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The 22 time Grammy Award winner Stevie Wonder, a performer often reviewed as a singer par excellence, is all set to undertake a concert tour across North America with more than a dozen shows lined up in the month of June and July. Stevie will be starting off his concert tour on June 18th in New York’s Wantagh and will be traversing the eastern coast of North America during the month of June. In July, he will travel along the Western coast for shows booked at Washington, British Columbia, Nevada, California and Colorado. His mother Lula Hardaway instigated Stevie Wonder’s return to the touring circuit again after a gap of 12 years and his next album will be a tribute to her.

George Michael, one of the all time favorite American pop sensation, is all set to release a twin CD pack comprising of 29 songs of all his greatest hits in his musical career. The album titled as “Twenty Five” will hit the music stores on April 1st and has six new songs that include duets with Paul McCartney and Mary. J. Blige. Michael is also planning to release a compilation of 40 videos in a twin DVD pack sometime in the near future.

Michael is embarking on a tour of North America to promote his latest release and the concert tour will kick start with a show on June 17th in San Diego. Then he heads off to the East where he will be performing in about 20 places before winding off the concert tour in early August. Michael’s tours have always received good reviews from the masses as well as the classes and this one is sure to be one of his best concert tours.

The Disney Channel star Raven-Symone is all set to embark on “Pajama Party” tour that also makes a stop at Van Andel Arena on the 3rd of June. The “College Road Trip” star is making a musical trip that begins on the 26th of April in Orlando and finishes at Sacramento in California on the 13th of July. Her fellow Disney co-star and star performer in the Disney Channel’s super hit show “Hannah Montana”, Mitchel Musso will be opening the “Pajama Party” tour at the Van Andel Arena.
There will be a performance by B5 for the song “Get’cha Head in the Game” from the successful High School Musical soundtrack and the fans will also be able to see the performance of Clique Girlz. Raven-Symone is releasing a self titled album that is released by Hollywood Records and the tour spanning 55 places is in support of her new album. She says that the album covers all the messages that she wants to convey.

Alanis Morissette is preparing for the release of a new album on May 20th. The Album named “Flavors of Entanglement” is her original studio release after a gap of four years. Alanis has done many tours around the world with her own songs and has performed in many shows in collaboration with Dave Matthews, Ringo Starr and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan over the years. A parody made by her last year named “My Humps” was released in You Tube and was one among the top downloads of 2007. It is calculated that this particular video of Alanis has been viewed by more than 12 million viewers.

Alanis was also into acting in films, television as well as on stage during these years. She has given good performances in her roles on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Sex and the City”, “Nip/Tuck” etc. In the film “Dogma”, she did the role of God and recently did a role in “Radio Free Albemuth” the film adaptation of Philip K Dick’s Novel. Morissette was touring with the group Matchbox Twenty and is planning for world tour in June. The world tour will start with performances in Europe followed by shows in North America during the fall this year.

Elton John the famous British Pop-singer was able to make his debut finally at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, much to the satisfaction of his fans. Elton john who is appreciated for his song writing ability and as pianist performed in this auditorium 40years after the release of his first musical album. Kitchener was one of the venue for his 2008 tour named “rocket man Tour” in Canada. His last Canadian tour was in 2006 and he performed at the Air Canada Centre. This year he wanted to get in to areas were he has never performed earlier.

Elton John was welcomed by huge Cheers in Kitchener and Elton said that it is great to perform in these parts as not many artists select these places and people in these areas also deserve some Entertainment. More than 6,000 tickets available for the concert were sold out within half an hour of sales. He opened the show with the song “Your Song” which was his break through song in 1970 and he got standing ovation from the crowd. He sang some famous songs like the “Greatest Discovery”, “Sixty Years On” and “I Need You to Turn to” etc. The show gave a glimpse of his talent and for the great voice he possesses, even though he has crossed 60 years.

The tour dates of Eddie Van Halen are re-scheduled, as he is undergoing some medical examination early this month. Van Halen, who is a cancer victim and a prey to the substance abuse, is asked to undergo a series of important medical tests inorder to determine the exact problem and to decide on the type of medication and treatment to be given to him. The show announced on March 3rd got postponed to April 24th. The event at Cincinnati on March 5th is re-scheduled for 22nd of April. The March 7th show at Raleigh is due on April 13th and so on. Same tickets will be valid for the new dates according to the statement of the management.

Van Halen did a tour last year with the lead singer David Lee Roth after a gap of 20 years. The tour featured Wolfgang, the teenaged son of Eddie Van Halen and the shows were sold out in most shows in North America. Van Halen has agreed to perform in the “Tiger Jam”, an event by Tiger Woods in Las Vegas. This year’s summer tour has shows till April 25th; the last one is at Sacramento in Calif. The tour will start on March 11th according to the new schedule.

Amy Winehouse, the winner of 5 Grammy awards this year, who is in the wrong end of her personal life, has been granted a postponement of hearing of the Marijuana procession case by the Norway District Court. The singer from Britain, who is sailing in troubled waters with her marriage to Blake Fielder- Civil, is unable to appear for hearing, as her husband is currently serving his sentence in London for charges of having a brawl in a pub. According to the rules of the Norway court, all parties involved in a case should come in person before the court and special permission is needed for one party appearance.
In Amy’s case, she, her husband as well as her hair dresser, Alex Foden were arrested and fined for marijuana possession on October 18th in Bergen. They got released by paying a fine of $715 each, the next morning. But, later Winehouse complained that she was misled by the police about signing the papers for paying the fine. In Norway, paying the fine is like accepting the accusation. The Norway police are of opinion that she was given proper information with the help of a translator. Her lawyer, Ole Kvelstad, confirmed the postponement of hearing of her appeal.

Recently  Josh Duhamel, an energized Fergie took to the stage earlier today in New Zealand. The Black Eyed Pea singer, forgot to zip up her fly before starting the show!  She was enjoying her spot as the opening act for Sting and the Police at Westpac Stadium. Now that the Wellington gig is over. The group is headed off to perform in Auckland at the Western Springs Stadium on January 19th. Fergie’s personal life is concerned and herfiance Josh Duhamel  told People magazine that he and his bride-to-be are in the preliminary stages of planning a wedding.  The singer feels very happy and glad about her future wedding. And she tries to combine work and her private life.