The American rock band Daughtry, fronted by former American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry, is coming to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe March 25 at 8 p.m.

Daughtry has become one of the most visible and consistent rock ’n’ roll torchbearers of the 21st century. Since rising to prominence on the fifth season of American Idol, he has released four albums, all of which reached the Billboard Top 10 and have combined sales over 8 million copies in the U.S.

Daughtry’s self-titled debut was the best-selling album of 2007, which contained four Top 20 hit singles including the Grammy-nominated smash “It’s Not Over.” “Leave This Town” also reached Number One in 2009, while 2011’s “Break the Spell” was certified gold. The band’s 2013 record “Baptized” featured the platinum-selling “Waiting for Superman,” which the singer points to as a turning point in his songwriting.

“It was a nice hybrid of where we had been and where we’re going, and it opened my eyes a bit,” says Daughtry. “Everything was so serious and doom and gloom, and ‘You broke my heart,’ but we never saw ourselves as those people outside the music — onstage we were always joking around. That helped me wrap my head around the fact that we can be lighthearted and still be us. And that really changed the way I approach the songs in general.”

Daughtry and his band have been performing together for over a decade.

“Like anything with a 10-year relationship, you know more about each other than you do most of your family,” says Daughtry. “It’s a love-hate thing — you get sick of being around them, but after two weeks at home you’re ready to get back out on the road and do it again. The fan base really keeps us alive. That’s the key ingredient to keeping a band together — that’s the gasoline, and without it you can’t run.”

As the band continues work on its fifth album (which Daughtry describes as having a “bluesy, almost rootsy undertone to it”), they look to contemporaries like Maroon 5 and Train as examples of acts able to maintain their relevance while rock ’n’ roll faces an uphill struggle in the mass media.

“Those guys are inspirational, showing that you can come back and have a strong presence, even if what you’re known for doing is having a hard time,” he says.

Ten years after launching with a massive splash, Daughtry claims that he and the band have grown the most on stage, and that it’s altered his whole sense of his work.

“When we first came out, I’d only known what I’d seen,” he says. “I didn’t know how to be vulnerable, with no pretense. Now it’s walk onstage and, especially in our acoustic shows, just be flat-out honest and open. It’s really helped me realize that’s actually what fans want — they want 100 percent honesty and feeling like they got to know you better.”

Also announced this week, British-born rocker Lita Ford returns to Penn’s Peak at 8 p.m. April 6. Ford will be joined by the rock band Firehouse.

Country star Rodney Atkins will perform at Penn’s Peak at 8 p.m. Feb. 16.

Tickets for all three shows go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at all Ticketmaster outlets, the Penn’s Peak Box Office and Roadies Restaurant and Bar. Penn’s Peak Box Office and Roadies Restaurant ticket sales are walk-up only, no phone orders.

For more information, go to www.pennspeak.com or call 866-605-7325.