Tobymac & Skillet Join Forces For Awake Tonight Tour
(1/20/2010)In what many are already calling one of the best line up's in the history of Christian touring, two of the industry's biggest acts, SKILLET & TOBYMAC, have joined forces for the AWAKE TONIGHT tour this spring (see dates below).
Sure to be an evening of pure adrenaline and energy, the tour will hit over 20 cities throughout March and April, kicking off on March 5th in Indiana (current tour routing below). Both John Cooper of Skillet and TobyMac recently spoke about the fun they'll have out on the road together and their excitement about the tour in CCM Magazine's new digital issue, featuring TobyMac on the cover, which can be seen at: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/salem/ccm_201001/
"Every year people say this is the "must see" tour," comments Awakening Events' Dan Fife, who is promoting several shows on the AWAKE TONIGHT tour. "This Spring the TobyMac & Skillet pairing has created the ultimate concert EXPERIENCE. With two headliners on the same stage, that have this much energy to offer night after night, all I can say is go get a ticket. You don't want to be the unlucky person that spends the rest of their life wishing they were there."
With all three of TobyMac's solo projects receiving GRAMMY® nominations, and his live CD/DVD taking home a GRAMMY® award, the much-celebrated and acclaimed artist is now celebrating his fifth consecutive GRAMMY® nomination with his new single, "City On Our Knees" receiving a nod for Best Gospel song. The track will be included on TobyMac's February 9th release, "TONIGHT," and has topped the sales and radio charts faster than any of his previous singles, spending 8 weeks at #1 on the Christian Audience Chart.
Each of TobyMac's studio releases, "Momentum" (2001),"Welcome to Diverse City" (2004), and "Portable Sounds (2007)," were awarded RIAA Gold Certification, with "Portable Sounds" making his highest solo debut ever on the Billboard Top 200 chart (No. 10), and hitting No. 1 on SoundScan's Contemporary Christian Overall chart in its first week with over 50k in sales. Along with sold out tour dates, back-to-back radio hits, being named the GMA Dove Award's 2008 Artist of the Year, and R&R's Christian CHR Artist of the Year in 2007, TobyMac was nominated for a 2007 American Music Award as Favorite Inspirational Artist. His song "Ignition" was also chosen to play during the 2009 Superbowl as The Arizona Cardinals entered the stadium in Tampa, FL. For more information on TobyMac, go to: http://www.tobymac.com
Skillet's latest, AWAKE, continues to propel the incredible momentum the rock outfit has going for them with a blockbuster debut at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200, selling over 67,000 units and peaking at No. 1 on iTune's "Top Albums" chart and "Top Rock" chart. Already over 300k in scans in just 20 weeks (more than double that of the GOLD selling COMATOSE), AWAKE was Amazon.com's best selling Christian CD of 2009, and boasts the No. 4 mainstream Active Rock single in the country with "Monster," which was also AOL Music's No. 4 mainstream rock song of last year, and the No. 1 Christian CHR & Rock single, "Hero," which has been used all season long by the NFL in their, Sunday Night Football and NFL Weekend Kickoff promos.
Skillet has toured with the likes of mainstream megastars Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether and Flyleaf, and headlined a slew of major Christian festivals, all followed by solo tours that ranked within Pollstar's Concert Pulse Top 50 Tours. Along the way, the two-time Grammy®-nominated alternative rockers also scored seven consecutive number one Christian radio singles, a 2008 GMA Dove Award for "Rock Song of the Year," and a 2009 nomination for Artist of the Year. Along with a trio of singles on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts, a pair of BMI Songwriting Awards, and being chosen as Reader's Poll favorites on several top ccm websites, they also released their first ever concert CD/DVD combo pack "Comatose Comes Alive."
