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These are the next few  Donna events you need to know about:

MAY 16: Interview on XM radio's UPOP (29) 9AM to Noon

MAY 17: Release Party at Partners in New Haven

MAY 17-18: Bad Girls Weekend on WKTU

MAY 19: Tavis Smiley TV show on PBS

MAY 20: Crayons is released in the US and Canada

May 21: Release party in Fort Lauderdale at Georgie's Alibi

MAY 22: Entertainment Tonight and Insider TV shows

MAY 23: Release Party in Detroit at Diamond Jim's Saloon

MAY 24: Music Experience in Chicago.

MAY 25: CBS Sunday Morning TV show

MAY 26: Crayons is released in Denmark

MAY 30: Today Show Summer Concert Series

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Amazon (CD copy)

Hot off the presses:

[MAY 15] For those of you eagerly awaiting PerfectBeat's Stamp Your Feet single - part one is in their online store now. Thi sone has the Jason Nevins radio edit, the Escape/Coluccio radio edit, Ranny's radio edit, Jason Nevins extended mix, Escape/Coluccio club mix, Ranny's Big Room mix, Granite & Sugarman club mix, Granits & Sugarman Mixshow, and the Discotech mix. Part 2 will be released in the next couple of weeks.

[MAY 15] In radio news - New York fans better tune into KTU all weekend long.  That are having a Bad Girls weekend where you can win concert tickets and passes to the Crayons release party on June 3. I expect to see familiar names on the winners list.  ;-)  Elsewhere, Energy 92.7' and WSMW 98.7 in Greensboro have added Stamp Your Feet, and it's still doing well in New York and Seattle. Overseas, Ostsee Welle Hit Radio in Germany is playing Stamp also.

[MAY 15] In release party news, Fort Lauderdale, your party will be on May 21 at 11 Pm at Georgie's Alibi. (It was originally supposed to be the 23rd, but it was changed to the 21st.) 

[MAY 15] I'll be back again.... tomorrow.  LOL  But before I go, a couple of people have expressed an interest in sending messages to Donna to celebrate the Crayons release. So I'll start accepting messages for that as of the 20th and I'll just build a page and add to it all summer long.  I also plan to add a page for the concert dates for those of you who want to meet up before or after the shows. So if you want to be part of any of that - just send me a message with something in the subject line to make it easy to sort out. :-)

[MAY 14 again] Oops - I have a late addition for you. Energy 92.7's Fernando & Greg are playing the new tracks and giving away some Donna tickets. If you are in the San Francisco area (or if you can listen in online), send them a message.  You can listen to them from 6 to 10 AM Pacific Time. If that's too early for you, tune into Ali from 10 to 3 PM. She'll be playing them too.  And if that's too early for you - then you keep pretty weird hours. LOL

[MAY 14] I feel like every day it's a weekly update!   LOL  Let's start off with a time sensitive one.  If you are in New York, there will be a release party at Pink (199 Bowery at Spring Street). Doors open at 10 and they will have giveaways courtesy of Sony.  Sorry for the short notice, but I just found out tonight.

[MAY 14] In concert news - HELLO BRAZIL and CHILE!   Pollstar reports that you guys will see Donna on the following dates:  Saturday November 15 in Santiago, Chile at the Arena Santiago, Tuesday November 18 at Vivo Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and then Wednesday November 19, Friday November 21 and Saturday November 22 at HSBC Brasil in São Paulo. I don't know about tickets yet, but I'm sure some of the locals can help me out with that info.  ;-)

[MAY 14] In TV news, look for Donna on Entertainment Tonight and ET Insider on May 22. The shows are syndicated, so check your local listings for the time and station in your area. (They usually run back to back because Insider is as much a long commercial for Entertainment Tonight as it is a show in its own right.)

[MAY 14] Chicago - I know the majority of you guys bought your tickets already, but if anyone out there still needs tickets to the Ravinia show, the box opens up for walk up sales this Saturday. This may be your final chance to get seats in the pavilion, so don't miss out!

