The Lukas Rossi Connection needs YOU!

The Lukas Rossi Connection needs YOU!

Yes that’s right. We need a few seconds of your time to sign a petition.

The purpose of this petition? Simple: get the radio stations in North America to play more (or some) Rock Star Supernova. 

Last week, Rock Star Supernova received a Canadian “Platinum Album” for their first CD. It’s a good start but certainly not enough considering most of the fans complain they can’t get RSSN on the air. 

LET’S UNITE!

This particular mission is to unite all Rock Star Supernova fans in a quest for success.  So, whether you are part of the Rossi Posse, RB, B&G or any other fan group, it doesn’t matter. This is not a TLRC exclusive. It’s a ‘fan’ thing.

Are you a fan? If so, go to the petition page and sign-up! Once the petition reaches a decent number of signatures, it will be distributed to all the major radio stations across North America. Together, we can make a difference! 

Linda for TLRC

 

Lukas Rossi takes a bite off TLRC

The last few weeks have proven to be pretty exciting for Lukas’ posse, regardless of where they where from or what their favorite hangout was. He made his comeback to his homeland will full force generating tons of long awaited TV appearances that dedicated fans, later generously shared with the rest of the world. It was long overdue.

No, but I mean, is it just me? Rock Star Supernova, the series ended mid September and if it weren’t for Canada and a bit of coverage from our friends in New Zealand, the entire Supernova would have turned into a black hole! What’s wrong with the promotion team in the US? Don’t they want the boys to make it? Sources confirmed that the CD sales as well as the concert tickets in the United States aren’t doing so well. Heck! None of the songs has made it to the charts yet. And two of them where officially released: “It’s all love” for the standard and pop/rock market and “Be Yourself (and 5 Other Clichés)” for the more rock oriented stations. There are numerous Lukas Rossi and/or Rock Star Supernova “street teams” popping up all over the globe to help promote them by requesting the songs on their radio stations, yet, not much is going on. Except for the Jimmy Kimmel show and a few Internet based interviews and performances with the band. 

In Canada, the CD sales went gold in less than a week and most of the dates are pretty much sold-out! Lukas & Gilby attended the Gemini Award and gave an AMAZING live performance. Lukas’ voice was clear and crisp. It was the beginning of good days to come. Lukas with ex band mate from Rise Electric gave us yet another touching performance on Breakfast Television.

And from that great night, appeared out of nowhere, a series of unexpected events. At one point, our fan site was mentioned on the radio during a live Lukas interview. At that time he promised he would visit us that night to chat. That statement of his created a wave of high expectations amongst the fans, website members and not. Everyone wanted a piece of the action. He didn’t make that night. Instead he checked us out first. And opportunity knocked soon after when he was presented a banner of TLRC, the main site and thought it was good enough to take a bite of!   

   Thanks to their Canadian labels, which do not skimp on promotion, Lukas took a few minutes to pose for the camera biting off a piece of our main site’s banner and to sign some merchandise that would later on be given back to the fans in a flash giveaway. That was fun. And very generous of all the parties involved. Again, thank you.  

November 25^th as part of an impressive rock stars line-up, the Thirsty Toad in Ottawa introduced Lukas Rossi in all his glory. In front of a sold-out crowd he performed a mix of his new band and old with long time band mate and friend. It was his first show back home as an official member of Rock Star Supernova. And a great night!

Oh and I forgot to mention. He finally did make it to our friendly forum. That will be a night that all TLRC members will remember.  Rockstar Supernova kick-off their tour on December 31^st at The Joint in Las Vegas!

CANADIAN LUKAS ROSSI IS “THE CHOSEN ONE” ON ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA

The winner was announced today after 11 weeks of intense competition for the position of lead singer for the newly formed rockband Supernova (Gilby Clarke – Gun’s & Roses, Jason Newsted – Metallica, Tommy Lee – Mötley Crüe).  

Wrapping an evening filled with intense emotions and great performances from all finalist, Canadian rocker Lukas Rossi was finally “confirmed” as the lead singer of Supernova of the Rockstar Supernova CBS reality show.