For more information on Skillet, go to: www.skillet.com
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AWAKE TONIGHT TOUR (ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE):
3/4 Aurora, IL ACS Gymnasium
3/5 West Lafayette, IN Elliot Hall of Music University of Perdue
3/6 Valparaiso, IN ARC at Valparaiso University
3/7 Murray, KY RSEC at Murray State University
3/12 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium
3/13 Bristol, TN Viking Hall
3/18 Lancaster, PA Giant Center
3/19 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
3/20 Johnstown, PA War Memorial Auditorium
3/21 Toledo, OH Lucas County Arena
3/25 Tallahassee, FL Civic Center
3/26 Ft. Meyers, FL Germain Arena
3/27 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
3/28 Auburn, AL Beard-Evans Memorial Coliseum
4/1 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront Arena
4/2 Tyler, TX Oil Place
4/3 Jackson, MS Mississippi Col
4/9 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena
4/10 Lynchburg, VA Liberty University
4/11 Asheville, NC Civic Center
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Skillet Slams Into 2010 With No. 4 Mainstream Radio Hit
(1/13/2010)"HERO" CHOSEN FOR PROMOS IN UPCOMING 20th Century Fox Film "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief "
January 13, 2010
Atlantic/Ardent/INO rock outfit SKILLET has slammed into 2010 following an incredibly successful 2009 with their best selling project, AWAKE:
Already over 300k in scans in just 20 weeks (more than double that of the GOLD selling COMATOSE), AWAKE was a critic and fan fave last year, Amazon.com's best selling Christian CD of 2009, and now boasts the No. 4 mainstream Active Rock single in the country with "Monster," which was also AOL Music's No. 4 mainstream rock song of last year.
"Monster" has proven to be just that for Skillet, with fans purchasing so many digital copies over the holiday, their sales increased almost 300%.
In addition to all the success "Monster" is having, their No. 1 Christian rock and CHR track, "Hero," has been creating a great buzz as well:
'Hero" will be used in the upcoming trailers and promos for the new Twentieth Century Fox film, "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," which stars Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman and is based on the best-selling book by Rick Riordan.
"Hero" has been used all season long by the NFL in their, Sunday Night Football and NFL Weekend Kickoff promos.
The WWE will use the song once again as the official theme song for WWE's Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View on January 31st. "Hero" was
also a featured as part of the soundtrack to the WWE's Tribute To The Troops TV Special, which aired just before Christmas on NBC. Skillet was promoted alongside other contributing artists including Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, and Nickelback. WWE programming reaches nearly 16 million people per week in the U.S., and WWE.com
currently averages 14 million unique visitors worldwide monthly, providing more than 28 million video streams.
In follow up to their fall AWAKE & ALIVE tour, which, due to numerous sell out shows made Pollstar's Concert Pulse's Top 50 tours
for the fall, Skillet will hit the road with mainstream rockers Shinedown and Puddle of Mudd for the Sound of Madness 2010 tour beginning January 21st in Providence, RI.
In March and April Skillet will co-headline the AWAKE TONIGHT tour with TobyMac for one of the most anticipated tours of the spring for the Christian concert arena. Tour dates will be announced soon.
For tour dates go to http://www.skillet.com
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Me In Motion Joins Red & Pillar 'Nothing And Everything' Tour
(1/8/2010)Centricity Music's powerhouse band, Me In Motion, will join RED on its 2010 "Nothing And Everything" tour that launches January 14th in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. The tour will also feature Pillar and special guest, The Wedding. This marks the second major tour for the newcomer band, Me In Motion, as they were featured on the Newsboys fall tour in 2009. Me In Motion will perform songs from their upcoming self-titled debut on Centricity Music that releases March 23, 2010.
"We are super pumped to share the stage with bands, Red and Pillar, on the Nothing & Everything Tour," says Seth Mosley, lead vocalist and guitarist for Me In Motion. "These guys have great hearts and a killer live show that doesn't hold anything back. It will be a super high-energy night where we are thrilled to introduce some of our new music to the crowds."
"Me In Motion brings energy and excitement to every performance, whether that's in front of fifty kids at a youth group or before thousands at a concert hall," says Steve Ford, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Centricity Music. "Either way Seth, Tim and Dexter give it all every time. The tour with Red & Pillar allows them to perform before numerous new fans and take my word for it, when you see them, you will become a fan."
