‘American Idol’ notes: Daughtry is back, Scotty McCreery, Carrie Underwood

Originally posted Monday, July 30, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

Daughtry is embarking on its latest tour, including a stop at Atlanta's Tabernacle September 28.

Season five fourth place finisher Chris Daughtry leads the band, which has generated 15 top 40 hits on the Hot AC chart over the years. The band just released its fifth album "Cage to Rattle." The new single "Deep End" is at No. 31 on the published Hot AC chart on Mediabase 24/7 in its second week.

In USA Today, Daughtry - who now lives in Nashville with his wife and four kids - said he avoided trying to emulate what's hot right now in rock pop in terms a la Twenty One Pilots/Imagine Dragons.

“It’s really hard not to fall into the trap as well, because you hear it so much, and you’re like, ‘Am I supposed to be doing that?’ So fortunately, we steered clear of that," he said. "We wanted to make a very interesting record and hopefully deliver something that the fans appreciate and love as much as we do.”

ExploreCheck out all of Daughtry’s tour dates here, which includes dates in England and South Africa.

Ryan Seacrest and Daughtry last week re-enacted the shocking moment when was eliminated season 5 before Elliott Yamin and Katharine McPhee.

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Scotty McCreery and his family will be appearing on Steve Harvey's "Celebrity Family Feud" this Sunday against "SNL" vet Chris Kattan. Kellie Pickler did the show few years ago and was a delight, of course.

McCreery’s charity of choice is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

McCreery also included clips from his wedding with Gabi Dugal in his video for the new single "This Is It." The song is at No. 42 after four weeks on the country chart.

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More tour dates!

Season 10 runner-up and recently engaged Lauren Alaina, with two No. 1 hits under her belt, will be joining Cole Swindell and Dustin Lynch at Infinite Energy on November 29, 2018. (Buy tickets here.). She just appeared at SunTrust Park with Jason Aldean, Luke Combs and Hootie & the Blowfish.

Season 14 runner-up Clark Beckham will be appearing at Eddie's Attic Nov. 6.

Season 6 runner up Blake Lewis, the beat-boxing specialist, will be at Eddie's Attic Sept. 6 with Jason Manns.

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Carrie Underwood's "Cry Pretty" is at No. 9 on the Mediabase 24/7 country chart in her 10th week on the chart.

She recently sang the song at the Grand Ol’ Opry:

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Clay Aiken is on a Twitter break. He has not posted an original Tweet since July 11.

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