CLAY AND RUBEN ARE ADORABLE OMG
CLUBEN WAS ALREADY REAL LIFE BUT IT'S GETTING EVEN REALER AND LIFIER BECAUSE THEIR TOUR KICKS OFF ON FRIDAY. OH MY GOD I BET YOU CAN FEEL MY EXCITEMENT, SWEATINESS AND ORGASMS THROUGH THE INTERNET CAN'T YOU.
ANYWAY THEY DID THIS CUTE INTERVIEW AND YOU SHOULD READ IT BECAUSE YOU'LL D'AWWW. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE RUBEN SAYING WORDS (WHICH IS ALWAYS AMAZING WHY DON'T YOU EVEN LOVE HIM ALREADY), CUTESY PIE CLUBEN STUFF IDK JUST READ IT IT'LL TAKE LIKE 2 MINUTES.
AND CLAY ALWAYS SEARCHES FOR A WORD AFTER HE SAYS HIM AND RUBEN ARE ~~AN ENTITY~~. OBVIOUSLY HE NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED IN SHIP NAMES.
ALSO AGGMFHOFH JUST FOUND A QUESTIONNAIRE THEY FILLED OUT WHERE THEY COMPARE THEMSELVES TO BERT AND ERNIE AND CLAY THINKS THEY ARE GOING TO GET MARRIED TO EACH OTHER IN 8 YEARS. CLUBEN. IT'S REAL. REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL. LMAO THIS TOUR IS GOING TO BE SO GAY.
ETA: OH AND CLAY WANT RUBEN TO DO A STRIP TEASE FOR THE AUDIENCE ON TOUR I REST MY CASE.
Friday at the Biltmore Estate, you'll be seeing Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. But you should be thinking Sonny & Cher.
“We both love '70s variety shows,” Aiken said in a brief three-way telephone call on Tuesday. “We're an entity this summer: Ruben and Clay.”
“I notice you put my name first,” Studdard said with a laugh.
Friday is the kickoff for a three-week, 17-show coast-to-coast road trip that reunites the two top finishers from the second season of “American Idol.” In case you've forgotten, Ruben won, but Clay sold more records.
Not that any of that matters now, seven years later. Times have changed, the guys have changed, and the songs they'll be singing have changed.
“We are going to be singing timeless material that we grew up listening to, that our mothers listened to around the house,” Studdard said. “Everyone's going to have a good time.”
“It was not our goal at all to do a show where one person sang and then the other person sang,” Aiken said, perhaps unconsciously referring to the format of the annual “Idols Live” tour that trots out each season's “American Idol” top finishers.
“We're doing the whole show together,” Aiken said.
The tour is a product of the two friends - they've been close ever since the show - finally being at the helm of their own careers. It's a nice change after some post-“Idol” years of dictated management, when “decisions were made in a vacuum - a vacuum that you're not even in,” Aiken said.
“Obviously we had different experiences but similar circumstances,” he said of their post-“Idol” ups and downs. “It takes a few years to get on your feet and make decisions for yourself.”
One recent decision: Do more live shows. “I think Ruben and I both, while we like recording, are really live performers at heart,” Aiken said.
“I've been performing since I was 10-11 years old,” Studdard said. “I really like singing for my fans.”
The material will be wide-ranging, drawing from both men's catalogs - including Aiken's new CD of pop standards, “Tried and True” - and adding fresh classics. “It's a variety show,” Aiken said. “It's the spice of life.”
Aiken is kicking off the tour in his home state, and he calls the Asheville area “probably one of the most beautiful parts of the state.”
Growing up in Raleigh, he said, “We always went to the mountains on vacation. I sunburned too easily, so we didn't go to the beach.”
Studdard grew up in Alabama. While both are Southerners, the singers agreed that their musical tastes reflected different traditions.
“I don't know that we overlap too much at all,” Aiken said. “That's kind of what made this show fun.”
“My taste is more caviar,” Studdard added.
To which Aiken responded, “And mine is barbecue.”
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Expect a lot of playful banter between Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. The season 2 “American Idol” stars will team up for Sunday’s show at the King Center in Melbourne.
Even in a short question-and-answer session, it’s hard not to notice their mutual affection. The pair even finished each other’s sentences . . . with quips and brotherly love.
QUESTION: Clay, you and Ruben are back together, but this time not competing against each other on a TV show. How is your experience touring together different from “Idol”?