Before heading out on the RED tour, Me In Motion, has headed back into the studio to record two new songs for their upcoming CD, "The God I Know" and "Seek Justice, Love Mercy. "We thought the record was done months ago, but Seth came in and played us these two new songs so we had to have them on the project," adds Ford. "We feel they are amazing songs that make the project even stronger."
The first single from the new album, "Losers," is already at #28 and climbing on the CHR chart and the video debuted on the Air1 website and is being distributed to video outlets. "The song is a banner for anyone who has felt rejected by their peers," says Mosley, "whether it's because of how they look, something that's different about them, or because they're trying to follow Jesus in a world that looks at that as strange. But the song is also a callout for us to open our eyes and see the 'least of these' that Jesus talked about who are all around us."
Me In Motion, which is comprised of Mosley, Tim Wilson (bass/background vocals) and Brian Dexter (drums/background vocals), was formed by Mosley after working two years in a recording studio following high school graduation. After realizing he didn't want to "sit in one place all the time," was when he brought Wilson and Dexter on board to begin the musical journey as Me In Motion. The talent of the group immediately brought them attention which led to 140 tour dates in 2008 and Me In Motion reached 165-dates in 2009. But more than playing Brit-influenced rock, it's the message that Me In Motion wants to impact with their audiences.
"I always find myself going back to the theme of wanting to make a difference," Seth explains, "to live out our faith, even when it might be the hardest thing in the world to do. My heart for myself, the band, the kids and families that hear Me In Motion's music is that all of us will be inspired to break out of these little bubbles that we so often find ourselves retreating into and to show everybody a little bit of Jesus' love every day."
For more information on Me In Motion please visit, www.myspace.com/meinmotion or www.centricitymusic.com.
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Day Of Fire Releases First Studio Project In Three Years
(12/9/2009)Hard music band Day Of Fire returns to the rock landscape with its first new studio project in three years, Razor & Tie Records release Losing All. In stores Jan. 26, 2010, the album will be backed by more than 50 tour dates the band has scheduled from early January through April.
Produced by Rogers Mason and featuring guest writer Chris Daughtry of American Idol fame, Losing All is a powerful hard-rock record that explores the real meaning of rebirth. Comprising 13 ambitious, high-energy rock songs, the album showcases Day Of Fire's growth both professionally and personally.
Day Of Fire frontman Josh Brown explains, "Overall we have grown as a band in our songwriting, live performance, and our ability to record. Losing All was written over a 3 year period, so it didn't feel rushed like previous albums. Because of the surrounding circumstances, at times the recording process was arduous, but I think it came out in the music in a good way. This album is without a doubt the best I have ever been a part of. I love this collection of songs because they are honest and creative."
Among the project's stand-out tracks are super-charged slow roller "Airplane," which describes Brown meeting his wife for the first time and "Cold Addiction," examining the horrors of being trapped inside cocaine dependency. A churning swirl of riffy metal, the album's debut single "Lately" is now available at all digital music outlets with iTunes offering an exclusive bundle buy that includes the album version of "Lately," a live audio version, and a live video. The single has already climbed to No. 18 on the Radio & Records Christian Rock chart and debuted at No. 40 last week at Active Rock.
In support of Losing All, Day Of Fire has 50+ dates planned thus far, including shows with Papercut Massacre beginning mid-January and COLD February through April. Additional dates are being added daily. For the most current list of tour dates, visit: www.dayoffire.com.
Day Of Fire comprises vocalist Josh Brown, guitarist Joe Pangallo, his brother Chris Pangallo on bass, and drummer Zach Simms. The band was founded by Brown who was previously signed to Island/Def Jam Records, fronting the mainstream act Full Devil Jacket and touring with bands including Creed, Fuel and Nickelback. Brown quit FDJ after surviving a heroin overdose and committing his life to God while in rehabilitation.
