Awesome!! David uploaded a new youtube video! He was at the Atlanta Airport heading to Virginia for the first two shows (Go Archie ) haha. Check it out, and check out what he wrote in the description for it!

At the airport wandering around with Kendra, the keyboardist on tour, during a layover. Sorry, I know my voice is excruciatingly gaspy and more hoarse-sounding than it already usually sounds. But it’s because my voice really dries out on airplane rides haha. Just thought I’d share our interesting finds in one of the stores there. I was late uploading it because it took me forever to find a cable to hook up the camera to my computer.

Hey guys!! Yesterday as some of you know I traveled several hours to Richmond, VA for David’s concert and let me just tell you - It was AMAZING. David did a amazing job, and yet again of course he was VERY down to earth! I got to meet him as well! After the concert, I decided to wait by the tour bus and see if David would come over and sign autographs and stuff, they had a gate up so no one could come in the area David was, however people were by the gate hoping he would sign when he came out - I decided to go wait on the other side of the fence, where there were only a few people, the other side was completely crowded! So, I was in the front of the other gate and then David comes out! He went and talked and signed stuff for people at the other fance, and this security guy who worked at the Arena was saying “David does not have time to come down here - your best bet is to go in the back of the other fence and maybe you will get to meet him” but I decided to stay down there, because if I went to the other side of the bus/gate, I knew there was absolutely NO way I would get to meet David - it was too crowded, so I stayed where I was with a few other people, then all of a sudden Jeff comes up to all of us and is talking to us, and then he goes back down where David is, and a few seconds after guess who comes running over to us?! David!! They wanted him to go on the bus, but when he saw us waiting he came running down - I had my CD poster out for him to sign and it was the first thing he grabbed and signed! After that, he went down and signed a few of the other peoples stuff and talked a little, and then when he got done he had to go, but before he left he came back down and most of us (including me) had our hands out, so before he left he came over and grabbed all of our hands and then he had to rush over to the bus.

I couldnt believe I got to meet David, see his AWESOME performances, AND get a hand-signed autograph! It was the best concert of my life, and yet again David was the NICEST person I’ve ever met in my entire life. I am a even BIGGER fan then I was (I didnt even know that was possible!) haha , I didnt get to get a picture with David this time because he was rushing, he had to get on the bus, but it was just VERY nice of him to come down and see us and also talk for a second and sign stuff!

I’m not sure if David will even see this - but if he does, I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH, David!! For coming down and seeing all of us, talking with us for a little, and signing everything really quickly. You are a awesome person, and I hope to get to meet you again at your next tour! There is way more I could say, but I am just going to keep it short.. Thanks again for being the nicest person ever and really caring about your fans!! Hope you have a safe and great time on tour!

.P.S. I was pretty close to the stage, and I was right in front of David’s microphone, where he performed some of the songs so it was awesome - I got some really good photos I will upload for you guys to see as soon as I can!

I probably rushed some of it, but I am still ecstatic that I finally got to meet David and I really wanted to tell you guys.. anyways, thanks guys! I will update with some new stuff very soon!! Yet again, Thank You, David!!! :D

David has announced via his MySpace Blog that he will be having a hometown concert in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 27, 2009. More information to be announced. Stay posted!

I am going to be attending David’s concert tomorrow, February 25th! I will be sure to try and take photos, as well as some videos maybe! Anyways, I am really excited and I wanted to let you guys know.. I can’t wait! I hope I get to meet David, and if I do I will let you  all know! I will see you all again on the 26th, where we will be putting up a NEW layout! Also, if you have any photos from the shows PLEASE send them to us at davidarchuletaweb@gmail.com with your name, and the show’s city/state Thanks!

David updated with us with a new blog over at his site DavidArchuleta.com! I am going to the February 25th show which is a few hours away.. but I can’t wait! Check out what David has to say:

Hey everyone!

I’m reporting from Virginia, where we have our first 2 tour shows! Really exciting stuff. I’m really nervous! Ah! But I can’t wait at the same time! We’ve been practicing and practicing and practicing. It’s so weird to go on my very own tour, it doesn’t feel real! But anyway haha. I’ll tell you about the last week.

So the last week has basically been me and the new band getting ready for tour. They’re all really fun to work with and really talented. It’s fun just hanging out with them and we have a good time rehearsing, even though it’s a lot of work. When we rehearse, it’s basically just running through all the songs all day long lol. We try to tweak them, and see what we can add to it to make it more fun. It’ll be fun to just get out there and sing, and I think you guys will have fun listening to the new songs from the album! I’m excited to perform them. Some of the songs are really high though, and I have no idea how I hit them… But I manage to lol. When I recorded some of the songs, like Running, Barriers, Crush, A Little Too Not Over You, I was thinking… “How the heck I was going to be able to sing them?!?” But I always managed to somehow haha. And the more you push yourself, (But not in a way you hurt your voice. It’s more like you go for things you were afraid of doing and sing with confidence! haha) you become more comfortable. And the more you practice those scary songs, you find a comfortable place to sing them that you never knew about before. But yeah there’s my little thought for the day I wanted to share I guess.

