American Idol winner Kris Allen performed his first single “Live Like We’re Dying” on last night’s Conan. FYI, Kris’ self-titled debut album drops this Tuesday.

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this: American Idol Season 8 champ Kris Allen drops his self-titled debut LP on Nov. 17, and what better way to get the Interwebs abuzz about the album than with the release of a video to accompany his lead single, “Live Like We’re Dying?”

The self-titled debut album from American Idol 8 winner Kris Allen debuts Nov. 17.

Have you heard “Live Like We’re Dying,” the new single from American Idol champ Kris Allen?

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American Idol champion Kris Allen has been forced to pull out of a scheduled appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien this Wednesday following the death of his grandmother.

“I know I was supposed to do conan on wed, but there was a death in my family,” Kris announced on his Twitter Monday.

The Arkansas native, who is currently hitting arenas across the country as part of the 2009 Idols Live Tour, will be replaced by Idol runner-up Allison Iraheta.

Allison “is filling in,” Kris Tweeted. “And by filling in I mean [Allison] is gonna rock Conan’s face off on Wednesday.”

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American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert comes out as gay in the new issue of Rolling Stone Magazine – but the guy who made glam rock gold again also makes another admission in the music mag –he once had a crush on Idol winner Kris Allen! Read the rest of this entry »

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American Idol 2009 Kris Allen performed our National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” before Game Two of the 2009 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 7.

How did he do, guys?

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Kris Allen is scheduled to perform our National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” before Game 2 of the NBA Finals, airing this Sunday on ABC.

The Los Angeles Lakers have a 1-0 lead over the Orlando Magic.

Reigning American Idol Kris Allen will duet with Mike Huckabee during an appearance on the former Arkansas governor’s Fox News Channel show scheduled to air Saturday.

The The 23-year-old acoustic crooner from Conway, Arkansas will sing The Beatles’ classic “Yesterday” as the conservative former Arkansas governor plays backup bass on this weekend program, The Associated Press revealed on Thursday.

Huckabee ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.

Uh-oh. Did AT&T give Arkansas native Kris Allen an unfair advantage over competitor Adam Lambert on last week’s American Idol finale? According to The New York Times, AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of the FOX talent competition, may have influenced the outcome of this year’s Idol results by “providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen….”