Tour coming to a city near you!

The AI3 tour appears to be on track to be far better than tours of past. According to the Entertainment Tonight spot, this year's idols appear to be more than one big show choir on stage. The music being performed will include many hot covers from some great artists we all know. I suspect this is in part due to the fact that the talent this year is actually able to pull off some big name tunes. I mean, come on, the best Goat Girl and Kim Lite could manage was a mediocre Olivia Newton-John. A recent ET spot featured Fantasia singing Purple Rain and other members of the group rehearsing some good stuff as well. I may have to go see this one afterall... except that I fear I'll be lost in a sea of screaming teens half my age... sigh.... ahhh the life of an old AI lover.

Check the tour dates and see if it's coming to you on the American Idol site.

Read more about it and see some video footage at ET online...

Tasia working with the big dawgs

Fantasia is reportedly working with some of the biggest dawgs in the music biz these days as she begins work on her new album. P. Diddy and Missy Elliot are among the names floating around Miss Tasia at this time. The massively successful P. Diddy has the formula to beat all when it comes to producing music that shoots to the top. And I'm sure, as always, he'll be seen in the videos and be heard rapping on the track somewhere. That, along with his successful sound, is most definitely his trademark when working with new artists. Can't slip an opportunity to be seen past Diddy ya'll... Just kidding... luv ya P.

If this is true, it should be no surprise to anyone really that these mega star producers/artists are jumping on this hot new talent. At this time, the information comes from Tasia's mouth during an ET spot about the tour. We'll see what the final product is though. I'm just hoping it's not a long drawn out delivery and we get to see that CD before next year.

I'm out.