David Archuleta to perform in S'pore next month
SINGAPORE - Former American Idol runner-up David Archuleta will perform at Singapore's Hard Rock Hotel at Resorts World Sentosa next month.
The boyish singer, who shot to fame in 2008 with his performance of John Lennon's Imagine on the US talent show, will take the hotel's "The Coliseum" stage on Nov 19.
Archuleta is well known for his hit single Crush, which was released shortly after his American Idol appearance and has since sold almost two million copies.
His latest album, 2010's The Other Side of Down, showcased his songwriting skills, with him co-writing more than half the tracks.
His 2008 self-titled debut album saw him working with established songwriters such as JC Chasez, Jimmy Harry and Eman Kiriakou, and ranked second on the Billboard 200.
Standard tickets for the upcoming concert are priced at $108. VIP tickets at $148, which are limited to 200, will include a Meet-and-Greet pass.
Concert tickets are available for sale at www.gatecrash.com.sg, TicketCube, All SingPost outlets and SAM machines.
American Idol finalist to perform in Blackfoot
BLACKFOOT — American Idol finalist David Archuleta will perform at the Blackfoot Performing Arts Center on Friday, Dec. 9, as part of his “My Kind of Day Christmas” tour.
Tickets to this performance go on sale Saturday, Oct. 8, at 10 a.m., and can be purchased by phone at 1-208-317-5508 or online at www.blackfootpac.com.
All seats are reserved. Cost per ticket is $27.50 plus applicable fees and can be mailed or picked up at the Blackfoot Performing Arts Center box office. The show will begin at 8 p.m. and doors to the theater will open at 7 p.m.
Archuleta is no stranger to Southeast Idaho. In March 2009 he performed at the Stephens Performing Arts Center in Pocatello and a venue in Idaho Falls. Tickets for each show sold out in a matter of minutes.
Archuleta, who is from Sandy, Utah, placed second to David Cook on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008. He has since recorded three studio albums and won numerous awards, including one for Breakout Artist at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.
The upcoming Christmas tour will feature epic orchestral arrangements of both traditional holiday and familiar classics, as well as an assortment of David’s own, melodic pop favorites.
For more information on David Archuleta, visit www.davidarchuleta.com
First Cook, then Archuleta coming to Santa Rosa
One David after another…
First we get to see American Idol Season 7 winner David Cook (Oct. 20th) at the Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts.
But that won’t be the end of our year-end AI performances.
On Dec. 13th Season 7 runnerup David Arthuleta will be back at the WFC (he was here a couple of years ago) for his “My Kind of Christmas Tour” performance.
He combines Christmas music with his own hit songs and if this tour stop is as good as the last time he was here it’ll be well worth the ticket price of $45 and $30.
for more information visit Archuleta’s website at www.davidarchuleta.com or the WFC site at http://wellsfargocenterarts.org/.
A Sweet BeatJustin Bieber may be coming out with a Christmas Album, but David Archuleta is coming out with a Holiday tour!
The American Idol cutie just announced that he will be going on his My Kind of Christmas Tour all throughout the month of December.
So what kind of Christmas music can we expect to hear?
The official websites writes: “epic orchestral arrangements of both traditional holiday and familiar classics, as well as an assortment of David’s own, melodic pop favorites.”
Sounds like just the kind of music to put us into the Holiday spirit!
Here are the dates:
– Dec 1 Westbury, NY; Theatre at Westbury
– Dec 2 New York, NY; Irving Plaza
– Dec 3 Verona, NY; Turning Stone Resort & Casino
– Dec 4 Stroudsburg, PA; Sherman Theater
– Dec 13 Santa Rosa, CA; Wells Fargo Center For The Arts
– Dec 14 Los Angeles, CA; Club Nokia
– Dec 16 Ventura, CA; Majestic Ventura Theater
– Dec 17 Anaheim, CA; Grove of Anaheim
– Dec 19 Salt Lake City, UT; Abravanel Hall
– Dec 21 Beaver Creek, CO; Vilar Performing Arts Center
Are you going to check out David Archuleta’s magical Christmastime performance?
Syracuse.comDavid Archuleta will sing at Turning Stone Resort and Casino's showroom at 8 p.m. Dec. 3.
The 2008 runner-up to David Cook on Fox's "American Idol" starts his "My Kind of Christmas Tour" two nights prior in Westbury.
Tour publicity promises "epic orchestral arrangements of both traditional holiday and familiar classics, as well as an assortment of (Archuleta's) own, melodic pop favorites."
Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 30, priced at $55, $60 and $65. They will be available at the showroom box office, Ticketmaster.com and 877-833-7469.
Meet-and-greet opportunities and exclusive merchandise also is
available, at davidarchuleta.com.
David Archuleta » comes back home for his "My Kind of Christmas" tour; Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City; Monday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m.; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.Salt Lake Tribune
Daily ChilliPop singer David Archuleta has come a long way since his charming debut on the seventh season of American Idol.
After a brief episode with a paralysed vocal cord that nearly destroyed his singing dream, young Archuleta emerged the runner-up on the hit reality series at just 18.
Now at 21, after a highly successful self-titled debut album that sold nearly a million copies worldwide, his 2009 Christmas From The Heart, and last year’s The Other Side of Down, Archuleta is ready to go his own way.
