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Thanks for pictures and video. Ya'll make it so easy to see the show. I think I will listen to a few things but want to experience it mostly for the first time in Anaheim. I haven't bought tickets yet but I'm sure I will get there.

So did anyone brave the stores for black friday? I've never done it. I will buy most of my gifts online this year. I probably won't even see a mall at all.

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I went to Walmart on Thursday night......just for fun! My DD and I walked around and had a blast watching the crazies! Then we went to target but they had a long line and it wasn't worth the wait since all my shopping is done.

Did go to Walgreens for a couple if supplies for the trip, which by the way is a lot of fun. And Clay.....well just perfect,

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I am limiting myself on clack too but from what I have seen and heard he is looking great and sounding in fine voice. Love the hair cut and that he is not dyeing his hair anymore..just perfect!

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Sigh. I love him.

He's so sexy, and funny, and sings so amazingly good. He's an artist who is true to himself, and I love that.

I think I'll follow him for a LONG time to come.

ETA: to answer couchie's question, hubby and I did go out for a bit on Friday. He wanted to get a screaming deal on something from Guitar Center (some sound software for his Mac -- and for what he spent on it, I can justify a trip to see Clay. *g*), and then we both wanted to get a screaming deal on...get this...CAT LITTER! Whoohoo!

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I got to Costco early to buy myself a Samsung tablet for $100. off. I was fifth in line and no one pushed or cut in. No problem getting the tablet. Easier to carry than a laptop on the plane. I'm off on Friday. Hopefully I'll get to see my youngest brother who is ill according to playbiller. Definitely will see the brother a little older than the other and his family.

Clay sounded so good. Looking forward to hearing him a few times this week and next.

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This is cute! From Hope at the CH:

Banter, "Sexy Face" & "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve," Clearwater by Scarlett.

Includes 'just' the romantic banter prior to "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" and "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve." Remaining banter prior to it will be a different clip.

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

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See Clay go from goofy southern boy to 'oops I'm on stage' voice to joker to "sexy face" to beautiful singerman in 60 seconds!!

I'm remaining semi-unspoilered. Am reading only here and at the CH, enjoying the recaps, skimming through the usual whiney stuff, watching just the occasional video like this one. My first concert is Thursday night at DPAC. Then on Saturday morning I'm heading up north to Verona, and combining that with a visit with lilyshine followed by a visit with my BFF Richard, who is coming to the concert. (He lives about half an hour from the casino.) So I'll be gone 10 days! Wheeee!!

In the meantime I'm supposed to be getting all this stuff done before I go, and I'm looking forward to getting all this stuff done someday! Say what? Well I mean that I get involved in these long, long, long term projects and then think I have to focus entirely on them until they are done. Then I burn out and do nothing. And I keep saying that it'll be done and then I can __________ (post more, finish unpacking, clean house, start to exercise, etc.) Thankfully I allow myself to eat and sleep regardless. :hysterical:

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Sexy face was priceless! He so knows us! I cannot wait to see what he comes up with tomorro

He said he cannot do for me what my DH can do but he has no idea what he does do to me. He gives me so much in so many ways and I will always be grateful.

Wonderful singing, priceless banter, a gorgeous man to look at and good friends just for a start!

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OMG I love that sexy face clip! Ha ha ha. I have been able to listen to the last two cellcerts and they were clear as a bell. Last night I had it over speakers at full volume while my daughter and I made some interesting Madagascar vanilla fruit salad thingy for her Travel & Tourism project. I love that it's not sounding under water this year. I could never handle those streams, I always end up turning them off. But to be able to hear the jokes & the banter is priceless!

We've had snow on and off the last few days. Nothing accumulating too much so far, but my fingers are firmly crossed that we will be able to drive to our shows, starting in a couple of weeks. I will be heartbroken if we can't. I am spoiling myself silly, except for the first and last songs. I don't want to see the visual for the AIW opening, and I haven't even listened to the encore. I want there to be something completely new to look forward to. :)

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I went through the set list just to compare, and here are the songs and the years that they have been sung. I was just curious, since he's calling it a "best of" all of the previous tours. Other than Celebrate Me Home, which I would have loved to hear again, I am thrilled with his choices!

All Is Well (2006,2007)

Christmas Waltz (2004,2005,2006,2007)

O Holy Night (2004,2005,2007)

Away in a Manager/O Little Town of Bethlehem/Silent Night Medley (2007 with Quiana/Angela)

Mary Did You Know (2004,2005,2006,2007)

O Come O Come Emmanuel (2005 Jacob,2006,2007)

Hark the Herald Angels Sing/Come All Ye Faithful (2004,2005,2006,2007)

Welcome to Our World (2007)

Most Wonderful Time of the Year/Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells/Winter Wonderland Medley (2007)

Merry Christmas with Love (2004,2005,2006,2007)

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (2004)

First Noel (2004,2005,2006)

I'll Be Home for Christmas (2004,2007)

The Christmas Song (2004,2005,2006,2007)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2004,2005,2006,2007)

My Grown Up Christmas List (2004 Quiana, 2005 Quiana, 2006,2007)

Don't Save It All For Christmas Day (2004,2005,2006,2007)

All Year Long (new)

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Interview: Clay Aiken Gets Festive at Taj Saturday

Interview: Clay Aiken gets festive at Taj Saturday

By ROBERT DiGIACOMO Atlantic City Insiders | Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 1:00 am

Clay Aiken needs a little Christmas. The former “American Idol” runner up had not gone out on a holiday tour since prior to his 2008 stint in the Broadway musical, “Spamalot,” and he felt like something was missing.