Day Of Fire signed with Provident Label Group imprint Essential Records in 2004, releasing its debut project, Day Of Fire, Oct. 26, 2004. The album produced the No. 1 Christian Rock hit "Cornerstone" while garnering a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year. Day Of Fire's sophomore release, Cut & Move, came out two years later, contributing to the band's current career sales of more than 150,000 albums. The GRAMMY nominated band has performed for more than 750,000 devoted fans worldwide and toured with such high-profile acts as Third Day, Red, Decyfer Down, Saliva, Cold, Rev Theory, and Collective Soul. Most recently the band has been a regular on tour with friend and American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry. For more information on Day OF Fire, visit: www.dayoffire.com or www.myspace.com/dayoffire.
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Red Rallies Fans For 'Nothing and Everything' Spring Tour 2010
(12/7/2009)Powerhouse Lineup Includes Pillar, the Wedding and Me In Motion
Essential Records GRAMMY Award nominated rock band RED announces the launch of its 2010 "Nothing And Everything" tour. The tour will additionally feature fellow hard rock band and labelmate, Pillar and special guests The Wedding and Me In Motion.
Kicking off Jan. 14 at Fort Smith Event Center, in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, the tour is a meeting of two rock powerhouse bands: RED, who established itself among the upper echelon of rock bands in just three short years, and Pillar, who helped to pioneer the Christian hard music movement. Touring together for the first time, both bands will bring their signature brand of rock to one stage for a riveting concert event.
Randy Armstrong of RED, comments, "At our shows, we always play off the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd. We know how enthusiastic our fans are and imagine Pillar's fans are just as wild. The combination is going to be explosive. This will be the rock tour of all rock tours."
"RED has a similar stage dynamic, which makes this a powerful ticket," says Pillar frontman Rob Beckley. "We are excited they asked us to be a part of the tour and look forward to putting on a show our fans, and theirs, can be proud of."
A tentative tour itinerary follows this release. For the most up to date list of tour dates and to buy tickets for the "Nothing and Everything" tour, please visit: www.redmusiconline.com or www.pillarmusic.com
Nashville-based RED, made up of Michael Barnes (vocals), Anthony Armstrong (guitar) Randy Armstrong (bass), and Joe Rickard (drums), has logged an impressive 1,000+ live shows since releasing its debut album End Of Silence in 2006.
RED's GRAMMY nominated sophomore project, Innocence & Instinct (2/7/09) released with more than 40,000 in first week sales and climbed its way to the Top 5 on iTunes Top Albums chart. To date, the band has earned eight consecutive No. 1 radio singles, the last three of which are from Innocence & Instinct. The band simultaneously released a Deluxe Edition of Innocence & Instinct that includes four bonus tracks and a DVD featuring the "Death of Me" music video, a "making of" documentary and more. For more information about RED, please visit: www.redmusiconline.com.
Since the 2006 emergence of End Of Silence RED has maintained a near-constant presence on the road, touring alongside notable rock names such as Three Days Grace, Flyleaf, 3 Doors Down, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Saving Abel, Sevendust, Staind, Kutless, Trapt, Third Day, Switchfoot and others, and rave reviews for the band's live shows have poured in via both print and online outlets alike.
Over its 10 year career, Pillar has reached nearly 1 million in album sales (including two albums with sales exceeding 300,000 copies each), performed for more than three million people and tallied 10 No. 1 radio singles, 13 Top 5 hits, a GRAMMY nomination, four Dove Awards, nine national headlining tours. Confessions, Pillar's sixth studio album -- debuting the talents of new members, bassist Rich Gilliland, drummer Taylor Carroll and new producer, Rob Graves (Red, Wavorly) -- released Sept. 22, 2009. The album has inspired Pillar frontman Rob Beckley to write a book elaborating on important themes from the record. Co-produced with the American Bible Society, the book, aptly titled "Confessions," will be available free of charge on January 14 at www.pillarmusic.com/confessions or at Pillar concerts.
Pillar's previous studio album, For the Love of the Game (02/26/08), debuted at No. 4 on SoundScan's Christian (overall) album chart. Since Pillar's Dove Award-winning label debut Above in 2001, the band has graced the cover of numerous Christian and mainstream magazines with features in Rolling Stone, Spin, Bass Player, and Hit Parader. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based band also won Fuse TV's "Next Big Thing" award and has seen its music played on numerous ESPN sports programs, including SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight (during montage highlights from the 2007 World Series) and College Gameday, as well as CBS and FOX Sports. Find more information please visit: www.pillarmusic.com.