[MAY 14] People.com has a little article about Crayons and clips from 2 songs. 

[MAY 13] Let's start with first things first - if you've been keeping up with Donna's MySpace, then you know about The Leak on VH1. :-)  And if you don't know about it, just go Donna's page on VH1 where you can listen to the entire Crayons CD in glorious streaming audio.  One little note though - they only have a certain number of listening slots, so if you can't connect just try again later. I'm sure they are getting hammered by a few crazy Donna fans.  ;-) Now go open your VH1 player and then come back to read the rest of the update.  ;-)

[MAY 13] This one is for Mexico and internet radio fans.  :-) Tomorrow night (Wednesday May 14)  at 9 PM local time, Señal 90 will run a special on Donna starting with her years in Germany. So catch that if you can.  :-) (The time conversion should be less painful than it was for Aussie radio - at least for those of us in the US.  LOL) On a related side note, the Crayons release date for Mexico is June 9.

[MAY 13] In other Crayons news, there is an awesome review on SoulTracks.com.  It was written by the same guy behind the equally awesome Wanderer article that was posted on PopMatters.com last year.

[MAY 13] On USA Today's Listen Up Blog, Stamp Your Feet is the pick of the week, and LOGO's New Now Next has a very nice  little article about Crayons.  :-)

[MAY 13] And finally, if you need some visuals to go with the music, MyPlay.com now has the videos for The Queen Is Back and Mr. Music.  They are the same videos KTU has on their site, but now the international fans can see them too.  I guess I'll be back... tomorrow.  LOL

[MAY 12]  Now that things are back to normal - let's cover some news. First up - MINNESOTA! Your tickets go on presale on June 6 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster. The sale to the general public starts on June 7 at 10 AM.

[MAY 12] Connecticut fans - there will be a release party at Partners in New Haven on May 17 at 10 PM. It's your chance to celebrate with all the other Connecticut fans.  :-)

[MAY 12] In official site news, Donna's MySpace has been updated with the Entertainment Tonight interview (the edit from the ET website and not the one from the broadcast.) They also added some wallpaper for those of you who haven't created something of your own.  ;-) And Burgundy finally added Donna's tour dates, the Stamp video and the EPK.

[MAY 12] For those of you who are wondering about Crayons bonus tracks, I've heard a report that the Circuit City bonus will be It's Only Love - the extra track that seems to be on the international releases. They may also sneak in Stamp or I'm A Fire mixes at some retailers as bonus tracks.

[MAY 12] Aussie fans, Hum Records in Darlinghurst MAY have Crayons slightly ahead of the US release. Apparently they try to have things in time to coincide with US releases. Even if they don't have it until May 20, that should still be a bit earlier than I thought you guys were getting it - so if you live in that area, stop in and check them out.  :-)

[MAY 12] UGH!  Sorry about the disruption to the site, but I upgraded my hosting plan and foolishly believed the customer service rep who told me I would not have to re-upload the whole thing. I also had not anticipated it taking a whole day before I got publishing control back! But at least things are back to normal now.   :-)

[MAY 9] Before I get to Donna, I have some Bruce news for you guys in the Family Matters section.  And I have a couple of articles posted in the media section below.  I also want to remind you guys to tune into Joy 94.9 in Melbourne at 3 PM Melbourne time on Sunday May 11 for Cafe Latte. (That works out to 1 AM in New York and 6 AM in London, and the rest of you can probably calculate your time based on either of those.) Thanks to your support, Alan will be dedicating the second half of the show to Donna again. There will be previews from Crayons sneaked in as well.  :-)

[MAY 9] XM Radio listeners, Donna will be interviewed  on UPOP channel 29 on May 16 on Ted Kelly's World Party.

