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American Idol's Lee DeWyze Sets Album Release Date

American Idol fans, the news you've been waiting for has arrived: 19 Recordings/RCA Records announce November 16, 2010 as the release date for American Idol Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze's debut album.

The 24-year-old Illinois singer-songwriter impressed millions when he won America's most watched music reality television show this year.

DeWyze has been on the nation-wide American Idols Live Tour the entire summer, writing and recording the music for his debut. "I've been very fortunate to be able to collaborate with some amazing songwriters on new songs over the past 3 months," says Lee. "I can't wait for everyone to hear my debut album." - more on this story

Singled Out: Jason Reeves' Helium Hearts

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Jason Reeves tells us about "Helium Hearts," which was released this week and comes from his forthcoming new album "The Lovesick". We now turn it over to Jason for the story:

This song is a fairytale set on fire. It is a daydream lit by the brightest sunbeam on earth. And I was madly in love with at least the idea of love when I wrote it, seen hiding in the eyes of the ghost of a gorgeous girl. I always write when I'm burning alive. Whether it's in pain or bliss or bewildered confusion. The idea of having helium hearts is a very simple but hopefully powerful metaphor for the way falling in love seems to lift us up and away from the madness of this world. To a place where everything is as surreal and mysterious as it ever could be. It's as if we're floating up into the sky away from a city that is being engulfed in silence by flames.

We're looking down at the beautiful chaos and disintegration knowing that we figured out how to escape. Just barely in the last possible perfect moment. And I hope for this song to give people that feeling of floating up towards a light and away from any sort of darkness. Every song is real and is inspired directly from the most tumultuous and fragile of all my emotions. My songs are rare survivors from a battlefield that changes every war. They are gifts found drifting on the wandering wind. And I feel like I'm only reflected in the pool of each one of them like an illusion that could be lost. This song is for love and its miraculous potential to heal and save and revive our hearts again and again..

A little more background on Jason, he co-wrote 10 tracks on Colbie Caillat's platinum debut Coco, including the hit singles "Bubbly" and "Realize," as well as 10 tracks on the deluxe edition of her album Breakthrough, including current hit single "I Never Told You." Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and grab tour dates and - right here!

First Look at John Legend & The Roots

John Legend & The Roots teamup for WAKE UP!, which is being released by Columbia Records on September 21st. You can now have your first look at the project with the release of "Wake Up Everybody", the debut music video from the album, which premiered exclusively on the iTunes Store yesterday.

The "Do The Right Thing" inspired video features Grammy Award winning rapper Common and R&B Singer/ Songwriter Melanie Fiona along with John Legend and The Roots.

The video was shot in Brooklyn and directed by Gil Green (Lil Wayne "Lollipop", Rick Ross "Magnificent"). - more on this story

New Usher Next Week

We told you that this was coming and it's coming next week. Usher will release Versus, a nine-song follow-up to Raymond V. Raymond on August 24th.

Fans will also have the opportunity to purchase Raymond V. Raymond (The Deluxe Edition) which will contain all 22 songs from Raymond V. Raymond and Versus. The new set will include his current No. 1 hit "There Goes My Baby" the pop smash "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" (click on link to listen) featuring Pitbull , and Usher's explosive collaboration with Jay-Z "Hot Tottie."

Versus is an extension of Usher's sixth studio album Raymond V. Raymond. RVR debuted at No. 1 on Pop and R&B albums charts and spawned five hit singles including "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)," "Lil Freak" featuring Nicki Minaj, "There Goes My Baby" and "OMG" featuring will.i.am. - more on this story

Kylie Minogue Rare and Unseen

Kylie Minogue "Rare and Unseen" DVD is set for an October 19th release and includes the film from the ITN archive, lost and now restored TV interviews from the past and rare films of the singer talking about her career.

Starting her career at the tender age of eleven on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. She has released nearly a dozen albums, has achieved worldwide success and is especially popular in Australia and the UK.

Told through missing-believed-wiped archive interviews and rare and unseen footage of the singer talking, this insightful DVD is a worthy addition to any Kylie collection. Items genuinely unseen and never before on DVD including film from the ITN archive. Includes lost and now restored TV interviews from the past and rare film of the singer talking about her career. - more on this story

Chelsea Handler To Host MTV Video Music Awards

It looks like the days of "A" list hosts for the VMAs have gone the way of music videos on MTV. Comedienne Chelsea Handler, from E!'s "Chelsea Lately," will be hosting this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

"This has been a huge year for hip-hop and rap, and it is well-known that I have the closest ties with these communities - musically and sexually," said Chelsea Handler. "I am to rap and hippity-hop, what Warren Buffet is to finance, minus the sex."

As previously announced, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, B.o.B and Florence + The Machine. Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Trey Songz, Ashley Greene, Selena Gomez and Ne-Yo are confirmed to present. - more on this story

Little Steven and Bullwinkle

Little Steven and Bullwinkle? Read on and you will understand: Today, August 20, Little Steven pays tribute to Rocky & Bullwinkle on his nationally syndicated radio show, Little Steven's Underground Garage.

Van Zandt will salute the animated series, which he calls "the coolest cartoon show for the Baby Boom Generation," by spinning other period favorites, such as Donovan, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Kinks, and The Rascals.

Van Zandt will also play new music from Alejandro Escovedo, The Deadbeat Poets, Plumtree, The Dollyrots, and more. In addition, he'll honor Thee Wylde Oscars' "What About Me?" as this week's "Coolest Song in the World." - where and when

Gatlin Brothers and Jane Monheit Tri-C Center Grand Openers

The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) Center for Creative Arts will receive a grand opening with concerts from Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers and Jane Monheit

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, at the Palace Theatre on Playhouse Square.

Monheit will perform at the Tri-C Metro Campus Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15. Tri-C alum and famed jazz musician Dominick Farinacci of Solon will open the show. - more on this story

Montgomery Gentry Star Opening Steakhouse

Montgomery Gentry star Eddie Montgomery is gearing up for the September 14th Grand Opening celebration for the 20,000 square foot entertainment and dining complex known as Eddie Montgomery's Steakhouse.

The Grand Opening celebration will include an All Star Jam with special guests of Eddie's as well as food and fun!!! Special Grand Opening reservations and tickets are available by calling 859-734-3400.

"Welcome to My Steakhouse! A place and space in "MY TOWN" designed and built to put a smile on your face, a great meal in your belly, and a tune or two in your heart," says Eddie Montgomery. "And yes, this special place is "SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!" - more on this story

Jay Brannan Scores Hit With So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance onto the charts? Jay Brannan did. Jay Brannan has resurfaced on Canada's iTunes charts thanks to the prominent use of his original track "Beautifully" (the only original track from Jay's cover album, In Living Cover) during Montreal contestant Sebastian Mersch's audition for So You Think You Can Dance (Canada). Watch the clip

The track and full album have both shot to #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts. In Living Cover also appears at #107 on the Top 200 Overall albums, with the track sitting at #154 overall.

Look for Brannan to appear on the iTunes Canada homepage in the "What's Hot" section shortly. - Watch the clip here

MTV Turns Reality Series Into Original Scripted Movie

Leave it to MTV to make a scripted movie from a "reality series". That's just what they did with MADE: The Movie, which premieres next Tuesday, August 24 at 10p.m. ET/PT.

Here is the background from MTV: Inspired by the Emmy Awarding-winning reality series, "MADE," the two hour scripted feature tells the story of an unpopular high school student as she pursues her dream of attaining a coveted spot on the cheerleading team.

This marks the third premiere from the new slate of original movies produced in association with MTV. - more on this story