"Nothing and Everything" Tour Itinerary
(Dates subject to change- check websites listed above for updated information)
January 14, 2010 Thursday Fort Smith, Arkansas
January 15, 2010 Friday Dallas, Texas
January 16, 2010 Saturday Victoria, Texas
January 17, 2010 Sunday San Antonio, Texas
January 19, 2010 Tuesday San Angelo, Texas
January 22, 2010 Friday Monroe, Louisiana
January 23, 2010 Saturday Longview, Texas
January 24, 2010 Sunday Abilene, Texas
January 27, 2010 Wednesday Monterey, California
January 29, 2010 Friday Las Vegas, Nevada
January 30, 2009 Saturday Phoenix, Arizona
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Red Garners Its Second Career Grammy Nomination
(12/3/2009)Essential Records rock band Red garnered a GRAMMY nod for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. Nominations were announced last night as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night." The one-hour special was broadcast live on CBS from Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Nashville-based Red -- made up of Michael Barnes (vocals), Anthony Armstrong (guitar) Randy Armstrong (bass), and Joe Rickard (drums) -- received its second career nomination in the Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album category for its sophomore Innocence & Instinct which released Feb 10, 2009. Its first nomination was for the June 6, 2006 release End of Silence in the same category.
Innocence & Instinct, released with more than 40,000 in first week sales and climbed its way to the Top 5 on iTunes Top Albums chart. To date the band has earned eight consecutive No. 1 radio singles, the last three of which are off of Innocence & Instinct. The band simultaneously released a Deluxe Edition of Innocence & Instinct that includes four bonus tracks and a DVD featuring the "Death of Me" music video, a "making of" documentary and more. For more information about RED, please visit: www.redmusiconline.com.
Red has maintained a near-constant presence on the road (an impressive 1,000+ live shows since releasing End Of Silence) touring alongside notable rock names such as Three Days Grace, Flyleaf, 3 Doors Down, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Saving Abel, Sevendust, Staind, Kutless, Trapt, Third Day, Switchfoot and others, and rave reviews for the band's live shows have poured in via both print and online outlets alike.
GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 16 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 8, 2010, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the telecast.
The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Jan. 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
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Pillar's Beckley & American Bible Society Produce New Book
(11/27/2009)With the powerful arrival of its sixth studio album, Confessions (9/22), Pillar continues to impress critics and fans alike. Known for unparalleled energy, commitment to excellence and consistently surpassing fan expectations, the hard rock quartet delivers big on its album's weighty message with a new book produced by Pillar's frontman, Rob Beckley and American Bible Society, aptly titled "Confessions."
The "Confessions" book emerges as a resource to address some of the most salient issues affecting youth today: spiritual doubts, sexuality, brokenness and self image. Each section includes thematic confessions, a short devotional, reflection questions and Scriptures references for digging deeper.
The book, an extension of Pillar's hard-hitting Confessions album, was inspired by the band's profound spring 2009 "Confessions Tour." A confessional curriculum called "My Secret," taught at the band's local Tulsa, Ok. church, changed the way Pillar chose to engage with fans while on tour.
"We decided to give our fans a way to pour out their hearts anonymously, yet before God" says Beckley. "We took thousands of blank confession cards [distributed via a confessional booth] on the road. It definitely brought kids to the point of acknowledging their sin and what was going on." The "Confessions Tour" had a defining impact on Pillar as band members read and prayed over each confession card. Explains Beckley, "More than ever, it put things into a perspective of 'what we do matters.'"
The impact from that tour carried over to the Confessions album and led to the development of this new book. "1 John 1:9 says, 'If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' Every song on this album could be broken down to 'If you just confess,'" shares Beckley.