[MAY 9] Okay - if you missed Donna on Entertainment Tonight, fear not - there is a sample of the interview on the ET website. And I don't know about other places, but here in NY, ET is repeated at 9:30 the next weekday morning. So you can catch it here on Monday morning. They used to repeat it late at night and that may still be the case in other locations, so check your local listings.  I also expect to see at least a couple of clips on ET Weekend because they usually recap the week's events. Look for Donna again on ET on May 20 when she will get to perform live. (Yes you will have to turn your CD off for a little while to watch the TV.  LOL)  And one other side benefit to the ET interview is that newspapers are picking it up too, so Donna is getting even more exposure.  (I just got an Austrian article a few minutes ago that was taken from the ET interview.)

[MAY 9] Moving on to radio news, I don't have hard numbers for you yet, but according to some of the locals, it's doing well on KTU. It played at least 3 times this afternoon..... all at times I had the radio off!  Does KTU hate me?  LOL Over at Mix FM, Stamp is at #13 on their chart.  :-) You guys know what to do - if your station is playing Stamp, keep requesting it and giving the DJs feedback. And if your local station isn't playing it - then you need a better local station.  ;-) (By the way, if you are looking for The Queen Is Back and Mr. Music videos on the KTU site - they are gone for now. I strongly suspect that they were posted prematurely.)

[MAY 9] In release news, CDWow is listing Crayons as available for dispatch on May 19 to UK fans (not to mention fans in other parts of the works.) The track list they show is the standard 12 track US release though and I believe all the other European sites (like play.com) so far have listed a 13 track version. So I leave it to you to decide if you want the 12 track release quickly, or if you'd rather wait and get the 13 track release..... or you could be like me and just buy everything as it comes out.  LOL  Actually, now that I think of it, maybe I should recap the release dates we have around the world so far. (There is so much news lately that I think some things are getting hard to find.)

In date order:

May 20: USA and Canada
May 26: Denmark
June 6: Germany
June 9: France
June 10: Spain
June 23: UK
June 25: Japan

[MAY 9] Now if you would like to try to win a copy of Crayons, check out TheSavvyBoomer.com. All you have to do is leave a comment and the blog owners will pick someone at random to get the CD. 

[MAY 9] I guess that brings us to the web news.  :-) On YouTube, look for God Bless America, a classic performance of Last Dance, and AJ's latest mix. On Multiply, look for new mixes posted by Carl and AJ, and new photos from Patrice. On Bebo, the Donna group over there has gone poll happy - which is a good way to pass the time while we wait for May 20.  ;-) And last but not least, Shawn has updated SuperBulletNumberOne with a ton of album and single covers. If your iPod is missing artwork - this is the place to go! I'll be back again.... tomorrow?  The day after?  Who can say these days?  LOL

[MAY 6 still!] First of all, that shiny new KTU banner above is clickable (not to mention stolen right off their site.  LOL).  It will bring you to the KTU homepage where you can listen either to the Stamp mix, or the live stream.  :-)  If you are tuning in, make sure you drop KTU a line and tell them how much you appreciate them making this new mix available. And if you haven't tuned in, what are you waiting for? (On a technical note - I find the stream works a little better on Internet Explorer than Firefox sometimes, so if you have any difficulties, just switch browsers. ) And one other little tiny detail that  you might have missed..... KTU has the VIDEOS for Mr. Music and The Queen Is Back.  They are just like the Stamp video - but if you missed the Australian preview the other night, this is your chance to finally hear The Queen Is Back and it's the first chance for all of us to hear all of Mr. Music.  When KTU comes through - they REALLY come through for us!!!!     :-)   (To find the videos - click the "on demand" menu then pick "videos on demand" and then you will find Donna under "D". They have a few classic songs up too so you can have a whole Donna party if you want.  :-)

[MAY 6] CHICAGO - this part of the update is for you. Donna will be in your area on May 24 to tape Dedry Jones: The Experience With Donna Summer, AND there will be a CD release party (and CD signing) at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. Check out the Music Experience website for details. 

[MAY 6] I think my last thing for tonight will be Amazon.  It's listing an imported CD single for Stamp Your Feet as being available May 20. Perfectbeat should have  the Stamp remix CDs available soon too. (Don't worry - they haven't forgotten about them.  LOL) I'll be back.... well at the rate things are going, tomorrow.  LOL

[MAY 6] I posted last night that KTU would be playing a new Stamp mix this morning after 10.  They are - but they have done something WAY better than that. Go to ktu.com - there is a big Donna banner announcing the Jason Nevins remix and if you click it, it will stream on demand!  So run over there and tell KTU that they are awesome! 

