The first ever Rock Allegiance Festival will be held later this year in Pennsylvania, and organizers recently announced that the one-day festival will be headlined by Stone Temple Pilots. The appearance will be the alt-rock band’s first appearance in 2012.

As might be expected from the title, the festival features a slew of rock bands. Other notable bands in the lineup include Fuel, Puddle of Mudd, Daughtry, Three Days Grace, Seether, Buckcherry, Black Stone Cherry, Foxy Shazam and Redlight King. More acts are expected to be announced in the near future.

The festival will be held September 1 at Hersheypark stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The concerts will be co-produced by Right Arm Entertainment and Live Nation. Gary Spivack, the co-president of Right Arm Entertainment, recently released a statement about the event.

“Hershey and its surrounding markets love rock ‘n’ roll, and we wanted to give them a festival that will feature the best live rock around,” Spivack said. “From bottom to top, Rock Allegiance is stacked. With prices starting below $50, we want everyone to come spend part of their Labor Day weekend with us in what will be the biggest rock festival the area has ever witnessed.”

Right Arm Entertainment also presents popular festivals like Rock On the Range, Carolina Rebellion and Epicenter.

Concertgoers can get a discount on their festival ticket if they also purchase a park ticket for the day before, day of or the day after the concert. Concert prices drop to $37.95 with the purchase of a park ticket.

Hersheypark is an amusement park that has been in operation since 1923. In addition to the amusement park, the facility also has a waterpark and a zoo, along with the Hersheypark Stadium.

The Rock Allegiance Festival will be the second festival held at the venue this summer. In August, the Mixtape Festival will feature pop artists like New Kids on the Block, Kelly Clarkson and the Fray.

Rock band Daughtry has announced the first leg of the Break the Spell tour, which will kick off March 20 in Buffalo, N.Y. The end of the tour will return the five-member band to New York, though this time they will be playing The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. In between those dates, the band will play 23 concerts around the eastern half of North America, including stops in Toronto, Atlanta, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Lowell, Mass. Most dates will find the former “American Idol” finalist playing to crowds in theaters.

Openers for all shows will be Nashville band SafetySuit and singer-songwriter Mike Sanchez. Daughtry promised attendees a rocking time at these shows. SafetySuit recently landed their debut album These Times at number seven on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

“We recorded a hard-hitting rock album that is primed to blow the doors off these great theaters,” he said in a release announcing the show. “Fans who come out are going to get an incredible show every night.”

The tour is in support of the group’s third studio album, Break the Spell. That album was released in November 2011, and has since been certified gold. It debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 albums charts, and number two on the Billboard Hard Rock Charts.

One dollar from each ticket sold at these shows is set to go benefit Malaria No More. The group is a humanitarian group with the goal of ending malaria in Africa by 2015.

Chris Daughtry, lead singer and namesake of the band, gained recognition when he competed on the fifth season of “American Idol” in 2006. Though he placed fourth in that season, he has gone on to become the third most successful former “American Idol” from any season in terms of record sales – only behind Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

Chris and Deanna Daughtry have two little idols to add to their brood.

On the rocker’s website, the couple announced the birth of their fraternal twins on November 17.  At 11:06 am Adalynn Rose, their new daughter, was born.  She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces.  Noah James, their son, was born at 11:35 am and weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces.

Daughtry, who turned 30 years old recently said, my family is completely overwhelmed with joy.  God has given us two precious gifts.  Both of the babies are resting and healthy.  Thank you everyone for your prayers and love.

The conception of the newborns was via gestational surrogacy, which involves another woman’s fertilized eggs being implanted into the uterus of the surrogate.  They join their siblings Griffin and Hannah.

Rock groups Daughtry and Santana are scheduled to perform on the Tuesday results show of “Dancing With the Stars.”  An Adam Corolla comedy act will also be featured.

Corolla, former co-cost with Jimmy Kimmel of “The Man Show,” was also a contestant in 2008 on ABC’s ballroom dancing show.

Santana, led by guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana, on Tuesday released “Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time.”  Daughtry, headed by Chris Daughtry, “American Idol” alum, will be joining Santana on their performance of “Photograph,” a Def Leppard song.  Daughtry will also be playing “September,” their hit single.  The pro dancers of “Dancing With the Stars” will be dancing to the music.

Airline travel is still being made to sound much sweeter than it actually is by JetBlue.  The airline has tapped Daughtry to play at Terminal 5 at JFK Airport in New York in the airline’s concert series “Live From T5.”

On August 19th, travelers passing through JFK Airport’s Terminal 5 in New York will received a free live performance of 30 minutes from Daughtry.  The show will be taking place at T5′s Marketplace in the post-security area.  Unless fans are flying out of the terminal on JetBlue they will not be able to see the concert.

