Josh at the Emmy's...

To the surprise of just about everyone, Josh made an appearance at the 2012 Emmy awards to sing an "In Memoriam" tribute to the host of the night, Jimmy Kimmel.

Before the show, Josh tweeted:

Who's excited to watch the emmy's??!! I am. #snuggy #popcorn #television
— josh groban (@joshgroban) September 23, 2012

It certainly threw many off the scent that he would in-fact be performing a stripped back, piano only cover of One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful".  And as for the result, watch below:

After the show, Josh took once again to Twitter to apologize for keeping the secret.

Ok sorry had to keep it secret. So much fun!! Happy to sing the 1D to the not-late, great @jimmykimmel. Will miss you everyday. Eventually.
— josh groban (@joshgroban) September 24, 2012

And this picture was posted on his facebook page -

So now Josh's tweet from a few days ago about getting a hair cut makes total sense.

2013 Calendar...

Both Amazon and The Book Depository are advertising a Josh Groban Calendar for 2013. There's not a lot of details and from the cover shot, it looks like the pics might be those used for the "Straight To You Tour" tour book.

It's available on pre-order from:

The Book Depository (includes free shipping worldwide)

Amazon.co.uk

(At time of publishing, The Book Depository price was cheaper than Amazon - which may change over time.)

There's no news yet if the calendar will be included with any upcoming fan club renewals packages.

**Edit - Josh has responded to a tweet from a fan about the calendar and advised that it isn't official. It has been subsequently been removed from the US amazon site. Many members how had ordered it through this site have been emailed that their orders have been cancelled. However, it still appears to be available on the Amazon UK site as well as the Book Depository.

@fallingleaves4 it wasn't a proper calendar, haven't done new pics yet!

— josh groban (@joshgroban) September 21, 2012

The new album...

It's actually happening...