November 22, 2016

Casting Crowns to bring ‘the very next thing’ tour to Purdue in February

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN. - Multi-platinum selling and Grammy®-winning group Casting Crowns will hit the road again this spring for the second leg of "The Very Next Thing" Tour, featuring K-LOVE Radio’s Male Artist of the Year Danny Gokey and special guests Unspoken. The tour will make a stop at Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m.

This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations and the Purdue Student Concert Committee with support from the Student Fee Advisory Board.

“The Very Next Thing” Tour supports Casting Crowns’ newest studio album, “The Very Next Thing,” (Beach Street/Reunion). This marks the group's 15th release and eighth studio album since the label debut release in 2003. With more than 10 million records sold, Casting Crowns has held the position of Billboard’s top-selling act in Christian music since 2007.

About Casting Crowns: Prolific CCM band Casting Crowns has achieved sales milestones including one RIAA 2x multi-Platinum album, four RIAA Platinum albums, two RIAA Platinum DVDs, seven RIAA Gold albums, four Gold DVDs, one RIAA Platinum certified single and five RIAA Gold certified digital singles. The band currently holds the position as Billboard’s top-selling act in Christian music since 2007. Casting Crowns has also been honored with four American Music Awards (out of seven total nominations), a Grammy Award for its 2005 album “Lifesong,” and six Grammy nominations. In addition, the group has garnered 17 GMA Dove Awards and two Billboard Music Awards from 11 total Billboard Music Award nominations. Casting Crowns’ seven band members all remain active in student ministry in the Atlanta area and tour according to their local church commitments. Serving his 25-plus years in youth ministry, lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall maintains his role as the student pastor at Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta.

About Danny Gokey: Six-time Dove Award Nominee and BMG recording artist Danny Gokey now claims the recent honor of being named Male Artist of the Year at the 2016 K-LOVE Fan Awards, where he also took home the award for Breakout Single for his current No. 1 hit “Tell Your Heart To Beat Again.” Gokey became a favorite of millions of fans as a Top 3 finalist on Season 8 of “American Idol,” which propelled his career and earned him three chart-topping albums (“My Best Days,” “Hope In Front of Me” and “Christmas Is Here”) and a Barnes & Noble Top 5 autobiography (“Hope In Front of Me”). Gokey’s “American Idol” success also helped provide a platform for him to launch Sophia’s Heart, an organization founded to carry on the legacy of giving started by his late wife, who passed away during a routine heart surgery in 2008. Now remarried, Gokey and his wife, Leyicet, have a son and daughter, Daniel Emanuel (age 4) and Victoria Isabella (18 months). For more information, visit http://www.DannyGokey.com.

About Unspoken: Unspoken released its new album, “Follow Through,” in August 2016, and the project debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart, the highest debut of the band’s career. The first single from the record, “Higher,” has already reached Top 20 on Billboard’s National Audience chart and is still rapidly climbing. Unspoken’s previous self-titled album was released in 2014 and included the band’s first No. 1 song at AC Christian radio, “Start A Fire,” as well as “Call It Grace,” the group’s first K-LOVE Fan Awards nomination for Breakout Single of the Year. For more information, please visit UnspokenMusic.com.

Ticket Information: Students: $80, $37.50, $25, $20 (Limit 6 tickets per person)
General Public: $80, $45, $30, $25 (Limit 6 tickets per person)

Friends Presale: Seating for Friends of Convocations is very limited for this performance. Orders may be placed starting on Monday (Nov. 28) by calling 765-494-3933 or by visiting the Stewart Center box office before Friday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. Orders will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis until tickets are unavailable. There is a limit of six tickets per household. Friends of Convocations will be seated in the best available location using the priority point system. For more information about priority points, visit convocations.org/priority-points

Group Discounts and Presale: Have a group of 10 or more? Place group orders for groups of 10 or more by calling 765-494-3933 by Monday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. Orders will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis until tickets are unavailable.
Students: $35.50, $23
General Public: $43, $28

Campus: Tickets go on sale to Purdue and Ivy Tech Lafayette students and Purdue faculty, staff and retirees with a current identification card at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 through convocations.org/tickets.

General Public Sale: Tickets for the general public go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec.9 through convocations.org/tickets.

Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations is among the oldest collegiate performing arts presenters in the United States. With an artistic eye and entrepreneurial flair, Convocations brings a diverse array of world-class performances and intellectual encounters—including collaborations with an ever-widening circle of partners—fulfilling our mission by connecting them to our academic, local, and regional audiences through engaging educational opportunities.

Contact: Abby Eddy, Purdue Convocations director of marketing, 765-494-5405, aeeddy@purdue.edu

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