Lavelle Crawford, runner up of last seasons Last Comic Standing to Appear August 9th in Washington D.C. Saturday Aug. 9th, 2008 at 7:30 PM at D.A.R.
Constitution Hall.

Tickets are available here

As a child, Crawford suffered from numerous hardships, including a struggle with weight, a near drowning at age 10, and abandonment by his father.  He
attended Pattonville Senior High in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where he graduated in 1986.

His first break came at a comedy club in Belleville, Illinois, where he hosted an open mike night. The owner of the club was impressed and paid him $250.

First appearances were made on Def Comedy Jam and BET’s Comicview. Crawford has appeared on numerous television shows including Premium Blend, The Jamie Foxx Show, Showtime at Apollo, and most recently Last Comic Standing, where he finished second to Jon Reep.

Crawford’s material is mainly focused on him being African-American and his weight.

He recently taped a special for Comedy Central Presents.

Former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler has announced performances in
Iowa, Maryland and South Carolina.

Tickets are available here

Fri, Aug. 15th, 2008 TBD Mid America Center (Council Bluffs,IA)

Thu, Sep. 18th, 2008 TBD Great Frederick Fair (Frederick, MD)

Fri, Oct. 10th, 2008 07:00 PM House of Blues-SC (North Myrtle Beach, SC)

Killie finished sixth on the fifth season of the Fox television series American Idol, and in 2006, signed to BNA Records as a recording artist. Her debut album Small Town Girl was released in late 2006. The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Red High Heels" at #15, "I Wonder" at #14, and "Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind" at #16.

After her elimination from Idol, she appeared in numerous shows promoting the TV show and performed the song "Walkin’ After Midnight" in some of her appearances.

Pickler has pursued her recording aspirations in Nashville, Tennessee shortly thereafter. On July 17, 2006 she signed a record deal with 19 Recordings/BNA Records. She later announced it herself on The View. She was part of the American Idol Pop Tarts tour ensemble, performing for three months in various cities. During that period, Pickler worked on her album in collaboration with top industry experts in different cities wherever the tour took her.

Her first single, "Red High Heels", debuted on September 13, 2006 and its music video was officially released on October 20, 2006. It reached #1 on the GAC Top 20 Countdown on February 9th and received a nomination for the CMT Video Awards for "Best Breakthrough Artist Video". Her debut album, Small Town Girl, released on October 31, 2006 topped Billboard’s Top
Country Albums and landed at #9 on Billboard Top 200 selling over 79,000 copies in its first week. Its sales made her the best selling new country solo artist of 2006. The album includes five songs that Pickler co-wrote with songwriters Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Karyn Rochelle.

The winner of season 4 of Last Comic Standing in 2006 will be making four appearances in September and October in Washington, Indiana and New Jersey. 

Tickets are available here

Here is the schedule:

Seattle, WA Moore Theatre 9/20/08

Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Spokane - WA 9/19/08

Indianapolis, IN Music Mill 9/26/08 - 9/26/08

Morristown, NJ Community Theatre-NJ 10/10/08 - 10/10/08

Blue was born in Cameroon, West Africa, where his father, a university Romance Languages professor, was teaching in a mission, and grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota and currently resides in Denver, Colorado.

Josh has cerebral palsy and many of his jokes center on living with his disability, how he deals with it and how other people view him. He coined the term "palsy punch" during his final set of the final round of the show, when he said that the palsy punch is effective in a fight because
"first of all, they don’t know where the punch is coming from, and second of all, neither do I." Blue also joked that signing an autograph takes 45 minutes, and that to write down his phone number he has to find a "big ole’ stack of paper."

Blue got his start in comedy doing open-mic sets while attending The Evergreen State College. Audiences reacted enthusiastically to his self-deprecating humor, and Blue started making a name for himself on the comedy circuit.

He has appeared several times on Comedy Central’s Mind of Mencia.