Aiken: We’re still competing!
Studdard: Every day. Yesterday we played basketball . . .
Aiken: I won!
Studdard: And, of course, I won.
Aiken: I won! We jokingly compete a lot.
Studdard: You can’t compete with music.
Q: Why haven’t you toured together before?
Aiken: (laughing) I don’t really like him. . . . We’ve both been busy with our own stuff. Ruben’s had albums. I’ve had albums.
Studdard: That’s Spanish for, “We’re getting old.”
Q: There are famous duos, like Abbott and Costello, Bert and Ernie. Where do you two fit in?
Studdard: I’m going to stick with yours - Bert and Ernie. That was good. That was perfect.
Q: Which one’s Bert; which one’s Ernie?
Aiken: I am organized, and Ruben is an artist.
Studdard: I’m very laid back . . . so Ernie.
Q: Clay, you were in “Spamalot.” Any other plans for the stage?
Aiken: I don’t have plans for anything. I just kind of let stuff happen. I’m enjoying the tour right now. Who knows, maybe Ruben and I will do this again. In Vegas.
Q: Do you still have Claymates? Teens and grandmas still scream when you come out on stage?
Aiken: I don’t know. I don’t keep count or anything. We gotta name the Ruben Studdard fans.
Studdard: They’re the “Ruben Nation.”
Aiken: “The Ruben Nation.” I like that.
Q: You went through a lot together. Competing on “Idol” eight years ago. Clay, you became a father. Ruben, you got married. A lot of life changes for you. Where do you see yourself in another eight years?
Aiken: Probably married to each other.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAND WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW HERE TOO CLICK AND LISTEN OMG THEY ARE PRESH TO THE MAX.
http://www.star1043.com/pages/personality_KimMathews.html
RUBEN DECIDES THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BACK IN THE DAY BARBECUE TIMELESS TOUR IN THE BACKYARD OF THE HOST LADY AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE BIG NAMES WHO'VE CONTACTED THEM ABOUT TOURING WITH THEM AND CLAY SAYS HE'S FULL OF CRAP BUT MOSTLY JUST SITS THERE AND GIGGLES AT EVERYTHING RUBEN SAYS--THEN SAYS RUBEN'S GONNA DO A STRIP TEASE TO PUSH TICKET SALES. OH OKAY.
IS THIS REAL LIFE RIGHT NOW.
ANYWAY THEY DID THIS CUTE INTERVIEW AND YOU SHOULD READ IT BECAUSE YOU'LL D'AWWW. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE RUBEN SAYING WORDS (WHICH IS ALWAYS AMAZING WHY DON'T YOU EVEN LOVE HIM ALREADY), CUTESY PIE CLUBEN STUFF IDK JUST READ IT IT'LL TAKE LIKE 2 MINUTES.
AND CLAY ALWAYS SEARCHES FOR A WORD AFTER HE SAYS HIM AND RUBEN ARE ~~AN ENTITY~~. OBVIOUSLY HE NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED IN SHIP NAMES.
ALSO AGGMFHOFH JUST FOUND A QUESTIONNAIRE THEY FILLED OUT WHERE THEY COMPARE THEMSELVES TO BERT AND ERNIE AND CLAY THINKS THEY ARE GOING TO GET MARRIED TO EACH OTHER IN 8 YEARS. CLUBEN. IT'S REAL. REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL. LMAO THIS TOUR IS GOING TO BE SO GAY.
ETA: OH AND CLAY WANT RUBEN TO DO A STRIP TEASE FOR THE AUDIENCE ON TOUR I REST MY CASE.
Friday at the Biltmore Estate, you'll be seeing Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. But you should be thinking Sonny & Cher.
“We both love '70s variety shows,” Aiken said in a brief three-way telephone call on Tuesday. “We're an entity this summer: Ruben and Clay.”
“I notice you put my name first,” Studdard said with a laugh.
Friday is the kickoff for a three-week, 17-show coast-to-coast road trip that reunites the two top finishers from the second season of “American Idol.” In case you've forgotten, Ruben won, but Clay sold more records.
Not that any of that matters now, seven years later. Times have changed, the guys have changed, and the songs they'll be singing have changed.
“We are going to be singing timeless material that we grew up listening to, that our mothers listened to around the house,” Studdard said. “Everyone's going to have a good time.”
