Tour, TV Jam Clay Aiken Calendar

ELEVENTH HOUR - The opening of the Timeless Tour is just days away on July 23. Fountaindawg's design highlights the tours of Clay Aiken since American ldol. Photo credits can be viewed in the double clickable versions below.

Fans Welcome Full Schedule

Timeless Tour Clock Ticks Down

Clay Aiken fans are collectively setting video recorders, finalizing travel plans, and stretching plastic for last-minute purchases as the Timeless Tour, release of the singer's new Tried & True ~ LIVE! DVD, and a host of television appearances infuse overflowing summer calendars.

Below is a visual tour highlighting the next month beginning with the Cat Greenleaf interview on "Talk Stoop." If you count fall air dates for the Tried & True: LIVE special on PBS, the scope of this simple report stretches even farther.

July 22: Clay Aiken's interview with Cat Greenleaf will air on "Talk Stoop" at 6:15 a.m. Promos of the show feature the singer's acapalla rendition of "Moon River."

An online version of "The Stoop" will be posted after the telecast. You can download "Moon River" with these Sendspace files: mp3 and video. The clickable graphics by Fountaindawg include caps as well as photos taken by Diana Levine at the taping.

From dawn to dusk on June 2, a PopEater crew followed Clay around New York City as he promoted the new Tried & True CD on TV and radio. The entire day was replayed in Ashley Iasimone's Clay Aiken -A Day in the Life blog and includes a handsome array of photographs by Levine.

When we arrive at the Cobble Hill brownstone where Aiken will be interviewed for 'Talk Stoop' with Cat Greenleaf, he changes into a plaid shirt, accessorized with suspenders -- "I'm sitting on the stoop, why not?" he rationalizes -- and puts on a smile for Greenleaf's crew and family.

His final press appearance of the day is relaxed, the sun is shining and Aiken treats Greenleaf to a brief a cappella performance.

The Boys Are Back in Town - Timeless Tour Montage
View full screen at TheClayChannel on YouTube

July 23: The whirlwind, 17-city Timeless Tour of Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard opens at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, Friday, July 23. Clay and Ruben will perform timeless classics from yesteryear.

2010 Timeless Tour: Concert Sites

Jul-23 - Asheville, NC - Biltmore Estate
Jul-24 - Jacksonville, FL - The Florida Theater
Jul-25 - Melbourne, FL - King Center For Arts
Jul-26 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
Jul-29 - Snoqualmie WA - Casino- Mountain View Plaza
Jul-31 - Reno, NV - Silver Legacy Casino
Aug-01 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
Aug-03 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawatomi Casino
Aug-05 - Windsor, ON - Caesars Windsor
Aug-06 - Chautauqua, NY - Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre
Aug-07 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand Foxwoods
Aug-08 - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
Aug-10 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
Aug-11 - New York, NY - The Hammestein
Aug-12 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino
Aug-13 - Hammond, IN - Horseshoe Casino
Aug-14 - Biloxi, MS - Beau Rivage

July 26-Aug. 2: Clay Aiken/Chaka Khan duet premieres on Disney Radio (see release below.)

Clay Aiken: Tried & True - LIVE cover

July 27: Release of Clay Aiken: Tried & True ~ LIVE DVD.

Pre-orders for the July 27 release of the Tried & True ~ LIVE DVD are underway at Amazon and other online outlets. The 18 tracks from the PBS Special listed on Clay's page at Decca include:

Mack The Knife
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
It's Impossible
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Eso Beso
Who's Sorry Now
I'll Take Romance
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Misty
What Kind Of Fool Am I?
Crying
Suspicious Minds
Build Me Up Buttercup
In My Life
It's Only Make Believe
There's A Kind of Hush
Unchained Melody
Moon River

Clay Aiken: Tried & True - LIVE! Concert Special Promo
View promo full screen at YouTube.

July 31: The list of PBS stations telecasting Clay Aiken: Tried & True ~ LIVE! during summer-fall pledge drives expands daily.

Eleven markets -- Charlotte (WTVI), Miami (WPBT 2), Martin (WLJT 11), New Orleans (WYES 12), Rocky Mountain/Denver, Sacramento (KVIE 6), Tampa (WUSF 16), Atlanta (WPBA 30), New Orleans (WYES 12), Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (statewide), and Columbus (WOSU 34) -- will premiere the special on the 31st. See website for air time.

For air dates, check the searchable PBS tab at Clay Aiken News Network. The database is searchable by locations, dates, stations, etc.

Press releases about the special have appeared at many online sites, of which Playbill is an excellent example:

"Clay Aiken: Tried & True — Live!" will air on PBS stations around the country during July and August.

Aiken, who made his Broadway debut in Monty Python's Spamalot, is joined in the concert by special guests Linda Eder and Ruben Studdard.

Taped in Aiken's hometown, Raleigh, NC, Aiken performs such tunes as "Mack the Knife," "It's Impossible," "Moon River," "Misty," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," "Suspicious Minds," "Unchained Melody" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?" He joins Broadway actress Eder for a duet of Roy Orbison's "Crying."

Double click on Clay/Chaka cartoon to expand.

August 2: Premiere of Phineas & Ferb episode features Clay Aiken/Chaka Khan duet, "I Believe We Can."

With 100 episodes and counting, the Emmy Award-winning series "Phineas and Ferb" continues to roll out with new and thoroughly amusing stories for kids, tweens and families.

In August, the hit animated comedy, increasingly renowned for its smart humor and noteworthy guest stars, will present two new episodes featuring the legendary recording artist Chaka Khan, multi-platinum selling singer Clay Aiken ("American Idol"), Emmy-winning animator/writer Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy") and filmmaker Kevin Smith ("Clerks").

