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Kings of Leon, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts and Reba McEntire nominated for AMAs

Kings of Leon

The American Music Awards nominations were announced today, and country-pop star Taylor Swift gained a leading six nominations.

The late Michael Jackson earned five nominations, while rapper Eminem is nominated for five AMAs.

Swift, Jackson, Eminem, Lady Gaga and Kings of Leon are competing for the top award, artist of the year.

Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties, earned two other nominations, for favorite pop/rock band, duo or group and favorite alternative rock artist.

Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, is nominated for two AMAs, for favorite country band, duo or group and favorite country album for ”Unstoppable.”

Oklahoma natives Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood will compete with Swift for the favorite female country artist title.

The AMAs will air Nov. 22 on ABC. For more information, go to www.ABC.com.

See the full list of nominees after the break.

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What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 3, 2009

Kings of Leon

Today’s featured events:

Listen to Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties, play at 8 p.m. today at Ford Center, 100 W Reno. The concert will be the first event in the Ford Center since the latest phase of renovations was completed.

For more information, go to www.okfordcenter.com.

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STILLWATER — Check out Orange Peel 2009 with Jimmy Fallon and Jason Aldean at 7 p.m. Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena at Oklahoma State University.

For more information, call (877) OSU-PEEL or go to www.osupeel.com.

For more events, go to the new and improved www.wimgo.com.

-BAM

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Weekend Warmup for Oct. 2-4, 2009

Jason Aldean

Here is a list of activities happening in Oklahoma this weekend (Oct. 2-4). For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

- STILLWATER — Check out Orange Peel 2009 with Jimmy Fallon and Jason Aldean at 7 p.m. Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena at Oklahoma State University. Information: (877) OSU-PEEL or www.osupeel.com.

- THACKERVILLE – Also, hear Jason Aldean at 9 tonight at WinStar World Casino. Information: (580) 276-4229 or www.winstarworldcasino.com.

- Hear Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers, Ali Harter and Sheree Chamberlain at 10 tonight at 51^st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51. Information: 463-0470 or www.myspace.com/51speakeasy.

Kings of Leon (Associated Press photo)

- Listen to Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties, play at 8 p.m. Saturday at Ford Center, 100 W Reno. The concert will be the first event in the Ford Center since the latest phase of renovations was completed. Information: www.okfordcenter.com.

- Experience music, art and more from 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Plaza District Festival, 1700 block NW 16. Information: www.plazadistrictfestival.com.

- YUKON – Take in a carnival, parade, craft booths, music, dancing, singing and food at the Oklahoma Czech Festival from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Yukon’s Czech Hall, 205 N Czech Hall Road. Information: www.oklahomaczechfestival.com.

Dave Matthews Band

- TULSA — Hear Dave Matthews Band with Willie Nelson & Family at 7 tonight at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Information: (866) 726-5287 or www.bokcenter.com.

- NORMAN – Listen to Glen Campbell at 8 tonight at Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9. Information: 322-6464 or www.riverwind.com.

- CHICKASHA — Take in art, films and more from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the Rock Island Arts Festival in downtown. Information: www.rockislandartsfestival.org.

WorldFest (Photo by Jim Beckel/The Oklahoman)

- Shop for handcrafted items from around the world and enjoy international food and live entertainment at the sixth annual WorldFest fair trade market. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The event raises funds for Oklahoma City-based nonprofit World Neighbors. Information: www.wn.org.

- Hear Zac Brown Band, Eli Young Band, Mama Sweet and Southern Ground artists Nic Cowan, Levi Lowrey and Sonia Leigh when The Breaking Southern Ground Tour comes Sunday to Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50. The music starts at 4:15 p.m. Sunday. Gates open at 3 p.m. Information: 364-3700 or www.zooamp.com.

- Take in new artwork, wine tastings and other refreshments during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk. Gallery walk hours are 6 to 10 tonight and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday in the Paseo Arts District. Information: www.thepaseo.com.

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

- MIAMI – Listen to Jason Boland & the Stragglers at 8 tonight at Buffalo Run Casino. Information: www.buffalorun.com.

- Watch Ghostlight Theatre Club stage the provocative play “Fat Pig” at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at its Paseo theater space, 3110 N Walker. Performances continue through Oct. 17. Information: www.ghostlighttheatreclub.com.

- TULSA - Hear The Decemberists with Laura Veirs & the Hall of Flames at 7 p.m. Sunday at  Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Information: www.cainsballroom.com.

“Day Out With Thomas”

- Spend a “Day Out With Thomas 2009: The Hero of the Rails” today-Sunday at the Oklahoma Railway Museum, 3400 NE Grand Blvd. Families can ride Thomas the Tank Engine starting at 9 a.m. those days; train rides depart every 50 minutes through 5 p.m. Information: www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org

- Listen to Clutch with Wino and Lionize at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern. Information: www.diamondballroom.net or 677-9169.

