Adam Lambert

"CELEBRITY CIRCUIT," a non-news division of CBS, reports that Adam Lambert and his Finnish "Big Brother" boyfriend Sauli Koskinen have made up after causing a gay bar brawl (that's a phrase you don't hear too often) in Helsinki. Both were detained by Finnish police early yesterday. There is no truth to the rumor that the fight started when Sauli mocked Adam's runner-up finish on "American Idol" when he won "Big Brother. " Adam tweeted the real reason for the incident: "Jetlag+Vodka=blackout," he wrote.

Conan (11 p.m., TBS) - Comic Fred Armisen. Late Show With David Letterman (11:35 p.m., CBS3) - Actor Ricky Gervais; Kathleen Edwards performs. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (11:35 p.m., Actor Sam Worthington; comic Sherri Shepherd; Adam Lambert. Jimmy Kimmel Live (Midnight, 6ABC) - Actress Katherine Heigl; rapper Ne-Yo; Grouplove performs.

So do we get the American Idol we deserve? Or do we get the singer the record company foists on us? As long as the Fox karaoke juggernaut refuses to make the voting results transparent, the suspicion will persist that Idol is fixed. This week's semifinals brought a record 95 million votes. And how do we know? Because Ryan Seacrest tells us so. Notice how volatile the results have been this year, with heavy audience favorites ambushed early. First, Pia Toscano gets the heave-ho.

Lightning Bolt/Double Dagger There's a highly recommended and extremely loud multi-act bill on Tuesday at The Ox, the all-ages warehouse venue in Kensington. The headliners are the Providence, R.I., masked noise-rock band Lightning Bolt, last heard from in 2009's genre-pummeling Earthly Delights . Equally intriguing are the Baltimore bass-heavy trio Double Dagger, whose elastic, dub-influenced sound on last year's MORE harks back to 1980s post-punk bands such as Minor Threat and the Minutemen.

Philadelphia's dance-centric Q102-FM has realized that one ball (the Jingle Ball, presented during the Christmas season) isn't enough. So all hail the rhythmic rite of spring it calls the Springle Ball. This year's sold out the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday to a crowd mostly of teenage girls, whose knees were visibly scuffed after standing on — and falling through — the arena's folding chairs. Veterans of various Q Balls — the sturdily melodic Train, or Flo Rida, hip-hop's catchiest sampler — headlined Springle with their individual brands of swagger.

TOM BURGOYNE, the Phillie Phanatic's best friend, says the Phanatic didn't know his "30 Rock" episode was airing last Thursday until "The Phanatic got a text from Swoop. " The Phanatic and the Eagles' mascot are buds. Burgoyne said he and the Phanatic spent about 5 hours in October shooting the scene in which Alec Baldwin 's character Jack Donaghy gets the Phanatic, TastyKake, soft pretzels and other Philly staples to impress a visiting Kabletown (Comcast) executive.

M.J. planning a King-size comeback Michael Jackson, 50, who has kept a low profile since his 2005 acquittal on child-molestation charges, is poised to make a Britney Spears-sized comeback. Agence France-Presse reports that the deposed King of Pop has announced that he will make a "special announcement" tomorrow heralding (to the sound of seven trumpets unsealing seven seals?) his return to showbiz. M.J. is expected to reveal that he will stage a series of up to 30 comeback shows in London this year.

Philadelphia's dance-centric Q102-FM has realized that one ball (the Jingle Ball, presented during the Christmas season) isn't enough. So all hail the rhythmic rite of spring it calls the Springle Ball. This year's sold out the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday to a crowd mostly of teenage girls, whose knees were visibly scuffed after standing on — and falling through — the arena's folding chairs. Veterans of various Q Balls — the sturdily melodic Train, or Flo Rida, hip-hop's catchiest sampler — headlined Springle with their individual brands of swagger.

TOM BURGOYNE, the Phillie Phanatic's best friend, says the Phanatic didn't know his "30 Rock" episode was airing last Thursday until "The Phanatic got a text from Swoop. " The Phanatic and the Eagles' mascot are buds. Burgoyne said he and the Phanatic spent about 5 hours in October shooting the scene in which Alec Baldwin 's character Jack Donaghy gets the Phanatic, TastyKake, soft pretzels and other Philly staples to impress a visiting Kabletown (Comcast) executive.

Conan (11 p.m., TBS) - Comic Fred Armisen. Late Show With David Letterman (11:35 p.m., CBS3) - Actor Ricky Gervais; Kathleen Edwards performs. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (11:35 p.m., Actor Sam Worthington; comic Sherri Shepherd; Adam Lambert. Jimmy Kimmel Live (Midnight, 6ABC) - Actress Katherine Heigl; rapper Ne-Yo; Grouplove performs.

"CELEBRITY CIRCUIT," a non-news division of CBS, reports that Adam Lambert and his Finnish "Big Brother" boyfriend Sauli Koskinen have made up after causing a gay bar brawl (that's a phrase you don't hear too often) in Helsinki. Both were detained by Finnish police early yesterday. There is no truth to the rumor that the fight started when Sauli mocked Adam's runner-up finish on "American Idol" when he won "Big Brother. " Adam tweeted the real reason for the incident: "Jetlag+Vodka=blackout," he wrote.

So do we get the American Idol we deserve? Or do we get the singer the record company foists on us? As long as the Fox karaoke juggernaut refuses to make the voting results transparent, the suspicion will persist that Idol is fixed. This week's semifinals brought a record 95 million votes. And how do we know? Because Ryan Seacrest tells us so. Notice how volatile the results have been this year, with heavy audience favorites ambushed early. First, Pia Toscano gets the heave-ho.

Adam Lambert promises that his Glam Nation tour will be safe for anyone offended by his sexually charged performance of "For Your Entertainment" at the 2009 American Music Awards. "I definitely think they'll be comfortable," he said of fans who will see him on the tour, which has a sold-out stop tomorrow at the Borgata but returns Aug. 12 to Upper Darby's Tower Theater. "That was kind of an artistic experiment, the AMAs. I learned a lot from it. I learned what my limitations are. I learned what my audience wants to see. The [Glam Nation]

Lightning Bolt/Double Dagger There's a highly recommended and extremely loud multi-act bill on Tuesday at The Ox, the all-ages warehouse venue in Kensington. The headliners are the Providence, R.I., masked noise-rock band Lightning Bolt, last heard from in 2009's genre-pummeling Earthly Delights . Equally intriguing are the Baltimore bass-heavy trio Double Dagger, whose elastic, dub-influenced sound on last year's MORE harks back to 1980s post-punk bands such as Minor Threat and the Minutemen.

AMERICAN IDOL. 8 tonight and 8 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 29. HERE'S HOW I'm hoping Season 9 of Fox's "American Idol" will end: With the realization that nothing that's happened on the show over the past several seasons - the keying in of a particular set of numbers over and over, the appearance of the smoke monster that threatened to engulf Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert, the bitter rivalry between the blond man and the Judge in Black -...