Hartman to support Kelly on SA tour

The joint winner of South African Idols 2009, Jason Hartman, has been chosen to support American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson during the South African leg of her All I Ever Wanted global tour. Clarkson and Hartman will perform at the Durban Arena at the International Convention Centre on Sunday, March 14, after kicking off the tour on March 12 at the Coca-Cola Dome in Joburg. After the Durban date, the final SA concert will be at Cape Town's Grand Arena at GrandWest, on March 17. Idols fans already know a large part of Jason Hartman's musical gifts: the 29-year-old made such an impression with his singing and performing that in May 2009, he was named the co-winner of this year's incarnation of the global talent search. But Idols only gave a small window into Hartman's dazzling talents which together make him as exciting an artist as any who has emerged out of South Africa's five seasons of this popular competitive reality television show. His debut album, On the Run, is a 13-track collection which he not only wrote himself but for which he played many of the instruments (guitar and bass, for starters). Clarkson was the first to prove that winning American Idol can catapult a music career to worldwide success. She has sold more than 20 million albums since her 2002 American Idol debut. Her current album, All I Ever Wanted, has shattered records with the lead single, My Life Would Suck Without You. The song earned Clarkson her first No 1 single in the UK. Concert attendees can expect to hear the latest hits from the tour's namesake album, along with Clarkson's signature pop anthems, among them Since U Been Gone and Because of You.