Big Time Rush's Kendall Schmidt Comes To Rescue Of Fan

Feb 16, 2014 - 10:10am

It's a bird, it's a plane, no its Kendall Schmidt! Our real life Superman has got to be none other than Big Time Rush's Kendall. Why you may ask? Because he has come to the rescue of a very lucky fan in her desperate time of need. While on her way to Big Time Rush's concert, a fan was pulled over for driving too fast in attempt to get to the show on time. Talk about bad luck!
The fan was upset about the $243.00 speeding ticket and reached out to Kendall to ask for some help. Being the kind and sweet guy that he is, Kendall offered to pay the fans fine as she was a poor college student. However, there was one promise the fan had to make in order to Kendall to help her - she must graduate from college with a 3.0 GPA and donate 20 hours of her time to community service.
Kendall stated he will be following up with the college student in order to make sure she is keeping up her end of the deal. We would certainly take the deal, would you?

Kendall Schmidt Is Attending The Grammy Awards For The First Time 

Fun! Big Time Rush member Kendall Schmidt is attending the Grammy Awards for the first time!
Kendall shared the cute photo above of himself getting ready for the awards show. Here’s what he posted along with the picture:

’1st Grammys’ Maybe next year I’ll be on stage :) Can’t wait regardless!! #grammys #btr #heffrondrive #bigtimerush #hd

That’s awesome! Fingers crossed that the other members of Big Time Rush attend the awards show and the after parties as well!

Kendall Schmidt Adds New Heffron Drive Tour Dates

November 11th, 2013 by Nickutopia Staff     

 

 Big Time Rush member Kendall Schmidt is going on a winter tour! The Heffron Drive tour starts this month, and Kendall just announced more tour dates!
Here is the full list of tour dates:
November 23, 2013: Houston, TX at The Scout Bar
November 24, 2013: Dallas, TX at The Kessler Theater
November 26, 2013: Athens, GA at The Melting Point
November 27, 2013: Jacksonville, FL at Brewster’s Megaplex
November 28, 2013: Tampa, FL at The Orpheum
November 29, 2013: Raleigh, NC at Mirage
November 30, 2013: Philadelphia, PA at The TLA
December 2, 2013: New York, NY at Webster Hall
December 3, 2013: Hartford, CT at Webster Underground
December 4, 2013: Boston, MA at The Wilbur Theater
December 5, 2013: Rochester, NY at Montage Music Hall
December 7, 2013: Pittsburgh, PA at Altar Bar
December 8, 2013: Pontiac, MI at The Crofoot
December 9, 2013: Rensselaer, IN at Embers
December 10, 2013: St. Louis, MO at Firebird
December 12, 2013: Kansas City, MO at The Riot Room
December 13, 2013: Chicago, IL at Logan Square
December 14, 2013: Columbus, OH at Skully’s Music Diner
December 19, 2013: Tempe, AZ at Club Red
December 21, 2013: San Francisco, CA at Brick & Mortar
December 22, 2013: Los Angeles, California at The Roxy Theatre

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kendall Schmidt Talks to Us About Heffron Drive

Nov 1, 2013 - 12:12pm

Kendall Schmidt. Of course you remember him as one part of the Nickelodeon boy band Big Time Rush. But now the boys are starting to move on and do their own thing, but that doesn’t mean the music is stopping anytime soon.
Kendall’s original project, Heffron Drive, is back! And together with BTR guitarist Dustin Belt, they’re heading out on tour starting in November. We got to talk with Kendall about his upcoming tour and future plans in music. See what he had to say!
Fanlala: So what’s next? We read that you’re working on solo music, but your tour says Heffron Drive is going to be a thing. We want to hear straight from the source.

Kendall Schmidt: The solo music and Heffron Drive are really the same thing. There’s a lot of HD music in the works, and not every song will be done by Dustin and I, both. There are a lot of songs that I made, and there’s music that I’m working on now. I’ve always been writing, I haven’t stopped for the last three years. It’s like an exercise and a hobby for me.

F: What is it about Ariana and the Rose that you think will make her a great opening act?

KS: I want this to be a fun show. It’ll be taking place at a lot of smaller places in a more intimate setting. I saw a couple of videos of hers, and she’s very talented. I wanted to give someone a chance to open for me, and she just seemed like the perfect fit. I haven’t met her yet, but I have a feeling it’ll be really cool to share music with her and that she’ll be fun to hang with!