[MAY 5 again] If you signed up at DonnaSummer.com, then you should have received an email this morning.  :-)  If you didn't sign up, then what are you waiting for?  The email cleared up the Entertainment Tonight thing - she will be on on May 9 (Friday). So check your local listings for the time and channel in your area and then set those recorders! 

[MAY 5] If you are in the New York City area (or can listen to internet radio) tune into WKTU tomorrow after 10 AM.  They will be playing a new mix of Stamp Your Feet. 

[MAY 5] Good morning LOS ANGELES - the Hollywood Bowl tickets go on presale at 10 AM this morning and then to the general public on May 10 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster.  Sorry for the short notice.  I can't tell who is sponsoring the presale, so I have no idea what the password is. I know Citicards have been doing presales where you use the first 6 digits of a Citibank card. I also know Nokia has been doing them too, as well as Amex. 

[MAY 4] I have another TV listing for you. I heard from one fan that Entertainment Tonight was advertising that Donna would be on the weekend edition on May 10. I heard from another fan that she was on tonight. Now in NY, it does air again at something like 2 AM, so I'll tape that one to check out for myself - it may just be that the second fan saw a rather extensive promo for next week. (which is what I think the first fan saw.)  Have no fear of missing it though - if the interview is good, ET will drag that footage out for YEARS.  LOL  

[MAY 4] Last night's Donna night on Cafe Latte on Joy 94.9 was such a hit that Alan is doing it again next week at 3 PM Melbourne time. Once again he will dedicate the second half of his show to Donna's music and he plans to let us hear It's Only Love which is on his copy of the album, but it has not been listed on the American release yet. (That might turn out to be the Circuit City bonus track.)

[MAY 4] Barnes And Noble has sound clips from all the US Crayons tracks posted. They seem to use clips from the beginnings of the songs - which is unfortunate in on e case because the clip ends after Donna sings 4 words!  LOL

[MAY 4] I meant to mention this yesterday, but Rupaul has posted Donna's EPK on his blog. (Gotta love Ru!) 

[MAY 3] I guess I got a little excited by the EPK on MySpace, because I completely forgot to change the Summer Fever Pick.  LOL This month, while we are all looking forward to a new release, I thought it would be a good time to recap the older stuff - so the Greatest Hits take the spotlight.  Before I get to the news, check out the TV listings below.  I have the list from Donna's MySpace page plus one more new addition. And I've added some stuff to the press section below.

[MAY 3] So I guess I should start with the video. A video for Stamp Your Feet (along with the EPK video) has turned up on MyPlay.com. It's another video that can be embedded in MySpace pages and some blogs. (Apparently both Multiply and Delphi don't play nicely with that video player, but it does work in many other places. So you know what to do.  ;-)

[MAY 3] I've got a hot rumor from Toby Gad's website. He says that Donna will be appearing on the American Idol finale. I don't see any mention of that anywhere else yet, so I'm calling it a rumor for now in case the papers aren't signed yet, or in case Paula Abdul misread her notes again or something.  ;-)  If I hear anything more, I'll let you know.

[MAY 3] In release news, Crayons is right around the corner.  :-)  I'm hearing that HMV in Canada will have it May 20 (that should be a relief to Canadian fans after the delays with I'm A Fire and Stamp!). It will be out in Japan on June 25, and in Denmark on May 26. Stamp Your Feet is finally out (as a digital single) in Europe on iTunes and Tesco (for the UK fans).

[MAY 3] Moving on to radio... at the moment there isn't too much going on with Stamp Your Feet, but I'm A Fire was picked up by WFLY in Albany, Pulse 87 in NY and KNHC in Seattle.  Sirius continues to play it regularly as well. On XM, DJ Mark D on 81 has a weekly radio show and he kicked it off with I'm A Fire. Over on internet radio, we have a couple of stations playing Stamp Your Feet. Check out  UU-BRU , World.FM, and of course Diverse Universe Radio.

