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Pop singer Kelly Clarkson powered through eighteen compositions in a bit more than one hour on Friday night at the San Diego Civic Theatre. The beautiful Kelly Clarkson was seated at the bottom of a staircase in a red dress, just like the cover of her 3rd album, entitled “My December.” Off came the long dress, and the performer, in a silk purple top and tight black pants, kicked off the night with her popular hit “One Minute.”

Some people are ready to do the craziest things just to make their kids happy. 35-year old Jody Powell hung on to a twelve-foot statue of “Hannah Montana” for six days to win tickets to a sold-out concert by Miley Cyrus. The show will be held next week in Tampa. Now Jody Powell has 4 tickets to the show and a photo of his fiancée with her 7-year-old daughter, also named Hannah. Jody was declared the winner after the other remaining contestant, Lara Padgett, became distracted and let go.

 Friday morning, some “Hannah Montana” ticket money will go to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent. “The Bob and Tom Show” on radio station WFBQ-FM (94.7) is going to auction 4 tickets to the Hannah Montana show, 4 backstage passes, an autographed Christmas ornament signed by Miley Cyrus.

Celine Dion, who was born in Quebec, has announced she will participate in Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations that will be held next year. The performer is to sing during a free outdoor concert that is scheduled for August 22 on the historic Plains of Abraham. The show is among the highlights of the city’s birthday activities, that will also include tailor-made performances by the Cirque du Soleil and writer-director Robert Lepage.

Yesterday night at sold-out Northrop Auditorium, guitar god Neil Young performed 1992’s “From Hank to Hendrix” as his opening number.

Neil’s songs speak of loneliness and longing, He opened the concert with obscure tunes but came up short on his big hits.

The Hall Of Famer has been known for presenting quirky shows. In 2003, for instance, he offered a hippie stage musical with actors, sets, and songs. He has toured alone, surrounded by a semicircle of acoustic guitars. The rock star has done ear-splitting rocking concerts, with roadies dressed as aliens and the stage dressed with cartoon amplifiers.

A most appropriate quirk was unveiled at Northrop. One electric and one solo acoustic set with a 4-piece band. The formula fit his career, during which he has been the melancholy folkie and the great rocker with equal success. Yesterday’s concert was a fan’s dream, filled with plenty of obscure and seldom-performed compositions, but it was also a casual fanatic’s disappointment if they were hoping for lots of well-known hits.

In all, it was a rewarding but a bit disappointing evening, short on consistent vocal passion and soaring highs Neil Young has provided in the past years.

The opening eleven-song, one-hour set was very even keeled, with his vocals almost as bland as the clothes he was wearing. The true fans ate up the obscurities like “Mellow My Mind” on a banjo, “Sad Movies,” and “Ambulance Blues,” as well as Nixon-era tune with the line “I know a man who tells so many lies” that resonated in these Bush times.

The popular singer Tim McGraw helped raise over $300,000 for brain tumor research during the Tug McGraw Foundation’s 3rd annual fundraising concert in St. Louis. The artist and his band, the Dancehall Doctors, performed to several hundred people during the Friday night show that also featured Lori McKenna, Lance Miller, Faith Hill, and Halfway to Hazard. In related news, a group of runners calling themselves Team McGraw raised over $200,000 by taking part in the New York Marathon that took place Sunday.

The 19-year-old pop star Rihanna has demanded the services of a police escort in order to help her beat traffic on her way to a show in Ireland. The performer reportedly made the request for the Irish Garda after she remembered the large levels of congestion on her last trip to the Irish capital. According to The Sun, Rihanna made it clear that a police escort was an obligatory condition to her playing the show.

We’ve been all waiting for Jay Z to come back with one more tour, and here he is. It’s so great to have him back, especially with an album as good as American Gangster. You like rap or can’t live without hip-hop? So check Jay Z tickets and enjoy a great show, as we all know the performer is so tough to be caught on tour. Before November 13, he will visit West Hollywood, CA, Chicago, IL, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA.

Bon Jovi opened the new Prudential Center in Newark Thursday night, on October 25, in what was the first of a ten-show residency. However, according to reports the artist’s ticket sales are unexpectedly low. Despite the slow sales, the concerts in New Jersey still sold enough to place the group among Top 10 concerts and events this week. Shows in more than ten countries have already been confirmed including the United States, England, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Austria.