 - See the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association Annual Exhibition and Sale this weekend at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63. The exhibit continues through Dec. 6. Information: www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.

“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”

- NORMAN – See the movie “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” and tour the galleries tonight at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Doors will open at 7 tonight, and visitors can tour the galleries until 8:30 p.m., when the film starts. Information: www.snomnh.ou.edu.

- TULSA – Check the Sci-Fi & Horror Weekend, including “The Rocky Horror Show” live and a “The Return of the Living Dead” reunion, at Tulsa Convention Center, 100 Civic Center. Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday with an after-party from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Information: www.scifihorrorweekend.com.

- MIDWEST CITY - Celebrate all things French at Rose State College’s Global Oklahoma Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the college, 6420 SE 15. The free, family-friendly event features live entertainment, cultural exhibits, children’s activities and food from many countries. Information: www.rose.edu/commfriend/globok.

-BAM

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Kings of Leon take “Use Somebody” to the top of charts

Kings of Leon’s single “Use Somebody” has hit the No. 1 spot on the Top 40 Radio charts in both airplay and audience, according to a news release from RCA Records.

Interestingly, this is happening one year after the album “Only By The Night” was released. At this point, with all the radio “Use Somebody” is getting in all the formats, the song is reaching a cumulative audience of 100 million on the Hot 100. The album has sold 1.3 million copies in America to date.

Kings of Leon, which has Oklahoma ties, are in the middle of a triumphant North American arena tour that will come to Friday in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma show will be the first event in the Ford Center since it closed for renovations at the end of the NBA season.

Also this weekend, the group will be headlining the prestigious Austin City Limits Music Festival. The alt-rock band’s tour ends in the States on Oct. 16 in Nashville, Tenn.

“Only By The Night” was released on Sept. 23, 2008, and debuted in the top five on the Billboard Top 200 and No. 1 at iTunes. The band was nominated for three Grammys and won its first for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for “Sex On Fire,” which was No. 1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart for nine weeks in a row.

“Use Somebody,” which has now sold over one million copies, was No. 1 at Modern Rock for three weeks straight and is currently one of the biggest rock crossovers of the year at pop radio with its position solid at No. 1.

Appearances on the covers of Rolling Stone and SPIN, and performances on “Saturday Night Live,” the “Today” show’s summer concert series on Rockefeller Plaza, “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and” The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” have all helped give the band – brothers Caleb Followill (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Nathan Followill (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Jared Followill (bass guitar, backing vocals), with their cousin Matthew Followill (lead guitar, backing vocals) - the biggest-selling record of their career as well as put them in front of more fans than ever before.

Remaining dates of the fall tour are below:

September 2009

30 – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center

October 2009

02 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival

03 – Oklahoma City, OK – Ford Center

06 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

07 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

09 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena

10 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

13 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center

16 – Nashville, TN – Sommet Center

20 – Guadalajara, MEX – Telmex Arena

22 – Mexico City, MEX – Sports Arena

24 – Monterrey, MEX – Arena Monterrey

-BAM

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Soundtrack list for “Twilight Saga: New Moon” released; St. Vincent duet included

“Twilight Saga” author Stephenie Meyer revealed the hotly anticipated soundtrack listing to the sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” today on her Web site.

All of the music is original and exclusive to the soundtrack, according to her post.

Along with the expected contribution from Meyer’s favorite band, Muse, the soundtrack will include songs from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, The Killers and Grizzly Bear.

Muse is providing a remixee version of “I Belong to You” from its new album “The Resistance.”

I’m disappointed that Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties and were rumored to be sought after for the soundtrack, did not make the list. I’m also sorry that one of my all-time favorite bands, Collective Soul, whose “Tremble for My Beloved” was on the “Twilight” soundtrack, won’t be included in the sequel.

But I’m intrigued by the apparent collaboration between singer-songwriter Justin Vernon’s band Bon Iver and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist St. Vincent, AKA Tulsa native Annie Clark. (She is pictured at left.)

They will be contributing a song titled “Roslyn,” which isn’t the name of any major character or place that I can recall from Meyer’s books. Hmmm. Mysterious.