F: What’s the transition from Big Time Rush to Heffron Drive like?

KS: I don’t have to worry about lyrics as much. Now there’s not going to be a whole bunch of cuss words in my music or anything, but I’m more free to think about what I’ve been writing. The change, otherwise, isn’t too drastic. It’s not a world away. I’ll always love pop, and alt music, and electro music. I get to combine all of my favorite things in my songs. I get to write what I love the most. The songs will be very singer-songwriter. They’ll sound very alt, pop, and electro.

F: What will the HD tour be like compared to a Big Time Rush concert?

KS: It’s going to be a lot smaller. I won’t be dancing, just because it’s not that kind of music. It’s funny, at the beginning of my tour career, I didn’t love dancing, but at the end, I really enjoyed myself. On stage I feel pretty awesome.
The HD tour will be a lot smaller, more fun and intimate. I will be singing everything. Before it was me and three other guys, but now it’ll be interesting with me carrying all of the vocal weight. I’ll be doing a lot of shows in such a short of period of time now

F: If you could title any BTR episode that wasn’t “Big Time _________” what would it be, and what would the plot have been?

KS: Oh wow. Uhh… “Big Time Management” is where we could get together and create a management group and just submit what we’re best at, and then we’d figure out a way to profit off of that. BTR was always so goofy, so I think that would be a way to really play towards our strengths!

Kendall Schmidt has come a long way, and to think that there’s still a long road ahead. We are so excited to see Heffron Drive take the stage starting next month with openers Ariana and the Rose and Eric Dash. In the meantime, we’ll be listening to our fave BTR tunes on Fanlala Radio. Download it today and let us know what you think!
Thanks for chatting with us, Kendall!

Kendall Schmidt’s 23rd Birthday November 2, 2013

November 2nd, 2013 

We want to wish a very happy 23rd birthday to “Big Time Rush” actor and singer Kendall Schmidt! Kendall was born on November 2, 1990.
We hope that Kendall has a fabulous birthday spent with his family and friends!
Kendall is going on a Heffron Drive solo tour starting at the end of this month! Be sure to grab tickets so YOU can see Kendall perform at a city near you this fall and winter!
Happy Birthday Kendall!

Shattered fans of US boy band Big Time Rush can take heart, the boys will be around for a little longer.

Although it appears their popular Nickelodeon TV show is set to finish up soon, the band are not breaking up, lead singer Kendall Schmidt told AAP.
In Sydney for kids music festival SlimeFest, Schmidt said the band is simply undergoing a transformation because, "people have to spread their wings a little bit".
The pop group received plenty of reaction from upset fans after a recent interview in which they hinted at their future careers.
"There's definitely Big Time Rush in the future, it's just a matter of deciding what we want to do," Schmidt told AAP.
Carlos, Kendall, James and Logan rose to fame in 2009 on the hit kid's show, about high school hockey players who form a pop band.
Now, four years later, they're looking at what's next on the horizon.
"The episodic 23-minute Big Time Rush episodes are done, but I think ... it's really about scheduling for the boys," Schmidt said.
"There's four individual artists in this band and it's been four or five years (after the show started), everybody wants to exercise creativity in other places, as any other artist would want to."
Schmidt, the lead singer of the band, has plenty of other interests outside of Big Time Rush to keep him busy, including his own band, Heffron Drive.
The 23-year-old singer and actor has breaking into electronic dance music (EDM) on his radar.
"I'm a huge EDM fan and that's a huge market right now.
"I would love to do a song where older kids are like `hmm, he's got a pretty cool voice and he likes the same music we do'."
For now, Schmidt is spending time writing tunes for Heffron Drive and other acts, most recently New Zealand boy band Titanium's latest tune, Unarmed.
The song is "older" in lyrical content, something that's much easier to do outside of Nickelodeon standards and practices, Schmidt says.
While the freedom to write songs for older audiences is luring, Schmidt says he will always keep to his roots in some way.
"It's not like I'm going to do a crazy lyrical song that people are going to be like `that's awfully rude of him to do, after Big Time Rush'.
"It's not going to be that crazy, but will be a bit more aged up."
He won't be taking any tips from former child star Miley Cyrus when it comes to making the transformation from kid's TV.
"I definitely wouldn't want to be known for anything other than being a good role model.
"I guess (Miley) just wanted to separate herself, but I think it's also possible to make music that people like and can relate to.
"I just hope that you can get there by being cool and people like to talk to you and hear your music. That will be nice."