Keith Urban

'American Idol' recap: Top 10 women wow

2013-03-06 07:13:00

Usually when reality competition show judges start cranking out the cliches about how a given night of the season is the best ever, filled with so much amazing talent they can't imagine how the voters at home will decide, it's worthy of a smirk and eye...

'American Idol' recap: Top 7 try to rock out

2013-04-04 08:54:00

It was "rock week" on "American Idol" as the top 7 took on rock 'n' roll classics, with varying results. It also happened to be injury week, with top talents Kree Harrison and Candice Glover singing through their pain. Harrison had a pinched nerve...

'American Idol' recap: Last five fellas added to final 20

2013-03-01 07:15:00

The "American Idol" voting will begin next week; we'll indulge in two full nights of live performances (Tuesday and Wednesday) and a third (Thursday) in which the 20 semifinalists will be slashed to 10 finalists. For me, the audience input can't come soon...

Motley Crue to return to Las Vegas in September

2013-04-02 12:47:00

After a 12-show residency there last year,�M�tley Cr�e announced Tuesday that it would return to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for another dozen concerts this fall. Call it the same ol' situation, as one of the band's big hits goes. The...

Bjork, Keith Urban set Hollywood Bowl dates

2013-04-01 12:49:00

The Hollywood Bowl will get a little bit country, and a little bit whacked-out experimental pop this season. Keith Urban and Bj�rk have each announced new dates at the venue over the summer and fall. Bj�rk's June 11 Bowl show continues her long-...

'American Idol' recap: Five more women survive sudden death

2013-02-28 06:28:00

Another 10 contestants – the last of the women -- shrank to just five on the third night of the Sudden Death rounds in Las Vegas. Surveying the landscape, you can't fault the judges for failing to embrace eclecticism. They gave us …...

'American Idol' recap: Devin Velez heads home

2013-03-29 05:00:00

Poor Devin Velez. He didn't deserve to get kicked off "American Idol" just yet – certainly not before that cheesy amateur Lazaro Arbos -- but that's what the "Idol" voters did Thursday night. And the judges, who can't use their one save of the...

'American Idol' recap: Top 8 tackle Motor City music

2013-03-28 08:45:00

The "American Idol" top 8 tackled the music of Detroit on Wednesday. That turned out to mean mostly Motown, but also, incongruously, a song by Madonna -- "Michigan's own Material Girl," Ryan Seacrest reminded us – and a countrified version of it...

'American Idol' recap: Sudden Death round claims male victims

2013-02-22 07:06:00

For its second Sudden Death Round, on Thursday night, "American Idol" pivoted from "the ladies" to "the guys." And those dudes, while on the whole nowhere near as talented vocally as the women we'd seen sing Wednesday on the same Las Vegas stage, turned...

'American Idol' recap: First sudden-death round thins the herd

2013-02-21 07:32:00

Who knew "American Idol's" new sudden-death round would be so satisfying? "One song, one chance, no mercy," Ryan Seacrest told us ominously. And certainly the five women eliminated from the competition after singing a song of their choosing from any...

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'NCIS' on CBS

2013-03-25 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 24 - 30, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES NCIS An investigation of a murder on...

'American Idol' recap: The Top 9 tackle the Fab Four

2013-03-21 07:36:00

The nine remaining "American Idol" contestants tackled the music of the Beatles Wednesday night, despite the fact that -- honestly, what is the world coming to? -- some of them had never heard the songs they'd sung before. That's right. Burnell Taylor...

Taylor Swift got Keith Urban pretty good back in 2009, when she surprised him by dressing up like Ace Frehley from KISS. "Last night on tour with Keith Urban. Pranking is a must. How about rushing his stage during 'Kiss a Girl' dressed like this? It went down," she posted on Twitter. The best part?

2013-03-29 09:25:00

Keith Urban plays Nov. 15 and 16, at Mohegan Sun. Tickets are $65 and $85 through

2013-03-28 00:00:00

"American Idol" judges Keith Urban, left, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey.

2013-03-25 20:54:31