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Third Day books 'Revelation' spring jaunt
Multi-platinum-selling Christian rockers Third Day are getting a head start on their touring schedule for next spring.
The band will finish out 2008 with a series of Xtreme Conference performances, and then start the New Year with a handful of shows in Alaska, North Carolina and Florida, as well as a four-night sea cruise that sails from Miami to Grand Turk Island. Third Day's "Revelation Tour" officially kicks off March 5 in Champaign, IL, and currently includes US dates from coast to coast, plus a stop in British Columbia, through early May. Confirmed gigs are listed below.
Reigning Dove Awards New Artist of the Year Brandon Heath and up-and-coming pop/rock group Revive will fill the support slots on the 35-city trek. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (12/19).
The "Revelation Tour" will continue Third Day's tradition of "paying it forward" by donating a dollar from every ticket sold to charitable organizations through its "Come Together Fund," which serves causes including Habitat for Humanity, Blood:Water Mission, World Vision's Hope Child Initiative and disaster-relief organizations in the US and abroad.
The spring outing supports Third Day's July release, "Revelation," which reached No. 6 on The Billboard 200 and has sold nearly 250,000 copies, according to a press release. The set, the band's 11th studio effort, features collaborations with guests including pedal-steel guitar phenomenon Robert Randolph, Daughtry frontman Chris Daughtry and Flyleaf's Lacey Mosely. The title track is currently a Top 10 hit on the Christian charts and can be heard at the group's MySpace page.
"Revelation" follows Third Day's previous studio album, 2005's "Wherever You Are," as well as 2006's "Christmas Offerings" and a pair of best-of releases that surfaced last year.
During the past 15 years, the Atlanta-based band has won 23 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and three Grammys, and it recently picked up its first American Music Award. Along the way, the rockers have scored 24 No. 1 singles across multiple formats and sold more than 6 million albums, according to their bio.
