On the heels of the release of their fourth studio album, REMEDY, David Crowder Band embarked Wednesday on a 28-city tour that will hit many unlikely venues.
The popular band will perform at clubs, House of Blues, and a dancing hall in addition to stops at traditional venues like concert halls. And it’s not from a lack of options.
David Crowder, the band’s frontline singer, said the move to stop at club-like venues was deliberate.
“We’ve been really intentional about what kind of space we wanted this music to enter into,” he explained.
The idea behind the tour carries a similar tune to the message presented in the group’s new album REMEDY, which encourages listeners to be part of the remedy in today’s ailing world.
“This tour presents opportunity to tear down walls that are drawn between what is sacred and what is secular, a chance to reorient space where corporate worship would be unexpected,” said Crowder.
“If we are reading the gospel right, once the veil is ripped, God is everywhere. He is accessible in every space, and there’s not one moment that’s not a spiritual moment in our lives.”
REMEDY, released Sept. 25, features ten pop-centric tracks, unified with a central theme of change. The first single on the album, “Everything Glorious,” presently holds the No. 4 spot on Radio & Records’ Christian Adult Contemporary Monitored chart.
Compared with Collision, the band’s 2005 release, Remedy "is kind of like Crowder condensed,” according to the band’s frontman
“It really feels nice to me," said Crowder to The Dallas Morning News. "It feels like the next natural step. And it's a much lighter listen than the last couple, because we were in a much bleaker place then. This is the other side of that – lighter and more hopeful. And I'm very excited about that.”
One of the aims of the REMEDY tour is to call on Christians and fans to get involved in their local communities. In each city, the tour will present multiple opportunities for fans to volunteer and serve, starting with a small challenge from the Crowder band to those who plan on attending the concerts.
“We would like this concert to leave more than just fuzzy memories of sonic happiness," Crowder told fans on the band’s website. "We think it fitting for the night to include concrete expressions of remedy. Bring towels and socks; we will pile them up and drop them off at the local shelter, where there shall be much rejoicing."
Crowder is just one of many CCM artists who don’t just use music to tell others about the love of Christ and God but to encourage them to live their lives as an act of worship. Other Christian music artists who have used their music and celebrity status to prompt the Christian community into social action, include Rebecca St. James, Michael W. Smith, Steve Chapman, and Jars of Clay.
Voted Artist of the Year by MSN in 2006, David Crowder Band was said to have "single-handedly redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like."
Phil Wickham and The Myriad will be joining Crowder on their latest tour.
Some tour venues include Dallas, San Francisco, Anaheim, New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle, Orlando, and Atlanta.
On the Web:
Dates for REMEDY tour at www.remedyiscoming.com or www.davidcrowderband.com
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I think David's music is great. There needs to be more musicians that appeal to teens and young adults. And i urge people to enjoy his music with enthusiasm. He's right, god is everywhere. I don't think we should mis-quote the article or try to read into it something that just isn't there. the man makes music for all to enjoy, and there's nothing diabolical or "destructive" lurking in any of his messages. Take a listen and lighten up!
Your concern about pantheism infiltrating the church is well-founded.Years ago at the church that I use to attend, an elderly couple invited me to their home to watch a film, because they saw me as a candidate for deeper spiritual teaching and insight.It turned out to be a New Age film, which taught that we are all divine.The sad thing is that only a few of us disagreed with it, or were willing to say that we did.Thanks for reminding me to be aware of this trend.Good word!!
I am not really up to speed on this band by any means, so maybe I'm wrong here.However, I think there is a big difference between saying God is everywhere(which is the quote in this article) and saying that God is in everything.God is everywhere is a statement of His omnipresence(which is very orthodox), while God is in everything is a pantheistic statement, as you so eloquently stated.As I say, I know very little about this group.So, if they have made statements of pantheism elsewhere, I would be the first to agree that we do not want to go there.
Crowder's aim and focus may sound very compassionate and the loving on the surface, but there is a lot of tricky wording in his quotes that sound strikingly similar to the false theologies of others in the emerging world who are preaching that God is "in" everything, sort of a pantheism/panentheism that is also pervading the church through others like Brian McLaren and Erwin McManus, Rob Bell and others. It concerns me greatly in this context. Helping the poor is excellent and we are commanded to do so, but this is not the gospel, and God is not "in" everything. There is, however, a god of this world but it is not the same god. I hope I am not the only one sensing that a destructive heresy is secretly being introduced here via the wide popularity of the Crowder band.
Thanks for checking it out GoldenEagle! One thing about the site is that we encourage people to share their views whether they agree with us or not. :) Cheers!
My nephew likes this band.Good job, zenodady.By the way, I checked out your site.I even posted a comment.I like it.Good stuff!!
Good for them! I applaud them for going into the areas that today's churches feel are hopeless. As I recall... Jesus ate and drank with the sinners, not the saved...