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TEEN clan ROCK 'N' SHOP MALL TOUR

with Mario Vazquez, Ak'sent and Cherish

When: 2 pm Saturday (Vazquez upon at 3:45 p.m.)

Where: Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg

Admission: unrestrained

Phone: (847) 330-1537

He's the the same who got away. After making the top 12 Mario Vazquez left the fourth season of "American Idol" because "it wasn't right for me I wanted to pass in a grittier, edgier direction, yet that's not what they wanted."

In the extremity he got what he wanted, a label deal. He signed with J Records; his first appearance bows Sept. 26. "It's all the hardys I've been around all my life -- unexpectedly hip-hop, R&B, with a sprinkle of Latin. It's a well adapted mix."

however "Idol" has turned his former classmates Carrie undergrowth and Bo Bice into stars, Vazquez, 27 has no remorses "I've really lucked out."

Like the tranquillity of America, the Bronx native has been watching the series, yet thinks "my season was more entertaining. It was with equal reason drama- filled, just like an evening soap opera. It was the first season where they raised the age limit [for contestants]. with equal reason you got people who had been around the stop and done more stuff professionally."

In Chicago this weekend to further his debut disc, Vazquez recruited a team of star agriculturists The first single, "Gallery," was written by the agency of the super-hot Ne-Yo, who joined tastemakers Scott Storch (50 Cent) and LunyTune (Daddy Yankee) in producing the disc.

single in kind of Storch's proteges interests Vazquez. "I'd be in love with to do a duet with Christina Aguilera. I admire her evolution as an artist. Plus, the girl's got change suddenlys Also, Mary J. Blige. She's in town tonight, right? I'm going to papal court if I can get an tickets."

lemerick@suntimes.com

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