'Idol' contestant Daughtry turns down band's offer

Former "American Idol" contestant Chris Daughtry said Saturday he has turned down an offer to be lead singer for the band Fuel.

Daughtry, in Greensboro, N.C., for a day of welcome-home appearances, said he expects to announce his next career move in few months, probably after he finishes with an "American Idol" summer concert tour.

"I'm going to be doing my own thing," Daughtry said.

The band offered Daughtry a job hours after viewers voted him off the Fox television talent show last month. He would have replaced Brett Scallions, who quit the multi-platinum rock band in February.