Clay Aiken PBS Special Airs This Weekend

CLAY AIKEN: TRIED & TRUE ~ LIVE! Promo
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Clay Aiken: Tried & True LIVE!

PBS Special Opens in 30 Markets

The Clay Aiken: Tried & True ~ LIVE! PBS special kicks off coast to coast in 30 markets, 12 on Saturday, July 31, and 18 more on Sunday, Aug. 1.

In many cases, the telecast coincides with the public television's fall pledge drives. Supporters will be able to donate to their local station and receive the Tried & True CD, Tried & True LIVE DVD, or both.

Released commercially on July 27, the DVD is already the talk of Clay Cyberspace. As soon as the DVD of Clay's special March concert of Tried & True songs arrived in mailboxes, fans shared screen caps and scans of the DVD art. They are included below.

July 31 Tried & True ~ LIVE Telecasts

WTVI - Charlotte, NC: 4:30 pm (also 8/1, 8/2, 8/4, 8/7)
Rocky Mountain PBS, CO: Denver: 4 pm (also 8/1)
(KRMA, KTSC, KRMJ, KRMU, KRMZ)
NET - Lincoln, NE: 6:30 pm (also 8/4)
(KUON, KHNE, KLNE, KMNE, KPNE, KRNE, KTNE, KXNE, KYNE)
WPBT - Miami, FL: 7:30 and 11 pm (also 8/1, 8/5, 8/8, 8/12)
WLIT - Martin, TN: 7 p.m. (also 8/3, 8/7)
WYES - New Orleans, LA: 9 pm
WOSU - Columbus, OH: 10 pm (also 8/1, 8/8)
WUSF - Tampa, FL: 6:30 pm (Also 8/1, 8/3, 8/6)
WDSE - Duluth, MN: 7 pm
WNIN - Evansville, IN: 7 pm (also 8/1)
WPBA - Atlanta, GA: 8 and 9:30 pm (also 8/2)
WQED - Pittsburgh, PA: 8 pm (also 8/1, 8/2, 8/13)

Aug 1 Tried & True ~ LIVE Telecasts

WNMU - Marquette, MI - 10 pm
KOCE - Huntington Beach, CA - 6:30 pm (Also 8/2, 10 pm; 8/4, 5 pm; 8/6, 7 pm)
WCFE - Plattsburgh, NY - 7:30 p.m.
WQPT - Moline, IL (QUAD CITIES PBS) - 7:30 pm (Also 8/2 1 pm, 8/7 7:30 pm)
KLVX - Las Vegas, NV - 7:30 pm (Also 8/5 12 am, 8/7 3 pm)
WJCT - Jacksonville, FL - 7 pm (Also 8/4 8 pm)
WGCU - Fort Myers, FL - 8 pm (Also 8/2 2 am, 8/5 9:30 pm)
NPT - Nashville, TN - 8 pm (Also 8/3 11 pm)
KVPT - Fresno, CA - 8 pm (Also 8/4 8 pm)
WTCI - Chattanooga, TN - 8 pm (Also 8/4 8 pm)
WITF - Harrisburg, PA - 8 pm (Also 8/5 1 pm)
Georgia PB - Atlanta, GA - 9:30 pm (Also 8/3 7 pm)
WNIT - South Bend, IN - 9:30 pm (Also 8/5 and 8/7, 8 pm
KMOS - Columbia, MO - 9 pm (Also 8/8 12 am)
WVPT - Harrisburg & Staunton, VA -3 pm
WLRN - Miami, FL - 4:30 am & 8:30 pm (Also 8/2 12 am)
Maryland PT - Owings Mills, MD - 7:30 pm (Also 8/2 1 pm, 8/7 11 pm)
KCTS - Seattle, WA - 8 pm (Also 8/5 12:30 am, 8/7 11 pm)

Stations (with links), cities, dates, and telecast times of the PBS special are available on the searchable CANN PBS Database.

Fountaindawg's T&T LIVE graphic, 3, is surrounded by double clickable DVD screen caps posted by adrienne1954.

'Tried & True' Tour Dates Surface

As the Clay Aiken-Ruben Studdard Timeless Tour starts the West Coast leg (in Snoqualmie, WA, 7 p.m. PT Thursday), CA fans continued locating Tried & True Tour dates/locations for February and March 2011.

The unofficial 2011 Tried & True Tour information has been gathered by various means -- Ticketmaster, PBS stations, announcements by the singer during Timeless Meet & Greets with fans this week. An official announcement will no doubt be made at clayaiken.com soon.

Premium tickets/M&G passes for some concerts are being sold in conjunction with the current PBS pledge drives/Tried & True LIVE telecasts. Not every PBS station is paired with the 2011 winter tour. Early August general ticket sales have be reported by some venues.

Tentative 2011 T&T Tour Sites

Miami, FL - Feb 10, The Adrienne Arsht Center
Orlando, FL - Feb 11, The Hard Rock Cafe
Atlanta, GA - Feb 16, The Cobb Energy Centre
Pittsburgh, PA - Feb 18, Carnegie Library Music Hall at Homestead
Cleveland, OH - Feb 19, Palace Theatre
Towson, MD - Feb 22, Kraushaar Auditorium
Charlotte, NC - Feb 23, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Greenville, SC - Feb 24, The Peace Center
Long Island, NY - Feb 26, Capital One Bank Theater at Westbury
Glenside, PA - Feb 27, Keswick Theater - PBS39 is pre-selling concert/VIP M&G tickets now!
Mesa, AZ - Mar 10, Mesa Arts Center
San Francisco - Mar 12 or 13

Other possible concert sites include Memphis, TN; Sarasota FL; Waukegan, IL; St. Louis, MO; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; and Dallas/Grand Prairie, TX.

Check with your local PBS station to see if (a) a Feb-March concert is part of the pledge package and (b) if the tickets are on sale prior to the telecast.

DVD Art EEEEE-Worthy!

Fans who pre-ordered the Tried & True: LIVE DVD or pledged donations during the special June 12 preview by Chicago's WTTW-11 PBS station have been receiving some EEEEE-worthy mail this week.

The Clay Aiken: Tried and True LIVE DVD is available as a 60-minute core version, released commercially two days ago, and as a 90-minute pledge event version to be distributed by PBS. The concert special, filmed in Raleigh, NC, in March was produced by International Media.

Decca Records lists the tracks of the core DVD as Mack the Knife, It's Impossible, It's Only Make Believe, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Crying, Eso Beso, Who's Sorry Now, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Suspicious Minds, What Kind of Fool Am I, Build Me Up Buttercup, Misty, There's a Kind of Hush, Moon River, Unchained Melody, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tried & True.

Dancermom2 scanned the front and back covers, booklet, and special photo accompanying the DVD. Below are double clickables of her scans:

Anyone have friends or relatives who live in the 7/31 and 8/1 cities? I know a ton of folks in Nashville who will be receiving an email with info about Clay's PBS Special and a link to the above promo video. I wouldn't doubt you know people who need the same kind of email!

The next three Timeless Tour performances are Thursday, July 29, 7 p.m. PT, Mountain View Plaza, Snoqualmie, WA; Saturday, July 31, 8 p.m. PT, Silver Legacy Casino, Reno, NV; and Sunday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m. PT, Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA.

A complete listing appears in Tour, TV Jam Clay Aiken Calendar, the 7/18 Carolina blog entry.

Below is a double clickable of the special photo that comes with the Tried & True ~ LIVE! DVD:

Have a wonderful week, Clay Nation!

Caro

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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

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 arrived at this site from 153 countries. Many thnx for stopping by today! - Caro