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McNeil returns to her roots
Original at Brantford Expositor
• Tue, Dec 22
McNeil was a contestant on the CBS reality show Rock Star: INXS a few years back when the band was looking for a new lead singer. ...
INXS To Launch World Tour - Pollstar
Original at Pollstar
• Mon, Dec 14
INXS To Launch World Tour blog) Their search for another singer was captured in 2005 on the TV show “Rock Star: INXS,” which matched them with Canada's JD Fortune for a two-year world tour ...
INXS PLAN NEW ALBUM AND TOUR WITH GUEST FRONTMEN - India Business Blog
Original at trak.in
• Fri, Dec 11
INXS PLAN NEW ALBUM AND TOUR WITH GUEST FRONTMEN India Business Blog (blog) Fortune performed with the band for three years after winning the role in US TV reality show Rock Star: INXS. In January (09) he claimed he was fired by his ... and more »
Inxs Plan New Album And Tour With Guest Frontmen - Gaea Times
Original at Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Technology Blog
• Thu, Dec 10
Inxs Plan New Album And Tour With Guest Frontmen Gaea Times (blog) Fortune performed with the band for three years after winning the role in US TV reality show Rock Star: INXS. In January (09) he claimed he was fired by his ... and more »
INXS back, but is Fortune?
Original at ChronicleHerald.ca
• Thu, Dec 10
Fortune had earned the right to front the Aussie group after winning the television reality contest Rock Star: INXS in 2005. According to the band's rep, ... INXS - INXS PLAN NEW ALBUM AND TOUR WITH GUEST FRONTMENContactmusic.com all 5 news articles »
INXS - INXS PLAN NEW ALBUM AND TOUR WITH GUEST FRONTMEN
Original at Contactmusic.com
• Wed, Dec 9
Fortune performed with the band for three years after winning the role in US TV reality show Rock Star: INXS. In January (09) he claimed he was fired by his ... and more »
Lenny Kravitz Taking Over Steven Tyler's Job? - PerezHilton.com
Original at PerezHilton.com
• Mon, Dec 7
RockStar Weekly Lenny Kravitz Taking Over Steven Tyler's Job? PerezHilton.com (blog) Maybe they should go the reality show route like Rock Star: INXS. That'll get them more money publicity. Just make sure Steven Tyler isn't around to rush ...
Music Review: Dilana - InsideOut - Blogcritics.org
Original at blogcritics.org
• Tue, Dec 1
Music Review: Dilana - InsideOut Blogcritics.org (blog) Back in 2005 and 2006, I watched Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova with my wife and girls. We caught every episode almost rabidly, as it was (and ...
Best Rock Star Abs
Original at Men's Fitness
• Mon, Nov 30
At one point, fellow ab star Dave Navarro and he shared band space. While they claim Navarro left because of drugs, but it's really because there was too ...
Celebrate the season with new Christmas music
Original at Beliefnet.com
• Mon, Nov 30
Rock rendition of the classical oratorio, featuring Tony Award winner LaChanze; Tony nominee J. Robert Spencer; Rock Star INXS' MiG Ayesa I highly recommend ...
Lorenzo's Oil
Original at Moviehole
• Wed, Nov 18
“Rock Star : INXS” mastermind Mark Burnett once held the cinematic rights to the “Flamel” series, but the pic he tried to get up at New Line didn't get any ... and more »
'Kick-ass' (EW) Rock Star Dilana Drops 'InsideOut' Tuesday
Original at Top40-Charts.com
• Tue, Nov 17
Lead single "Holiday" kicks off the album, showcasing Dilana's commanding voice and rock star presence. The record wraps with "Still Wanting," with its ...
Taking Music to Floor Thirteen: Winnipeg band performs Saturday at Southgate
Original at California Chronicle
• Thu, Nov 12
Koz had reached the Top 20 during the 2006 "Canadian Idol" competition and later that year was in the Top 30 during the "Rock Star: INXS" competition. ... and more »
JD Fortune Retracts His Story
Original at Undercover Music News
• Sat, Mar 7
Australia The 35-year old singer won the reality show Rock Star INXS and recorded one album with the band. He also got to tour the world as lead singer of the legendary Aussie group. However, in a bizarre appearance on Canadian television a few weeks ago, ...