Robin Hayes, JetBlue Airways chief commercial officer said, it’s exciting for us to have Daughtry performing as part of the series “Live From 6.”  It will provide our customers with the opportunity of seeing great performers live and having a unique entertainment experience.

We are making the commitment that we will keep the JetBlue experience innovative and fresh, both on the ground and in flight.  We know Daughtry will be a big hit for all the lucky travelers on August 19 out of T5.

In addition JetBlue partnered with local radio stations and gave 20 winners and guests admittance to the event also.

Last month this year’s concert series “Live from T5” was kicked off by Sarah McLachlan.  She performed cuts and hits from “Laws of Illusion,” her new album, prior to the New York Lilith Fair date.

JetBlue started their concert series “Live from T5” last year.  Dan Dyer, American Princes and Nicole Atkins have also been featured performers, among others.  More dates for future performances at the terminal throughout the year will be announced at a later date.

On Wednesday it wasn’t just the contestants who were on “American Idol’s” center stage.

Chris Daughtry, Season 5 finalist, and Jon Bon Jovi were also in the spotlight.

Jon Bon Jovi performed a song from the band’s latest album, “Superman Tonight.”  He also responded to Ryan Seacrest’s references to the singer’s age.  Seacrest asked Bon Jovi, who is 48 years old, how the band was able to keep things fresh after being in the music business for decades.

Bon Jovi replied good luck and hard work.  Also good friends putting us in all of the right places.

Chris Daughtry did a performance of “September,” a single from “Leave This Town,” his latest album.  Daughtry said the song was his way of attempting to explore his childhood and come to terms with it.

When Seacrest asked Daughtry, “American Idol” alumnus, to provide the final four contestants with some advice, he said the industry was fickle and encouraged the singers to stay true to themselves.

According to data from Nielsen SoundScan, Daughtry’s album “Leave This Town” last week went over the one million sales mark. The almost 8,000 weekly sales for the album moved the band over seven figures by nearly 2,000 units. It’s the band’s second platinum album. “Daughtry” is still on Billboard’s 200 chart and has sold a total of 4.6 million units.

A new “Now That’s What I Call Music! volume, with tracks from Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Daughtry debuted with sales of 135,000 units. “Now That’s What I Call Faith,” another compilation, features tracks from Jordin Sparks, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry, debuted with sales of nearly 4,000 units.

Adam Lambert was the sole act from American Idol on Billboard’s 200 chart to see an increase in album sales last week. Given he hasn’t been in the country for promoting the album that wasn’t bad. “For Your Entertainment” had sales of over 8,000 units, which was an increase of six percent over the prior week.

Danny Gorkey in the meantime saw a significant drop off for the third week in a row after his impressive debut. For the very first time, he dropped under the 10,000 weekly sales mark.

The second leg for alt-rockers Daughtry’s first arena tour has been mapped out to support their release from last summer “Leave This Town.”

Last summer as well as fall the band spent over three months out on the road for the tour’s first leg. Daughtry returns for part two, kicking things off in Baltimore, MD on March 18. The trek will cover over 50 cities and will conclude in Rochester, NY on June 19.

Fans who are registered for the email newsletter of Daughtry’s will be provided with exclusive passwords that can be used to pre-order tickets via Ticketmaster for upcoming shows. Additional information is provide at daughtryofficial.com, the band’s website. General public tickets will go on sale starting January 22-23 for March 18-April 24 shows. According to Daughtry’s camp, tickets for the remaining dates are set to go on sale on January 30 or February 6.

Chris Daughtry, namesake and leader of the band referring to the upcoming dates said, when you are growing up what you always dream about is singing a song of yours in front of a full house. When we are playing I still do get chills when the crowd is singing our songs louder than us.

“Leave This Town,” is the sophomore set from Daughtry and follows their self-titled album of 2006. According to data from Nielsen SoundScan, the new album debuted at the top of Billboard’s 200 and during the first week that the album was released sold 269,000 copies.

“No Surprise,” the first single from the album, at it’s peak was No. 15 on the Hot 100 Billboard chart. It topped the chart for Adult Pop Songs as well. “Life After You,” the second single from the album was at No. 1 for four weeks on the chart Rock Digital Songs after it premiered in October.