The Death Cab for Cutie song and video debuted last week during the MTV Video Music Awards. Here is the video:

 

MTV Shows

 

And here is full “New Moon” soundtrack listing:

Death Cab for Cutie — “Meet Me on the Equinox”

Band of Skulls — “Friends”

Thom Yorke — “Hearing Damage”

Lykke Li — “Possibility”

The Killers — “A White Demon Love Song”

Anya Marina — “Satellite Heart”

Muse — “I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)”

Bon Iver & St. Vincent — “Rosyln”

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — “Done All Wrong”

Hurricane Bells — “Monsters”

Sea Wolf — “The Violet Hour”

OK Go — “Shooting the Moon”

Grizzly Bear — “Slow Life”

Editors — “No Sound But the Wind”

Alexandre Desplat — “New Moon (The Meadow)”

-BAM

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Kings of Leon planning live DVD, remix album and “Iron Chef” appearance

Kings of Leon on last month on the “Today” show. (Associated Press photos)

Rockers Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties, are working on several project this fall and starting to focus on the followup album to their 2008 platinum release “Only by the Night.”

In an interview with Billboard.com, drummer Nathan Followill said the band is planning to release a live DVD that was filmed in July at London’s O2 Arena. The show featured some “choice rarities” for the DVD.

“England is really the first place we broke…We figured what better place to make a live DVD than where the fans have been the craziest for the longest?” he told Billboard.com.

He also said the band is working on remix album, a project that started when the quartet learned other artists such as Justin Timberlake and Pharrell had started working on alternative versions of Kings of Leon songs.

Along with Pharrell and Timberlake, Mark Ronson, Kenna, Lykke Li and Linkin Park are contributing remixes to the forthcoming album, Followill told the trade publication.

“It’s neat to have these people who we would’ve jumped at the chance to work with ourselves…coming to us before we even get a chance to ask them,” he told Billboard.com. ”It’s amazing to hear your song played by these people who are so creative. Most of the time it takes me two or three listens to even wrap my head around, ‘Oh man, that’s our song…’”

Followill said his brother, Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill will make an appearance as a guest judge on “Iron Chef” this fall. Nathan also has big plans for autumn: He’s getting married in November.  (Nathan also got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball game against the Chicago Cubs earlier this month; see that photo at left.)

One big fall activity the band won’t be a part of: Contrary to the rumor, Followill says Kings of Leon won’t be contributing any music to the soundtrack for “New Moon,” the second film in the “Twilight” series. That’s a pity, since I think any contribution from the Followills would have instantly enhanced that soundtrack.

And while the quartet is considering releasing another single from “Only by the Night,” they also working on new material, particularly at sound checks. They don’t have a name or release date in mind yet for a new album, but Nathan Followill said the brainstorming phase is well under way.

“There’s stuff that sounds like Radiohead. There’s stuff that sounds like Thin Lizzy. There’s stuff that sounds like The Band. We’re pretty much to the point now where…we can be experimental and try stuff we would’ve been scared to death to try on the first couple of records. Now we find ourselves being a little more adventurous,” he told Billboard.com.

Kings of Leon is made up of four Followills: brothers Caleb, vocals, guitar; Nathan, drums; and Jared, bass; and cousin Matthew, lead guitar. Nathan and Matthew are Oklahoma City natives, and Caleb and Jared were born in Memphis.

The band will play its first show at Oklahoma City’s Ford Center at 8 p.m. Oct. 3. It will be the first event in the arena after its renovations.

For more information, go to www.okfordcenter.com.

-BAM

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Bonus Wednesday Video Spotlight: Kings of Leon on TV

Kings of Leon appear on the “Today” show July 31 in New York. (Associated Press photos)

  

Rockers Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties, performed their single “Use Somebody” Monday night on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.”

The band also performed a trio of songs a few weeks ago on the “Today” show.

Here are videos of both TV performances:

-BAM

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Kings of Leon to play tonight on “Tonight Show”

Rock band Kings of Leon, which has Oklahoma ties, will be the musical guest tonight on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.”

The show starts at 10:35 p.m. on NBC (KFOR-4 in Oklahoma City).

-BAM

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Wednesday Video Spotlight: AAR on “Today”

Oklahoma pop-rockers The All-American Rejects appeared Friday on the “Today” show’s Toyota Summer Concert Series.

Besides performing three of their hits and showing off their matching tattoos on the show, the band also took questions from country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Oklahoman Joe Don Rooney, in an exclusive Web video.

Enjoy these AAR videos from “Today.” And remember that rockers Kings of Leon, who also have Oklahoma ties, will appear on the morning show July 31.

-BAM

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All-American Rejects playing “Today” Friday, Kings of Leon to be on show later this month

The All-American Rejects (Photo by Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman)

Kings of Leon

Oklahoma pop-rock band The All-American Rejects will play Friday on NBC’s “Today” show.

The performance will be part of the morning program’s Toyota Summer Concert series.

Also, alt-rockers Kings of Leon, which also have Oklahoma ties, will perform July 31 on “Today.”

-BAM

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