American Idle

David Archuleta joined Brooke White and Michael Johns during their concert in Salt Lake City last night at the Murray Theater.

Obviously there weren’t many fans there but they were indeed boisterous.

White’s singing came off as shouty, and I don’t know if that was the acoustics in the place or just the poor video quality.

By all accounts, White and Johns have played to nice, intimate settings and crowds during their tour, which is par for the course for most American Idols.

It would be nicer if the Idols played to bigger audiences, but for most Idols this is as good as it gets, I’m afraid. Unless your name is David Archuleta, in which case you are a teen heartthrob and the place goes bananas, like it did below.

Opening for Demi Lovato on her world tour Sunday night in Hartford, Conn., it’s obvious David Archuleta had some things on his mind.

Like the fact that his father was cited for solicitation for allegedly picking up a prostitute back in January in Midvale, Utah.

So in honor of his father–and probably just to blow off some needed steam–David sang OneRepublic’s “Apologize” on the piano.

Haunting, especially given what had happened. That chorus of “It’s too late to apologize…” is resonating in my head.

That’s a lot to go through at any age, let alone 18. Hope David’s okay.

Know how everyone said Jeff Archuleta, David’s dad, was a bit of a jerk for the way he treated his son?

Well, there may even be more to the story. Apparently, Jeff Archuleta may enjoy picking up a little nookie on the side–even though he said he was getting a massage because of “back trouble”–after the story came out that he was arrested in January at a “massage parlor” in Midvale, Utah.

Here are the rest of the sordid details via RadarOnline.com:

In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Detective Sgt. John Salazar of the Midvale Police Department explained that the investigation began with a call from a concerned citizen.  A doctor who was renting a building for his practice had sublet some of the suites to what he thought was a legitimate massage business.  When he noticed that the masseuse “therapists” were arriving in rather scanty outfits, he asked the cops to check it out. 

“After determining that no business license had been issued for whatever was going on in there, I sent in an undercover officer to put eyes on,” Det. Sgt. Salazar said.  “The next day, five officers, including myself, went in to shut them down.”

At the time of the raid, only one client was there.  “He was just finishing up in suite number one.  I sent two of the officers in and the male was on his stomach on the table with a masseuse in lace underwear.”

That client was Jeff Archuleta.  “We read him his Miranda rights twice.  The second time because he said he didn’t understand them the first,” said Salazar.  “During the questioning, he said he’d found the place on Craig’s List.  He was asked if he’d received any sexual services and he said he had.”

UPDATE…4:41 PM MST…Jeff Archuleta has now deleted his Twitter account, this according to Rickey.org

Wow. If the numbers from the recent concert in Manila, Phillippines are correct, the two Davids are rock stars in Asia.

Apparently, the duo played in front of over 50,000 fans. That’s Idol power for you.

Listen to “A Daily Anthem” above.

David Archuleta may be busy touring Europe with pop stars McFly, but he’s getting headlines back here in America, too.

He starred in Miley Cyrus’ hit Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel. And you can see a clip of the show, above.

It will premiere on Saturday, May 3. But this is a sneak peek of the video, which is about Miley going with Archuleta instead of the guy she was going out with originally.

Naturally, the guy isn’t as popular as David, but Miley asked David what he thought of it and he told her to do the right thing, which is probably what he would have said in real life.

Lessons learned for everyone, and honestly, it looks like the type of thing Archuleta would endorse in the first place.

The other thing is, it’s something Miley needs given her bad publicity lately. Maybe now Miley will start to hang with the Idols, huh? You never know. At any rate, it is good for the Idols and good for her.

While Anoop and Allison awaited the verdict squirming in their seats, the fate of their lives in the hands of the Western world, David Archuleta was a special guest on Idol last night.

I like the fact that Archuleta is on there, but couldn’t they have had him on earlier, and not when Anoop and Allison are sitting there, wondering whether or not they’ll still be on the show?

Anyway, Archuleta was his usual solid self, singing with the passion and emotion he’s known for.

If I had to judge his performance I would say that the beginning was good, the middle was the same and Archie had a rollicking finish.

Obviously the crowd was into it, as evidenced by the screams that never seemed to end.

Archuleta starts a tour of Europe beginning today and mentioned that all of the singers have awesome voices, something that is different from other seasons. And he implored them to follow their dreams. In all, he’s just a nice guy with a good meesage.

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David Archuleta is heading back to his hometown of Salt Lake City to sing the national anthem for a tribute to America’s military on Saturday, June 6.

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Utah’s state-of-the-art Rio Tinto Stadium is proud to announce the venue’s June 6 “CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME” event, a special Celebration of our Military featuring Utah musical sensation David Archuleta, the second leg of Real Salt Lake’s 2009 Rocky Mountain Cup series with rival Colorado Rapids, and the Official Dedication of the Stadium. Proceeds will benefit “Operation Warmheart,” serving Hill Air Force Base’s uniformed and non-uniformed personnel in need, and the Utah National Guard Charitable Trust, assisting Utah military families with various expenses that may arise during deployment of their Service member.

