1. Wednesday, Mar 27th 2013

    Keith Urban and Katharine McPhee to Perform on IDOL

    Tonight, the remaining eight contestants pay tribute to "The Music of The Motor City," as they perform songs centered on the city of Detroit. Who will rock the stage and make it through to the Top 7 and who will be going home?

    Get ready for a jam packed results show on Thursday as IDOL celebrates its 450th episode! Newcomer judge Keith Urban will take the stage live to perform his hit, "Long Hot Summer." Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee returns with OneRepublic to perform guest vocals on their new single, "If I Lose Myself." Season 11's Colton Dixon will also perform on the big night.

    Make sure you don't miss out! Watch AMERICAN IDOL WED and THU at 8/7c on FOX.

    Posted by @IDOL_Insider

  1. Wednesday, Mar 27th 2013

    Download Top 8 Performances on iTunes

    Download Top 8 Performances on iTunes! Did you love a particular performance from tonight's show?

    Capture the moment and download all the performances from the episode on iTunes. Get all the songs from tonight's episode here!

    See below for links to the individual performances.

    Lazaro Arbos - "For Once In My Life"

    Janelle Arthur - "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

    Devin Velez - "The Tracks of My Tears" 

    Burnell Taylor - "My Cherie Amour" 

    Angie Miller - "Shop Around" 

    Amber Holcomb - "Lately" 

    Posted by @IDOL_Insider

  1. Wednesday, Mar 27th 2013

    Song List: The Top 8 Performances

    The Top 8 rocked songs from Motor City on Wednesday, performing songs from the artists of Detroit. 

    Tonight also marked the first performance show of the season that included duo and trio performances.  

    Did you have a favorite performance from the episode? Check out all the songs below:

    Title: "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
    Artist Version: Jackie Wilson
    Contestant: n/a

    Title: "Stop Breaking Down"
    Artist Version: The White Stripes
    Contestant: n/a

    Title: "I've Heard it Through the Grapevine"
    Artist Version: Marvin Gaye
    Contestant: Candice Glover

    Title: "Like a Prayer"
    Artist Version: Madonna
    Performer: Janelle Arthur & Kree Harrison

    Title: "For Once in My Life"
    Artist Version: Stevie Wonder
    Contestant: Lazaro Arbos

    Title: "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
    Artist Version: The Supremes
    Performer: Janelle Arthur

    Title: "The Tracks of My Tears"
    Artist Version: The Miracles
    Contestant: Devin Velez

    Title: "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
    Artist Version: The Supremes & The Temptations
    Contestant: Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller & Candice Glover

    Title: "My Cherie Amour"
    Artist Version: Stevie Wonder
    Contestant: Burnell Taylor

    Title: "Shop Around"
    Artist Version: The Miracles
    Contestant: Angie Miller

    Title: "Lately"
    Artist Version: Stevie Wonder
    Contestant: Amber Holcomb

    Title: "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
    Artist Version: The Four Tops
    Contestant: Burnell Taylor, Devin Velez & Lazaro Arbos

    Title: "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)"
    Artist Version: Aretha Franklin
    Contestant: Kree Harrison

    Posted by @IDOL_Insider

  1. Monday, Mar 25th 2013

    Keith Urban Announces "Light The Fuse Tour 2013" Second Leg

    One of the industry's most electrifying live performers, four-time Grammy Award winner and AMERICAN IDOL judge Keith Urban, has added a second leg of seventeen concerts that will get underway on October 18th in Omaha, to his previously announced dates (all dates listed below). Additionally, shows in Austin, Albuquerque and at Denver's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater have been added to the newly dubbed "Light The Fuse Tour 2013" first leg.

    Tickets for "Light The Fuse Tour 2013," with Little Big Town and special guest Dustin Lynch, will go on sale nationally, for thirty-nine shows, beginning on Friday, April 5th.

    The "Light The Fuse Tour 2013" first leg kicks off on July 18th in Cincinnati and concludes on October 5th, after twenty-eight outdoor shows highlighted by Urban's first performance at Los Angeles' famed Hollywood Bowl. The second leg gets underway in Omaha before seventeen arena shows conclude in Louisville on December 8th.

    The concerts will feature new music from Urban, expected out this spring, as well as an all-new production, the size and scope of which have become synonymous with Urban's electrifying concert experiences.

    For all official Keith Urban tour news and ticket information go to www.keithurban.net.

    LITTLE BIG TOWN: Grammy-winning country group, Little Big Town-consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook-entered the music scene over 13 years ago with hits such as "Boondocks," "Bring It On Home" and "Little White Church." The group's fifth studio album Tornado was released in the fall of 2012 and includes 2x platinum-selling #1 hit "Pontoon" and album title-track "Tornado" which also peaked in the #1 spot. Collectively, the group has earned over 25 award show nominations and has taken home the award for ACM Top New Vocal Group, CMA Single of the Year ("Pontoon"), CMA Vocal Group of the Year and a Grammy Award for Best Country Group/Duo Performance ("Pontoon").

    DUSTIN LYNCH: Since the release of his debut single, "Cowboys and Angels," Broken Bow Records' Dustin Lynch has earned a #1 album, over a million single sales and has surpassed 7 million views on YouTube/ VEVO. He's soared to #1 on the MTV Music Meter, earned a #1 ringtone on CMT, a Top 5 on the Billboard Heatseekers Songs Chart, a Top 3 Country radio single and was lauded by People magazine as "one of the best debuts of 2012." Dustin's follow-up, the Top 20 double-entendre head turner, "She Cranks My Tractor," continues to catapult up the Country Radio charts.