Fellow 'Rock Star' winner Lukas Rossi identifies with Fortune's plight
Original at google.com
• Thu, Feb 26
TORONTO — Cast aside by INXS and apparently destitute, JD Fortune still has a friend in fellow "Rock Star" winner Lukas Rossi. Fortune, who shot to stardom when he won the television reality contest "Rock Star: INXS" in 2005 and became the new frontman ...
INXS To J.D. Fortune: "You're Not Fired, You Quit"
Original at Idolator
• Tue, Feb 24
By Maura Johnston Last week, Rock Star: INXS winner J.D. Fortune was bumming out about being fired from the Australian pop band in the middle of an airport, saying that he was dealing with the aftermath of the breakup by living out of his car and attempting to manage a raging coke problem. But news of Fortune's fi...
Rock Star: INXS Winner Fires Himself??
Original at PerezHilton.com
• Mon, Feb 23
The reality show winner complained to Entertainment Tonight Canada last week about an incident in which he claims he was kicked out of INXS after their last international tour ("I was in an airport in Hong Kong and literally got handshakes of `thank ...
J.D. Fortune Was Apparently Not What INXS Needed
Original at Idolator
• Wed, Feb 18
By Dan Gibson I'm not entirely sure what the least surprising aspect of this interview with Rock Star: INXS winner J.D. Fortune might be. Is that his time in INXS came to an abrupt and somewhat graceless end? Is it that the Farriss brothers would be willing to fire a guy with an admitted cocaine problem? Or th...
Samantha Who? 2.10 “The Rock Star” Spoilers
Original at Gilmore Girls
• Mon, Jan 5
By Arieanna Schweber Samantha Who? 2.10 “The Rock Star” Air Date: January 12, 2009 Spoilers Copyright © 2008 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc./ Karen Neal) Copyright © 2008 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc./ Eric McCandles) Copyright © 2008 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc./ John Taylor)
andPOP Interviews Suzie McNeil
Original at andPOP
• Sat, Dec 13
Canada - Dec 13, 2008 A finalist on the CBS show Rock Star:INXS a few years ago, Suzie talks to andPOP about her new album and how life has been since INXS. ...
Dancing With the Stars: Mirror Ball Trophy Winner Prediction ...
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Thu, Nov 20
The following year she teamed up with reality TV giant Mark Burnett to co-host the competitive reality series Rock Star: INXS (2005) and the follow-up season, Rock Star: Supernova (2006), opposite Dave Navarro. ...
Back to Rockville: Review: The Cult
Original at Back to Rockville
• Sun, Nov 16
By BacktoRockville Setlist: Nirvana, Lil' Devil, Rain, Sweet Soul Sister, The Witch, Spiritwalker, Edie (Ciao, Baby), Illuminated, Fire Woman, Rise, The Phoenix, Dirty Little Rock Star, Wildflower, Love Removal Machine. Encore: Savages, Horse Nation (? ...
Top Chef Season 5 Starts Out Strong With A Double Elimination ...
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Nov 12
American Idol – It’s Double Elimination Time · Surprise Double-Elimination on America’s Next Top Model · Survivor: Gabon And A Double Elimination That Shocks · Rock Star INXS – Surprise Double Elimination · Survivor Guatemala - Bobby ...
Hugh Hefner’s Ladies Are Moving On…And Fast | Reality TV Magazine
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Sat, Nov 8
Four Ladies Get Lucky On The Bachelor · Rock Star: INXS Monday Edition Moving to Sundays on VH1 · Ace Young Would Step In Front Of A Moving Train For Chris Daughtry. Topics: Reality TV | « American Idol Season 8 Premieres January 13 ...
Q&A: Liam Gallagher on the Beatles and the Death of the Rock Star
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Oct 30
• Oasis Previews Upcoming Album in Vancouver Photo: Hogan/Getty With their new album Dig Out Your Soul out and an international tour underway, Rolling Stone caught up with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher to chat about the first record that blew his mind, how he measures success and God’s m...
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - PAUL STANLEY: 'One Live Kiss' DVD First-Week ...
Original at Blabbermouth.net
• Thu, Oct 30
Paul Stanley's backing band is the house band from the CBS-TV show "Rock Star" — Paul Mirkovich (keyboards), Jim McGorman (guitar), Rafael Moreira (lead guitar), Nate Morton (drums) and Sasha Krivstov (bass). They appeared on the first ...
