Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Dream Team: Kelly Clarkson & Pentatonix


GRAMMY AWARD WINNER KELLY CLARKSON ANNOUNCES
2015 PIECE BY PIECE TOUR
Sixth Studio Album, Piece By Piece, Available Today

Special Guests Pentatonix

& Eric Hutchison To Join The Tour

Tickets On Sale Starting March 14 at LiveNation.com


Yes it's a dream come true! Kelly Clarkson is touring with the world's favorite acapella group Pentatonix, get all the 411 below...see you there!

Earlier today on Good Morning America, global superstar and GRAMMY® Award winner Kelly Clarkson announced her 2015 PIECE BY PIECE TOUR. The 36-city tour, promoted exclusively by Live Nation, will start on July 11 in Hershey, Pennsylvania and culminate on Sept. 20 in Camden, New Jersey. Joining Kelly on the tour will be recent GRAMMY® winners Pentatonix and singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson. Kelly will be touring in support of her sixth studio album, Piece By Piece, which is available in stores and digitally today.

Fans will be able to access special pre-sales by being members of Kelly’s free online fan club, Kellebrities. To sign up and get more details, visit www.KellyClarkson.com.  Citi® cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete pre-sale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Tickets for the general public go on sale starting Saturday, March 14. For more information on the tour and specific on-sale dates, please visit www.KellyClarkson.com or www.LiveNation.com.  Join the 2015 PIECE BY PIECE TOUR conversation at #PieceByPieceTour.

Kelly kicked off her U.S. promotion on Sunday with a profile on CBS Sunday Morning, followed by a performance and skit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. Critics have been raving about Piece By PieceTIME saying it’s, “a record that’s loaded with slick power-pop and uplifting empowerment anthems,” while Billboard states, “Clarkson doubles down on songs that put her skyscraping voice first. And it sounds better than ever.” Kelly can also be seen on the cover of this week’s People Magazine.

Kelly Clarkson 2015 PIECE BY PIECE TOUR Dates
All dates, venues and cities below subject to change.

Date
City
Venue
On-Sale Date
Sat July 11
Hershey, PA
Hersheypark Stadium
Sat March 14
Sun July 12
Mansfield, MA
Xfinity Center
Sat March 21
Tue July 14
Holmdel, NJ
PNC Bank Arts Center
Sat March 21
Thu July 16
New York, NY
Radio City Music Hall
Sat March 21
Fri July 17
New York, NY
Radio City Music Hall
Sat March 21
Sun July 19
Pittsburgh, PA
First Niagara Pavilion
Sat March 14
Tue July 21
Darien Center, NY
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Sat March 14
Thu July 23
Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun Arena
Sat March 21
Sat July 25
Toronto, ON
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sat March 21
Sun July 26
Clarkston, MI
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat March 14
Tue July 28
Cincinnati, OH
Riverbend Music Center
Sat March 14
Thu July 30
Indianapolis, IN
Klipsch Music Center
Sat March 14
Sat Aug. 1
Rosemont, IL
Allstate Arena
Sat March 21
Sun Aug. 2
St Louis, MO
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sat March 14
Tue Aug. 4
St Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center
Sat March 21
Thu Aug. 6
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center
Sat March 14
Sat Aug. 8
Salt Lake City, UT
USANA Amphitheatre
Sat March 14
Mon Aug. 10
Portland, OR
Moda Center
Sat March 14
Wed Aug. 12
Seattle, WA
KeyArena
Sat March 14
Sat Aug. 15
Las Vegas, NV
Mandalay Bay Events Center
Sat March 28
Sun Aug. 16
San Diego, CA
Viejas Arena
Sat March 14
Wed Aug. 19
Los Angeles, CA
Staples Center
Sat March 28
Fri Aug. 21
Wheatland, CA
Toyota Amphitheatre
Sat March 21
Sun Aug. 23
Mountain View, CA
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sat March 21
Tue Aug. 25
Phoenix, AZ
Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sat March 14
Thu Aug. 27
Albuquerque, NM
Isleta Amphitheater
Sat March 14
Sat Aug. 29
Austin, TX
Austin360 Amphitheater
Sat March 14
Sun Aug. 30
Dallas, TX
Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sat March 14
Tue Sept. 1
Houston, TX
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat March 14
Thu Sept. 3
Little Rock, AR
Verizon Arena
Sat March 14
Sat Sept. 5
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena
Sat March 14
Thu Sept. 10
Atlanta, GA
Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
Sat March 21
Sat Sept. 12
Vienna, VA
Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts
Sat March 21
Sun Sept. 13
Vienna, VA
Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts
Sat March 21
Tue Sept. 15
Tampa, FL
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sat March 14
Thu Sept. 17
West Palm Beach, FL
Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Sat March 21
Sat Sept. 19
Raleigh, NC
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Sat March 14
Sun Sept. 20
Camden, NJ
Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat March 21


