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Here’s a little something I think you’re gonna love! Australian act, Tonight Alive will be releasing What Are You So Scared Of? on February 14th. I’ve heard this female fronted pop-punk/rock band will be heading to the U.S. this spring and I have a very good feeling they’re going to make quite a splash. Check out their new single, Breaking And Entering on VEVO. Oh yeah, crank it up!

Princeton from Mindless Behavior shows off his brand new 2 month old puppy. His name is Hendrix.

Chiddy Bang – Ray Charles
Days Difference – Down With Me
Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart A Break
Ellie Goulding – Lights
Nick Carter – Burning Up
The Wanted – Glad You Came
Train – Drive By

On Saturday, Zoe Myers premiered her music video for Destiny Knows My Name at her birthday celebration held at 56 East in Atlanta, GA. Be sure to check it out on YouTube. Guests at Zoe’s party included some of the southeast’s rising stars: David Topp (The Shunning), Amber Chaney (The Hunger Games), Chandler Riggs (The Walking Dead), Sandra VanNatta (The Shunning), Jeff Rose (Teen Wolf), Ashley LeConte Campbell (The Blind Side), Anna Colwell (One Tree Hill), Anoop Desai (American Idol, Season 8), Cymia Telleria (Cash Money Records), Riley Biederer (Just signed with Elton John’s record label), Clayton Landy (Footloose), Eaddy Mayes (Teen Wolf) and Nic Hudson Guitarist for the Atlanta based-band Cartel, as well as the video director John Errington and co-writer of the song, Raumin Tadayon. (Pictured above: Zoe with her Birthday Cake, Zoe and Amber Chaney, and guest watching the premiere of Destiny Knows My Name.)

ABC News recently produced a video segment entitled, Tween-Age Dreams, where they interview ‘the man’, Radio Disney DJ, Ernie D. In it he says a handful of things that are quite interesting when you deconstruct them.

Part 1

When asked about the X factor that makes young stars rise to the top he gives a decent answer “it’s more of… what unique does that artist have to offer. What thing that’s unique does that artist have to offer.” Following up that response, he gives examples by naming the unique things several artists offer:

1. Shealeigh – Voice (sing)
2. New Direction – Good looking guys who can really sing.
3. Coco Jones – it’s her ability to sing, rap, dance and act.

After giving those example he goes on to say “there’s always something different” despite the fact that he clearly stated the one unique thing they all do was the same thing – sing. Seriously, this is news? Tomorrow, I’ll have Part 2.

Saturday night, the cast of Jessie got together to celebrate Karan Brar’s 13th Birthday. In addition to the cupcakes, they enjoyed pizza and a laser-tag. Pictured above: Chris Galya, Jennifer Veal (As The Bell Rings), Skai Jackson, Debby Ryan, Karan Brar, Peyton List, and Cameron Boyce.

On January 29th, Lights. Camera. Cure. will present The Hollywood Dance-a-THON charity event at the Avalon Theater. It will be hosted for Devon Werkheiser, include a performance by Drew Seeley, and much more. For more information, visit LightsCameraCure.com. Be sure to consider supporting this great event for a great cause.

Zeus is the champ of the WRB. He is enormous. He is described as “The Death Star.” He is painted reflected black. He has piston-programmed punch mechanisms in his arms. Not only has Zeus never been beaten, but also, no other robot has even survived beyond the first round with him.

5pm CST – The Wannabes: Break/Dance (Starz Kids & Family)
The Spring Dance has arrived and Andrew’s been put in charge and he forgets to book band. Now it’s up to The Wannabes to save the dance.

7pm CST – The Bachelor (ABC)

7pm CST – Gossip Girl: Father and the Bride (CW)
Schemes are planned to ensure Blair’s bachelorette party is a night to remember; Nate and a surprising ally gather evidence after discovering the truth about Blair and Chuck’s car accident; Dan and Serena pretend to date again.

7pm CST – Pretty Little Liars: The Blond Leading the Blind (ABC Family)
Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer work to keep their loved ones safe.

