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...burned down. Painted angels once again hover among the five tiers of boxes, and 300,000 sheets of gold leaf gild the carved-wood and papier-mâché decor. The old bird's new feathers will be shown off this week with a festival featuring concerts by Elton John and the Vienna Philharmonic. Bravo...
...past decade, Adams, 28, has been the next big thing in American songwriting, with everyone from Willie Nelson to Elton John championing his gorgeous, heartbroken melodies. And for the past decade, Adams has done his little-boy best to keep the masses away. He eschews flashy videos and meetings with radio programmers who might promote his music and frequently omits his most popular songs from his concerts just to give the devoted a glimpse of his stubbornness. He also releases great avalanches of material when the approved method is to pace oneself. Rock N Roll...
...write a hit, it isn't. Adams has several songs--The Rescue Blues, Nuclear and, from his latest album, So Alive--that could be rock standards with a little promotional effort on his part, but he hates the thought of being imprisoned by popularity so much that he scolded Elton John for boosting him. "I was becoming a catch phrase," says Adams. "There's nothing worse than being the thing that uncool people buy because it makes them feel cool...
...album Coverage, out Oct. 21, Mandy Moore sings hits by Elton John, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell and others...
...lenses, he was transformed from a complete geek who sang show tunes into a better-looking geek who sang pop ballads. After the Idol finale, interest in Aiken surged, and his startlingly sincere first single, This Is the Night, trounced Studdard's to become the best-selling single since Elton John's reworked Candle in the Wind. Modern rock radio, which is dominated by hip-hop, nu-metal and irony, was overwhelmed by a wave of requests and was forced to play Aiken's song. Rolling Stone put him on its cover and had to increase the print...