For more information, please visit:
Official Website: www.kellyclarkson.com
Twitter: @kelly_clarkson
Listen to Piece By Piece on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/PxPSpotify?IQid=pressrelease
Purchase Piece By Piece (iTunes): http://smarturl.it/PxPiT?IQid=pressrelease

Monday, March 2, 2015

Lady Gaga & Taylor Kinney Take The (Polar) Plunge

Baby It's Cold Outside: Taylor Kinney & Lady Gaga
Recently engaged couple Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney took part in the Polar Plunge on March 1st.

Participants in the plunge jump into Chicago's icy & frigid Lake Michigan as a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.

Gaga shared the experience to her Instagram followers telling them: "My weave froze!!" further spilling "Taylor gave me his hat I thought my wig was gonna freeze into and become one with the lake."

Awwwwwwwwwww.....these two sound like they are made for each other.

Hey, the couple that freezes together, stays together.

Find out more about the Special Olympics at:

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Trip Out On "Memory Lane"

          
Memory Lane coming on March 24th
       A brilliant science thriller that has been                compared to independent  sci-fi               classics  Pi , Memento and Primer     

 "Shawn Holmes, an Afghan War veteran, spent the last of of his savings to make "Memory Lane." 

So glad the lead character in this film has one of those things, you know, your childhood, your past, oh a memory...

The psychological thriller tells the story of a war veteran who travels the real world and the afterlife in search of his fiance's killer by stopping and restarting his heart. Holmes started writing around the third grade and has been writing with his friend Hari Sathappan for years.

"Memory Lane is really just a combination of a lot of stuff that we have written from way back then to the middle of college so we just kind of combined everything we had and it turned out to be this," said Holmes. Friends were all over the set while making "Memory Lane" and when they were off set, too. Holmes' two roommates Zac Snyder and Michael Guy Allen, who is an Afghan War vet like his character, star in the movie.

"I wrote a lot of it around his experiences as an Afghan War combat veteran," said Holmes. "My other friend Zac Snyder also lived with us at the time, he stars in the movie. All the actors just volunteered so it was really easy to shoot being that I lived with two of the stars."

Once finished, "Memory Lane" was shown by the West Virginia Filmmakers Guild and Holmes was the youngest nominee ever for WV Filmmaker of the Year. Holmes then released "Memory Lane" online for one weekend and reached 22 thousand hits including the Wall Street Journal and Yahoo which helped build buzz and land Holmes in Hollywood where he's currently working on various high level projects.

Synopsis
When PTSD-plagued war vet Nick returns home and finds that his finance Kayla has committed suicide, he decides to take his own life, but what he sees in flashbacks moments before he is resuscitated leads him to believe Kayla was murdered. Now Nick must travel back and fourth between our world and the afterlife in a search of her killer - but to do it, he will need to die over and over again. 

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Leonard Nimoy, Go Boldly Into The Next Adventure

Leonard Nimoy as Spock: Live Long and Prosper

Leonard Nimoy most known for his iconic role as Spock on the TV series Star Trek, which later spawned a string of successful movies with the original cast and then a later a new one has passed away.

While I was never into Star Trek I respect it's place in television history and the cultural impact it has had.