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - PAUL STANLEY: 'Magic Touch' Clip From 'One Live ...
Original at Blabbermouth.net
• Fri, Oct 17
They appeared on the first — and so far only — two seasons of the show: "Rock Star: INXS" and "Rock Star: Supernova". "Live To Dream!" is an insider's glimpse into the creative process of Paul Stanley and his concert film titled "One ...
Lucinda Williams passionate, a bit erratic
Original at Albany Times Union
• Wed, Oct 8
Her band has always been a welcome home for guitar-slingers; this night ace Doug Pettibone provided the firepower. Williams strapped on an electric guitar for the empowering "Essence," and followed with "Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings," the rockabilly "Honey Be...
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
Original at Rolling Stone
• Mon, Sep 29
Is your death wish stronger than you are?" Lucinda Williams asks in "Little Rock Star," a cautionary song swathed in guitar noise that someone should instant-message to Pete Doherty, Ryan Adams and Amy Winehouse. While it shows that the 55-year-old barbed-wire country singer is wary of...
Paul Stanley of KISS & Wife Expecting Baby Girl in January - Pregnancy Pit Stop Blog
Original at Pregnancy Pit Stop
• Thu, Sep 25
KISS guitarist and frontman Paul Stanley, 56, and his attorney wife Erin, 36, have announced that baby number two is due to arrive in January and is a little girl. In August, Paul shared, “Erin and I are thrilled and can’t wait to meet our newest addition. We’ve been extremely blessed and we’r...
MTV planning Rock Band 2 show?
Original at GameSpot
• Sun, Sep 7
- Burnett has made a career producing TV shows such as Rock Star: INXS and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, as well as creating and directing Survivor. ... New "Rock Band 2" Reality Series Looking For Bands On Craigslist AHN all 3 news articles
Hairball at Fair
Original at Oskaloosa Herald
• Wed, Jul 23
IA - Their encore was a four-song set of AC/DC tunes. Before the show, lead singer “Rock Star Bob” talked a bit about the band and their show. Rock Star Bob has ...
Television producer Mark Burnett sued for $70 million
Original at TV Squad
• Mon, Jul 7
By Jackie Schnoop Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, OpEd, The Apprentice, SurvivorExecutive television producer Mark Burnett is being sued by his former business partner Conrad Riggs for $70 million. Burnett, a British television producer, is best known for kick-starting the reality tele...
"Spin" Turns The Rock-Star Notion On Its Ear
Original at Idolator
• Thu, Jun 26
By Anono-Critic It has been a long-running meme at this column that mainstream entertainment magazines don't like it much when their competitors run a cover story featuring the same famous people at the same time as they. And so it comes to pass that the July 2008 Spin hits newsstands two weeks after the mos...
Big -- and Small -- news at Sun TV
Original at Toronto Sun
• Wed, Jun 11
Canada - Inside Jam! co-host Tara Slone, a Juno Award-nominated singer who had her TV breakthrough as a contestant on Rock Star: INXS, was asked what she has learned ...
Fall Out Boy: A New Kind Of Rock Star -- In Bigger Than The SoundOriginal at mtv.com
• Wed, Mar 26
I am in no way comparing Wentz and company to Jimmy Page or Robert Plant (or Vince Neil or Tommy Lee, for that matter). To the best of my knowledge, no one in the band has purchased a home owned by Aleister Crowley, and no one has been videotaped steering a boat with his manhood. There have been no i...
Jason Castro Gets The "American Idol" Audience Daydreaming [Idolator's American Idolatry]
Original at Idolator
• Wed, Feb 20
By Maura Johnston 1. what a day for a daydream (No. 10; performed by Jason Castro) 2. suspicious minds (No. 13; performed by Colton Berry) 3. so happy together (No. 26; performed by David Cook) 5. one is the loneliest number (No. 35; performed by Robbie Carrico)
"Rock Star" Producer Looking To Take Another Trip To Pretty VegasOriginal at Idolator
• Thu, Feb 14
By Maura Johnston With all this talk about American Idol, it was probably inevitable that someone would bring up the Mark Burnett-produced "Lead Singer For A Day" competition Rock Star—which, after two stints on CBS' reality-heavy summer schedule and the loud flopping of season-two band Rock Star Supe...