"Pillar is made up of a group of guys who have an unyielding desire to change the hearts of youth, and encourage them to give God a chance to change their lives," offers Karina Lucero, Director, Scripture Advocacy, American Bible Society. "American Bible Society is ecstatic to support Pillar in this emerging movement with scripture journeys, online Scripture engagement tools, and Bible resources to ensure that post confession, Pillar's fans experience the Bible's life changing message."
"Confessions" will be distributed physically at upcoming Pillar concerts and digitally 3 additional chapters can be downloaded from www.pillarmusic.com/confessions at no cost. "Confessions" book will be available online soon at Pillar.americanbible.org. To further engage churches in upcoming tour markets, Pillar will host meet and greets with youth pastors for talk-back sessions about music, relationships and of course, confession.
The American Bible Society is inviting fans to text "Pillar" to 31452 to receive scripture verses via cell phone for post confessional support and will offer a place for visitors to share their personal stories by exploring links found at www.pillarmusic.com/confessions.
Beckley continues, "We've discovered that while confession is difficult, receiving confession can be just as difficult. This book is a detailed resource offering help in both areas, plus ABS is committed to walk alongside the reader in real-time with its online tools and other immediately accessible resources. We can't thank ABS enough for its joint collaboration on this book."
About American Bible Society
Headquartered in New York City, the mission of the 193-year-old American Bible Society is to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford, so that all people may experience its life changing message.
About Pillar
Pillar's previous studio album, For the Love of the Game (02/26/08), debuted at No. 4 on SoundScan's Christian (overall) album chart. Since Pillar's Dove Award-winning label debut Above in 2001, the band has performed for more than 3 million people and tallied 10 No. 1 radio singles, 13 top five hits, a GRAMMY nomination, four Dove Awards, nine national headlining tours, covers of numerous Christian and mainstream magazines, features in Rolling Stone, Spin, Bass Player, and Hit Parader, and album sales approaching one million (including two albums with sales exceeding 300,000
copies each).
The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based band also won Fuse TV's "Next Big Thing" Award and has seen its music played on numerous ESPN sports programs, including SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight (during montage highlights from the 2007 World Series) and College Gameday, as well as CBS and FOX Sports.
Confessions, Pillar's sixth studio album -- debuting the talents of new members, bassist Rich Gilliland, drummer Taylor Carroll and new producer, Rob Graves (Red, Wavorly) - released on September 22.
Find more information, including tour dates and markets please visit: www.pillarmusic.com and www.myspace.com/pillar. Follow Pillar on Twitter: www.twitter.com/pillarmusic
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Skillet's Comatose Certified Gold By The RIAA
(11/19/2009)As their "AWAKE & ALIVE" tour packs houses across the U.S., Atlantic/Ardent/INO rockers SKILLET's 2006 release, "COMATOSE," has been certified GOLD by the RIAA, while their latest effort, "AWAKE," which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 2, has surpassed 200,000 units in just 12 weeks. Likewise, "AWAKE" remains a top-ten charting Christian project, best-selling CD overall on Billboard's Top 200, a top 30 best-seller on iTunes® Rock album chart, and boasts the No. 2 and No. 8 top Christian digital singles with "Monster" and "Hero" respectively.
ACTIVE ROCK RADIO TOP 10, MTV2 and FUSE
Along with album sales, mainstream Active Rock radio and video channels like MTV2 and FUSE are also propelling SKILLET:
Active Rock radio has given Skillet a top 10 single with "Monster," hitting No. 9 with a bullet on BDS this week and No. 10 with a bullet at MediaBase.
MTV2: As their music video for "Monster" recently moved into MTV2's ELITE 8, the band also hosted the network's Rock the Deuce show and talked about their favorite videos and more.
Rock the Deuce calls itself "the heaviest rock show in American history." Catch clips from the show at:
http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/446208/skillet-on-what-band-theyd-love-to-tour-with.jhtml#id=1623864
FUSE
"Monster" is a hit on both the network's Number One Rock Countdown show and Viewers Choice.
TOUR SELLING OUT AND PACKING HOUSES COAST TO COAST:
As their "Awake & Alive" Tour rolls across the U.S., the band has rocked sold out and capacity crowds in Chicago, Tulsa, Columbus, Boston, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Denver,
Minneapolis, Des Moines and more.