“It was not our goal at all to do a show where one person sang and then the other person sang,” Aiken said, perhaps unconsciously referring to the format of the annual “Idols Live” tour that trots out each season's “American Idol” top finishers.
“We're doing the whole show together,” Aiken said.
The tour is a product of the two friends - they've been close ever since the show - finally being at the helm of their own careers. It's a nice change after some post-“Idol” years of dictated management, when “decisions were made in a vacuum - a vacuum that you're not even in,” Aiken said.
“Obviously we had different experiences but similar circumstances,” he said of their post-“Idol” ups and downs. “It takes a few years to get on your feet and make decisions for yourself.”
One recent decision: Do more live shows. “I think Ruben and I both, while we like recording, are really live performers at heart,” Aiken said.
“I've been performing since I was 10-11 years old,” Studdard said. “I really like singing for my fans.”
The material will be wide-ranging, drawing from both men's catalogs - including Aiken's new CD of pop standards, “Tried and True” - and adding fresh classics. “It's a variety show,” Aiken said. “It's the spice of life.”
Aiken is kicking off the tour in his home state, and he calls the Asheville area “probably one of the most beautiful parts of the state.”
Growing up in Raleigh, he said, “We always went to the mountains on vacation. I sunburned too easily, so we didn't go to the beach.”
Studdard grew up in Alabama. While both are Southerners, the singers agreed that their musical tastes reflected different traditions.
“I don't know that we overlap too much at all,” Aiken said. “That's kind of what made this show fun.”
“My taste is more caviar,” Studdard added.
To which Aiken responded, “And mine is barbecue.”
FROM HURR
--
PLUS THIS:
Expect a lot of playful banter between Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. The season 2 “American Idol” stars will team up for Sunday’s show at the King Center in Melbourne.
Even in a short question-and-answer session, it’s hard not to notice their mutual affection. The pair even finished each other’s sentences . . . with quips and brotherly love.
QUESTION: Clay, you and Ruben are back together, but this time not competing against each other on a TV show. How is your experience touring together different from “Idol”?
Aiken: We’re still competing!
Studdard: Every day. Yesterday we played basketball . . .
Aiken: I won!
Studdard: And, of course, I won.
Aiken: I won! We jokingly compete a lot.
Studdard: You can’t compete with music.
Q: Why haven’t you toured together before?
Aiken: (laughing) I don’t really like him. . . . We’ve both been busy with our own stuff. Ruben’s had albums. I’ve had albums.
Studdard: That’s Spanish for, “We’re getting old.”
Q: There are famous duos, like Abbott and Costello, Bert and Ernie. Where do you two fit in?
Studdard: I’m going to stick with yours - Bert and Ernie. That was good. That was perfect.
Q: Which one’s Bert; which one’s Ernie?
Aiken: I am organized, and Ruben is an artist.
Studdard: I’m very laid back . . . so Ernie.
Q: Clay, you were in “Spamalot.” Any other plans for the stage?
Aiken: I don’t have plans for anything. I just kind of let stuff happen. I’m enjoying the tour right now. Who knows, maybe Ruben and I will do this again. In Vegas.
Q: Do you still have Claymates? Teens and grandmas still scream when you come out on stage?
Aiken: I don’t know. I don’t keep count or anything. We gotta name the Ruben Studdard fans.
Studdard: They’re the “Ruben Nation.”
Aiken: “The Ruben Nation.” I like that.
Q: You went through a lot together. Competing on “Idol” eight years ago. Clay, you became a father. Ruben, you got married. A lot of life changes for you. Where do you see yourself in another eight years?
Aiken: Probably married to each other.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAND WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW HERE TOO CLICK AND LISTEN OMG THEY ARE PRESH TO THE MAX.
http://www.star1043.com/pages/personality_KimMathews.html
RUBEN DECIDES THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BACK IN THE DAY BARBECUE TIMELESS TOUR IN THE BACKYARD OF THE HOST LADY AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE BIG NAMES WHO'VE CONTACTED THEM ABOUT TOURING WITH THEM AND CLAY SAYS HE'S FULL OF CRAP BUT MOSTLY JUST SITS THERE AND GIGGLES AT EVERYTHING RUBEN SAYS--THEN SAYS RUBEN'S GONNA DO A STRIP TEASE TO PUSH TICKET SALES. OH OKAY.
IS THIS REAL LIFE RIGHT NOW.