Amongst sold out tour dates, MercyMe to sing National Anthem for Samsung 500 Nascar Nextel Cup Series.
03/21/2007
Amongst sold out tour dates, MercyMe to sing National Anthem for Samsung 500 Nascar Nextel Cup Series. Performance to be televised nationally on FOX.
* Amongst sold out tour dates on the spring leg of their “Coming Up to Breathe” national tour, multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated band MercyMe will sing the National Anthem at the Samsung 500 in their hometown of Dallas at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, April 15th. The performance will be nationally televised on FOX live at 1:30pm EST. * Currently mid-way through the tour, MercyMe has seen 72% of their shows sell out, including Portland, Spokane, Santa Barbara, Fresno (2 shows), Albuquerque, Dallas, and Milwaukee. * “Hold Fast” remains in the Top 5 at Christian AC radio after giving the band its 8th consecutive #1. “Hold Fast” has recently gone for adds at the Mainstream AC format and is presently New and Active on the chart. “Bring The Rain” will be the band’s 3rd single from their hit COMING UP TO BREATHE project, impacting on Christian AC and INSPO formats on 3/23. * Since their debut in 2001, Grammy-nominated, American Music Award and multiple GMA Music Award winners MercyMe have sold over 4 million units in CD and DVD sales, including MercyMe’s Almost There, nearly triple platinum, their 2003 project Spoken For which is approaching platinum sales, the RIAA Gold certification for UNDONE and the MercyMe Live DVD, as well as their latest, Coming Up to Breathe, which entered the Billboard Top 100 at No. 13. In addition to eight No. 1 Christian radio singles, MercyMe has garnered four consecutive mainstream radio hits with “I Can Only Imagine”, (No. 4 AC/top 25 on Top 40/Hot AC), “Here With Me” (No. 4 AC), “Homesick” (top 10 AC), “So Long Self,” (top 15 AC), and now have released their brand new single for the format, “Hold Fast.” *With their multi-platinum sales, and one of the industry’s most notable talents, MercyMe has sold out venues including Radio City Music Hall and received media attention from the likes of The Tonight Show, CNN, Fox New Channel’s Fox & Friends, ABC News, CBS’ Early Show, and has been seen on the pages of Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, USA Today, Billboard, and more. www.mercyme.org