The first winner of American Idol, Kelly Clarkson has announced a new tour with Reba McEntire which kicks off Thursday September 25th in Manitoba. 
The announced dates extend through November 22nd.

Tickets are available here

Thu, Sep. 25th, 2008 TBD MTS Centre (Manitoba) (Winnipeg, MB)

Fri, Sep. 26th, 2008 TBD Credit Union Centre (Saskatoon, SK)

Sat, Sep. 27th, 2008 TBD Rexall Place (Edmonton, AB)

Thu, Oct. 9th, 2008 TBD Taco Bell Arena (Boise, ID) 

Fri, Oct. 10th, 2008 TBD EnergySolutions Arena (Salt Lake City, UT)

Fri, Oct. 10th, 2008 TBD EnergySolutions Arena (Salt Lake City, UT) (Kelly
Clarkson only)

Sat, Oct. 11th, 2008 TBD Reno Events Center (Reno, NV)

Thu, Oct. 16th, 2008 TBD Allen County Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN)

Fri, Oct. 17th, 2008 TBD Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, PA)

Sat, Oct. 18th, 2008 08:00 PM Sovereign Performing Arts Center (Reading, PA)

Sat, Oct. 18th, 2008 TBD Sovereign Center (Reading, PA)

Thu, Oct. 23rd, 2008 TBD Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks, ND)

Fri, Oct. 24th, 2008 TBD Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)

Sat, Oct. 25th, 2008 TBD i Wireless Center (Moline, IL)

Thu, Oct. 30th, 2008 TBD John Paul Jones Arena (Charlottesville, VA)

Thu, Oct. 30th, 2008 TBD John Paul Jones Arena (Charlottesville, VA)  (Kelly
Clarkson only)

Fri, Oct. 31st, 2008 TBD Bryce Jordan Center (University Park, PA)

Sat, Nov. 1st, 2008 TBD Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, CT)

Thu, Nov. 6th, 2008 TBD Times Union Center (Albany, NY)

Fri, Nov. 7th, 2008 TBD Wolstein Center- CSU Convocation (Cleveland, OH)

Sat, Nov. 8th, 2008 TBD Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, MI)

Thu, Nov. 13th, 2008 TBD Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, MS)

Fri, Nov. 14th, 2008 TBD BJCC Arena (Birmingham, AL)

Thu, Nov. 20th, 2008 TBD Schottenstein Center (Columbus, OH)

Fri, Nov. 21st, 2008 TBD Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC)

Sat, Nov. 22nd, 2008 TBD 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore, MD)

Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music. Clarkson’s third album, entitled My December, was released on June 26, 2007. Her fourth album is due in fall 2008.

Clarkson has sold over 19 million albums worldwide. She is the most successful American Idol alumnus, with eight of her singles becoming Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, she joined Vh1’s list of 10 sexiest women of the new millennium at #8. She also hit #28 on Vh1’s Top 30 Hottest Rock Front women.

Building on her country music status, Kelly and Reba McEntire recorded an hour-long CMT Crossroads special at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium on February 22, 2007. It aired on CMT and MHD on June 24, 2007. Previously, Clarkson was a performer on CMT’s Giants: Reba McEntire. where she sang McEntire’s hit song "Why Haven’t I Heard From You", introduced Dolly Parton, and later also sang Reba’s hit "Does He Love You" with Martina McBride. Clarkson also appeared on an episode of McEntire’s sitcom Reba, that aired on January 14, 2007.

Millions of fans tuned into FOX’s dance contest “So You Think You Dance”! Now fans have the chance to see their favorite dancers from the show live in person.  See your TOP TEN perform live on stage in this fall’s hottest tour!