[MAY 3] With Crayons rapidly approaching, release parties are starting to pop up. If you are in Detroit, check out the party at Diamond Jim's Saloon.  They will have CDs, concert tickets, posters - you name it - to give away.  And if you go there, say hi to Tom Gilliam.   :-)  In Boston, the party will be at Club Cafe on  May 23. They also have plenty of goodies to give away and you can enter to win online - but you have to be there at the party to claim your prize.  I know we have a few club owners and DJs who visit the site - so if you are planning a Crayons party (or even an after concert party) let me know where and when and I'll post it.

[MAY 3] In classic release news, the Thank God It's Friday DVD is out in Spain with a choice of English or Spanish audio. So region 2 fans can now get a copy of their own.  :-)

[MAY 3] In the Donna is everywhere category, she is quoted in an article about the Santa Barbara Bowl: Disco diva supreme Donna Summer remembers the first time she saw a show at the Bowl: “It was in the late 1980s, and my husband and I drove up from Los Angeles to see Sting. The music was great, and just when I thought it couldn’t possibly get any better, sitting there listening to this great band and looking at the ocean, out came a beautiful full moon, and I thought, ‘How much extra does that cost?’” 

[MAY 3]  And that brings us to the web news for the week. Over at Super Bullet Number One, Shawn has added a few things to the 75 and 77 sections. At YouTube, fzkny has added a few new videos to his playlist, USAClassics has added a couple of official classic videos, and Erika7s has found a way to help out those who were having trouble playing the EPK on MySpace. At Multiply, Patrice has posted several new videos and a few people have posted links to the EPK video. (I think they all wanted to embed it in their pages but it didn't work over there.) Finally, at Bebo, look for more new videos to keep you entertained at work. (I know a lot of you are sneaking in your Donna news at work!  LOL) I'll be back.... probably very soon.  LOL

[MAY 1 still!] I guess I'm not done with the update after all.  LOL  This one is a bit time sensitive so I want to get it out there. JOY 94.9 in Melbourne, Australia will be playing some tracks from Crayons on a special Donna Summer themes show at 3 PM on Sunday May 4. It streams online, so check it out if you can. (That's 3 PM local time - it works out to 1 AM here in New York and 6 AM in London. Check TimeAndDate.com if you need help converting to other time zones.)

[MAY 1] I'm probably the last person in the universe to see this (damn job!  LOL) but if you haven't seen the latest update to Donna's MySpace page, then you need to go there NOW. (I know if you have an older computer, MySpace takes awhile to load, but this is worth it - actually it is MORE than worth it!  :-) ) Actually, you know what?  I wasn't going to do this because I don't want to rip-off the official sites (too much  LOL) but for those of you who do have real trouble with MySpace, the direct link to the video is here. (You can embed it in blogs and things too - there is an option on the player to get the code for that.  Just in case some of you have some good places to post it.  ;-) )

[MAY 1] In other news, we have another Donna Summer forum out there - Donna The Queen. It is run by Sandro from Forever Donna who apparently understands that we need at least one more place to celebrate!  :-)

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These are all the dates I have so far. I'll add more as I hear about them.  (Donna, when are you planning to sleep?  LOL) Please note, all dates are subject to change without notice.

2008:

(TV Appearance/Live Event) May 30 (Friday) in Rockefeller Center, New York City for the Today Show Summer Concert Series. The event is free and open to anyone who can show up.  :-) (The television broadcast starts at 7 AM and Donna won't be on until probably 8:30 or so - but if you are going, be there early as it tends to get crowded.)

(Television taping - USA) June 2 (Monday) in New York for Late Night With David Letterman. Tickets for the taping may be available - check the Letterman website for details on getting them.

(Television taping - USA) June 9 (Monday) in New York for The View. Tickets may be available for that taping - see The View website for details.

