January 31st, 2009

Country singer Taylor Swift, 19, who’s held the top Billboard spot for eight consecutive weeks with her second album Fearless has scheduled her 2009 concert tour which will stop by more than 56 destinations.

For the tour, American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler will be joining Taylor Swift as a featured artist on all of the dates for the TAYLOR SWIFT FEARLESS TOUR 2009, as well as another announced special guest, Country/Pop band, Gloriana.

Virgin Mobile USA announced on Thursday that they will be the title sponsorship for the upcoming Britney Spears concert tour.  As a part of the sponsorship deal, the tour will be titled “Virgin Mobile Presents the Circus Starring Britney Spears,” and will feature special guests The PussyCat Dolls. The tour will be modeled after Britney Spears’ top selling album “Circus” which released on November 28, 2008.

Vanessa Carlton, Entertainment Industry Leaders And Past Grammy Camp Student Announce Winners Of The Grammy Foundation’s And Do Something’s Key Change Grants Program

The GRAMMY Foundation and Do Something announced the winners of the Key Change Grants program,  a unique program was created by students attending the GRAMMY Foundation’s 2008 GRAMMY Camp to encourage young people to create and promote social change through music. Key Change Grants will award a total of $25,000 to young people across North America for grassroots projects in their communities. Twenty finalists will each receive a $500 community action grant to further develop their projects and ideas. Five grand prize winners will take home grants of $3,000 for their projects and be flown to Los Angeles for two nights where they will attend the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and walk the red carpet with their idols. The telecast will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. ET/PT.