Archuleta, 18, will sing the National Anthem prior to Real Salt Lake’s kickoff against Colorado and will provide the crowd with a special performance immediately following the game. The star stormed the international music scene with his performances in late 2007 and early 2008 on the hit show American Idol, and was named one of Forbes’ Breakout Stars of 2008. His eponymous album was released in November of last year, peaking at #2 on the Billboard charts, as did his first single, “Crush,” which has sold 1.5 million digital copies in the United States. Beginning on April 21, the Murray, Utah-raised Archuleta will tour the United Kingdom with the British band McFly for five weeks before returning home for his Rio Tinto Stadium debut.

Tickets for the Saturday, June 6 CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME event are now on sale via www.RioTintoStadium.com or (888) 477-5849, with the Stadium’s east-side ticket windows and Team Store open daily from 10 AM to 6 PM for in-person purchases.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME is dedicated to creating an annual recognition and ongoing appreciation for our military based in or from Utah. As part of the spirit of the event, fans will be encouraged to donate soccer balls and equipment for “Soccer Balls for Peace.” All equipment collected at Carnival Real (which opens at 5:30 p.m.) or at each gate will be sent overseas for American troops to distribute. For more information, please visit www.hill.af.mil and www.ut.ngb.army.mil/.

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To get you all warmed up and in the mood, here’s Archie singing the National Anthem at the Pro Bowl in Honolulu.
 

David Archuleta performed in my hometown of Salt Lake City (and his, BTW) last night, singing his hits in front of several thousand fans at the E Center in West Valley City. It’s his first time that he’s had an official concert in his hometown since American Idol.

And as you can clearly hear in the video, he has lots of fans, mainly females who scream really loud. Actually, I think it’s shrieking, but who knows the difference, anyway?

Anyhoo, the person shooting the video (not me) apologizes for the graininess of the footage. We who were unable to partake in Archie’s concert don’t mind that it is as if the concert were on a boat, but it would have been nice if the person shooting the video wasn’t bobbing and weaving to the music.

It’s kinda like a live-action movie. That said, Archuleta sings “Como La Flor,” which is not on his self-titled album and may be new to some of you. So enjoy!

This was the first official concert David has had in Salt Lake, though there have been several that were unofficial.

Well, Idol 8 is hitting full steam now and this season looks to be one of the most promising in recent memory. But the Idols of old are doing some serious damage, too and so let’s look at a few who are making headlines this week.

Brooke White has finally released her first single, “Hold On My Heart,” which she debuted on American Idol 8 Thursday night. (Video above) It’s nice to see that White has finally taken the initiative to go out and do something; now we’re just waiting on her roommate/buddy Jason Castro to put out his own music, which many of us are anxiously awaiting.

As for Paula Abdul, she has been spending her week defending reported comments she made about fellow female judge Kara DioGuardi. Are they true? Are they not? Who knows for sure, but one thing I do know is that Paula’s spent a good portion of this week deflecting the criticism and has been busy from a PR standpoint. She also claimed this week that she is now pain-free, which does mean we won’t have to watch her doped up on TV any longer.

David Archuleta is still touring the U.S. in March, but April marks the time in which he’ll head for Europe, including a whopping two months in the United Kingdom (uh, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, etc.).

And Kelly Clarkson continues her media blitz, stopping off at Saturday Night Live as their musical guest on March 14. This of course is to drum up even more publicity for her upcoming album, All I Ever Wanted, which is due out March 10 (even though you already probably know).

More from Idol 8 tomorrow, and continue signing up for my office pool! It’s a big hit!!

David Archuleta brought a surprise guest to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this weekend. He said he was pretty excited to be playing with somebody special. Who could it be? Sting? Bruce Springsteen? Um, no.

It was his brother Daniel, who has never appeared with him post-Idol! How exciting is that? They played “You Can,” Archuleta’s song from his new album. Listen to their performance above!

Anyway, Archuleta didn’t let his brother rock out, which is unfortunate. Daniel didn’t tear his clothes off, start jamming on his guitar and go crazy. Instead he played accompaniment. But hey, his hat was on sideways, which means he really gets teen fashion these days. LOL

And the girls got him, alright! After Archie (and bro) finished their set, you heard the usual screams coming from the teeny-boppers. Bet the columnists from papers like the L.A. Times and New York Times were somewhat uncomfortable being there, huh. Hehe.

Speaking of columnists who haven’t grown up yet, Richard Rushfield from the L.A. Times and his receding hairline give a big holla to the Snarky Archies Fan Club, which is probably based out of Salt Lake City. That’s just an educated guess. His glowing review is above.