| August 19th, 2001 Otown's being sued! By the people at the Midland County Fair! Check out 4 articles on the situation for now. I am working on this right now this very moment, so if you've seen this now, come back shortly to find out more of the situation ALSO, if you know what has happened, or if you attended the fair, PLEASE contact me with some information and you'll get credit for it! Also Otown has apologized even to the people who attended the fair, go a little further down to see the apology, or above click where it says " Click Here " to go to the official news page of the site and read it for yourself. Article 1 ( ABC News ) Article 2 ( Another article ) Here's 2 more articles I have came across! Article 3 Article 4 " TO ALL THE FANS WHO ATTENDED THE MIDLAND COUNTY FAIR! "We are very sorry for what happened at the Midland show in Michigan, the problem was really between the promoter and the fair organizer and unfortunately we got caught in-between. We are working on a way to make it up to you, please check our website for upcoming details." - Ashley, Trevor, Jacob, Dan, Erik " Want people to know how you feel about it? E-mail me with what you think about this situation and tell me what you think so I can post it up! Tombz2000@yahoo.com Or here you can read posts that other people have put up on a yahoo message board about the topic. Click Here. May 3, 2001 POPGOESMUCH VOTE MuchMusic in Canada is having "Pop Goes Much" where they play pop music all day. You can go and vote for O-Town in all the categories Right Here! Once you are there click 'Click here to play' Let's vote for O-Town and get them above NSync and BSB! MORE BILLBOARD CHART INFO O-Town's self-titled debut album jumped up 8 spots in this past week's Billboard 200. It now sits at #27 after being at #35 last weeks. That makes 2 straight weeks of positive gains, including last week's 59 spotter. J-14 AWARDS J-14 is having it's second annual J-14 awards. The ballot is in the May 2001 issue of J-14 that is to be displayed until May 11th. according to the ballot, you can vote online at www.J14.com. O-Town is nominated under "Best Newcomers" and Ashley is nominated for "Prettiest Pretty Boy" and "Best Pop Star Name." They also have a nomination for their TV Show, Making the Band under the catagory "Best Reality Show." So go Billboard Charts info- O-Town's debut album, off the success of a new radio single and a brand new video, jumped the most spots on this past week's Billboard 200 Album Chart from #94 to #35. That's a jump of 59 spots from the past week.. With the single, "All Or Nothing," a beautiful ballad showcasing the vocal talent of the group, being spread across more and more airwaves, at a frantic pace, and the video shooting its way up MTV's popular countdown, Total Request Live. Also, O-Town is riding high on positive ratings on the return of its founding television series, "Making The Band." The ABC reality series followed the creation of the group. Again, O-Town's self-titled debut album jumps an incredible 59 spots this past week to #35 on the Billboard 200, breaking a long decline. *~*O-Town will be in the 2002 Guinness Book of World Records for making history as the first group to ever have a single debut at #1 on the Sales Chart!!*~* O-Town was presented with a plaque at their NY concert (by Clive Davis) that certified their album platinum! Congrats guys! They also hosted TRL last Friday and did an awesome job. Otown was #6 today on the countdown...LETZ GET THEM BAC INTO THE TOP 5!...hey just bug mtv so much that they'll get tired of it... =] THE NEXT SINGLE IS "ALL OR NOTHING"!!!!! Be on the look-out for the video! O-TOWN HAS GONE PLATINUM in both Canada and the United States!!!!!!! As some of you Backstreet Boys fans may know, Tommy Smith and the rest of the band have left the BSB. Tommy is going to be playing for O-Town now along with some of the other band members. Tommy said that they are going to be filming at concerts for the next season... |