You guys have been waiting for this…it’s the David Cook Tour diary from Shirley Halperin and The Hollywood Reporter. Shirley sat down with David before his concert in Ponoma, Calif. recently to talk about life on the road, touring with Gavin DeGraw, the Idol stigma (it sucks, he says) and more.
Don’t miss the interview where he reacts to his epic wardrobe malfunction during opening night at Penn State’s Rec Hall, forevermore known as “Dicklaration”:
“I had just bought these new pants — wax denim, lace up the side, they weren’t cheap and I was into them — and I just heard and felt this rip,” Cook recalls with equal part glee and horror. “I had to make a split-second decision: do I go offstage and let the band meander? I said, ‘Screw it.’ At this point, a couple thousand people know — I’m a pale guy you can tell and I’m wearing dark pants — so I had to inform everybody, then I went behind the lighting rig and gaffed the pants together. It was definitely one of the more mortifying things that have happened to me onstage, but I think I handled it correctly.”
Shirley also recaps the concert, so don’t miss it!