So I asked my friend and Trekkie Rhonda Bernstein to speak to the passing of Mr. Nimoy:

"I was very saddened and surprised to hear of his passing. Spock, as written and portrayed by Nimoy, was truly an iconic figure and one of the most complex, endearing and enduring characters in all the Star Trek iterations. Nimoy used his fame to advance numerous artistic and charitable causes.  His lifetime of achievements, both before and off the screen, enriched us all."

Well put! 

R.I.P. Spock

Leonard Nimoy on IMDB: 

Friday, February 27, 2015

"Unpack Your Memories" With Trevor Hall

Trevor Hall: He's Back and Ready to Chill


Trevor Hall
To Release New EP 
Unpack Your Memories on March 27th
Australian Tour Begins on April 2nd followed by U.S. dates in late Spring

“Songs come and songs go. Some get lost in the folds of time, while others are passed on and shared in infinitude.”Trevor Hall

Chill dude Trevor Hall is Back! 
Check out my full length chat with him about his last effort Chapter Of the Forrest here, cheers -

http://mshinafelt.blogspot.com/2014/06/chillaxin-with-trevor-hall.html

Singer-songwriter Trevor Hall has announced the release of a new EP Unpack Your Memories, due out on Vanguard Records on March 27th. This five song collection includes some of Hall’s most personal tracks recorded solely by him, on his laptop.  
Hall talks about the history of these songs and why he chose to share them with the world at this time. “Unpack Your Memories  is a collection of songs that have been in my “vault” for a long time now,” Hall says. “Some just didn’t make the other albums and some were just too intimate to share at the time. Now they are ready to breathe and be shared with others. The name of the album says everything … These are all songs that have become memories for me. I am reaching into my bag and unpacking them - unpacking their meaning, the memory of where I was when I wrote them, and the feelings that they brought me so many years ago. As the saying goes, ‘You never meet the same river twice.’ Every time I hear these songs, they teach me something new or offer me the gift of a new perspective.  There are many other songs that are still in my vault, but I felt these were the most important to share at this time. The songs all came up together like the roots of a tree, and have taken form in the EP.”

Click here to listen to the title track “Unpack Your Memories.” The Unpack Your Memories EP is available for pre-order from the Vanguard Records store here .

Following the release of Unpack Your Memories, Trevor will be back on the road in Australia for his Bluesfest debut and in the U.S. Performances include the Soulshine Festival, California Roots Festival, Wanderlust and more. See a full list of tour dates below. Additional information on purchasing tickets can be found here .

2015 Tour Dates
APR 2
Melbourne, VIC, AUS
SOULSHINE Fest -Festival Hall
APR 5
Sydney, NSW, AUS
SOULSHINE Fest - Enmore Theatre
APR 6
Byron Bay, NSW, AUS
Bluesfest
APR 9
Maroochydore, QLD, AUS
Sol Bar
APR 10
Brisbane, QLD, AUS
Tivoli (with Michael Franti)
APR 11
Cairns, QLD, AUS
Tivoli (with Michael Franti)
APR 12
Cairns, QLD, AUS
Tivoli (with Michael Franti)
MAY 19
Humboldt, CA, USA
Hum Brews
MAY 20
Mill Valley, CA, USA
Sweetwater
MAY 22
Monterey, California, USA
California Roots Fest
MAY 23
Hermosa Beach, CA, USA
Saint Rocke
MAY 24
San Diego, CA, USA
Belly Up
JUN 16
Wilmington, DE, USA
World Cafe Live Delaware
JUN 17
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Music Hall of Williamsburg
JUN 18
Portland, ME, USA
Port City Music Hall
JUN 20
Stratton, VT, USA
Wanderlust Festival
JUN 21
Stratton VT, USA
Wanderlust Festival (extra activities)
JUN 26
Rothbury, MI, USA
Electric Forest Festival
JUN 27
Chicago, IL, USA
Lincoln
JUL 18
Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Wanderlust Festival
JUL 19
Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Wanderlust Festival (extra activities)