This win marks the second year in a row that a Canadian hailing from Toronto is chosen for the lead singer role. We all remember last year when an emotion JD Fortune had made the headlines when declared “roit” for INXS. The band members of INXS had made a worldwide search for a lead singer to replace Michael Hutchence who had died 10 years before. So that is 2 for 2 for Canada! As a proud Canadian myself, I couldn’t be more happy that our amazing talent niche is finally exposed to the world and recognized.

Tonight’s win will certainly ignite the now famous conspiracy theory that surfaced on the web when Hollywood gossip columnist Janet Charlton put on her blog that she knew who the winner was. The truth is, Miss Charlton did not know this for a fact! She, like the rest of the people with any amount of flair for talent deducted that Lukas Rossi was not only the best but the only possible fit for Supernova.

He may have been compared as a combination of Jeff Buckley meets Freddie Mercury but Lukas is more than that. Lukas is simply unique. A mesmerizing performer that captures you by letting you see through his soul. Colorful and captivating, each of his performances is like him, unique. Sometimes flamboyant and theatrical, sometimes simply transparent with emotions. You love him or you hate him. But he never leaves you indifferent or unmoved. He deserves every praise Supernova has given him.

Now let’s take a look back at what happened tonight.

Surprisingly the show started with a recap of the season that grabbed about 20 minutes out of the 1 hour ‘short’ finale. It then cut to the performances of the final 3 rockers. Magni was no where to be seen, which confirms he was in last night’s bottom 2 as voted by the public and was first to be eliminated.

Toby Rand was the next to go home, leaving Dilana and Lukas to face the Tommy Hawk. After the band pretended to need a moment, for show, Lukas was finally rewarded for his indescribable talent by become the official lead singer of Supernova!

Stay tuned for more!

ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA : THE RACE TO THE FINISH LINE

It started with 20,000 auditions from which 15 talented rockers from around the globe were selected for this year’s reality/audition show that is called Rockstar Supernova!

Of those, only 4 are left: one from Iceland, the second from Australia, the third from South Africa and the fourth from Canada. Kind of ironic if you think that this show is an American CBS television production. But hey, that only proves one thing. This show is not about politics: it’s about talent! And talent they have. Like them or not, it’s an undeniable fact. At this point, it’s no longer a question of who is the most talented. It’s a question of who is the best fir for THIS band.

No matter what the outcome is, this year they are all winners since; they all get a gig with the band. Well sort of. The winner will play with Supernova, while the remaining 3 as well as Storm Large that left the competition last week, will be playing with the “amazing” House Band which will be following Supernova on tour along with Dave Navarro’s “Panic Channel”. Should be interesting.

But I digress, again! Let’s not jump ahead just now. We still have 2 shows coming up: Tuesday’s performance show and the finale on Wednesday. So lets do a little recap of the last reality show of the season.

 

The mansion was filled with intense emotions again this week. But this tension did not originate from any kind of drama. The show starts with the rockers reminiscing about their own personal Rockstar experience and toasting “Storm Large” whose heart is larger than life (no pun intended, I’m sure). They all miss living with her. And then, the reality check: “one of us could be singing for Supernova in just 8 days from now” – Dilana. But not before Magni got “face caked” – a Rockstar 2 tradition it seems.

They also had a visit from Mig of the Rockstar INXS fame. Mig was there to give Toby the key to his brand new Honda Element , to plug his new album and also remind the remaining rockers that “One of you is going the lead singer of Supernova and also that 3 of you are not going to be the lead singer of Supernova” – Mig Ayesa

“He’s a funny little man with painted on jeans”. – Toby Rand

It was then that each of them went in this special place inside of them to reflect.

- “Right there my mind was going –beep- I didn’t hear anything else. I wouldn’t have come here if I wanted 3^rd place or 2^nd place. It’s not an option.” – Lukas Rossi

The rockers found a cool surprise in the song selection room in the form of performance pictures of each of them, placed on the wall along with the rest of the band.

A letter to the singers stated “This week, we want to hear your red-hot original songs once again and for your second song, choose anything you want from all of this season’s incredible Rockstar music library. Blow us away!” – Supernova

Dilana and Lukas had a short argument over “Comfortably numb” by Pink Floyd but neither of them ended up taking the song. Once Lukas decided on another one, Dilana also choose to let go of it.

