New Song Debut

Kelly sang one of her new songs today at a rehearsal for the NASCAR concert scheduled for tomorrow before the Daytona 500. Her new song is entitled "One Minute." Check out the link for a video and be sure to watch her tomorrow!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6MK0NNFY

Kelly <3s the Environment... and Al Gore?

Snoop, Pharrell, Peas, Chili Peppers To Perform At Al Gore Environmental Concerts

Events will take place in seven cities on 7/7/07

LOS ANGELES — Snoop Dogg, Pharrell, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Eyed Peas, Fall Out Boy, Akon, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, John Mayer, the Foo Fighters, AFI and Sheryl Crow are among the artists scheduled to take part in a series of international concerts organized by former vice president and environmental advocate Al Gore, it was announced on Thursday (February 15) at the California Science Center.

The concerts are aimed at raising public awareness about global warming. The shows, which organizers have said will be bigger than 1985's Live Aid concerts, will take place on July 7 — 7/7/07 — in seven cities: London; Shanghai, China; Sydney, Australia; Johannesburg, South Africa; and cities to be determined in Brazil, Japan and the United States. The events, which will combine film, music and televised material, are expected to reach an audience of more than 2 billion people.

Participating artists also announced on Thursday include Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Paolo Nutini, Melissa Etheridge, Damien Rice, Corinne Bailey Rae, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Enrique Iglesias, Maná, Keane, Korn, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Bloc Party; many more will be announced at a later date, as more than 100 artists are expected to perform.

The announcement was made by Cameron Diaz, Gore, Pharrell and concert organizer Kevin Wall (who also organized Live 8 — see "Jay-Z, U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd Deliver Live 8 Highlights") at a press conference. The former vice president appeared as a presenter at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (see "Timberlake Rocks; Blige Weeps; Chicks, Chilis Clean Up At Grammys").

The announcement came just weeks after Gore teamed with British billionaire Richard Branson to announce a $25 million prize for the first person to come up with a way of scrubbing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, according to a Reuters report. "Man created the problem and therefore man should solve the problem," Branson told a news conference announcing the Virgin Earth Challenge.

The prize will run for five years initially, with ideas to be assessed by a panel of judges including Branson, Gore and several environmental/climate scientists. The winner is charged with finding a way to remove 1 billion metric tons of carbon gases a year from the atmosphere for 10 years — with $5 million of the prize being paid at the start and the remaining $20 million at the end.

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552503/20070215/al_gore.jhtml

Unreleased Songs

With less than a week until the concert before the Daytona 500, you'd think there'd be more news out there. But no. So instead I'll post a list of some of Kelly's unreleased songs that may be on her upcoming album:


1. Bleed for Me
2. Yeah
3. Go
4. Come Here
5. Anymore
6. Maybe
7. Don't
8. All I Know
9. Irvine
10. In These Eye
11. Can I Have a Kiss
12. Couldn't Stop
13. Traces of Gold
14. Lonely Night
15. Judas
16. Haunted
17. Get Away
18. Baby Blue Eyes
19. Hole
20. How I Feel

Kelly's Wedding

...ok, it's a misleading title. What we really have are pictures of Kelly in someone else's wedding. But still, she looks pretty!

Crossroads

It appears Kelly Clarkson is going to be reunited with Reba McEntire once again. They'll be taping an episode of CMT Crossroads together on February 22nd, which should air "fourth quarter" 2007. Don't forget Kelly is going to be on Reba's duets album "to be released in late 2007."

Source: CMT

Paparazzi Peace

Kelly was last attacked by the paparazzi on Sunday at the Los Angeles International airport:

"Kelly, 24, is set to perform Feb. 18 on a live “Tribute to America” special on Fox prior to the Daytona 500."

For more pictures, check out the source.

Source: http://www.justjared.com/2007/02/06/kelly-clarkson-airport/

Rumor Mill

According to people with inside sources, Kelly's new album (still TBA) is done. Done recording, done being mixed, etc. What's left is simply Kelly picking the track list and first single. After that, it's open to being promoted and then released whenever she's allowed. Here's hoping for some leaks...