8pm CST – The Lying Game: Black and White and Green All Over (ABC Family)
Emma is left outside looking in on the night of the county club’s ball.

In Concert Tomorrow:

Allstar Weekend, Hollywood Ending, The After Party and Before You Exit
El Rey Theatre
Chico, CA

Kelly Clarkson
Verizon Wireless Arena
Manchester, NH

Plug In Stereo, The Scene Aesthetic, and Romance On A Rocketship
The Space
Hamden, CT

Tonight Alive
The Academy
Dublin
Ireland

This Sunday, The Walking Dead returns for it’s second season on AMC. Chandler Riggs who stars as Carl Grimes recently sat down with Zoe Myers to talk about the show, how he got into acting, being a kid on the set, and a possible musical career in the future. Check out this new T2 Exclusive on YouTube.

Low budget… but lots of fun! Allstar Weekend has a new music video for their Tweet For A Track release of Monster Mash.

1. Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day
23. Demi Lovato – Unbroken
24. MuteMath – Odd Soul
28. Switchfoot – Vice Verses
35. Mindless Behavior – #1 Girl
38. Maroon 5 – Hands All Over
46. Taylor Swift – Speak Now
53. Selena Gomez – When The Sun Goes Down
63. Justin Bieber – My Worlds Acoustic
75. Cody Simpson – Coast To Coast (EP)
98. Victorious: Music From The Hit TV Show – Soundtrack
101. Shake It Up: Break It Down – Soundtrack
115. Justin Bieber – My World 2.0
156. Taylor Swift – Fearless
165. Il Volo – Il Volo
189. OneRepublic – Waking Up
200. Tron: Legacy (Daft Punk) – Soundtrack

For those of you loving Shane Harper‘s debut, self-titled release you’ll enjoy this. He recently did a cover of Coldplay’s single, Paradise, on his ukelele (name Raphael). Check it out on YouTube. Big time thumbs up!

Today, BG5 will be headed back in to the studio to work on new music! Hopefully we’ll have some big news to report regarding them in the coming months.

Disney Channel’s new original movie, Geek Charming, starring Sarah Hyland (Modern Family), Matt Prokop (HSM 3), Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars), Vanessa Morgan (My Babysitter’s a Vampire), Andrea Brooks (The Troop) and David Del Rio (The Troop) will premiere on November 11th at 7pm CST. You can view the trailer on YouTube.

6pm CST – Burnham Live Chat (Ustream)

7pm CST – Nikita: Partners (CW)
Nikita is shocked to learn her former Division partner, Kelly (Katheryn Winnick), is still alive and has escaped a Turkish prison; Amanda tries to stop Kelly and Nikita from reuniting.

7pm CST – Wizards of Waverly Place: Ghost Roomate (Disney Channel)
Alex and Harper search for a new roommate.

7:30pm CST – Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures: Epic Crush (Nickelodeon)
Bucket believes the new girl was his summer camp stalker.

7:30pm CST – Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance-Off (Disney Channel)

8:58pm CST – Jessie: Used Karma (Disney Channel)
Jessie accepts an invitation for lunch with Tony.

In Concert Tomorrow:

Allstar Weekend
Hollywood & Highland
Los Angeles, CA

Hanson
State Fair of Texas
Dallas, TX

Katy Perry
O2 Arena
London
United Kingdom

Mindless Behavior, Diggy Simmons and Jacob Latimore
De Soto Civic Center
Southaven, MS

Plain White T’s
Willow Island at Alliant Energy Center
Madison, WI

Taylor Swift
Oklahoma City Arena
Oklahoma City, OK

Toby Mac & Jamie Grace
Evangel Pentecostal
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Quote of the Day:

“Just danced and sang in front of my mirror. And my hairbrush was the microphone… How old am I?”

Jordan Pruitt

Last night, the Plain White T’s came through Minneapolis, MN for the second stop on their Wonders of the Younger Tour featuring Parachute and Miggs.

