TUESDAY,  MAY 17,  2011



 

TOBYMAC & KRIS ALLEN HEADLINING SATURDAY, 6/25!

Our artist line-up for ALIVE Festival in 2011 is one of the most exciting weeks we've ever put together, and Saturday, June 25, is going to be the perfect night to end the week on an incredible high.  Not only are we bringing back friend to the festival and ALIVE crowd favorite TobyMac to close out the festival, but we are excited to welcome American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen for the first time.  Read on to see what these guys have been up to! 

 


TOBYMAC  


TobyMac, originally known as one-third of dcTalk, has sold more than 10 million albums over his career.  After going solo just over a decade ago, Toby has released 4 wildly popular albums, including Momentum, Welcome to Diverse City, Portable Sounds, and Tonight, with each new album selling more than the last. Not only have 6 singles hit #1 on Christian radio, but Toby has had 6 Grammy nominations (plus 1 win) and 17 GMA Dove Award nominations.  Over the last 10 years, Toby's music has been found all over the place in movies, television shows, commercials, and sporting events.  

Toby recently won BMI Songwriter of the Year, as well as "Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year" at the 2011 GMA Dove Awards.  And just last week, Toby helped raise $100,000 in the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville to benefit New Hope Academy in Franklin, TN.  Finally, look for Toby in the new film, I'm in Love with a Church Girl, out this fall!

 

 

KRIS ALLEN

 

Kris Allen grew up in Akransas as a normal music-loving kid, who later became involved in playing in school ensembles, in local venues, and leading worship at his church.  Set on pursuing a music career, Kris auditioned for Season 8 of American Idol and quickly found success on the show.  As America fell in love with him, he sailed through the competition all the way to the finale, where he earned the Season 8 crown.  Since the show, Kris has not only had 5 songs from Idol on the Billboard chart at once, but he also released a solo album, with its lead single, "Live Like We're Dying", being certified platninum and selling over 1.5 million copies to date.  Kris has appeared on countless TV shows and shared the stage with many of today's biggest names on tour over the past year, including Lifehouse, Maroon 5, Keith Urban, and many more.  

Most recently, Kris has been busy at work in the studio, working on his next album.  In a recent interview with MTV.com, he said he hopes to have new music out sometime this year.  Kris also just finished a mini-tour for the Music Empowers Foundation with The Berklee Music City All Stars Ensemble (a group of talented teenagers from a Berklee program for high school musicians).  And if that's not enough, Kris has co-written the lead single off of Matthew Morrison's debut album, titled "Still Got Tonight."  Way to go, Kris!   

 

TobyMac and Kris Allen are also both nominated for awards at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC on May 22.  Both artists are up for "Top Christian Song," while Toby is also nominated for "Top Christian Artist" and "Top Christian Album."  Congratulations to the both of them!

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NEW ARTIST TALENT SEARCH
TOP 10 REVEALED! 

The online portion of the New Artist Talent Search Competition is now over, and we have our top 10 finalists!  Congratulations to the 10 finalists, and thank you to everyone who participated!  

 

TOP 10 FINALISTS

ABBEY GREGORY

AFFIX

CHANGING PACE
THE COLLISION
DAY METHOD
EMILY SUMMERS
OH TEAR THE VEIL
THE RAVEN WRITING DESK
THIRTY NINE THOUGHTS
WHAT LITTLE REMAINS  

 

The top 5 winners, who will each get a spot on one of our stages at ALIVE 11, will be announced later this week!

 

 


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HILLSONG UNITED

6/21 PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERT

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HILLSONG UNITED
special Tuesday pre-festival concert
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SWITCHFOOT
TOBYMAC
SKILLET
THIRD DAY
NEWSBOYS
KRIS ALLEN
TENTH AVENUE NORTH
FAMILY FORCE 5
TONY NOLAN
MATT PITT
DAVID NASSER
NICK VUJICIC
REBECCA ST. JAMES
PHILLIPS, CRAIG & DEAN
FIREFLIGHT
BRITT NICOLE
SIDEWALK PROPHETS
SEABIRD
CHRIS AUGUST
STARFIELD
SINCE OCTOBER
BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH
SHAWN MCDONALD
THE CITY HARMONIC
HOUSE OF HEROES
SHONLOCK
RAPTURE RUCKUS
FLATFOOT 56
ANTHEM LIGHTS
CHASEN
IVORYLINE
HYLAND
JASON GRAY
ME IN MOTION
CALEB
ALANNA STORY
A MINOR BIRD
JAY MICHAEL
SHINE BRIGHT BABY
MIKE MAINS & THE BRANCHES
ROBERT PIERRE
THE GREAT TRANSPARENCY
PRAISE-APELLA
THE RED AIRPLANES
THIRD FROM FIRST


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