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Casting Crowns Continues "Until the Whole World Hears" Tour into Summer!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GRAMMY, AMA and five-time Dove Award-winning Group of the Year Casting Crowns continues its highly-successful “Until The Whole World Hears” Tour to more cities this summer!

The tour features a brand new lineup with special guests Kutless and Tenth Avenue North. Indie rock band CALEB, featuring brothers Caleb and Will Chapman, will also join the tour roster.

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Music Review: Casting Crowns’ "Until the Whole World Hears"

The summer portion of the “Until The Whole World Hears” Tour follows a well-received run of fall 2009 and spring 2010 dates on which Casting Crowns played in front of over 150,000 people at multiple sell-out performances. The spring tour also comes on the heels of the record-breaking release of the band’s new studio album, Until The Whole World Hears.

Remarkably, the band’s seven members also continue to work in student ministry in the Atlanta area, with lead vocalist Mark Hall serving as a full-time youth pastor. Casting Crowns tours and records around its weekly commitment to mentoring teens.

The “Until The Whole World Hears” Tour is sponsored by Christian humanitarian organization World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org/). World Vision provides assistance to approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countries by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Casting Crowns has helped to generate a total of 44,334 child sponsorships for World Vision to date.

CASTING CROWNS “UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS” SUMMER TOUR 2010
*Dates, markets and venues subject to change without notice.

6.16.10 Orlando, FL Southern Baptist Convention

6.19.10 Wilmore, KY Ichthus Farm (Ichthus Festival)

6.26.10 Gaylord, MI Otsego County Fairgrounds (Big Ticket Festival)

7.01.10 Shirleysburg, PA Agape Farm (Creation Festival East)

7.08.10 Oshkosh, WI Sunnyview Expo Center (Lifest)

7.10.10 Doswell, VA Kings Dominion Theme Park (Kings fest)

7.15.10 Wilmar, MN Sonshine Festival (Sonshine Festival)

7.16.10 Davenport, IA Adler Theater

7.17.10 Ft Wayne, IN Tin Caps Parkview Field

7.31.10 Longmont, CO Union Reservoir (Heaven Fest)

8.05.10 Austin, TX Shoreline Christian Center

8.06.10 Midland, TX Rock The Desert Festival Field (Rock The Desert Festival)

8.13.10 Muskegon, MI Unity Festival (Unity Festival)

8.19.10 Lynden, WA Northwest Washington Fairgrounds (Northwest Washington Fair)

9.02.10 Grand Island, NE Nebraska State Fairgrounds (Nebraska State Fair)

9.05.10 Tuskahoma, OK Choctow Labor Day Festival (Choctow Labor Day Festival)

9.10.10 Kissimmee, FL Walt Disney World (Night of Joy)

9.16.10 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium

9.17.10 W. Lafayette, IN Purdue University (Purdue Convocations)

9.18.10 Sandusky, OH Cedar Point (Pointfest)

9.25.10 Charlotte, NC Carowinds Paladium

About Casting Crowns:
Christian music’s GRAMMY, AMA and five-time Dove Award-winning Group of the Year, Casting Crowns is headed by frontman/principal songwriter Mark Hall. The platinum-selling band’s recent fourth album, Until The Whole World Hears, continues to perform in the top of the sales charts since its Nov. 17 release. The album’s title track marks a ninth career No.1 radio single. The song currently tops multiple Christian radio formats, spending a sixth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s AC-Indicator radio chart and a second week at No. 1 on the AC-Monitored chart. In addition, Casting Crowns’ 2008 Christmas album, Peace On Earth (10/7/2008), was recently certified RIAA Gold, and continues to be one of the top-selling Christmas albums of the season. Despite an unprecedented six-year career with Casting Crowns, the seven band members remain active in student ministry in the Atlanta area and tour part-time around their local church duties. Serving his 18th year in youth ministry, Hall is the student pastor at Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta. As a remarkable occasion, Casting Crowns performed for a second time in North Korea in April 2009, in partnership with Global Resource Services, as the band continues to forge invaluable relationships with the people in the D.P.R.K.

Millions of fans can now stream the band’s entire catalog of music and video from the band’s newly created fan-centric web site, http://www.crownsfans.com/. www.castingcrowns.com. *Follow the band on Mark Hall’s Twitter at: http://twitter.com/markhallCC.

About Kutless:
Launched by original members Jon Micah Sumrall (lead vocals) and guitarist James Mead, Portland, Oregon-based Kutless formed first as a modern rock/worship band at Warner Pacific College in Portland in 2000. The band signed to Tooth & Nail/BEC in late 2001 and released its self-titled debut the following year, which went on to become the fastest-selling debut in the label's history. Kutless has emerged as one of Christian and rock music’s hottest acts, playing before more than 2 million fans in the past five years. The band has been nominated for multiple Dove Awards, earning its first for the band's participation on the Special Event Album of the Year, the soundtrack to Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Kutless' music has also been featured in television and film, including the song “All of the Words,” which appeared on the NBC hit TV show “Scrubs,” in an episode titled “My Bright Idea.” In 2008, the band’s song “The Feeling” was featured as a Rock Band 2 downloadable track for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. In 2009, the band was awarded RIAA Gold Certification for their worship-based album Strong Tower in addition to Gold Certification for the long-form video “Live From Portland.” Kutless recently released their second worship-oriented album, It Is Well, which gave the band their highest Billboard debut at #42. Kutless is: Jon Micah Sumrall (vocals), James Mead (guitar), Dave Luetkenhoelter (bass), Jeff Gilbert (drums), and Nick DePartee (guitar). http://www.kutless.com/.

About Tenth Avenue North:
Named GMA Dove Awards New Artist of the Year (2009), Tenth Avenue North was the best-selling and most played new Christian artist of 2008, scoring three No. 1s at radio and crossing the 100,000 sales mark with its debut Over and Underneath (5/20/08) in just seven months. The band – Mike Donehey (lead vocals/acoustic guitar), Jason Jamison (drummer) and Jeff Owen (electric guitar/background vocals) – has toured extensively over the last year in support of Over and Underneath (recently crossing the 200,000 mark in total album sales), and recently wrapped an impressive run of shows on its very first headlining tour- “Inside and In Between”. Tenth Avenue North is one of the few debut bands that have experienced enough momentum to headline its own tour with only one album under its belt. For up-to-date information on Tenth Avenue North please visit http://www.tenthavenuenorth.com/

About CALEB
Introducing CALEB, an independent rock band out of Franklin, Tenn., with founders songwriter/frontman Caleb Chapman and drummer Will Chapman. CALEB is musical parts alternative, rock and pop with pondering lyrics that ask and answer big questions in life, and do so with inspiring melodies that easily get caught in your head. Ultimately the heart of the band beats to create music that’s accessible to everyone while maintaining artistic integrity and honesty. For more information, go to http://www.calebchapman.com/.

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