(Concert - USA) June 27-28, 2008 (Friday and Saturday) at L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, LA. No ticket info is available yet, but it looks like they will be available through Ticketmaster. (According to Ticketmaster, this event is cancelled.)

(Concert - USA) July 1, 2008 (Tuesday) at the Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta, GA.  Tickets go on sale March 2 at 10 AM (According to Ticketmaster, this event is now cancelled.)

(Concert - USA) July 3, 2008 (Thursday) at the Ferguson Center For The Arts in Newport News, VA.

(Concert - USA) July 5, 2008 (Saturday) at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA Tickets are on sale now to Wolf Trap subscribers and will go on sale to the general public on March 29 at 10 AM. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 8, 2008 (Tuesday) at the Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion in Gilford, NH. Tickets go on sale April 5 at 11 AM through the Pavilion's website. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 9, 2008 (Wednesday) at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Tickets go on sale Saturday May 3 at 10 AM through Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 11, 2008 (Friday) at the Bethel Woods Center For The Arts in Bethel, NY. Tickets go on sale Saturday April 26 at 10 AM through Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 12, 2008 (Saturday) at the Bank Of America Pavilion in Boston, MA. Tickets go on pre-sale Thursday April 10 at 10 AM and the main on sale date is Monday April 14 at 10 AM through Live Nation. [ON SALE]

(Concert - Canada) July 13, 2008 (Sunday) at the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest in Ottawa, ON. Tickets go on sale Saturday April 24 through the Bluesfest site. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 16 (Wednesday) at the Pier Six Concert Pavilion in Baltimore, MD. Tickets go on sale  Saturday (March 15)  at 10 AM through Ticketmaster.  [ON SALE]

(Concert, USA) July 18, 2008 (Friday) at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel NJ. Tickets go on presale starting Wednesday April 30 at 10 AM and then they go to the general public on Saturday May 3 at 9 AM through Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert USA) July 19 (Saturday) at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY. Tickets go on presale starting Wednesday April 30 at 10 AM and then they go to the general public on Saturday May 3 at 9 AM through Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert USA) July 20  (Sunday) at the Seneca Allegany Casino near Buffalo, NY. Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on May 27 at noon. [ON SALE SOON]

(Concert - Canada) July 22, 2008 (Tuesday) at Casino Rama in Rama, ON. Tickets go on sale Tuesday April 15 at noon via Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 25 and 26 (Friday and Saturday) at Caesar's in Atlantic City, NJ. Tickets go on sale Wednesday April 2 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) July 27, 2008 (Sunday) at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center in Westhampton Beach, NY. (That's practically my back yard!!!  :-) ) Those tickets go on sale May 7 through the venue's website. [ON SALE]

(Concert - Canada) August 8 and 9 (Friday and Saturday) at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, BC. Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on April 24 at 10 AM. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) August 10, 2008 (Sunday) at the Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, WA

(Concert - USA) August 13, 2008 (Wednesday) at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. Tickets go on sale Sunday April 27 at 10 AM through Ticketmaster. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) August 15, 2008 (Friday) at the Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno, NV. Tickets are on sale now through the Peppermill website. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) August 16, 2008 (Saturday) at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on Monday March 24 at 10 AM. [ON SALE]

(Concert USA) August 17, 2008 (Sunday) at the Wells Fargo Center For The Arts in Santa Rosa, CA.

(Concert - USA) August 20 (Wednesday) at the Viejas Casino in Alpine, CA. Tickets go on sale  Wednesday (March 19)  at 10 AM through Ticketmaster.  [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) August 22 and 23 (Friday and Saturday) at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets will go on sale to subscribers first, and to the general public on May 10. See their website for info. [ON SALE]

(Concert - Canada) August 27, 2008 (Wednesday) at Casino Windsor in Windsor, ON. Tickets go on sale April 29 through the casino's website or through Ticketmaster.  [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) August 30 (Saturday) at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL. Tickets will go on sale on or after April 19 via the Ravinia website. [ON SALE]

(Concert - USA) August 31 (Sunday) at the Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN. Tickets go on presale on June 6 at 10 AM and then to the general public on June 7 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster. [ON SALE SOON]

(Concert - Chile) November 15 (Saturday) at the Arena Santiago in Santiago, Chile.

