David Cook Rings in the New Year on FOX
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David Cook and Grammy Award-winning musician Scott Weiland are set to perform at The Mirage in Las Vegas on "New Year's Eve Live," airing Wednesday, Dec. 31 (11 ET/PT) on FOX. This year, "New Year's Eve Live" goes coast-to-coast with hosts Spike Feresten of "Talkshow With Spike Feresten" and Mark Thompson of "Hole In The Wall" when they report live from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. Spike and Mark will count down to 2009 with celebrity guests and performances by some of the year’s hottest musical artists. As 2008 comes to a close, the annual celebration will move to New York City to ring in the new year as the world-famous New Year’s Eve Ball makes its descent into Times Square. Interestingly enough, shortly after midnight, world-renowned daredevil Robbie Knievel will attempt a death-defying 200-foot jump over the recently renovated Mirage Volcano. It's quite appropriate that David will be helping his fans ring in the New Year, as 2008 has been very good to him. One week after being declared the winner of American Idol Season Seven with a record-breaking 56 percent of the nearly 100 million votes cast, David rewrote chart history when 11 of his songs debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100—the highest number of new entries in a single week by an artist since The Beatles in 1964. His self-titled major-label debut entered the Billboard charts at No. 3, and is currently the No. 1 album on the digital album chart. It should also come as no surprise that producers asked David to be the first Idol in the history of the show to help promote the upcoming season--watch the new, extended version of the promo now!