American Idol producers have put a holt on a planned charity concert in David Archuleta's homestate of Utah, an event masterminded by Archuleta's show dad as a "thank you" to fans who backed the teen crooner.
Unfortunately, once you sign on the American Idol dotted line (or any reality show for that matter), the POWERS THAT BE pretty much own you.
Archuleta's agent, Roger Widynowski, said Tuesday that the concert, billed as "Back Home With David Archuleta" and planned for tomorrow night, would be a no-go because the angel-voiced 17-year-old was not allowed to perform at any non-Idol sanctioned gigs. Not even one whose entire proceeds were earmarked for charity.
"They're just going to reschedule the event for a later time," infamous papa Jeff Archuleta told the Salt Lake Tribune. "When all the minds met, everyone concluded this wouldn't work out for this particular weekend, and they just want to reschedule it for toward the middle or the end of the [American Idols Live! summer] tour." Meaning the Idol producers need to whore out their contestants just a little more so they can make more moolah.
Widynowski, however, said the Utah concert would more likely be postponed until after the Idol-powered road show comes to a close. MMMHMM. By that time they won't need him anymore. Why I don't get is if the performance is scheduled for tomorrow, it should have no interferance with the upcoming Idol tour.
Tickets were originally set to go on sale Wednesday for $1 apiece. A quarter would pay for service charges and the other 75 cents were to be divided between the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Hometown fans will still get a chance to see the star-in-the-making before then, as the Idol tour touches down in Salt Lake City on July 14 and 15.
Archuleta is in his hometown of Murray through the end of the week before returning to Los Angeles to begin rehearsing for the summer trek, which features champ David Cook and the rest of the top 10 finalists and kicks off July 1 in Glendale, Ariz.
I just wish everyone would wake up and put that dreadful show called American Idol out of it's misery. The bullshit swirling on that show is so obvious, it's not even funny. And Miss Seacrest needs no more money.
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