GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum group Casting Crowns has announced plans for the 24-city Healer Tour, set to hit major arenas and venues this coming spring. Presented by Compassion International, the tour gets underway on February 17, following the January release of the band’s brand new album, Healer (January 14). The Healer Tour will feature special guests We Are Messengers and Jonathan Traylor, and will make stops in cities like Baltimore, Grand Rapids, Tulsa, Nashville, Cleveland, and Milwaukee, to name a few. Tickets for The Healer Tour will go on sale Friday, December 17, at 10 AM local time, following a special fan presale December 15-16. Ticket information can be found at…

Continuing a tradition of giving back, the GRAMMY® Award-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE close out a banner 2021 with charitable contributions to OneWorld Health and For Others. After over a decade of work raising funds and awareness for the incredible mission of OneWorld Health, the group hosted NEEDTOBREATHE & Friends One Night Only Supporting OneWorld Health in Nashville, TN last month. Following a gathering at the Rarebird Rooftop bar at the start of the weekend, the guys took the stage at the legendary Country Music Hall of Fame, joined by country superstar and friend Thomas Rhett, for an exclusive Saturday night gig, dinner, drinks, and auction. By the end of the…

Rapper, pastor, husband, father, and 116 Clique founding member, Trip Lee, is back with another single, “Supernatural.” You can listen to the new track now by clicking here, and watch the official music video here. “This song, ‘Supernatural,’ is about some of the things I wish were different in our world. Some of them are big and important– and others are lighthearted– but all of them represent exactly how I felt when I wrote it,” shares Trip. “We’ve all been through A LOT in the past few years. And when we look at how messed up our world is, it’s clear that we can’t fix everything on our own. Some…

Brian “Head” Welch (Korn, Love & Death) and Tommy Green (Sleeping Giant) have partnered with the new ethical social media app Pyvott to raise funds for the nonprofit Run Against Traffic, which supports aftercare initiatives for survivors of human trafficking. The partnership comes in the form of a unique dollar-per-download model. The social media startup Pyvott will be donating one dollar to Run Against Traffic for every app download between now and January 11, up to 100,000 downloads. It’s a method that opens the door to new ways of doing both social media and counter-trafficking activism. Tommy Green, formerly of metalcore outfit Sleeping Giant, is the founder of Run Against…

Last month, Carolyn Arends celebrated the full streaming release of her Recognition project with a live-stream concert on Facebook that left her fans clamoring for a follow-up Christmas concert. Their wish was her command, and she and her duo partner, Spencer Capier, will be returning to Facebook and YouTube with a very merry streaming event on Sunday, December 12 at 7 PM (ET). Arends has released two Christmas albums to date Christmas An Irrational Season and Christmas The Story of Stories- each born out of her tradition of writing a new song every Advent. Each album collects both original and classic songs of the season to produce a listening experience…

Nashville singer/songwriter Lisa Hentrich recently released a new single titled “No More.” The song was released during Thanksgiving week and was co-written in Ireland during a music mission trip. “Before we arrived in Dublin to write songs with local church worship leaders and musicians, we learned the story of how this area has suffered terrible devastation from Heroin addiction,” Lisa shares. “My heart really went out to these people who have lost loved ones, in some cases multiple family members.” The story hits close to home for Lisa, as she has lost more than one family member struggling with addiction. “My great-nephew, Ryan was 24 when he lost his life…

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Journey band member Jonathan Cain will stream live his Wonder Of Wonders Christmas Concert from City Of Destiny on December 22, beginning at 7 pm (ET). Hosted by Cain and his wife, City Of Destiny Senior Pastor Paula White-Cain, the free and open to the public event will feature special guest Brianna Alomar, drummer Tommy Cain, and guitarist Keven Eknes along with a full choir and string quartet. Taking people on an adventure through the Nativity during the concert, Cain will lead his Top 5 Christmas radio hit “Wonder of Wonders,” which was released in 2019 and features GRAMMY®-nominated, Platinum®-selling Newsboys lead…