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Low ticket sales cause Clarkson to shelve tour

By Sue Zeidler 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer and "American Idol" winner

Kelly Clarkson may want to consider singing the blues with all the turmoil in her life lately.

After feuding with her label for months over artistic control of her upcoming album, "My December," and abruptly firing her long-time manager this week, the singer pulled the plug on a summer concert tour on Thursday due to poor ticket sales.

"In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer," Clarkson said on her Web site (www.kellyclarkson.com).

"The fact is that touring is just too much, too soon," said Clarkson, 25, who has sold an estimated 11 million records worldwide.

Clarkson promised fans she'd "get back out there as soon as is humanly possible."

Michael Rapino, chief executive officer of concert promotion company LiveNation, said, "Ticket sales have not been what we anticipated and we came to the realization that we had bit off more than we could chew."

The singer has been embroiled in a high-profile dispute with Sony BMG boss Clive Davis, credited with cultivating stars like

Whitney Houston, over her new album, "My December." Clarkson recently told "Elle" magazine that she rejected Davis' offer of $10 million to remove five songs from the album.

"My December," originally due out in April was delayed due to the falling out. It is set to be released on June 26.

The new album's first single, "Never Again," her seventh top-10 hit, fell six places to No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday.

Clarkson's debut album, "Thankful" (2003) sold 2.6 million units in the United States, while her follow-up "Breakaway" (2004) sold about 5.8 million units, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Kind of sucky that it appears this is the answer to Kelly Clarkson actually trying to keep her music her own and not be a peon of pop. That and it's one of the pop releases I am actually looking forward to, because Kelly writes catchy shit.

Now begin with the inevitable "Good riddance" posts I'm sure the topic will receive.

Group A:

Rear Window vs City Of God

Sunset Blvd. vs Pulp Fiction

Group B:

Seven Samurai vs Psycho

Lawrence Of Arabia vs Casablanca

Group C:

Star Wars vs Goodfellas

Fight Club vs Godfather

Group D:

Raiders Of The Lost Ark vs Once Upon A Time In The West

Amelie vs Schindlers List

Group E:

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest vs Usual Suspects

Memento vs Empire Strikes Back

Group F:

12 Angry Men vs North By Northwest

Two Towers vs The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Group G:

Return Of The King vs Doctor Strangelove

Silence Of The Lambs vs Shawshank Redemption

Group H:

Fellowship Of The Ring vs Citizen Kane

It's A Wonderful Life vs Godfather II

I have Florida, Kansas, Georgetown, and Texas A&M in the final four, with Georgetown beating Florida in the finals.

Poor Wembley .

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE KYLE ORTON?!?!

It was in the city of Miami, at the Orange Bowl Stadium. With Oklahoma and USC playing in the game.

No, you figured you'd be a smartass because you were asked to stop talking about Kou. You're still off topic, shut the fuck up.

I don't like Prince, but I've seen worse halftime shows. Remember Ashley Simpson?

No. What year was this? Was her throat sore? Details!

LMAO. A pick. Indy needs Tee Martin. Or Jon Gruden.

Nah, he's playing the right position. He wasn't really the one that changed positions, the scouts basically changed it for him. Considering he had only average success in college as a QB, he didn't project well as a QB in the draft because he just wouldn't be able to read the defenses, etc. Just because he's had success at throwing the ball on trick plays doesn't mean he's a good QB. And Vick shouldn't be taking notes from him, his receivers should because at least he's caught passes in his life before.

And holy Tiki Barber, he's having a great game.

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia

Northern Illinois vs. TCU Dec. 19, 8 p.m.

Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas

BYU vs. Oregon Dec. 21, 8 p.m.

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Rice vs. Troy Dec. 22, 8 p.m.

Papajohns.com Bowl

South Florida vs. East Carolina Dec. 23, 1 p.m.

New Mexico

New Mexico vs. San Jose State Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m.

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces

Tulsa vs. Utah Dec. 23, 8 p.m.

