Carrie Underwood spent last New Year's Eve hanging out with friends in her college town of Tahlequah, Okla. This New Year's Eve, a sold-out crowd of Minnesotans will pay as much as $75 to hear her sing at a booze-free casino.
Whether or not she shows the Merriam Theater who's boss in the newly-opened production of Chicago, 1970s pop star Melba Moore will prompt the question, Where's she been?
Besides releasing their third album and writing songs for a fourth, members of New York indie-rock hotshots The Walkmen are also writing a novel.