A one-hour episode entitled "Summer Belongs to You" premieres Monday, Aug. 2 (8 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD and Friday, Aug. 6 on the Disney Channel. As the story goes, it’s the summer solstice and, because it’s the longest day of the year, stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb decide to travel around the world in one day.

But not everyone believes they can actually achieve what they’ve set out to do, leading them to get some encouraging words, in the form of a duet, "I Believe We Can," performed by Clay Aiken and Chaka Khan.

Music from the episode will Planet Premiere on Radio Disney Monday, July through Monday, Aug. 2, and will be released by Walt Disney Records on Tuesday, Aug. 3 at online retailers.

Below are regular and widescreen clickables of Fountaindawg's opening tour clock graphic:

Have a wonderful next few weeks, Clay Nation!

Caro

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Clay Aiken Fans Celebrate Clack

TRIED & TRUE - Graphic by cindilu2 incorporates a Flavia Weedn quote with visual from Clay Aiken's new 'Tried & True' Decca release. Photo by Vincent Soyez.

Mann, Aiken Fans Share BBH

Week Tenders Clack Overload

With new uploads of Bringing Broadway Home clack and Popeater's A Day in the Life of Clay Aiken multi-media feature, the past two days have provided a virtual visual feast for the Clay Nation.

Fans at mann_power, a LiveJournal blog dedicated to Terrence Mann, provided a link to Curtis Brown Photography where a slide show spotlights the five featured performers at Monday's NC Theatre benefit -- Clay, Terrence, Lauren Kennedy, Sharon Lawrence, and Quiana Parler.

Terry sings from Clay's lap at Bringing Broadway Home.

Interaction between the two fandoms has produced much sharing of "clack," even to the point that some Mann fans are contributing to Clack Unlimited.

There was much celebrating in the Mann blog when it was learned that Scarlett capped "Stars," one of their singer's songs. The fans are hoping she also captured "Where's the Girl," playfully sung by Mann from Clay's lap.

Popeater Follows Clay for a Day

The biggest news Thursday came when Clay Aiken - A Day in the Life, a feature story by Ashley lasimone, accompanied by video and and a 63-photo slide show by Diana Levine, hit Popeater's corner of the web.

It's the morning after Clay Aiken released his new album, 'Tried and True.' Backstage at 'The View,' the singer sits on a plush green sofa in his dressing room, surrounded by others but in his own world, eyes glues to his iPad as he waits for his call to set.

Aiken starts his day out in a solitary mode, but perks up when he and his crew mull over which cover he should choose for an upcoming DVD release.

A long day of 'Tried & True' promos begins for Clay.

In addition to the singer's appearance on The View, June 2 also included promo stops at ABC and CNN, concluding with an interview for Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf. For this episode, Clay traded in his coat and tie for a plaid shirt and suspenders.

The article provides insights into the long hours an artist puts into promotion, the down time on his iPad between interviews, and a lot of information about the T&T CD, as well as the July-August Timeless Tour with Ruben Studdard.

A Day in the Life video was edited by Tristan Waldrop. Double click on the photo below to view the video portion of the Popeater feature.

Clay chats with Cat Greenleaf on the Stoop.

Via Twitter, CA fans have passed along props for the incredible photos Diana Levine took of Singer Man. If she toured the countless message boards dedicated to Clay, she would be amazed at how many fans now have a Diana Levine avatar. You can check out her website here.

A Day in the Life is currently the third of nine stories on the AOL home page news slide.

Below are samples of the 63 photos. All are clickable, and some are larger than others. The first two are graphics by cindilu2 and the last two are wallpapers by Fountaindawg, all using Diana Levine photos. Enjoy!

Family Loses Special Lady

Thursday our family lost a very special lady. Josie Tomlinson, my mother's cousin, died from head injuries sustained in a car accident on Memorial Day. She is now at peace.

Josie, who taught Spanish in public schools and at Queen's College, began as children's librarian for Wilson County in 1962 and served as library director from 1971 until her retirement in 1985. She was an active volunteer in her church and the community.

Her mother, my Great Aunt Lill, was my mentor. She taught piano until age 96, and has been the subject of a couple of Carolina blogs: Aunt Lill's Potato Rolls and Musical Heritage Passed Down. Josie didn't inherit the family's musical strain, but she put her own gifts to good use. I was a school girl when she went to Bolivia to teach English.

She kept tabs on Clay's performance dates on TV. Many a morning I have received an email to be sure and watch him on The View or GMA. Josie always delighted in new photos of Kai, Lia, and her other "grand" cousins. She was 84, and, although sad about her loss, our family is glad she is at peace.

Ankle Takes Slight Turn

Knock on wood, but I believe my badly-sprained ankle, which the doc predicted would be "better in a week," maybe got the message on the 10th day. There is slightly less pain, but I am still sticking to the frozen corn-elevation routine.

In fact, the mother of Ora and Jeremy, violin and piano students taking makeup lessons today, brought the teacher some groceries and a new package of corn to replace the first batch, which has seen better days.

A note to all you Facebook users: watch out for grandson Kai. I understand our two-year-old (3 in September) loves playing "Bejeweled" and "Family Feud." So much so that one of his mother's friends commented on her wall that she must really love "the Feud"!

Below is a clickable of cindilu2's opening graphic:

Have a wonderful weekend, Clay Nation!

Caro

Thank you for your blog comments and props for the contributing artists. To leave a remark, scroll to the bottom of that section, click on the "Post a Comment" link, and write in the box provided.

Visitors have come to this site from 153 countries. Many thnx for stopping by today! - Caro