Former “American Idol” contestant Chris Daughtry is returning to the show that gave him his big break.
The singer announced Friday that his band Daughtry will perform their new single, “No Surprise,” for the reality competition series’ Rock Week on May 6.
The song is taken from Daughtry’s upcoming sophomore album, which is scheduled for release on July 14. The as-yet-untitled album is the follow-up to the band’s self-titled debut, which sold more than 4.4 million copies according to Nielsen SoundScan and was the top-selling album of 2007.
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Rocker SLASH has confirmed reports he visited his former GUNS N’ ROSES bandmate AXL ROSE after initially denying the rumours.
The Velvet Revolver guitarist has been a constant critic of singer Rose, and scoffed at stories suggesting he had attempted to reconnect with his former pal.
But, in a new interview with New Jersey’s Home News Tribune, Slash admits he did visit Rose’s home in 2005 in an effort to call a truce following a series of band-related legal battles.
Rose used the visit against the guitarist, revealing publicly that Slash showed up on his doorstep and made scathing remarks about his bandmates in Velvet Revolver.
But Slash has spent two years denying the story.
In the new interview, Slash admits he did indeed pay Rose a visit – but insists the rest of the story is nonsense.
He states, “I actually did go to Axl’s house at one point, but I never saw him. I never talked to him. I left a note with his person over there having to do with the lawsuit that we were in. I don’t know how it got turned into what it got turned into.”
Slash admits the comments from Rose’s camp did cause problems for his Velvet Revolver bandmates: “It was actually pretty detrimental at one point because it just got to be so overwhelming we couldn’t seem to escape it.”
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Two former Guns N’ Roses members are suing Axl Rose for the second time in as many years.
Slash and Duff, also known as Saul Hudson and Michael McKagan, say band leader Rose named himself sole administrator of the band’s copyrights, jilting his former band mates out of $500,000 a year.
The complaint was filed on August 17 at a federal court in Los Angeles. It claims Rose is “suffering an apparent attack of arrogance and ego” and says “he is no longer willing to acknowledge the contributions of his former partners and band mates in having created some of rock’s greatest hits.”
Rose?s attorney, Howard Weitzman, says the singer has asked to receive only his share of royalties and that the overpayment was due to a clerical error. He said Rose had returned the extra funds to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Guns N’ Roses recorded such songs as “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child o’ Mine.”
Last year, Hudson and McKagan filed a suit alleging Rose had wrongly claimed ownership of the group?s assets after he left in 1995. The case is pending.
Rose is the only group member who is still allowed to perform under the Guns N’ Roses name. Hudson and McKagan are now members of rock group Velvet Revolver.
