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Say what you want about Daughtry's decision to play clubs to promote sophomore disc Leave This Town in its early weeks, but it's almost always better to know you'll sell a place out rather than to take the chance of leaving empty seats in a larger venue. The band certainly could have sold more tickets in Nashville, but the several hundred people who packed themselves into the sold-out Cannery Tuesday were the Daughtry faithful, the kind who knew every lyric of even the album cuts and bought their tickets as soon as they went on sale. No casual fans or curiosity seekers here -- these were the diehards.
Daughtry's new album has several Nashville ties -- he wrote songs with locals like Chris Tompkins and Brett James, and Vince Gill sings on Tennessee Line. (Also, a local reporter Twittered that both Carrie Underwood and underwear model Justin Gaston attended the show.) If any of his Music City collaborators came out, Chris Daughtry didn't give them any special attention during his set. He did, however, sing the two Leave This Town songs -- Supernatural and Open Up Your Eyes -- written by opening act David Hodges, the former Evanescence keyboardist who has become a favorite co-writer of American Idol alumnae.
2009年08月13日 04点08分