Lifehouse and Daughtry coming to Times Union Center

Heather Wheeler
Albany Student Press

Alternative rockers Lifehouse will be joining Daughtry at the Times Union Center, Sunday March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale through Tickets.com, from $27.50 to $37.50.

Post-grunge rockers Cavo will be opening the show. Chris Daughtry appears on the bands’ fifth studio album, “Smoke & Mirrors,” having co-written the track “Had Enough” with Richard Marx and Lifehouse lead singer/guitarist Jason Wade. Daughtry also lends vocals to the song.

Chris Daughtry has certainly proven that winning the title of American Idol is not needed in order to use the show as a launching pad for your music career. Although he finished in fourth place in the shows fifth season, Chris Daughtry was offered the position of lead singer in the band Fuel. He turned them down, instead deciding to front his own band. The band’s self-titled debut album, released in November 2006, has been on the Billboard Top 200 chart for over two years. The album also spawned an incredible seven singles, all of which reached the Billboard Hot 100 in at least a 25 spot.

Lifehouse is just the latest band in a long line of musicians that Chris Daughtry has collaborated with. He has also lent his pen to 3 Doors Down, Matchbox 20, Shinedown and Nickelback.

It’s no surprise that other artists respect his ideas. Since 2007, the band Daughtry has won seven American Music awards, including Best Break Through Artist and Favorite Band, Duo or Group Pop-Rock. Daughtry has also won two American Music Awards, two World Music Awards and the People’s Choice Award Best Rock Song for the single “Home.” In 2008, Daughtry walked away with four Grammy nominations.

Before inviting Lifehouse along for the second leg of their current U.S. tour, Theory of a Deadman shared the stage with Daughtry.