Billboard.com reports that multi-platinum rock band Daughtry are releasing a reissue of their enormously popular self-titled debut on Saturday, September 9. This time around, Daughtry will feature a cover of Foreigner’s hit “Feels Like the First Time” and acoustic versions of Daughtry’s own “Home,” “Feels Like Tonight,” “What About Now,” and “It’s Not Over.” The original disc, which hit stores in November ’06, has sold a staggering 4.2 million copies in the United States.
During an interview with Gibson this past winter, frontman Chris Daughtry said he’d begun work on new material for the band’s follow-up album. In July he took to their website to report on further progress, saying, “Some amazing songs have been written over the past 6-7 weeks. Between me, the guys, and some great writers we’ve been working with, I think we have some GREAT stuff! It’s been an awesome process. We wrote songs together as a band which was really cool. We also wrote with some guys that really contributed to what we do and helped us along with our process.”
Daughtry are currently on a U.S. tour that includes upcoming performances at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.—Ellen Mallernee