Sheraton Hawaii

Hawaii vs. Arizona State Dec. 24, 8 p.m.

Motor City

Middle Tennessee vs. Central Michigan Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m.

Emerald

Florida State vs. UCLA Dec. 27, 8 p.m.

PetroSun Independence

Oklahoma State vs. Alabama Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m.

Pacific Life Holiday

Texas A&M vs. California Dec. 28, 8 p.m.

Texas

Rutgers vs. Kansas State Dec. 28, 8 p.m.

Gaylord Hotels Music City

Clemson vs. Kentucky Dec. 29, 1 p.m.

Brut Sun

Oregon State vs. Missouri Dec. 29, 2 p.m.

AutoZone Liberty

South Carolina vs. Houston Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m.

Insight

Texas Tech vs. Minnesota Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Champs Sports

Purdue vs. Maryland Dec. 29, 8 p.m.

Meineke Car Care

Navy vs. Boston College Dec. 30, 1 p.m.

Alamo

Texas vs. Iowa Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.

Chick-fil-A

Georgia vs. Virginia Tech Dec. 30, 8 p.m.

MPC Computers

Miami vs. Nevada Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.

Outback

Tennessee vs. Penn State Jan. 1, 11 a.m.

AT&T Cotton

Auburn vs. Nebraska Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. - THE N!!!

Toyota Gator

West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech Jan. 1, 1 p.m.

Capital One

Arkansas vs. Wisconsin Jan. 1, 1 p.m.

Rose Bowl presented by Citi

USC vs. Michigan Jan. 1, 5 p.m.

Tostitos Fiesta

Boise State vs. Oklahoma Jan. 1, 8 p.m.

FedEx Orange

Louisville vs. Wake Forest Jan. 2, 8 p.m.

Allstate Sugar

Notre Dame vs. LSU Jan. 3, 8 p.m.

International

Western Michigan vs. Cincinnati Jan. 6, Noon

GMAC

Ohio vs. Southern Miss Jan. 7, 8 p.m.

Tostitos BCS Championship Game

Florida vs. Ohio State Jan. 8, 8 p.m.

On Cold Pizza yesterday during the _& 10 portion of the show, Skip and the other guy (Tony something or other; is Woody sick or on vacation or something this week?) discussed it, with Skip coming to Mora's defense because he's been on the same radio show and it gets pretty crazy and he thinks Mora got caught up in the moment.

In other news... Coaching Carousel:

Mark Dantonio (Cinncinnati HC/Ohio St. DC) takes over at Michigan State.

Brian Kelly (Central Michigan HC/Div II HC) takes over at Iowa State

Chuck Amato fired at North Carolina State.

Arizona State fires Head Coach Koetter.

ACC has two big jobs open, and NC St. seems to be eyeing Norm Chow early on.

Edit @ 6am, just for ROC.... Mike Shula has been fired @ Alabama.

I'm American! I don't know any better!

Keano.

10

It's only the 3rd Night of Games this year, but Thursday only has two games as part of the TV Deal.

I'd be down for this as well.

The Departed 10/10.

This movie was fucking incredible, and it must be seen by everyone. I can't really add anymore that could sell it, JUST GO SEE IT!

Edit: Oh well fuck it, I've bumped it to 10, it's warranted though.

Continuing with the theme that ROC just started, I need to write a letter to Bill Callahan entitled "Get AIDS and Die You Stupid Pile Of Shit." Seriously he must be living in some sort of parallel universe to think that running the ball when down 21-3 and 28-10 is a good idea.

5/10, whilst I understand what Beaty sees in Justin Long I just couldn't get into him that much. Lewis Black on the other hand was his usual tremendous self.

To be fair, Iceland actually have some decent players unlike Andorra or the Faroe Islands.

Hey what's my yahoo name? Lol, I never use yahoo and forget what I use. Can anyone tell me from the info I already put in?

I'm in reguardless of the draft date.

I am also interested in this.

It should be totally obvious who I am.

I have joined as a highly original team name "Assassins".