David Cook in Manila

American Idol Season 7 winner David Cook announced in an interview with a Canadian radio station, ChumFM, that he is coming to Manila to do a concert on January 27, 2009, his first show after American Idol. An American Idol winner and finalist is obligated by contract to tour with the rest around the United States and Canada. David Cook announced it himself on CHUMFM saying, “We just booked my first show, post-‘Idol,’ Jan. 27 in the Philippines … a one-off show and then we start the tour in the States …”.

David Cook is hugely popular in the Philippines because his songs, the Mariah Carey cover “Always Be My Baby” topped the chart for weeks in Manila and so does his other Idol finale hit, “Time Of My Life.”

Listen to the entire David Cook interview by ChumFM below:

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Meanwhile, the American Idol Season 8 auditions have already commenced and is still on-going, for the show’s airing date first week of January.