2010 Daughtry Concert Tour
March 2010
18 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
20 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
21 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
23 – Syracuse, NY – The War Memorial at Oncenter
24 – Providence, RI – Dunkin’ Donuts Center
26 – Long Island, NY – Nassau Coliseum
27 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
28 – Albany, NY – Times Union Center

April 2010
1 – Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center
6 – St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena at St. Louis University
7 – Milwaukee, WI – US Cellular Arena
9 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
10 – Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
20 – Broomfield, CO – Odeum Colorado
22 – West Valley City, UT – The E Center
23 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center
24 – Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
26 – Fresno, CA – SaveMart Center
28 – Glendale, AZ – Jobing.com Arena
29 – Las Vegas, NV – Orleans Arena

May 2010
1 – San Diego, CA – San Diego Sports Arena
3 – Los Angeles, CA – Nokia Theatre
4 – Bakersfield, CA – Rabobank Arena
6 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
7 – Sacramento, CA – ARCO Arena
9 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theater
10 – Yakima, WA – Yakima Sun Valley Dome
13 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
14 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Credit Union Centre
15 – Regina, Saskatchewan – Brandt Centre
17 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
19 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
21 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center
22 – Rockford, IL – Rockford Metro Center
24 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
25 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
27 – Hoffman Estates, IL – Sears Centre Arena
28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
30 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Arena

June 2010
2 – Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center
3 – Pikeville, KY – Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
5 – Duluth, GA – The Arena at Gwinnett Center
6 – N. Charleston, SC – N. Charleston Coliseum
8 – Clemson, SC – Littlejohn Coliseum
9 – Augusta, GA – James Brown Arena
11 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
12 – Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
14 – Amherst, MA – Mullins Center
15 – Manchester, NH – Verizon Wireless Arena
17 – Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center
19 – Rochester, NY – Blue Cross Arena

Daughtry and Jennifer Lopez will be performing live at Times Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” 38th consecutive year show.

The show’s official name is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010” will also be featuring The Black Eyed Peas who will be performing live in Las Vegas at City Center’s Aria. The celebration in Las Vegas will be hosted by Fergie and will also feature performances from Robin Thicke, Orianthi, Colbie Caillat, Keri Hilson, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.

The festivities for New Year’s will be kicking off with an ABC prime time show beginning at 10:00 pm ET. Starting at 11:30 pm “Rockin Eve” Part 1 will be featuring musical performances from New York’s Times Square as well as Las Vegas. Melissa Rycroft, special correspondent of “Good Morning America” will be reporting live on the night’s festivities.

After the traditional midnight countdown, “Rockin’ Eve” will continue on with the Part 2 segment of the show, featuring live music from Las Vegas and New York City until 2:00 am.

Daughtry has been teasing his fans during these late summer months playing his 14-date club and theatre run, but its simply a prelude to bigger things to come. He unleashes his all out arena tour on October 19 in Topeka, Kansas. The Daughtry tour will hit 36 arenas in all, running through December 20.

The tour is in support of their recently released effort “Leave This Town.” The album is the band?s second effort and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 list. The band’s first single “No Surprise” got its formal introduction to the listening public on last season’s American Idol and has enjoyed plenty of airplay across the nation.

Daughtry has signed on Theory of a Deadman and Cavo to support them on the road.

2009 Daughtry Tour Dates
August 2009
2 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
4 – Foxborough, MA – Showcase Live
7 – Columbus, OH – Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
8 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
9 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
11 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
12 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
14 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
16 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
18 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
19 – Los Angeles, CA – Music Box at Fonda
20 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
22 – Las Vegas, NV – Pure

October 2009
13 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
19 – Topeka, KS – Kansas Expocentre
21 – Omaha, NE – Omaha Civic Auditorium
22 – Ames, IA – Hilton Coliseum
24 – Madison, WI – Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum
25 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena
26 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
28 – East Lansing, MI – Breslin Student Events Center
29 – Saginaw, MI – Arena at Dow Events Center
31 – Toledo, OH – Lucas County Arena

November 2009
2 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
4 – Youngstown, OH – Covelli Centre
5 – Reading, PA – Sovereign Center
6 – Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G. Etess Arena
12 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
13 – Highland Heights, KY – The Bank of Kentucky Center
14 – Huntington, WV – Big Sandy Superstore Arena
16 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – Wachovia Arena
17 – Bridgeport, CT – Arena at Harbor Yard
19 – Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center
20 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena
30 – Gainesville, FL – Stephen Connell Center

December 2009
1 – Tallahassee, FL – Tallahassee County Civic Center
2 – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Civic Center
4 – Birmingham, AL – BJCC Arena
5 – Louisville, KY – Broadbent Arena
7 – Tupelo, MS – BancorpSouth Arena
8 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyTel Center
9 – Lafayette, LA – Cajundome
11 – Corpus Christi, TX – American Bank Center
12 – San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum
13 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
16 – Jonesboro, AR – ASU Convocation Center
18 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena
19 – Southaven, MS – DeSoto Civic Center
20 – Evansville, IN – Roberts Stadium