(Concert - Brazil) November 18 (Tuesday) at Vivo Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(Concert - Brazil) November 19, 22 and 22 (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) at HSBC Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil. 

* more info as it comes in!

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Quote Of The Week:

[MAY 9] 

"I was sitting at home on the couch watching TV, eating potato chips, fast becoming a desperate housewife, as I say on stage - which is my onstage lie - and I thought, you know, 'Is this going to be the rest of my life? Is this all there is? I mean, I can't do this forever. I'll be like this big and that wide and I've got to find a day job.' And so at first I thought I would go to designing school and study architecture or something. And then all of a sudden the light bulb went off in my head one day and said you know you probably should just go start recording again."

 - Donna Summer, Entertainment Tonight May 9, 2008 

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Family Matters:

[MAY 9] Calling all Bruce Sudano fans - you need to go check out his latest update.  :-) Not only is his new song The Sweetest Thing number 1 on the Independent Music Network Mainstream charts, it is also available for download from Bruce's site - for FREE!  Now you have no excuse not to go check it out.  (It makes a nice song to chill out to after you have exhausted yourselves stamping your feet all day long.  ;-) )

[APR 26] Taihisha fans, if you are in New York on Monday April 28, catch her at a club called Rehab on Avenue B between 2nd and 3rd Streets.

[APR 26] Bruce fans - he's updated his website with a little info on his new song The Sweetest Thing. The Sweetest Thing currently sits at #3 on the Independent Music Network mainstream chart and at #10 on the New Music Weekly AC chart. Go Bruce!!

[APR 26] I mentioned last week that Brooklyn was cast in a Sci-Fi Channel movie. Well, this week I have the photo that goes with the article:

[APR 19] I have some news for the Brooklyn fans out there. She's been cast in a 2 hour pilot for the SciFi channel. The show is called Revolution which is set in a 22nd century Earth colony. When I hear of an air date, I'll let you guys know.

[APR 12] Finally some news for you Taihisha fans out there. Catch her tomorrow night  at the Knitting Factory in NY as backing support for Ty and Taylor McFerrin.  Then catch her solo at Feel Good in Secaucus, NJ on April 18 at midnight.  Hopefully you will recognize her when you see her because Tai has a new look and she's dropped a few pounds. (Looking good!)  And hopefully I'll have some more news soon. I've heard a hot rumor that she's close to signing  a good deal.   :-) 

[FEB 16] Just to keep the Mary fans out there updated, if you missed the announcement last night in all the Donna excitement, iTunes (and the other online mp3 sellers) have finally fixed the problem with Mary's track, I'll Go.  Now if you download it that's really  what you will get. :-)  (If you already bought a copy of I'll Go that was wrong and you don't want to deal with the company you bought it from, let me know and I'll send you the right track.) If you'd rather have an actual CD of You Made It, you can order one on Mary's site.  Also if you are in the Fort Lauderdale area, Mary's son is having a book signing at the Starbucks at 1101 Broward Blvd from 10-3 on Tuesday.  The book is called Falling From Grace, and he uses the name L.T.D. 

[FEB 9] Okay, let's start with Bruce. He's updated his site with a little news about his new single, The Sweetest Thing.  What he didn't say is is that the song is #14 on the IndependentMusicNetwork.com charts for the week ending February 11.  That's up from #28 and it's tagged as one of the "hot" singles.  Way to go Bruce!

[FEB 9]  I have a follow up for you on Mary's new CD, You Made It.  It is now available in full for download on Amazon.com, Rhapsody and eMusic. There is a small glitch that they are working on though. The track I'll Go is missing. It's listed there, but if you download it you get a duplicate copy of Your Love. iTunes is supposed to have that fixed very soon and the other services should follow shortly. In the meantime, if you purchased the album on iTunes, you can report the error and they will give you credit for the duplicate download.  To do that, just click on the "store" menu on your iTunes software and select "view my account." From there, click the button for "purchase history",  and on the bottom of that page should be a button for "report a problem." When you click that, a "report a problem" link will show up next to all your recent purchases.  Click the link next to I'll Go, fill in the form and you are good to go.  When I did it, they gave me a credit for the song in less than 24 hours. 

