Daughtry is currently on tour with Seether and played shows with Creed earlier in the year, two bands that frontman Chris Daughtry covered when he was a contestant on American Idol. That Chris now tours with artists he grew up listening to isn't lost on him.
"At the end of the day, I'm still a fan," Chris tells ABC Audio. "I'm still a fan of music, and I remember being on the other side of it going, 'I wish I was up there, I wanna be doing that.' And I was stupid enough to believe that that was possible, and I kept believing it until it happened."
Chris recalls a moment of realization hitting him when Daughtry was recently playing a show with Live, another band he's long been a fan of.
"Just the whole lineup was like, 'I know all these bands, and they're all friends of mine,'" Chris says. "It's so weird and surreal, and I don't take that for granted."
Chris continues, "To have the respect of the people I've looked up to before I got here, and to have them on the side stage watching, it's extremely cool, validating."
He laughs, "It's great for the ego."
Daughtry's tour with Seether continues Wednesday in Indianapolis.