While Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Carlos Santana is busy prepping for a series of tours involving a North American trek with Steve Winwood, a solo overseas trek and shows at the Hard Rock Café in Vegas, he’s got his hand fuller, and bound, as he recalls how the idea for his forthcoming album began. It was Sony executive Clive Davis’ idea for Santana to do a “Supernatural”-esque album but unlike the 1998 smash hit record where the iconic guitarist collaborated with the likes of Rob Thomas, Wyclef Jean and Juelz Santana on an all-new material, this new compilation would still feature collaborations from an array of artists like Chris Daughtry and Nas, but on old material and not his old material, classic old material – Def Leppard, The Beatles, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones, to name some.

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.

The second leg for Daughtry’s first arena tour has been mapped out, as the alt-rock band continues to support “Leave This Town,” their album that was released last summer. The band spent over three months last year on the road over the summer and fall during the trek’s first leg. The second leg will kick off in Baltimore, MD on March 18. The trek will hit over 50 cities and wrap up in Rochester, NY on June 19.

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 alt-rock band Daughtry has laid plans out for their US arena tour’s first leg. The trek will back “Leave This Town,” which was released last month. The quintet based out of North Carolina will be hitting the road starting in Topeka, KS on October 19. They will be stopping in 36 city arenas across the country. The tour includes the supporting acts of Cavo and Theory of a Deadman. The tour will wind down in Evansville, IN on December 20.

This week Daughtry’s second album “Leave This Town” is toping the US album chart. During the first week out in stores the album sold 269,000 copies. It marks the second consecutive album for Daughtry to make it to No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 chart. In January 2007 the self-titled debut album for the band was No. 1 as well.

This summer alt rockers Daughtry will head out on a club tour of the US. They will be performing new material for the very time from the upcoming second album for the band, “Leave This Town.” The band is comprised of Chris Daughtry, “American Idol” finalist, Josh Paul, bassist, Joey Barnes, drummer, and Josh Steeley and Brian Craddock, guitarists.

The rock band Daughtry is getting a deluxe edition ready of its phenomenally successful debut album from 2006, as the band prepares to hit the road for a North American tour that will last for a month. Earlier this year Daughtry toured with the veteran band Bon Jovi. They will head back out on the road, kicking off in Las Vegas on August 15.

Daughtry is set to perform a set of acoustic music on April 13 in Las Vegas at The Beatles Revolution Lounge located in The Mirage Hotel and Casino. All ticket sales proceeds will be going to One Campaign, which works to fight global extreme poverty and AIDS. Two hundred show tickets are being auctioned at eBay. Everyone placing bids on the tickets must be at last 21 years old. The auction will be closing on March 31.