Tickets are available here

Anaheim, CA Honda Center 9/27/08 - 9/27/08

Austin, TX Erwin Center 10/12/08 - 10/12/08

Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena 11/10/08 - 11/10/08

Boston, MA Agganis Arena 10/29/08 - 10/29/08

Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena 11/12/08 - 11/12/08

Chicago, IL United Center 10/17/08 -10/17/08

Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center 10/22/08 - 10/22/08

Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena 10/25/08 - 10/25/08

Duluth, GA Gwinnett Center 11/13/08 - 11/13/08

Fresno, CA Save Mart Center 10/5/08 - 10/5/08

Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena 10/7/08 - 10/7/08

Grand Prairie, TX NOKIA live at Grand Prairie 10/10/08 - 10/10/08

Green Bay, WI Resch Center 10/18/08 - 10/18/08

Houston, TX Reliant Arena 10/11/08 - 10/11/08

Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 10/15/08 - 10/15/08

Ledyard, CT MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods 11/1/08 - 11/1/08

Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 10/1/08 - 10/1/08

Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena-NH 11/2/08 - 11/2/08

Miami, FL American Airlines Arena - FL 11/16/08 - 11/16/08

Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center 10/21/08 - 10/21/08

Newark, NJ Prudential Center 11/6/08 - 11/6/08

Newport, KY The Bank of Kentucky Center 10/24/08 - 10/24/08

Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Centre 11/9/08 - 11/9/08

Oakland, CA The Oracle Arena 9/30/08 - 9/30/08

Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center 11/14/08 - 11/14/08

Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center 11/8/08 - 11/8/08

Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena 9/21/08 - 9/21/08

Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Civic Center 11/3/08 - 11/3/08

Reno, NV Reno Events Center 10/4/08 - 10/4/08

Sacramento, CA Arco Arena 10/2/08 -10/2/08

Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 10/19/08 - 10/19/08

Salt Lake City, UT E Center 9/23/08 - 9/23/08

San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena 9/28/08 - 9/28/08

San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose 9/25/08 - 9/25/08

Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome 9/20/08 - 9/20/08

Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum 11/17/08 - 11/17/08

Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 10/26/08 - 10/26/08

Trenton, NJ Sovereign Bank Arena 10/28/08 - 10/28/08

Tulsa, OK BOK Center 10/14/08 - 10/14/08

Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum 11/5/08 - 11/5/08

The series premiered on July 20, 2005 and has a similar premise to the American Idol series of singing competitions, with nationwide auditions leading to the discovery of the next big star. The show was created by Idol’s Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions.

A mixture of contestants are chosen for the show, ranging from unknown street dancers to winners of national championships. All contestants have to work their way through a rigorous audition process, and, over the course of the show, are assigned different dance styles and partners each week to test their versatility.

Host of Nashville Star season five and current judge for season 6 Jewell has announced dates for her tour with Brad Paisley

Tickets are available here

Here is are the scheduled dates:

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Thu, Jul. 24th, 2008 08:00 PM New England Dodge Music Center (Hartford, CT)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Fri, Jul. 25th, 2008 07:30 PM Toyota At Montage Mountain (Scranton, PA)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Sat, Jul. 26th, 2008 07:30 PM Giant Center (Hershey, PA)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Sat, Aug. 2nd, 2008 07:30 PM Superpages.com Center (Dallas, TX)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Fri, Aug. 15th, 2008 07:30 PM Verizon Wireless Amphitheater -MO (Maryland Heights, MO)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Sat, Aug. 16th, 2008 08:00 PM Freedom Hall-KY (Louisville, KY)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Sun, Aug. 17th, 2008 07:30 PM Post Gazette Pavilion At Star Lake (Pittsburgh, PA)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Sat, Aug. 23rd, 2008 07:30 PM First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (Tinley Park, IL)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Fri, Aug. 29th, 2008 07:30 PM Blossom Music Center (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

Brad Paisley w/ Jewel Sat, Sep. 20th, 2008 07:30 PM Cruzan Amphitheatre (West Palm Beach, FL)

Jewel is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and poet, generally known just by her first name, Jewel.  She has received three Grammy Award nominations and sold over 27 million albums worldwide. She debuted on February 28, 1995 with the album, Pieces of You, which became one of the best selling debut albums of all time, going platinum twelve times.