Last February, it was announced that the engaging performer from Utah has been dropped by Jive Records, his label since 2008. Archuleta also left his management, Wright Entertainment Group in the same month to pursue what he called, “a new direction.”
It’s a certain change of environment, but if the wide-eyed singer has anything to say about it, it’s a positive one.
“A lot of people were surprised to hear that I’m not with Jive Records (owned by Sony Music Entertainment) anymore. But it wasn’t like that. I’ve actually been offered a different deal to still stay signed with Sony but I just felt like I haven’t been happy for the past one or two years and I haven’t been going the direction I’ve been wanting to go,” Archuleta told The Star in a recent phone interview from Nashville, Tennessee.
“Ever since Idol, it was like go-go-go-go-go; do this, do that! There were so many people telling me what I should be doing and what’s going to make me successful but I didn’t actually have the time to think about what I really wanted to do,” said Archuleta, who was chirpy and candid throughout our interview.
While his heart is still set on singing, Archuleta said he is not looking to be signed under a new label at the moment.
“Right now, I need space to grow as a musician and to try to find my own sound. I want to spend time just writing and putting songs together, and then go out to record labels and say: I’m ready to make an album now. This is the music that I want to do – do you believe in me?”
In the meantime, he is working towards writing his own music with songwriters from the musical city of Nashville.
“I love the vibe here,” he said with typical candour. “It felt like magic the first time I came here and that’s why I’ve been coming back over and over again.”
The best part about making music on his own is that he doesn’t have to meet anybody’s expectations anymore, he said. “This is all coming from me, from my heart.”
Archuleta also revealed there’ll be another album on the way but added with a tinge of prudence, “just not this year.”
“Right now, I’m thinking of releasing just another song for fans who’ve been so patient and so good to me.”
Besides writing songs, he is also working on shows for the Christmas holiday season.
“There could even be a Christmas release, even if it’s just a little one,” he hinted.
His Malaysian fans won’t have to wait that long, for the congenial singer will be back to perform his first full concert here on July 26, 8pm at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur.
Archuleta, who was last here in April 2009 for a mini showcase in Sunway said he is very excited about his upcoming concert. “ I was sweating a lot the last time I was in Malaysia but it felt so good. It was such a fun experience to meet my fans and it’s great to be able to go back and do a full show. There will also be a full band this time around.”
Fans of Archuleta can expect a performance filled with breezy, light-hearted numbers from all his albums at the concert.
Organised by Sony Music Entertainment, Malaysia, tickets for David Archuleta Live in Kuala Lumpur are available at RM300 (for VIP), RM230 and Rm190 for numbered seats, and RM150 and RM90 for free seating. All prices exclude RM3 ticket handling fees. Tickets are available from June 20 onwards at Ticket Charge
Dear Fan Clubs, This is just a note to tell you David Archuleta will be appearing at this year’s Stadium of Fire on Saturday, July 2nd. America’s Freedom Festival puts on one of the biggest patriotic celebrations in the country and this includes our signature event- Stadium of Fire. David will be appearing with headliner Brad Paisley. Our website to find out more about the events of the Festival and Stadium of Fire is www.freedomfestival.org If any fans are interested, this email will allow you to purchase tickets on March 2nd and March 3rd. During this pre sale you may purchase tickets online at BYUtickets.com and enter the promo code “DAVID“. The code is case sensitive. To purchase online before the public sales please follow this directions- on the BYUtickets.com page click on Order Online, then Events, then Promotion Login. On this page enter the promo code. Remember ticket fees and delivery fees apply EACH time you enter through the Promotion Login. Online sales will begin at 9:00 AM on March 2nd. Tickets will go on sale to the public March 4th at 9 AM. Of course you may purchase at that time also. We hope to see David Archuleta fans in the audience on July 2.Also, David was in the Provo Daily Herald!
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Credit to momJuleeMormon TimesFor David Archuleta, an attention to music began one day at age 7 when his father put on a "Les Misérables" tape. Archuleta was drawn to the tape and has loved music ever since.
Five years after his interest was piqued, Archuleta performed in the junior category of "Star Search" and ended up on top, winning the competition. An article in the Deseret News from March 2008 reported that after Archuleta won "Star Search" and consequently won $100,000, he stated that the first thing he was going to do with the money was pay his tithing.
"American Idol" was the show that changed Archuleta's life — as overall runner-up, Archuleta grabbed the attention of many inside and outside the music industry. Aside from releasing an album, Archuleta also performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the annual Christmas concert last year.
As a 16-year-old boy from Murray, Archuleta's journey through "Idol" hinted at his faith as a Latter-day Saint. In his rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine," Archuleta skipped the first verse of the song which says, "Imagine there's no Heaven," and later, "… no religion too." A writer for the Los Angeles Times speculated that his reason for only singing the third verse was that he was a Mormon and "unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal." Archuleta did sing the full song on "Good Things Utah" at age 13, but for whatever reason, he decided to skip the first verse this time around on "American Idol."
When Randy Jackson asked Archuleta why he did not sing the first verse of the song, his response was that the third verse was his favorite and that it had a good message.
The New Era published an article in August 2008 that discussed Archuleta's devotion to the gospel. His seminary teacher reported that Archuleta kept up with his daily scripture reading for class, and class members also stated that Archuleta attended church while in Hollywood, despite the craziness of his schedule at that point.