Mark Burnett talking to bands for Rock Star 3 - Deadbolt
Original at Deadbolt
• Fri, Feb 8
Mark Burnett talking to bands for Rock Star 3 - If you're a fan of the Mark Burnett produced reality hits Rock Star INXS and Rock Star Supernova, we have good news. On Friday, February 8, The Deadbolt ...
Music Review: Magni Asgiersson - Magni - Blogcritics.org
Original at blogcritics.org
• Sun, Oct 21
Music Review: Magni Asgiersson - Magni Blogcritics.org, OH - Dolphin's Cry" was performed on the reality show, Rock Star: Supernova, it stands as was one of the best performances on that show. ...
Rock Star Finalist Ty Taylor To Star In Musical Chess
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Sun, Sep 2
By Joe Reality Many viewers of Rock Star: INXS will likely remember Ty Taylor as one of the early favorites to win the competition. Ty Taylor made it to sixth place on the show, and JD Fortune wound up eventually winning Rock Star INXS. ...
What Are They Up To? Rock Star: Supernova's Toby Rand - BuddyTV
Original at BuddyTV
• Thu, Aug 23
What Are They Up To? Rock Star: Supernova's Toby Rand - Toby Rand was popularly known for his exposure on the competitive reality series Rock Star: Supernova. Although he lost to Canadian performer Lukas Rossi ... What Are They Up To? Rock Star: Supernova's Magni Ásgeirsson BuddyTV
Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Creating A Rock Star 101
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Jul 16
By Connie Phillips Don't tell me Sam really believes there is anything she can say to Jason that will compensate for what she has done. Jason and Sam are so over. The downside is we're going to be moving on to Jason and Liz. I guess it could be worse – it could be a Jason and Carly pairing.
NIKKI SIXX: 'Heroin Diaries' Book Preview Available
Original at Blabbermouth.net
• Thu, Jul 5
• 12 related articles
A seven-page preview of MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx's upcoming book "Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", has been posted at RockConfidential.com.
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Rocker pays 'Supernova' visit to young Ottawa fan - Ottawa Citizen (subscription)
Original at StarPhoenix
• Wed, Jul 4
Rocker pays 'Supernova' visit to young Ottawa fan Ottawa Citizen (subscription), Canada - Jul 4, 2007 Mr. Rossi is the lead singer of Rock Star Supernova, a band comprised of former members of Metallica, Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses. ...
Rock-Critically Correct: "Spin" Parties Like A Rock Star
Original at Idolator
• Fri, Jun 15
By Brian Raftery Spin presents a meditation on rock stardom in three acts. First comes "Rock Star !/ Rock Star?," in which the current crop of Clear Channel/active rock bands is bemoaned for not living up to the Dionysian standard of Tommy Lee. Then the mag's cover subject, Marilyn Manson, is profiled as "Th...
Halifax-raised Joydrop singer, Rock Star hopeful front and centre - ChronicleHerald.ca
Original at ChronicleHerald.ca
• Sat, Apr 7
Halifax-raised Joydrop singer, Rock Star hopeful front and centre Canada - Apr 7, 2007 But then she became a top 10 finalist on Rock Star: INXS, which ultimately chose New Glasgow-raised JD Fortune to take the place of the late Michael ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist Collaborates With 'Rock Star: Supernova ... - Blabbermouth.net
Original at Blabbermouth.net
• Tue, Apr 3
MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist Collaborates With 'Rock Star: Supernova ... NY - Apr 3, 2007 According to ChartAttack.com, Dilana Robichaux — known to most as the runner-up to Lukas Rossi in the "Rock Star: Supernova" television series — is ...
Rock Star Runner-up Dilana Robichaux Working With Motley Crue's ... - Chart Attack
Original at Chart Attack
• Mon, Apr 2
Rock Star Runner-up Dilana Robichaux Working With Motley Crue's ... Canada - Apr 2, 2007 Dilana Robichaux, known to most as the runner-up to Lukas Rossi in the Rock Star: Supernova television series, is writing material for her debut album. ...
TV Review: Rock Star: Supernova - Season Finale
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Sep 14
By Jewels Richardson Rock Star: Supernova has ended more than their season and the competition, it looks like the very name, "Supernova" may be a thing of the past. For the time being, for me, the name remains the same. The choice has been made on Rock Star. A lead singer from the pool of the fifteen original contesta...