David Crowder Band Takes Tour to Club-Like Venues
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.
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"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