    KEITH URBAN'S "LIGHT THE FUSE TOUR 2013" SECOND LEG
    OCT 18      Omaha, NE                CenturyLink Center
    OCT 19      Oklahoma City, OK      Chesapeake Energy Arena
    OCT 20      Springfield, MO           JQH Arena
    OCT 25      Tulsa, OK                  BOK Center
    OCT 26      Bossier City, LA          CenturyLink Center
    OCT 27      Lafayette, LA             Cajundome
    NOV 8        Kansas City, MO         Sprint Center
    NOV 9        Des Moines, IA           Wells Fargo Arena
    NOV 10      Peoria, IL                   Peoria Civic Center
    NOV 14      Manchester, NH          Verizon Wireless Arena
    NOV 15      Uncasville, CT            Mohegan Sun Arena
    NOV 16      Uncasville, CT            Mohegan Sun Arena
    NOV 22      State College, PA        Bryce Jordan Center
    NOV 24      Toledo, OH                Huntington Center
    DEC 6        Greenville, SC            Bi-Lo Center
    DEC 7        Charleston, WV          Charleston Civic Center
    DEC 8        Louisville, KY              KFC Yum! Center

    KEITH URBAN'S "LIGHT THE FUSE TOUR 2013" FIRST LEG
    (PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED)
    **ADDED DATES IN BOLD**

    JUL 18      Cincinnati, OH            Riverbend Music Center
    JUL 19      Twin Lakes, WI          Country Thunder
    JUL 20      Monticello, IA            Great Jones County Fair
    JUL 25      Charlotte, NC            Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
    JUL 26      Raleigh, NC               Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
    JUL 27      Atlanta, GA               Verizon Amphitheatre
    AUG 4       Detroit, MI                DTE Energy Music Center
    AUG 8       Columbia, MD            Merriweather Post Pavilion
    AUG 9       Canandaigua, NY       CMAC
    AUG 10      Boston, MA              Comcast Center
    AUG 15      Austin, TX                  Austin360 Amphitheater
    AUG 16      Houston, TX            Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
    AUG 17      Dallas, TX               Gexa Energy Pavilion
    AUG 22      Birmingham, AL         Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
    AUG 23      St. Louis, MO           Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
    AUG 24      Indianapolis, IN         Klipsch Music Center
    AUG 28      Albuquerque, NM      Sandia Casino Amphitheater
    AUG 30      Denver, CO                Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
    SEP 12      Cleveland, OH           Blossom Music Center
    SEP 13      Pittsburgh, PA           First Niagara Pavilion
    SEP 14      Philadelphia, PA         Susquehanna Bank Center
    SEP 21      Mountain View, CA     Shoreline Amphitheatre
    SEP 22      Sacramento, CA        Sleep Train Amphitheatre
    SEP 27      Los Angeles, CA        Hollywood Bowl
    SEP 28      San Diego, CA          Sleep Train Amphitheatre
    SEP 29      Phoenix, AZ              Desert Sky Pavilion
    OCT 4       Tampa Florida           Live Nation Amphitheatre Tampa
    OCT 5       West Palm Beach, FL  Cruzan Amphitheatre

    * Keith Urban and Little Big Town Only

    Posted by @IDOL_Insider

  1. Monday, Mar 25th 2013

    Weekly Scoop: Welcome Back, Colton!

    Former finalist Colton Dixon will return to perform on the Idol stage this Thursday, in time for IDOL's historic 450th episode!

    With eight guys and girls left in the competition, all eyes are on this week's theme: Music From The Motor City. Who is going to head home this week and who is one step closer to being the next AMERICAN IDOL? Only time will tell.

    In the meantime check out where your favorite past Idol is performing this week.

    Monday 3/25
    Carrie Underwood performs at the GIANT Center in Hershey, PA.
    Taylor Hicks performs at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

    Tuesday 3/26
    Carrie Underwood performs at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY.
    Constantine Maroulis performs in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
    Taylor Hicks performs at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
    Jason Castro performs on the Winter Jam 2013 Tour at Chick-Fil-A- Beltway 8 in Houston, TX

    Wednesday 3/27
    Constantine Maroulis performs in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
    Phillip Phillips performs at UCCU Center in Orem, UT

    Thursday 3/28
    Carrie Underwood performs at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, ON, Canada.
    Constantine Maroulis performs in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
    Elliott Yamin performs at WitZend in Venice, CA
    Jason Castro performs on the Winter Jam 2013 Tour JQH Arena in Springfield, MO.
    Scotty McCreery perfroms at Paramount Theater in Aurora, IL
    Phillip Phillips performs at Prochnow Auditorium in Flagstaff, AZ
    Colton Dixon performs on the American Idol stage in Hollywood, CA.

    Friday 3/29
    Carrie Underwood performs at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, ON, Canada.
    Constantine Maroulis performs in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
    Jason Castro performs on the Winter Jam 2013 Tour at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS.
    Crystal Bowersox performs at Harlow's in Sacramento, CA
    Scotty McCreery performs at Mystic Lake Showroom in Prior Lake, MN
    Phillip Phillips perfroms at Pan American Center in Las Cruces, NW

    Saturday 3/30
    Carrie Underwood performs at K-Rock Centre in Kingston, ON, Canada.
    Constantine Maroulis performs in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
    Phil Stacey performs at Free Life Worship Center in Boaz, AL
    Jason Castro performs on the Winter Jam 2013 Tour at AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX.
    Crystal Bowersox performs at Uptown Theatre in Napa, CA
    Scotty McCreery performs at Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN.

    Sunday 3/31
    Constantine Maroulis performs in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical at Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
    Crystal Bowersox performs at Freight & Salvage Coffee in Berkeley, CA

    Tune in to American Idol this WED and THU at 8/7c on FOX.

    Posted by @IDOL_Insider