L'évènement : MIMI à Tunis !
Mariah Carey, chanteuse américaine née le 27 mars 1970 à Long Island, possède une étendue vocale rare... 
Ses premiers succès commerciaux (1990-1992), elle atteint le succès international en 1993, c'est aussi l'année de son mariage avec un homme plus âgé qu'elle de 19 ans : Tommy Mottola. 
Pour manque de liberté, elle divorce en 1997 et sort la même année "Butterfly" et le papillon devient alors son symbole de liberté. 
Elle prend alors son indépendance... 
Aujourd'hui "MIMI" alias Mariah Carey nous rend visite à Tunis et c'est au Stade d'El Menzah le 22 et 24 Juillet 2006 qu'elle fera son show devant des milliers de Tunisiens.. 
Tu es prévenu assez tôt, alors ne rates pas l'évènement... 
Source: Mosaique FM (All rights reserved)
Heroes comment: Ceci risque d'être un événement mémorable si on pense aux dizaines de milliers de touristes fréquentant uniquement la région de Tunis ville à cette période.  Le stade El Menzah peut aisément accueillir 45.000 personnes et pour beaucoup de concerts les prix s'étalent de 15 à 200 Dinars ( une dizaine d'Euro à 110 Euros)
Posted on May the 31st.

AP: What took you so long to get on the road?
Carey: (Laughs.) Honestly, it was kind of like the album, it has its own life. And I wanted to allow myself to make videos, to really work the record more than I have ... allow people to experience the album, to live with the songs, to feel the videos and the energy and basically get where I was coming from with this project on that level first.

AP: What are the special things you're planning this time around?
Carey: It's going to be kind of off the cuff ... When I said there may be special guests, that's kind of the way the record was made. It's like, I'm in a studio, someone is in the next room, all of a sudden, me and Snoop made a record together. It wasn't planned. If I happen to be in a city where I know somebody who I collaborated with on the record, you never know, they might want to show up if we have that kind of relationship.

AP: How do you determine which songs you're going to play and which ones you're not going to sing without alienating your fans
Carey: I feel like I'm a tough critic. When I go to other people's shows that I'm fans of, and if I don't hear my favorite song, I'm like, 'Man, why?' (laughs). I'm going to do my best to please the crowd, but I also want to be able to express myself creatively, and I think that there's a happy medium now. The set list that I'm working with now - I won't reveal it yet, darling (laughs) - but it's a work in progress, it is going to achieve that, because some of the fans really do want to hear an old album cut. And then it's like some of the fans have heard you do 'Hero' 9,000 times and are like whatever.

AP: How much stuff do you haul around on tour?
Carey: I'm in the process of trying to get my bus together because I'm going to go by bus for the first time, because I really do sleep well by driving - not at the wheel (laughs) but I've always been able to sleep in a car, and my main thing is I always need a lot of rest when I tour ... I think it's going to be pretty cool, especially in America, to see the surroundings and really feel where I'm at, as opposed to being whisked into a hotel room at whatever-o-clock in the morning.

AP: Is your dog, Jack, coming?
Carey: Oh yes, Jack has his own section. He's going to have his own little nook. It's already planned out. ... I may have to bring him out every now and then. It depends on the crowd.

AP: Besides Jack, what is a must-have on the bus?
Carey: Really just to make it as private as possible in my little living space where I'll be hanging out and sleeping. As long as I have a TV and a bed a some humidifiers, I'll be all right.

AP: What do you do during your down time?
Carey: I don't know if people realize that for me to tour, I actually have to have a full day and a half off in between shows, whereas most touring artists do every night, and I just can't do that, because I'm very strong, but I'm very delicate in many ways too. So in my down time, the thing that requires the most discipline is not talking. Like, I wouldn't be doing an interview. I wouldn't be talking to anyone, I'd be writing notes, and sitting in a humidified room, sleeping.

AP: Has your voice ever given out on you on tour?
Carey: No, it's never that, I just know my voice. And honestly, the late great, Luther Vandross - who I had the utmost respect for - taught me an invaluable lesson, which is about the humidification, because the tone of his voice, the airy quality, when he would sing in that breathy voice, there's a similarity that we have. He would say, 'The best place for us is a really warm climate, and you really need to make sure you have humidifiers around yourself all the time.'

