“American Idol” David Cook returning to Tulsa for Oct. 13 Cain’s Ballroom show; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
“American Idol” David Cook returning to Tulsa for Cain’s Ballroom show
The Season 7 “Idol” champ will bring his co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw to the historic venue on Oct. 13, with tickets going on sale Friday morning.
“American Idol” winner David Cook is planning to return to Tulsa next month during his fall co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw.
The platinum-selling musicians announced this week that they will embark on a national tour kicking off Oct. 9 at Penn State University. The U.S. tour, with opening act Carolina Liar, will wrap on Nov. 10 in Athens, Ga. The trek will make an Oct. 13 stop at historic Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
Tickets in select markets, including Tulsa, will go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets to the Cain’s show will be $34 in advance or $40 the day of the show. For tickets and information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
Cook, who lived in Tulsa and was a mainstay of its local music scene before successfully auditioning for “Idol,” is touring in support of his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning” (19 Recordings / RCA Records), which came out June 28. The deceptively catchy first single “The Last Goodbye,” along with its witty music video, was met with largely positive buzz, and the album’s second single, the sensual ballad “Fade Into Me,” will be released to coincide with the tour.
After winning the “Idol” Season 7 title, Cook went on to sell more than 1 million copies of his self-titled debut album and set out on a yearlong nationwide tour in support of his multiple hit singles. Released in November 2008, “David Cook” (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 and the digital album charts at No. 1, marking the best debut from an “American Idol” winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from “David Cook” have sold more than 2 million tracks and ringtones combined. Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” was certified platinum and is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history.
DeGraw will be performing new material off his highly anticipated fourth album “Sweeter,” due out Tuesday on RCA Records. The soulful single, “Not Over You” debuted as the most added track on the Hot AC format.
DeGraw first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, “Chariot,” which sold more than 1 million copies, earned platinum certification and yielded three hit singles: “I Don’t Want To Be,” “Follow Through” and the title track, “Chariot.”
DeGraw’s self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in 2008, earning DeGraw his first top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles “In Love with a Girl,” and the gold-certified “We Belong Together.” In 2009, DeGraw released “Free” as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of his live favorites.
DeGraw recently toured with Maroon 5 and Train and has performed and is scheduled to perform on numerous TV shows in support of his new album, including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “The Today Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
For more information on the tour, go to www.davidcookofficial.com and www.gavindegraw.com.
In concert
David Cook and Gavin DeGraw
With: Carolina Liar.
When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: On sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Prices are $34 in advance or $40 the day of the show.
Information: www.cainsballroom.com.
-BAM
David Cook announces co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw, including Oct. 13 Tulsa show
David Cook
“American Idol” winner David Cook is planning to return to Tulsa next month during his fall co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw.
The platinum-selling musicians announced today that they will embark on a national tour kicking off Oct. 9 at Penn State University. The U.S. tour, with opening act Carolina Liar, will wrap on Nov. 10 in Athens, Ga. The trek will make an Oct. 13 stop at historic Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
Tickets in select markets, including Tulsa, will go on sale beginning Sept. 16. Tickets to the Cain’s show will be $34 in advance or $40 the day of the show. For tickets and information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
Cook, who lived in Tulsa and was a mainstay of its local music scene before successfully auditioning for “Idol,” is touring in support of his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning” (19 Recordings / RCA Records), which came out June 28. The first single “The Last Goodbye” was met by rave reviews, and the album’s second single, “Fade Into Me,” will be released to coincide with the tour. To read my review of “This Loud Morning,” click here.
After winning the “Idol” crown in season 7, Cook went on to sell more than 1 million copies of his self-titled debut album and set out on a yearlong nationwide tour in support of his multiple hit singles. Released in November 2008, “David Cook” (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 and the digital album charts at #No. 1, marking the best debut from an “American Idol” winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from “David Cook” have sold more than 2 million tracks and ringtones combined. Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” was certified platinum and is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history.
DeGraw will be performing new material off his highly anticipated fourth album “Sweeter,” out Sept. 20 on RCA Records. Entertainment Weekly describes the first single “Not Over You,” which debuted most added at the Hot AC format, as “a soulful majestic ballad” and People Magazine declares the “hot single” as his “welcome return” to the airwaves.
DeGraw first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, “Chariot,” which sold more than 1 million copies, earned platinum certification and yielded three hit singles: “I Don’t Want To Be,” “Follow Through” and the title-track, “Chariot.” DeGraw’s self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in 2008, earning DeGraw his first Top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles “In Love With A Girl,” and the gold-certified “We Belong Together.” In 2009, DeGraw released “Free” as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of his live favorites. DeGraw recently toured with Maroon 5 and Train, wrapping with that tour at the end of August. He has performed and is scheduled to perform on numerous TV shows in support of his new album, including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “The Today Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
For more information on the tour, go to www.davidcookofficial.com and www.gavindegraw.com.