At the rehearsal studio we saw Lukas re-arranging “Fix You” by Coldplay which he will dedicate to his father. It sounded amazing. Dilana working up her own stripped down arrangements to “Roxanne” by The Police and aiming to show Chris (Pierson) how to do this song… The House Band did not seem to care for it much, but from what I’ve heard, somehow, I think she will kill it!

Then it was packing time. The beginning of the end. But not only the rockers were sad. Millions of fan from around the globe will feel the void when the show ends this week.

What you will see on this coming Tuesday aside from Ryan Star doing an “Encore” performance of his original (voted by the public through Verizon):

 Toby –
Karma Police (Radiohead)
Throw It Away (original)  

Lukas –
Fix You (Coldplay)
Headspin (original) – acoustic 

Dilana –
Roxanne (The Police)
Supersoul (original) 

Magni –
Hush (Deep Purple)
When the Time Comes (original)  

Your votes this week will determine not a bottom 3, but a bottom 2.One will go home, the other will become part of the Top 3 to perform on the finale this coming Wednesday. Make sure you vote, vote and vote. It’s your last chance to show your favorite rocker your love and appreciation. The final decision is now in Supernova’s hands, heart and soul.

ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA: MAY THE BEST MAN WIN!

What we saw on this week’s Rockstar Supernova’s Elimination Show 

Well, for starters, a new Supernova track, a cool “encore” that came with a consolation prize, what happens when fans don’t do their homework, a star fade away and who’s left.

Warning: don’t read too much into what happened tonight!

After the usual recap of the night before, Jason Newsted announced that this week Magni would perform the Supernova song. Only fitting since they all had to do it at least once. It was a toss between Magni and Storm.

So Magni gets on stage with Supernova and sings “It’s all love”.
Sounded like a cute little pop song. No traffic stopper, nothing to write home about. This performance left me cold. As ice…land! I said it before, Magni has great vocals, but all his performances are the same and I easily get bored watching him. Sorry!

Next up is Toby doing an “encore” performance of Throw Away! Again Toby rocked the place. No doubt about it, the Aussie beefcake looks and sounds good on stage. The happy puppy is just that though: happy! Nothing wrong with that in general, but this is Tommy Lee’s band. He did get a consolation prize though in the form of a beautiful Honda Element. EVS.

Before I forget, it was announced that “The Panic Channel” – Dave’s band would be touring with Supernova along with the House Band and some competitors. I mean, it had to be expected. Unlike last year where INXS had tons of material ready for a show, Supernova is a new band and unless they do covers from other artists, they won’t have enough material to fill a concert. So we will get to see more of some of these great talents on the road for a while. Awesome.

And now the bottom 3: no surprises here either. Each and every one of them hit the bottom 3 at one point or another. The first one to hit the dreaded bottom 3 is Storm Large with a touching rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Wish you where here”. Throughout her performance, we saw a very affected Jason Newsted wipe a tear. It wouldn’t make things to come very easy I’m sure.

Next one to hit the bottom 3 was Dilana with a re-arrangement of Cheap Trick’s “I want you to want me”. One of my favorite song by that punk rock group. I simply hated it. She should have called Jacob Hoggard of Canadian Idol – Season 2 to give her a few pointers. Awful.

And then there was Lukas.

“Hi buddy. Wow, are you surprised man? I am” – Jason Newsted

“No man, it had to happen at one point” – Lukas Rossi

Having the chance to perform his original “Headspin” a second time, in front of the fans, the band and the world, for a guy used to performing in front of empty beer bottles and ashtrays was a bonus. And Lukas wasn’t going anywhere.

 

Unfortunately, the next rocker to go home was Storm Large. Not because her heart breaking performance wasn’t strong enough. Simply because she found herself in the middle of the top contender – Lukas Rossi – and the controversial Dilana. I don’t believe there is a chance in hell for Dilana to win this competition anymore. But with all the drama that the “devil editors” put out there in the last few weeks, they owe her some time for redemption. What they did to her (not to mention what she did to herself) could very well kill her career. So an extra week might put her back on track. You don’t hit people when they are down.

In brief, the only 2 people that did not hit the final bottom 3 where Toby and Magni. Toby deserved to be saved and move on to the finale next to Lukas. As for Magni, he was saved by Iceland who get to vote on a different server. If not for that, he probably would have been the one to leave this week. Oh well, his faith, like that of the others is in Supernova’s hands now.

Make sure you tune in next week. I know I will.