Kelly's a Headliner

Two-time Grammy Winner Kelly Clarkson and NASCAR Team Up
Kelly Clarkson Comes in First Place with a Year Long NASCAR Contract
The past couple years when you turn on the radio, you hear a tune about someone being able to breathe for the first time, a girl singing about a broken home as a child, or a relationship gone bad but she won't let anyone see her cry. Oh. We're talking about Kelly Clarkson, the first-crowned American Idol, now two time Grammy winner.

Kelly seems to be unstoppable these days. Embarking on two tours in 2005 and a summer tour in 2006 sponsered by Ford, finally breaking away from the American Idol image and turning into a budding artist winning 2 Grammys in 2006, becoming the most successful artist on Top 40 radio, what more could she accomplish? Well for starters January 14th she landed a guest starring role on the TV sitcom Reba. Only a few days ago NASCAR announced Kelly has signed a deal for the 2007 year.

February 18th, the Breakaway star will headline the Nextel Tribute to America concert. During her segment there, she will film a 30 second clip for a commercial that will showcase her actual performance and racing footage. This clip will feature a new song from Clarkson's 3rd album due out in the Spring. This sponsership is great promotion for both NASCAR and Clarkson soon-to-be fans. For the NASCAR fans who have not been fans of Clarkson before, will fall into her captivating voice and broaden her range of fans, while promoting the most highly anticipated album of 2007. What does this mean for NASCAR? Quite the opposite. Clarkson's fans will of course follow her events, and may become NASCAR fans themselves!

"Anyone who knows me knows I'm a race fan and love NASCAR," Clarkson said.

Ms. Independent herself will become spokeswoman and ambassador for NASCAR Day on May 18th. This event gives fans a chance to support their favourite sport and help a worthy cause. Kelly will be featured in an ad promoting the NASCAR Foundation.

Broadcast live on ESPN November 30th, Clarkson will perform for the Nextel Cup Series Awards Ceremonies.

September 3rd, 2006, Kelly said those 4 famous words "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

Many artists use this ad campaigning as promotion and marketing. Clarkson's Addicted Tour was sponsered by Ford. At each show, Ford gave away a free car to one lucky person in the audience. The TV spot featured a song written by Clarkson herself years ago, finally finding a proper home, called "Go." Clarkson's follow-up to her multi-platinum "Breakaway" will be released no later than May, and Kelly has penned every or co-wrote every song. NASCAR is a great way to promote this release to showcase that Kelly is not only an American Idol, but will eventually one day be an American Icon.

I thought this was a really cute article in anticipation of her concert. I also added a countdown clock to the event, too - inspired by the KC Express.

Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/129299/twotime_grammy_winner_kelly_clarkson.html

DIE 10 GRÖßTEN

Guess who's been voted number one on Germany's DIE 10 GRÖßTEN? That's right - none other than Kelly Clarkson. A few quotes from the show:

"Kelly has an incredible voice."

"She's the greatest"

"Grammy is the biggest award"

I don't speak German, so I'll have to take other people's word for it. Speak German? Check out the download: www.megaupload.com/?d=K1Z9ZK8R

Source: KC Express

Smack that

Kelly Clarkson is currently featured in the February issue of Smack magazine, a popular Brazilian periodical. Of course, no new information is featured the magazine but that doesn't mean it doesn't look pretty. Take a look for yourself, or even the article if you can read it: http://www.kellypictures.net/thumbnails.php?album=385

Apparently, the article discusses her history on American Idol, general information, and news regarding TBA. Like I said. Nothing new.

Rabbit, Rabbit

February's finally here. While there's still a lull in Kelly news, February will bring in the NASCAR commercial and mini concert. That means in slightly over two weeks, there'll be a new song debuted (possibly the new single). If it does happen to be the new single, of if it's released for radio play this month, that could mean a possible April release. That would be better than "mid year" or the vague "summer" reports.

In relatively unrelated news, Kat's album (Katharine McPhee) is out and Chris Daughtry's (also self-titled) is still topping the charts. I do admit to liking Kat's "Dangerous," but I didn't even know when Chris released his album.

Kat's album, along with Avril's, is generally thought to be the reason for the delay of TBA's release date.