July 13, 2010 - Katharine McPhee performed a homecoming concert of sorts over the weekend at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, opening with a 35-minute set prior to the headliner, trumpeter Chris Botti. She was glamorous in appearance, the blond dye-job on her recent album cover ditched for a short, natural brunette look, and she delivered the pitch-perfect articulation that wowed "American Idol" audiences in Season Five.
April 1, 2010 - "American Idol" alumni Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard will share the stage once again as they take on a slate of summer shows dubbed the "Timeless Tour."
September 16, 2009 - Ruben Studdard has co-written a new song, "I'm A Fighter," as the campaign anthem for Be Sickle Smart, a nationwide grassroots health-education program aimed at increasing awareness of iron overload among people living with the sickle cell disease, according to a press release.
June 16, 2006 - The owner of a Detroit recording studio has lost his lawsuit against The White Stripes, whom he claimed owed him royalties for his engineering work on the band's self-titled 1999 debut, and its 2000 follow-up, "De Stijl."
June 30, 2005 - Ruben Studdard, winner of 2004's "American Idol" on Fox-TV, has filed a lawsuit in Birmingham, AL, accusing his former manager of identity theft and forgery.
May 26, 2005 - Oklahoma-raised country singer Carrie Underwood has been crowned the winner of the fourth season of Fox-TV's talent show "American Idol."
November 24, 2004 - Ruben Studdard, who won the Fox-TV talent show "American Idol" in 2003, was hospitalized in his hometown of Birmingham, AL, on Monday night (11/20), and reportedly is likely to spend the rest of the week under observation.
Here's our look at some of the most noteworthy music events scheduled for the coming week.
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