roar of the crowd gets loud and Jason still doesn’t see Kelly. Instead she took the side stage route, as her heels wouldn’t have worked well with the grates on the ramps of the stage. At the end of the video, you can see her pointing to her shoes before she leaves to give off why she came out on the side.

We have posted a video of the performance below, check it out! This song has been such a smash, we love seeing Kelly and Jason perform it together again and again!

VIDEO: Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson Perform at Grammy Awards 2012

Jeanna D. — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:31:55 +0000

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson had one of the biggest songs of the year with their cross-over hit, “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”

On Sunday, the pair performed their duet on one of music’s biggest nights, the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. There may have been some mic issues, yet with these two, the performance was still fantastic and one of the best of the night. Jason’s mic went completely out at the end, but Kelly being the consummate performer, finished the song out beautifully.

Jason and Kelly were also nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Country Duo/Group/Collab,” but The Civil Wars took home the trophy.

Continue reading to watch their Grammy performance…

Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson performing “Don’t You Wannt Stay” on the Grammy Awards 2012:

Video Picks Of The Week: December 30, 2011

Jeanna D. — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:17:47 +0000

Hello friends…

We hope that you all had a great holiday!

We are returning to our regularly scheduled programming with our “Video Picks of the Week.”

Music Video

This week’s music video is the Pistol Annie‘s hit first single, “Hell on Heels.” The Annies sure were a surprise this year, but what an awesome surprise they were. “Hell on Heels” is one of my favorite songs of the year and Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley, and Ashley Monroe’s voices blend so well together. They are the perfect country trio.

Live Performance

This week’s live performance pick is Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson performing their cross-over mega hit “Don’t You Wanna Stay” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Don’t You Wanna Stay” was definitely one of the biggest and best songs of 2011 as well as one of my favorites. Aldean and Clarkson made great duet partners, and the song earned them a nomination for “Best Country Duo/Group Performance” at the upcoming 54th Grammy Awards.

Cover Song

Taylor Swift is pretty much unstoppable. She had another huge year and wrapped up her widely successful “Speak Now World Tour.” As you probably know, Swift performed a cover song by a hometown artist in most cities along the tour run. When she stopped in Philly, she did a mash-up of Pink’s “Who Knew” and TLC’s “Unpretty.” It was one of my favorites from the whole tour. What was your favorite? Thank-you to Taylor’s fan for sharing the concert videos.

Have a happy and safe New Year!