-BAM
David Cook performing tonight on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, is performing tonight on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” The show airs from 10:35 to 11:35 p.m. on CBS (KWTV-9 in Oklahoma City), and Cook’s performance will cap the show.
Cook recently released his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning.” The album debuted at No. 7 on the cross-genre Billboard 200 chart.
To read my review of “This Loud Morning,” click here.
-BAM
David Cook to perform on “The Talk” this afternoon
David Cook (AP file)
Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, will perform today on “The Talk,” which airs at 1 p.m. on CBS (KWTV-9 in Oklahoma City).
Cook released last Tuesday his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning.” The album debuted at No. 7 on the cross-genre Billboard 200 chart.
To read my review of “This Loud Morning,” click here.
“Friends with Benefits” star Jenna Elfman also will appear on today’s “The Talk.”
-BAM
CD review: David Cook “This Loud Morning”
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Rock
David Cook “This Loud Morning” (19 Recordings/RCA Records)
“American Idol’s” best known and most accomplished rocker, David Cook fully embraces the rock ‘n’ roll tradition of creating a true album rather than a random collection of singles and filler with his sophomore effort, “This Loud Morning.”
A mainstay on the Tulsa music scene before winning the seventh season of “Idol,” Cook may have risen to national fame on a reality TV show, but in many ways, the singer/songwriter/guitarist can be regarded as a throwback. Not only is he releasing a bona fide album in the digital era, he also continues to favor the arena-filling jangle of post-grunge to rough-edged modern rock. While his musical preferences remained firmly rooted in the 1990s, the 12 tracks on “This Loud Morning” still have a contemporary sensibility that keep them from becoming mired in nostalgia.
Cook’s second major-label release isn’t quite a concept album, but it successfully follows a clear-cut thematic and sonic thread. Wisely, “This Loud Morning” opens and closes with its strongest tracks, “Circadian” and “Rapid Eye Movement.” The former, which he penned with bandmate Neal Tiemann and Evanescence’s David Hodges, chimingly offers sleep as an escape from life’s problems. The latter presents the prospect of awaking to face the day, with Cook and Hodges delving into a much darker and heavier sound but taking the album full circle by bringing back the evocative music-box tinkling and children’s choir crooning of the opener.
In between, Cook followd the arc of a doomed relationship, starting with the buoyant optimism of “Right Here, With You,” which he penned with Goo Goo Doll Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star and Greg Wattenberg, and the steadfast faith of “We Believe.” The romance reaches its zenith with the sensual “Fade into Me,” but as it marches into the next track, “Hard to Believe,” the affair is clearly in trouble.
Cook and Tulsa-born OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder co-wrote the deceptively bouncy lead-off single, “The Last Goodbye,” and it’s regret-filled lyrics set up the weary resignation of the piano ballad “Goodbye to the Girl,” penned with fellow Midwest Kings alumni Tiemann and Andy Skib.
While Cook deserves praise for developing a cohesive narrative, his new album adheres too closely to its sonic throughline. The middle section consists entirely of passionate power ballads and anthemic midtempo rockers, which eventually melt together until it’s tough to tell one song from the next.
Still, fans who have been waiting for new music since fall 2008, when Cook released his self-titled post-“Idol” debut, will eagerly seize “This Loud Morning.”
— BAM
Wednesday Video Spotlight: David Cook releases sophomore album “The Last Goodbye”
Tags: David Cook, Top 20 Countdown
“American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, released his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning,” Tuesday on 19 Recordings/RCA Records.
“This Loud Morning” is Cook’s first new album since November 2008, when he released his self-titled major-label debut six months after winning on “Idol.” “David Cook” went platinum. And the singer/songwriter/guitarist has really been making the rounds to promote his long-awaited sophomore effort.
In the Video Spotlight, check out his Associated Press video interview about the album, his video track-by-track breakdown with Billboard.com and his cover of Radiohead’s “High and Dry” from VH1.com.
He will perform Thursday on “Lopez Tonight,” airing at 11 p.m. on TBS.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
-BAM
Video: David Cook performs “The Last Goodbye” on “Today”
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“American Idol” winner and former Tulsan David Cook performed his latest single, “The Last Goodbye,” this morning on the “Today” show in New York City.