“We did one every year for four years, and it was my favorite thing to do,” says Aiken, who performs his “Joyful Noise” show 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

“Christmas didn’t seem like Christmas when we didn’t do the Christmas tour,” he says.

Aiken is planning a concert format for the show, which will draw much of the material from his 2004 release, “Merry Christmas with Love” (RCA). Backing him will be a 20-plus piece orchestra mostly made up of local musicians, plus his traveling band.

“I have done modified, musical plays, or something a little more scripted,” Aiken says of previous holiday tours. “This time will be a little more free-flowing and conversational with the audience.”

However, don’t expect to hear “This Is the Night,” “Invisible” or other Aiken pop hits at the performance.

“If you sing, ‘O Holy Night,’ then ‘Invisible,’ then ‘The First Noel,’ it just doesn’t seem to fit,” Aiken says. “The idea is if you’re in the holiday spirit already, you’ll come to the show and you’ll go home and get ready to continue. If you’re not in the holiday spirit, hopefully, you’ll come to the show and then go home and decorate.”

Aiken, who is among the most well-rounded of “Idol” alumni, having branched out from music to play a role in Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” and to compete in NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” believes in mixing things up, career-wise.

“It’s important in this business to have a little variety, to be able to continue to do what you do,” Aiken says. “If I’m just going to sing and do music, there’s an expiration date on that if you’re not Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood.”

It’s the view of Aiken — who in 2003 finished a surprising second on “Idol” to Ruben Studdard — that the reality competition offers great TV exposure, but isn’t an automatic platform for radio success.

“I think I’m relatively competent when it comes to singing, but I also realize I’m not necessarily the same genre of music as you might hear on Top 40 today,” he says. “I can either try to put a square peg in a round hole or I can try to find a square hole.

“I like to think we’ve been pretty smart about trying to find those square-shaped holes to fit in — it can be ‘Spamalot,’ which was great fun, or ‘Apprentice,’ which was not great fun, but can allow me to appear intelligent.”

For Aiken, who risked alienating his devoted “Claymates” fan base when he came out four years ago, the key is staying true to his mostly squeaky-clean image as a born-again Christian from North Carolina.

“The downfall of a lot of folks who come off shows, especially now that there are 17 different competitions, they come off it with an inflated sense of authenticity,” he says. “Being on the shows doesn’t give that to you.

“Being on ‘Idol’ is beneficial if you know how to work it. I don’t know how to work it, but have been fortunate to surround myself by people who know.”

Aiken also proved skillful at handling his coming out. Amid much speculation about his sexual orientation, he opened up about his life via a 2008 People magazine cover story.

“It took me by surprise — it took me every which way,” he says of being in the tabloid spotlight.

“I’m not necessarily a public-eye type of person. Has it gotten easier? Yes. I’ve learned to cope and adapt.

“Everybody has a job. Hopefully, you’re doing the job you enjoy. Even when you do it, there are days when you don’t want to be there. I think it’s the same for people who do what I do.”

He has since tried to walk a careful line between supporting LGBT issues, such as an anti-bullying campaign by the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, and maintaining his privacy as a single dad to his four-year-old son, Parker.

“There’s a difference between my personal life and talking about issues,” Aiken says. “I don’t have a problem with issues. My personal life isn’t that interesting. I have to keep some things personal.

“I’m not a different person, just a more fully realized version of myself. I’m perfectly comfortable with this version. You don’t care about who I’m dating — nobody does.”

Heartwarming A.C. memory

One of singer Clay Aiken’s fondest memories on stage happened in Atlantic City during a concert appearance in July 2004, the year after he finished runner up on “American Idol.”

The Make-a-Wish Foundation contacted Aiken to set up a meeting with one of his biggest — and youngest — fans, six-year-old John Martin of Yeadon, Pa.

Martin had watched Aiken perform his signature song, “This Is the Night,” and when he got to meet him backstage in A.C., he pointed out a quirk: Aiken always yanked the mic off the stand at the same point in the song.

Having met him backstage, Aiken asked Martin to return the next night and perform the song with him.

“He spiked his hair up, we gave him a mic stand and we both yanked the stand at the same time,” Aiken recalls. “He had dressed up like me — he was so adorable."

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Nobody wants to know who he is dating? Obviously he doesn't know some of his fans, LOL!

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aikim, I wondered that too! But I think that may be his way to say "back off, I don't want you to know my boyfriend business..."

More pictures, via Invisible926 at the CH:

Clearwater photos:

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Yeah, I read between the lines to mean "it's none of you business!" ;)

Remember that little boy from A.C.? I need to find that clack. It was so cute!

Last night, I ended up watching the entire Williamsport concert from 2006. Our boy may do basically the same schtick, but he has definitely changed. He is much looser now, more risque for sure, and just more comfortable in his own skin, IMO. I saw a big difference. That said, it was a great concert, he wore his glasses (wheeee!), he had great hair, he was in stellar voice, and the "Col Legno" banter was hilarious. "I'm not sayin' you're wrong, Doris!" LMAO.

Williamsport, PA was Dec. 9, 2006. Shippensburg, PA is Dec. 8, 2012. If I could get there 6 years ago, I can get there now. Come hell or high water or snowstorm. Right?

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