Billy News Archive

June 2001

Equals 29 Tour Scores High - Tuesday, June 26, 2001 A Fargo, ND radio station reported it's impressions of Billy and Jessica's tour when it played Tuesday evening at the Red River Valley fair in West Fargo. In the format that calls for each artist to trade off opening for the other, Jessica Andrews opened this show. Jessica's performance also stood out for her "great vocals." Billy "blew the doors off" with his performance showing "great stage presence on and off the stage." Overall "this was a crowd-pleasing show" that drew several thousand fans made up of a remarkably diverse cross section of fans of all ages. Missing was the talked about duet capper for the show. But the radio station was told that part of the show is still being worked on to find just the right songs for these two teens to sing.

Dare To Dream is GOLD - Friday, June 22, 2001 According to Billboard Magazine, Billy's Dare To Dream CD has been certified GOLD!

Top 10 Fan Fair - Wednesday, June 20, 2001 According to Tower Records, Billy was one of the top 10 selling artists at Fan Fair 2001. ... Talk about it, click here!

Billy will chat on Seventeen.com - Wednesday, June 20, 2001 Billy will chat online with Seventeen.com on July 10 at 7:00 p.m. (EST).

Another Gold Record!! - Tuesday, June 19, 2001 The RIAA Certified Dare To Dream GOLD!!! That makes FOUR Gold albums! (three by the RIAA, and one by the CRIA) ... Talk about it, click here!

Billy Wins Discovery Award - Monday, June 18, 2001 If by some chance you haven't heard yet, last week at the TNN & CMT Country Weekly Music Awards Billy won the Discovery Award. Here's what he had to say about it: "Never in a million years would I have imagined winning an award like this," Billy said backstage. "It's just overwhelming. The first thing that I said, and I truly mean it, is I thank the fans. It's all about the fans and that's what counts." "Pure insanity, I mean, never in a million years would I have imagined winning an award like this with great company like Montgomery Gentry and Phil Vassar and Jessica Andrews, my tour mate. And I just want to thank the fans and that's basically it. I'm loving every minute of it. And hopefully it will never end." When later asked how he reacted to winning Billy said "When I got home, I just started to cry"

Billy donates to Auction - Monday, June 18, 2001 Bush's Baked Beans is conducting an online celebrity auction of to benefit the City of Hope Cancer Center. Among the celebrity items you will find that Billy has donated khaki pants and a signed poster from his video "Warm and Fuzzy" and a CD. For more information visit www.bushbeans.com

Billy talks about singing for the President - Saturday, June 9, 2001 Sunday night Billy will performing at "An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre" which will be attended by President and First Lady Bush, and is being taped by ABC for later broadcast. When asked by launch if performing for the President made him nervious, Billy said "Oh, oh my gosh, yes, because that’s the biggest thing of your life. I mean, you get to sing in front of the President of the United States. He can veto a war, or he can pocket veto something else -- I’ve learned all this in government class. He’s like the biggest person in the world." "You should've saw me the day I sang with President Clinton," he says. "My hands...the microphone that I was touching was a mud puddle. I mean it was so wet. It was soaking wet because I had such clammy hands."

Free New York City Concert - Saturday, June 9, 2001 On July 19th Billy will be joined by 3 of Hearts to perform a free lunchtime concert at the World Trade Center in NYC.

Gold Album number three - Saturday, June 9, 2001 Billy and his mom recently picked up Billy's first Canadian Gold record for "One Voice".

Canadian Gold - Friday, June 1, 2001 In May the Canadian Recording Industry Association certified "One Voice" GOLD

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