In 2007 she was co-host of Nashville Star on the USA Network with  Cowboy Troy.  This season, now airing on NBC she is a judge for the show helping to mentor the finalists.

The host of Fear Factor Joe Rogan has scheduled dates to perform his standup routine in August and September

Tickets are available by clicking this link

Here are the dates and places of his shows:

Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe 8/8/08

San Francisco, CA Fillmore-CA 8/22/08

Seattle, WA Moore Theatre 8/23/08

San Diego, CA House of Blues - San Diego 9/26/08

Joe is an American comedian and actor best known for his role as Joe Garrelli in NewsRadio and as host on the TV game/reality program Fear Factor.  Rogan is also a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is an avid practitioner of Yoga and holds a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Eddie Bravo and Jean Jacques Machado.

The third place contestant on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, Miranda
Lambert, has scheduled performance dates this year.

Tickets are available here

Jason Aldean w/ Miranda Lambert Thu, Jul. 24th, 2008 08:00 PM Cheyenne
Frontier Days (Cheyenne, WY)

Dierks Bentley w/ Miranda Lambert Thu, Jul. 31st, 2008 07:00 PM Celeste
Center (Columbus, OH)

Miranda Lambert Thu, Aug. 7th, 2008 08:00 PM House of Blues Atlantic City
(Atlantic City, NJ)

Blake Shelton w/ Miranda Lambert Sat, Aug. 9th, 2008 08:00 PM West Virginia
Fairgrounds (Lewisburg, WV)

Blake Shelton w/ Miranda Lambert Fri, Oct. 3rd, 2008 07:00 PM Classic
Amphitheatre (Richmond, VA)

Miranda Lambert w/ Blake Shelton Fri, Oct. 17th, 2008 07:00 PM Veterans Memorial Coliseum-AZ (Phoenix, AZ)

Miranda is a two time Grammy Award nominated American country singer-songwriter who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records.

Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut album Kerosene; this album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene", and "New Strings". All four singles were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Lambert was transferred to Columbia Records Nashville for her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which was released in early 2007. Although its first single (the title track) failed to make top 40, the next two singles ("Famous in a Small Town" and "Gunpowder & Lead") both reached Top 20.

Former American Idol season two finalist Josh Gracin has announced several performances for the remainder of this year:

Tickets are available here

Here are the scheduled performance dates:

Wed, Aug. 13th, 2008 07:00 PM Jenkinsons Pavillion (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ)

Sat, Aug. 23rd, 2008 10:30 PM Billy Bob’s (Fort Worth, TX)

Thu, Sep. 11th, 2008 TBD Puyallup Fairgrounds (Puyallup, WA)

Sat, Nov. 22nd, 2008 TBD Charlotte Performing Arts Center (Charlotte, MI)

A former member of the United States Marine Corps, Josh first gained public attention as the fourth-place finalist on the second season of the Fox Networks talent competition American Idol.

After his elimination from the show, Gracin completed his service in the Marine Corps and after his honorable discharge, he signed a record deal with Lyric Street Records. His self-titled debut album was released in 2004. It produced a Number One hit and two more Top Five hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and was certified gold by the RIAA. A second album, We Weren’t Crazy, followed in 2008, also on Lyric Street.

The star of Vh1’s quirky dating series "Rock of Love has announced three
performances.

Tickets are available here

Sun, Aug. 3rd, 2008 10:00 PM Joe’s - IL (Chicago, IL)

Tue, Aug. 5th, 2008 TBD Crocodile Rock (Allentown, PA)

Sat, Oct. 18th, 2008 08:00 PM Silver Legacy Casino (Reno, NV)

Bret is best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal Rock band Poison and for starring in the VH1 reality show Rock Of Love.  Michaels recorded his first solo album in 1998 "A Letter From Death Row" the soundtrack to the movie he directed, wrote, and starred in.

In 2003, he released the studio album Songs of Life. Michaels also served as a judge during the 2005 season of reality television singing competition Nashville Star and released a country rock album in the same year called Freedom Of Sound.