“The Last Goodbye” is the lead-off single from his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning,” out today on 19 Recordings/RCA Records. He also chatted with “Today” co-host Ann Curry about the making of the album, which he said was a kind of therapeutic process after the death of his brother, Adam, of a brain tumor.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
Cook also will perform Thursday on “Lopez Tonight,” airing at 11 p.m. on TBS.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
-BAM
New releases for June 28, 2011: David Cook drops sophomore album, “This Loud Morning”
David Cook (AP file)
“American Idol” winner and former Tulsan David Cook releases his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning,” today on 19 Recordings/RCA Records.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
In addition, look for my review soon of the movie “Bloodworth,” available today on DVD and starring Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, Val Kilmer and Hilary Duff.
Here is a list of new CDs, DVDs and book, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
CDs
David Cook, “This Loud Morning.”
Beyonce, “4.”
Gillian Welch, “The Harrow & The Harvest.”
Various artists, “Rave On Buddy Holly.”
Selena Gomez and the Scene, “When The Sun Goes Down.”
Dolly Parton, “Better Day.”
Queensrÿche, “Dedicated to Chaos.”
Limp Bizkit, “Gold Cobra.”
Thievery Corporation, “Culture of Fear.”
DVDs
3 Backyards
Beastly
Beneath Hill 60
Bloodworth
Cyrus
Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Season 6
Lebanon, Pa.
Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete First Season
Season of the Witch
Sucker Punch
Warehouse 13: Season Two
The Warrior’s Way
Wild Cherry
Books
Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer Holland
The Help (Movie Tie-In) by Kathryn Stockett
The Aging Myth: Unlocking the Mysteries of Looking and Feeling Young by Joseph Chang PhD
Untold Story: A Novel by Monica Ali
The Deal from Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers by James O’Shea
Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson, Laura Park, Chris Tebbetts
David Cook to appear on “Today” this morning, “Lopez Tonight” Thursday
“American Idol” winner and former Tulsan David Cook releases his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning,” today on 19 Recordings/RCA Records.
Cook will be marking the release of “This Loud Morning” with a whirlwind series of appearances today in New York City, including a performance this morning on the NBC’s “Today” show. He then will head to the Paramount Hotel in Times Square for a special “This Loud Morning” performance for contest winners, hotel guests and VIPs.
He will celebrate the new album with a LIVE @ Best Buy performance at 6 p.m. today at the Best Buy’s Union Square location. The performance will be broadcast live at www.liveatbestbuy.com.
He also is set to perform Thursday on “Lopez Tonight,” airing at 11 p.m. on TBS.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
After winning the “Idol” title in Season 7, Cook went on to sell more than 1 million copies of his self-titled debut album and set out on a year long nationwide tour in support of his multiple hit singles. Released on Nov. 18, 2008, “David Cook” (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 and the digital album charts at No. 1, marking the best debut from an “American Idol” winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from “David Cook” have sold more than 3 million tracks and ringtones combined. Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” was certified platinum and is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
-BAM
Video: David Cook talks about new album “This Loud Morning,” out Tuesday
“American Idol” winner and former Tulsan David Cook talks about his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning,” due out Tuesday on 19 Recordings/RCA Records, in these videos.
The second album from the Season 7 “Idol” champ has been called by Entertainment Weekly one of the “10 Summer Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear.”
Cook will be marking the release of “This Loud Morning” with a whirlwind series of appearances Tuesday in New York City. Immediately following his performance on the NBC’s “Today” show, he will head to the Paramount Hotel in Times Square Tuesday for a special “This Loud Morning” performance for contest winners, hotel guests and VIPs.
He then will celebrate the new album with a LIVE @ Best Buy performance at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Best Buy’s Union Square location. Starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the first 200 customers who purchase This Loud Morning at Best Buy’s Union Square location will receive a wristband for admittance Cook’s performance, as well as a guaranteed spot in line to have their copy of “This Loud Morning” autographed following his performance. The next 100 customers will receive a wristband guaranteeing them admittance to the signing. The performance will also be broadcast live at www.liveatbestbuy.com.
Cook premiered the music video for his first single “The Last Goodbye” on iTunes on May 23. The video was directed by the acclaimed and award winning Nigel Dick (Britney Spears, Oasis, Nickelback, etc.) and shot in Malibu.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
After winning the “Idol” title in Season 7, Cook went on to sell more than 1 million copies of his self-titled debut album and set out on a year long nationwide tour in support of his multiple hit singles. Released on Nov. 18, 2008, “David Cook” (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 and the digital album charts at No. 1, marking the best debut from an “American Idol” winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from “David Cook” have sold more than 3 million tracks and ringtones combined. Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” was certified platinum and is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
-BAM
