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ashlee simpson cancelled a concert at a utah school today. surely, many impressionable youths were crushed to learn that they would have to listen to her CD on their own stereos, rather than hear it blasted over the school sound system. read the news report and watch the video here. [real player] the clip includes this portion from the today show:

(Ashlee Simpson:) “BUT MY VOICE WASN’T STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP THE SONG ALONG, YA KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE…UH, YOU KNOW….(PAUSE)…MY DAD WAS REALLY THE ONE WHO WAS LIKE ‘HONEY, YOU HAVE TO…’ HE PUT DR. SUGARMAN, MY VOCAL DOCTOR, ON THE PHONE WITH ME WHO SAID ‘YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO…YOU’RE GOING TO RUIN YOUR VOCAL CORDS IF YOU SING ON ‘EM LIKE THIS.”