Daughtry, currently on a spring tour of North America, has succeeded relatively quickly thanks to a combination of fan-friendliness and intense live shows.

Bassist Josh Paul’s talent and enthusiasm has endeared him to his fans, and now, a group of those fans are repaying his enthusiasm with a birthday celebration, which will take place June 20, when the band performs at Trenton, New Jersey’s Sun National Bank Center.

The members of the Fans of Josh Paul group on Facebook (http://tinyurl.com/joshpaulfans) wanted to celebrate Paul’s June 13 birthday, and what began with a single birthday card to be signed by fans, has developed into a worldwide charitable effort that has already raised more than $1,200 for The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.

“I thought, how cool would it be to send a card from mailbox to mailbox, across the United States, that various ‘JPeeps’ could sign, and to present it to JP at the June 20th show in Trenton, New Jersey,” Karyn Casel, group founder said. So started the Josh Paul Birthday Card Project. “Word spread, people signed up, and one card became three due to the number of people who wanted to be involved and the time we had for the cards to circulate.”

From those humble beginnings, the scope of the project got larger. “We decided it would be great to pitch in and get JP a Starbucks gift card, but then, we came up with a better idea to donate to a charity in his honor;  a charity that incorporates children and music. The members of the group decided to raise money for The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation in JP’s honor. We thought it would be a fantastic way to show our appreciation for JP.”

The group set up a donation page at http://www.firstgiving.com/joshpaul where fans of the bassist could donate and the Fans of Josh Paul responded with their generous donations. Some of the group’s members will present Paul the birthday cards and a letter from the charity acknowledging the donation in Paul’s name.

“I am so happy for JP and all of the wonderful things going on in his life, from his family, to his career as a musician, to his recent launch of his Washing Machine Clothing label with Raul Rossell. The members of the Facebook group are happy to be a part of his life and to celebrate his success with him.”

Canadian teen phenomenon Justin Bieber makes his Walmart Soundcheck debut! The multi-talented singer performs tracks from his latest album ‘My World 2.0,’ including the hits ‘Baby,’ and ‘Never Let You Go.’ Plus, Walmart Soundcheck speaks exclusively to Justin about fans, his new record, and working with Ludacris.

http://soundcheck.walmart.com/justin-bieber

Atlantic Records latest signee, Diggy Simmons debuts a video from his upcoming mixtape, Airborne. Check out the clip “What They Been Waiting For” here at Groovevolt.com

Estelle previews her upcoming album with “Freak,” featuring Kardinal Offishall. The track is produced by David Guetta and is off of Estelle’s new album All of Me coming soon.

Estelle – Freak
(Atlantic Records)

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First Look: Jessica Simpson’s new show called The Price Of Beauty
which is set to debut on VH1 on March 15.

Lily Allen denies that she and Courtney Love had a fight at this week’s NME Awards in London, but both singers used Twitter to let out their frustration starting with Courtney Love, “so i reserve my bile (dont worry shell slag me off cos we got into a BIG fight) for someone who NO ONE i know likes calls herself ”relevant” i mean ive been nice as pie to this one, endured countless attacks and said nothing refers to self as “relevant” about every t10 minutes, im not lowering myself to name her but she vibed me and i was having so much fun and hiss meow so i confronted her ” what IS yr problem” “why did ou say that about me” she screamed hissing, hh? i conplimeted her ashion powers, “what? say what” then ensueing, then i cant get it, i know most people in rock and music in london and i dont know one human being that likes this person i jjust dont get it,

Allen then responded, also via Twitter:

‘just clearing a couple of things up. Courtney Love and I did NOT have a bust up at the NME’S. There was an exchange of words, yes she’s upset because she has got it into her head that i put a lock on some dresses for the brit awards. she’s made no secret of this and when i saw her at the NME’S she tried to talk to me and i told her to shut up stop spreading stupid rumours about me, and thats pretty much it. i would never fight with her, as a rule i don’t pick on crazy old ladies.”

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