Plain White T’s – 75 minutes

At 11pm, the Plain White T’s came through the curtains of the big top to perform new music from their album Wonders of the Younger. The band made a great first impression with a circus style set, complete with a marquee featuring chasing lights. To continue with the theme, their guitars had been professionally painted to match album art. It all worked quite well despite the fact the show was in a small club. Each of the songs last night were performed with plenty of passion and Tom Higgenson’s vocals were as good as it gets. In addition to playing older tracks from recent tours, they pulled out the song Radios In Heaven (which they haven’t played live for sometime). Musically it was all there, strong vocals, drums, bass and guitar and most importantly the tempo of the show just flowed without a hitch. The encore proved to be the most emotional part of the night as Higgenson emerged on a table next to the soundboard to perform Hey There Delilah up and close with the crowd, who didn’t miss out on the chance to sing every word of the #1 hit. For a small venue, the T’s delivered a big show with a very polished sound. Even if you’re not a fan of the group, you should consider giving Wonders of the Younger a listen – and definitely check out this show if it’s coming to a town near you.

Set List
Irrational Anthem
Boomerang
Our Time Now
Big Bad World
Welcome To Mystery
Rhythm Of Love
Revenge
Breakdown
Radios In Heaven
Broken Record
Our Song
Sunlight
1, 2, 3, 4
Cirque dans la rue
Last Breath
Hey There Delilah
Hate (I Really Don’t Like You)
Wonders of the Younger

Best Song: Hey There Delilah

Pros: Tom Higgenson’s vocal performance was phenomenal. The set was solid and full of quality songs that were packaged in the right order.

Cons: There was some extra instrumentation that popped up here and there that wasn’t live… but you gotta hand it to them, they never started a song with a 4 count.

If you can’t get enough of Shake It Up‘s theme song by Selena Gomez, you’ll be able to pick it up soon on iTunes. The single is scheduled to be released on February 8th.

Mainstream Top 40 – MediaBase 24/7

2. Katy Perry – Firework
9. Far East Movement f/Ryan Tedder – Rocketeer
13. Taylor Swift – Back To December
17. Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
32. Plain White T’s – Rhythm Of Love
40. Sara Bareilles – King Of Anything

I shook his hand! Drew Seeley has posted another great behind-the-scenes video from High School Musical: The Concert tour. It features Drew, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel and David Reivers moments after Michael Jackson showed up backstage with his kids at the show in Las Vegas, NV.

Last Wednesday, the Carnival choreographers showcase honored Travis Payne as their guest. At the event, Dancers from Michael Jackson‘s This Is It and some of his original Dangerous dancers performed a tribute piece for him. Click here to check out the video at Chucky Klapow‘s YouTube.

On February 21st, Concrete Minds & Hollowbody LA presents We Are The Future featuring a line up of next generation stars. Zoe Myers will host the event and scheduled performers include Marisa Lander, Casandra Ashe, Jazzy Mejia, Kash, and Kemistrie – plus special guest appearances by Kiersey Clemons (Shake It Up) and Kristen Rodeheaver. For more info, visit ConcreteMinds.com.

If you haven’t yet, be sure to register to win a Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 prize pack that includes the Blu-ray combo as well as a plush Papi. For more details, click here.

1pm CST – Music Mailbag (Radio Disney)
Featuring the brand new song When Everything Falls Back Down by Action Item and Chelsea Kane.

7pm CST – The Game Plan (ABC Family)
Starring Madison Pettis, Dwayne Johnson and Kyra Sedgwick.

Tomorrow it’s a double-feature at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. The World Of Wheels exhibition will feature an autograph session with Bella Thorne (Shake It Up) between noon-5pm. Across the hall, the New Orleans Comic Con will feature an appearance by Chandler Riggs (The Walking Dead).

In Concert Tomorrow:

Maroon 5
Coliseum of Puerto Rico
San Juan
Puerto Rico

Miranda Cosgrove and Greyson Chance
Playhouse Square Center
Cleveland, OH