Skillet recently announced they will be touring with SHINEDOWN and PUDDLE OF MUDD in January and February 2010. For tour dates and updates go to: http://www.skillet.com or http://
myspace.com/skilletmusic.
HOT TOPIC stores nationwide will be carrying Skillet merchandise in time for the holiday season.
Along with NBC's use of "Hero" for Sunday Night Football and NFL Weekend Kickoff promos, an exclusive video performance of "Monster" opening each week's ACC College Football games with Raycom Sports, and WWE's use of the song for NBC's nationally televised 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania special and WWE's new "Smackdown vs. Raw 2010" video, FOX recently picked up "Hero" to open the third game of the World Series. In addition, the popular soap opera "One Life To Live" has been using "Awake & Alive" in promos for the month of November.
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Stryper To Perform On National Television Show 'Daytime' Oct. 27th
(10/26/2009)Stryper will give an unplugged performance on the popular nationally syndicated TV morning show DAYTIME on Tuesday, Oct. 27 (check local listings). Vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet and guitarist Oz Fox will perform an acoustic version of "Peace of Mind" from their new album Murder by Pride, as well as their classic hit song "Soldiers Under Command."
DAYTIME airs daily in more than 200 markets. To find where the show airs in your area, click here. Previous celebrity guests include Tim McGraw, Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno, Donald Trump and many more.
For more information, visit www.stryper.com and www.daytimeonline.tv.
About Stryper
Stryper's latest album, Murder by Pride, was released in September 2009. The band is currently on a 50-city 25th Anniversary Tour of North America, which will be followed in early 2010 with an international tour.
In 1984, Stryper broke onto the scene with their debut EP Yellow and Black Attack, and have since gone on to sell 8 million albums and tour the world spreading an inspirational message through their branded sound of rock songs, heavy guitars, and pristine harmony vocals. The group's unprecedented 1986 album To Hell with the Devil was the first Christian album to go platinum and was named one of the "100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music" by CCM Magazine. Stryper was also the first Christian band to get airplay on MTV, where they had several hit videos, including the #1 "Most Requested" videos "Free" and "Honestly."
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Living Sacrifice Forthcoming Album Moved Release Date
(10/8/2009)First Album Since Reforming in 2008 "The Infinite Order"
As previously announced, Living Sacrifice are back with their brand new album, "The Infinite Order," their first release since reforming in 2008. The release has been moved from November 3 to January 26, 2010 on Solid State Records. This will be the band's seventh studio album.
Powerful, forthright, thrashy and skillfully executed as ever, the album serves as an unapologetic reminder as to exactly why so many of today's heavy music leaders hold Living Sacrifice and in such high-esteem.
As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis sums it up best, "You can hear Living Sacrifice's legacy in the entire generation of bands who've come after them. And those bands still haven't caught up."
"The Infinite Order" was produced in Nashville, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas by the band's longtime friend Jeremiah Scott (The Showdown, Destroy Destroy Destroy). Mixing duties are once again being handled by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Machine Head, As I Lay Dying), who mixed the band's last album, 2003's Conceived in Fire.
The band recently taped the music video for the first single "Rules of Engagement" in Los Angeles. Stay tuned for an early 2010 tour to be announced shortly.
Living Sacrifice:
Living Sacrifice is one of the legendary Christian metal bands. Former and current members of the metal band went on to play in Evanescence, P.O.D. and Norma Jean. The forthcoming 2010 release, was produced by Jeremiah Scott (Destroy Destroy Destroy) and mixed by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Machine Head) and announces the return of Living Sacrifice with might and majesty.
Living Sacrifice's storied career stretches back to 1989. Bruce Fitzhugh (vocals / guitar) and Lance Garvin (drums) remain from the band's earliest lineup. Rocky Gray (guitar), also known as the drummer for We Are The Fallen and the former drummer for Evanescence, and Arthur Gray (bass) joined for 2000's The Hammering Process.
http://www.myspace.com/livingsacrifice
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