MLB Fan Cave

The MLB Fan Cave is pleased to welcome Daughtry as the next act in the 2012 MLBFanCave.com Concert series. Daughtry, the multi-platinum North Carolina-based rock band, will play an exclusive live set on Thursday, April 26, beginning at 6:30pm.

The performance is open to the public and fans are encouraged to come down to the MLB Fan Cave (corner of 4th and Broadway) for the chance to see the set. Please note that space is limited.

About Daughtry: In the course of only five years, Chris Daughtry has had more than his share of career highlights. The singer, songwriter, and musician from North Carolina has released back-to-back No. 1 albums, the 4x-platinum DAUGHTRY (which became the fastest-selling rock debut in Soundscan history) and 2009's platinum Leave This Town. DAUGHTRY has scored four No. 1 Top 40 hits ("It's Not Over, "Home," "Feels Like Tonight," and "No Surprise"), earned four Grammy Award nominations (including "Best Rock Album" for DAUGHTRY), won four American Music Awards, and brought its electrifying live show to all corners of the world, including sold-out arenas in South Africa, Singapore, and The Philippines.

So when it came time to record their third album, Break the Spell, it would have been understandable if Chris and the band - which includes guitarists Josh Steely and Brian Craddock, bassist Josh Paul, and drummer Robin Diaz - decided to stick to what they knew worked. Thing is, that's not how they work. "I didn't want to make the same record," Chris says of how he felt before the band hit the studio in March 2011 with long-time producer Howard Benson. "Howard called me and said he had some ideas for what we needed to do to differentiate this album. He said, 'I really think we need to push ourselves.' He was blown away by the songs we had sent over, which is very hard to do with that guy, so everything was really positive out of the gate."

The result is Break the Spell - a gleaming showcase for Chris's powerful, emotionally resonant voice and knack for relentless melodic hooks and big, anthemic choruses. The album enables the band to evolve musically while aiming to satisfy its many long-time fans. "Going in to the writing sessions, we said, 'Let's not try to sound like anything. Let's just write, and see what happens,'" says Chris, who co-wrote every song with either one of his band-mates or such collaborators as Marti Frederiksen, Busbee, and Brett James. "We came up with some pretty interesting tunes that sound nothing like anything we've done before. Even though some of them didn't make the album, the process stretched us and took us to new places. It was the first time I've said, 'It doesn't sound like us, but I can see us doing that.'"