Archive for the ‘Shows’ Category
- In: Alicia Keys | American Idol | City | Madison | new | New York | scraps | Shows | Square Garden | tour
- Leave a Comment
drawControls();
(Reuters) – Alicia Keys has canceled two shows on her newly launched North American tour because of swollen vocal cords, her record label said on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old R&B singer scrapped Tuesday’s show in Pittsburgh, the third stop of the tour, and has also pulled the plug on Thursday’s concert in Cleveland.
The tour is expected to resume in Columbus on Saturday. Tickets for the Cleveland show will be honored at Columbus, said J Records.
Keys’ tour, to promote her chart-topping album “As I Am,” began last Saturday in Hampton, Va.
Sore throats must be contagious on the tour. One of Keys’ opening acts, 2007 “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks, has been unable to perform because of an acute vocal cord hemorrhage. Her Jive Records label expected her to join the trek in May.
Dates are on tap through June 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Reuters/Nielsen
- In: Defies | economy | Google | New York Times | Profit | Shows | Surge
- Leave a Comment
“The American economy may be weakening, but Google said once again that the slowdown has not affected its business.
Easing concerns that its growth would stall, the Internet search giant on Thursday reported better-than-expected financial results for the first three months of the year, igniting a huge rally in its shares.
“We are obviously very pleased with another strong quarter for Google,” Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, said during a conference call with Wall Street analysts. “It is clear to us that we are well positioned for 2008 and beyond, regardless of the business environment that we find ourselves surrounded by.’
Mr. Schmidt credited improvements to the company’s highly targeted advertising business for the growth, which was stronger overseas than domestically. For the first time, international sales accounted for the majority of revenue.
The results came as a relief to investors, who were bracing for a big slowdown in Google’s business. The company issued its report after the close of markets, and its shares surged more than $76.42, or 17 percent, in after-hours trading, to end the day at $525.96. They had closed d”
Valleywag - valleywag.wordpress.com 
Recent Comments