Another thing that happened over the last week is I went to LA to film my guest appearance on Hannah Montana haha. It was another thing I was really nervous about and wasn’t really sure about at first. However, once I got there I had a great time! Everyone there was fun and Miley was a cool person to hang out with. She has a lot of energy and is really funny haha. Getting to watch how they rehearsed the scenes for the show was really cool too. It’s always interesting to see the behind-the-scenes things. I’ve never really watched the show before, but it was sooo funny watching the other scenes! I think it’ll be fun to see how the whole show runs altogether, because it was just cool to see how great of actors the other kids were. Anyhow, I better get to rehearsing for the big day tomorrow! I’ll talk to you guys later! Ah! I’m pretty pumped for tomorrow! Let me know if you’re going to the Virginia Beach or Richmond shows ok? You can let me know if you’re going to one of the other shows this week too. Peace!

Song for the day: Vidas Paralelas - Ximena Sariñana

As you all know by now, David will be the opening act in Europe for McFly! Here are some of the dates!

April 21 2009 - Wolverhampton Civic, Wolverhampton
Apr 22 2009- Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool
Apr 24 2009- Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
Apr 25 2009 - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
Apr 26 2009 - Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle
Apr 29 2009 - Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth
May 1 2009 - London Hammersmith Apollo, London
May 2 2009- Southend Cliffs Pavillion, Southend
May 3 2009 - Ipswich Regent, Ipswich
May 5 2009 - Croydon Fairfield Hall, Croydon
May 6 2009- Oxford New Theatre, Oxford
May 8 2009 - Manchester Apollo, Manchester
May 9 2009 - Leicester De Montford Hall, Leicester

David’s new site AngelsForACause.Org is now up and running. At the site you can make a profile, and learn about great causes that David would like all of us to help out! It’s so great David does great things like this, I am glad to have our site be apart of this. I am donating as well as soon as I get some money! Check out this video about it:

You can now play the game “Arch Madness” by going to www.archmadnessthegame.com, or by clicking the image below.

I dont really know what to think about this.. I would much rather it was a David and Miranda duet or Jordin duet, but you know what? Even if you dont like Miley.. David will do a great job with the song! We support you David!! Check out what Fanblast had to say:

Okay, so you might have heard already… David and Miley are going to sing a duet! This may not seem like the best of news to some of David’s fans, but ultimately its great news! Miley has millions of fans, and almost anyone between the ages of 6 and 70 know who Miley Cyrus is.. this is great for David. Though everyone has different opinions we all need to support David in this.

Check out David’s newest MySpace blog:

Hawaii, American Idol & New Orleans

Hey guys! So I’m going to try and summarize this week since it was a pretty crazy one. We were able to look around the island of Oahu and do a lot of neat things there. We first went to the Sea Life Park and saw a dolphin show there. Then, we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center for a luau and saw the incredible show about all the different cultures of the Islands. Some other things we got to do were have shaved ice at Matsumoto’s, go to the Dole Pineapple Plantation, a macadamian nut store, and see a few beaches. We had a really really good time, and I have fallen in love with Hawaii. I want to go back soon! It’s funny because even when it was like 70 degrees, people who lived there were saying it was cold haha. I loved it.

After we left Hawaii, we went to Orlando for the premiere of the American Idol Experience at Disney World. It felt like a family reunion with so many past idol contestants. All 7 winners were there, and Melinda, Phil, Lakisha, Sanjaya, Brooke, and a bunch of other people were there too haha. My older sister came down for the event, and my cousins were already in that area because it was my grandma’s birthday that same day. So they got to come too! It was a reunion with the American Idol family, and my real family. the American Idol Experience was so cool too! It was freakishly similar to the real stage, and I think it’s way cool how people can get a chance to see what it’s like to be in our shoes up on stage performing or watching the show live. We got to ride the rides after doing press. Man so much to talk about! But I don’t want to make this a novel lol.

The final thing I’m going to talk about is my first time going to New Orleans. I was there to be in the Caesar Parade on Valentine’s Day, and that was way cool. I got to throw tons and tons of beads to people. The night I got there, I was able to eat dinner with Gavin Degraw and Tony Orlando, who are like 2 of the coolest and nicest people you could ever know. We ate at a restaurant called Impastato’s, and oh my heck! It was AMAZING! It was so good we went to eat there the next day lol. But Tony and Gavin were to performing in New Orleans too. Tony already performed that night, but Gavin was performing the next day so we went to see him perform. He was great. After him though…. I had a big surprise lol. We didn’t know that Sara Bareilles was going to be on after him!! I couldn’t believe that I was going to see Sara Bareilles without even planning on it or knowing she was there! Haha it was so cool! She’s sooo good live too. I got a chance to talk to her and she was talking about how nice my fans were. So thanks to all of you guys!! I thought that was so cool of her to mention that, and how we could both agree on that. But anyway, I was really happy haha. The parade was right after that, and it was neat because we had police escorts to take us where we needed to go. When we got to the float is was crazy how many people were asking for autographs lol. I wasn’t expecting so many of them. But yeah, the parade started and it began to rain. I like the rain though so I didn’t mind too much. I was just hoping I didn’t get sick haha. It was way fun though!

Well I tried my best to keep this short, so I hope it wasn’t too long. Check out my new pictures to see my Hawaii experience and go to my website, www.davidarchuleta.com to see the Idol and New Orleans pics!

I’m going to be rehearsing as much as I can with the band while we have time, especially since tour is starting really soon! I’m so excited for that. But I better head out now to get the day rolling. I’ll talk to you guys later! Oh and let me know if any of you go to the American Idol Experience! I want to know what you think of it! Another thing I’d like to know is if any of you did cool things for Valentine’s Day too. Hope everyone had a good one!

Song for the day: In Love With a Girl - Gavin Degraw
Hooray for Gavin