"On The Rebound - Jim McGorman Newsletter" Issue #21 October 15th, 2008 Greetings Jim Fans! Welcome to our 21st edition of "On The Rebound" - Jim McGorman Resource Website Newsletter! Jim's travels with Avril all part of The Best Damn Tour concluded on October 6th in Beijing, China. There is no question this tour was huge! 8 months, 109 concerts, 25 countries and 3 continents. This doesn't include all the promotion appearances that took place in 2007 either! Big congratulations to Jim on a very successful tour and all the amazing exposure he received worldwide! Now that the tour is finished, there is going to be so much going on for Jim including his new record, taking on other production projects, writing and more. This month we take a look back on the last few dates of the Avril tour and tons and tons of Jim news for you too! Jim Performs With Avril All Part Of Nokia Productions Event! This just in! In partnership with Spike Lee and Nokia Productions, Jim performed last night (October 14th) at the Nokia Theatre in LA! Photos, videos and more are just coming in so please stay tuned to our updates section for exclusives! Our Newsletter Exclusive! The Best Damn Band! Click photo to view photo in full! With the conclusion of the Avril tour, we wanted to pay a special tribute to Jim and his touring bandmates. Talent shines and we must mention how incredibly cool Avril's "boys" are! Take a look at our special gallery that includes some amazing photos of Jim and the bandmates over the course of the past year and a half :) New at "On The Rebound!" Jim Sings Lead On "In Too Deep" During The Best Damn Tour! On the last two dates of the Avril tour in China, Jim was asked to sing lead on the Sum41 hit "In Too Deep." How awesome is that? On October 5th, Jim shared with us a truly funny story on the impromptu performance. Check out Jim's take on how it all came about. We also put together a video montage -- Jim signing lead with Avril, and he sounds great! This is a must see, so please go here to watch for yourself or check it out on our youtube page :) See Jim On DVD w/Paul Stanley! "One Live KISS" is now available for pre-order! Click photo to view photo in full! 2008 is turning out to be an amazing year for Jim with official DVD releases! The highly anticipated release of the concert DVD entitled "One Live Kiss" from Paul Stanley's 2006 "Live to Win" tour will be out on October 21st. Visit our news page for all the details on the pre-order :) It's been mentioned that the DVD will include an interview with Jim as well, so check it out! We will be of course posting captures, clips and more from the DVD on our site as well, so stay tuned! :) As you gear up for the release, visit our Jim w/Paul Stanley Tour Page for a look back and some great clips of Jim performing with Paul on tour:) Jim's MySpace Updates! Jim visiting a temple in Seoul, click to view in full! Over the past few weeks, Jim has posted some very cool new updates on his official Myspace page! If you haven't had a chance to do so, head on over for new blogs from Jim, exclusive photos and more! Thanks Jim for the shout out to us at sunfired.net in your September 25th blog entry -- we really appreciate it :) Jim's tenth appearance on The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno! Just two days after Jim concluded the last show with Avril in Beijing, he returned to LA for another national network appearance on The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno! On this occassion, Jim performed with Marc Broussard promoting his new single release Keep Coming Back (which Jim co-wrote with Marc). Visit our Misc clips page to view this smokin' performance. For a look back and all the past Leno appearances featuring Jim over the years, we have created a special Jim On The Tonight Show W/Jay Leno Page. Jim's Co-Write W/Kate Voegele Featured On The Official Trailer For The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Part 2! Another of Jim's amazing co-writes is now featured on the official trailer for the upcoming movie for The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 which is now out in theatres! In our September 25th news, we posted Jim's myspace update on the collaboration with Kate Voegele :) Another cool collaboration for Jim! While we are on the theme of collaborations, Jim also appears on Corey Elliott's (LA songwriter and lyricists) record entitled "The Corey Elliott Song Collection." In our news section from September 24th, we've included clips of Jim singing on the record and comments from Corey himself on his experience working with Jim during this unique collaboration. So head on over and check that out including details on how you can order the CD :) Jim's Experience -- The Don Kirkpatrick Benefit Concert! Click to view photo in full view :) Last November, Jim had the opportunity of performing on stage with classic 80's band Animotion all part of a benefit concert for Don Kirkpatrick. During this special concert, Jim met Richard Marx, and also Fee Waybill (The Tubes). In our news update, Jim shares about this concert experience and we also posted some very cool photos from that night :) Big Update From Jim! Click photo to view photo of Jim and Matt! On September 11th, we posted a major update from Jim outlining some incredible collaborations he has been part of with new, up and coming artists Josh Hoge, Matt Duke and Curtis Peoples and working with producer and friend Marshall Altman. He also shared his plans after the Avril tour (the new record -- yes!) and details about the studio he recently built and co-writes with Marc Broussard. Visit our September 11th news update to get caught up on everything Jim will be working on this fall. As we mentioned, there will be no rest for him after the Avril tour! New Music Added For all those IPOD/MP3 users out there, we have uploaded the audio versions of both Jim's lead vocal performance of In Too Deep from Beijing and also a mix of clips all sung by Jim from The Corey Elliot Song Collection. Enjoy! Exclusive New Slideshows! Recently added, we are pleased to present two brand new slideshows entitled The Best Damn Tour 2008 as our special salute to the tour and also Jim And The Stars. Be sure to have your sound on and allow the file to load to enjoy the full experience! Tons of Gallery Updates! Jim and Avril at the final show of the tour in Beijing, China! Our new galleries include: New In Studio Photos From Jim's MySpace New Tour Photos From Jim's MySpace Jim Captures From The Best Damn Tour DVD! Asia Tour Photos Manila, Philippines Photo Album Nagoya, Japan Photo Album Shanghai, China Photo Album Beijing, China Photo Album Want Video - We Got It! In Too Deep - Beijing, China In Too Deep - Shanghai, China Jim w/Marc Broussard on Leno Classic Jim Highlights - RockStar INXS, First Episode Hot - Manila, Philippines In Too Deep - Nagoya, Japan Acoustic Set - Nagoya, Japan Show Highlights - Nagoya, Japan Runaway - Osaka, Japan In Too Deep - Osaka, Japan Show Highlights - Guangzhou, China Front Row During He Wasn't - Guangzhou, China Also, feel free to visit our entire video page to view an endless collection of clips and movies! Jim's 2008 Tour Map! Click on map above to view in full! As the international Avril tour has concluded, take a look back and see all the cool places around the world Jim visited! Jim McGorman 2008 Tour Map! Newsletter Archives Want to view a previous issue of our past newsletters again? You can now do that! We have updated our Newsletter section with a complete archives of our entire series of past publications. Fan Map Thanks to everyone for visiting our ever growing Jim international fan map! Jim clearly has fans from all corners of the world and we're delighted to see all the visitors and pins added to the map. If you haven't had a chance to add a pin, please take a moment and visit! Thanks for reading our current newsletter! If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or feedback, please contact us anytime! And as always, check out our site daily for regular ongoing updates. There will be lots more to come!   kim_marica@sunfired.net