AP: With all the success you've had with this album, has it become one of your most special?
Carey: This and 'Butterfly' are my two favorites because they mark two very special significant times in my life, so this will always be a favorite of mine. And I just love that songs like 'Shake It Off' were allowed to be singles. In the past, I would immediately get, 'It's too urban, you can't put it out.' The experience of this record has just been so much fun for me, and just the freedom, and the title was very apropos, because this has been a lot of freedom for me as an artist.

AP: So now that you're free and there's been an emancipation ...
Carey: Now we're having an adventure.
Source: AP (All rights reserved)
Posted on May the 26th.

En el día de ayer el noticiero Telenueve (Canal 9) estreno oficialmente el comercial de Mariah anunciandola como nueva cara de la marca, y también dando la noticia de que esta grabando los ringtones para la marca.
Desde el foro MCarey los ponemos en campaña para mandar mensajes en la pagina http://www.pepsimundo.com/  en la sección CUENTANOS pidiendo que estrenen el comercial en Latinoamerica.
Source: Fernando by e-mail
Posted on May the 23rd.

Carey has played U.S. arenas before, but she usually peppers her tours with smaller theater dates as well. Not this time. Carey has also allotted a break between each date to recover on her first tour since 2003. "As a singer, I need a certain amount of vocal rest, where I just don't talk before I do a show," Carey explained. "On tour it's like really hardcore singing moments and then resting."

Some of those hardcore singing moments on this tour will be within songs from her six-times-platinum "The Emancipation of Mimi" album, but Carey is also planning to revisit hits and deep album cuts from her 15-year catalog, including "Vision of Love," "My All," and "Close My Eyes." She's also considering including one of the 25 ringtones she recently wrote and produced for Pepsi, so that she can show off her "creative tangents." 

"A friend of mind was over and we were going through different concepts for the tour, and he said, 'You should do one of the ringtones!' " she laughed. "So I'm actually thinking about doing the one we're doing the commercial for," called "Time of Your Life."

Opening the two-month trek for the first half will be Sean Paul, while other "surprise" guests remain to be announced. The tour launches August 5 in Miami and wraps October 10 in Phoenix. Tickets go on sale June 2, and despite Carey's reputation as a diva, the prices are comparatively affordable, in the $20-$155 range.

"People ask me, 'Why don't you just go on tour and charge huge amounts of money? Do these small venues, but charge thousands and thousands of dollars to go in,' " Carey previously explained. "Because I have fans of all different ages and different money ranges, and they can't afford to go out and spend that kind of money. Not everybody has a budget to go out and go really high-end." (see "Mariah Wants All Fans To See Her — And Even Smell Like Her").

Before Carey kicks off her tour, she will end her concert hiatus with a Pepsi Smash Concert featuring Chris Brown scheduled for July 29 at Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre.
Source: MTV (All rights reserved)
Heroescomment: " and despite Carey's reputation as a diva, the prices are comparatively affordable, in the $20-$155 range ", and still some US fans dare to complain 
Posted on May the 22nd.

- Grammy day with Hezekiah Walker
This year's Grammys were a big deal for Hezekiah Walker. In addition to nominations for several categories, the good pastor was personally asked by pop diva Mariah Carey to bring his Love Fellowship Choir to Los Angeles to perform a gospel song with her during the biggest night in the music industry. Pastor Hez accepted Mariah's invitation and brought 30 members of his choir. Then his publicist, Sean Pennington, had an idea that would be the icing on the cake for this exciting event. "Calvin, Pastor is performing with Mariah Carey during the Grammys and I want you to come tag along and cover the day's events including the rehearsals and all the behind-the-scenes fun," Sean said. This sounded like a boatload of fun and was sure to be an opportunity of a lifetime with many stories to tell. 
Source: Sister 2 Sister magazine (All rights reserved) (extract)
Heroes note: If by chance someone has the magazine or can read it in a store, it would be interesting to know if there's more info about "Tennesse" and what are the behind-the-scenes stories from the Grammys.
Posted on May the 4th.

Je ne sais pas dans les autres pays, mais ici en Belgique, nous offrons du muguet le 1 mai pour porter bonheur jusqu'au 1 mai prochain.  Donc aujourd'hui, Mariah,  mon cher petit coeur, je t'offre un an de bonheur.

Ik weet niet in andere landen, maar hier in België, geven we meiklokjes op 1 mei om vreugde te geven tot de volgende 1ste mei.  Dus vandaag, Mariah, mijn klein schatje, geef ik je een jaar vreugde.
Posted on May the 1st.