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The Queen is back with an all new studio album. Look for it at your favorite music store starting on May 20. 

Now available for pre-order at Amazon and Amazon UK!

This is the first official single from Crayons. Look for it as a download at Amazon.com and other places on either April 15 or April 22 depending upon which date you believe. (Amazon lists both)

This is the downloadable EP of the original 4 I'm A Fire mixes that totally blew everyone away.

Available internationally on March 17 via Amazon.com, iTunes and other MP3 sellers.

13 tracks of Contemporary Gospel by Mary "the real diva" Bernard. Check it out on iTunes, Amazon.com, Rhapsody and eMusic.)

Actual CDs are available at the Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale at 2401 West Cypress Creek Rd for the Florida locals or at MaryBernard.com. :-)

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Ken's Korner Update

[MAR 16]

I just had to comment on the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held this past Monday in New York City. The female solo artist who WAS inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, CHOOSE NOT TO PERFORM at the event. Gee, I wonder why, I guess they could not fit all the equipment NEEDED for this person to actually sound good on the small stage at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. However it was still wrong, and showed no respect to her fans (needless to say I am NOT one of her fans). I can say with 100% confidence that when Donna FINALLY gets her props and is inducted she will have the class to perform.

Ken 

[Editor's Note: Fans of that female performer can find Ken all over the tri-state area with his van of scary drag queens. He's been whipping them into shape for the upcoming concert season.  ;-) ]

Ken's Korner Extra

[FEB 21]

"Club Testing, I'm A Fire"

YES, not only is Donna's new CD, Crayons, happening, we already have an advance song release.

Shipping I'm A Fire to Clubs and DJ's was a smart move, and will create buzz for Crayons, for I'm A Fire has a buzz already.

With that in mind I decided to Club Test the song for myself. Just what Club did I go to, you ask ?? Lets back up for a minute, as someone who was in the Clubs back when Last Dance was a NEW song, my days of Clubbing in that sense are few and far between. These days my ideal Saturday night is a roaring fireplace, a good, DVD, good food, the Pug Dogs, and of course my Partner. I Chair a Foundation here on the east end of Long Island, known as EEGO* (East End Gay Organization), and when we hold a fundraising T-Dance it gives us a chance to dance, as by it's nature a T-Dance is held in the afternoon, when we are all awake enough to dance.

So you ask what Club did I test I'm A Fire In ??? If you have not guessed it, the Sports Club that we belong to, Sportime In The Hamptons, is where I tested it. Before anyone says, anything, no I am not a Gym Rat, far from it. Frankly I dislike working out with an outright passion, but it does produce health benefits, so off I go. After my 30 minutes in the weight room, and yes, I actually lift the weights not just ogle at the eye candy, it's time for 30 minutes of cardio. The only way that I can run for that amount of time is to play my favorite music, LOUD, on my I-Pod. So this past Wednesday, I ran to all the remixes of I'm A Fire.

I'm A Fire is HOT, and most importantly, it is not an attempt to recreate the classic Summer Sound. This track is fresh, and up to date, which is just what Donna needs to get her new songs in front of a younger audience. I love the use of tempo breaks in the song, and the Spanish thrown in gives it a salsa feel that can really let this song cross chart boundaries. That said, I'm A Fire is also not so removed from Donna's signature sound. I can see I'm A Fire being worked into concerts right along with Bad Girls and Hot Stuff.

Besides if I'm A Fire can motivate a now middle aged guy into running, I know it can motivate a room full of dance-club goers.

2008 should be a Hot Summer indeed.

Ken

PS The EEGO Foundation is 31 years old, it was NOT named after me. 

www.eego.org