Louder Than The Music

Following the success of their major 40+date 'Until The Whole World Hears Tour' in 2009, with special guest Matt Redman in front of nearly 150,000 people at multiple sell-out performances, Casting Crowns has announced plans to extend the tour with 41 more cities in early 2010. Kicking off on 4th February in Kansas City, Missouri, the tour will feature special guests Kutless on dates in February and March, and Tenth Avenue North during the tour's shows in April and May. Indie rock band CALEB, featuring brothers Caleb and Will Chapman, will also join the tour roster.

The spring leg of the 'Until The Whole World Hears Tour' comes on the heels of the record-breaking release of the band's new studio album, 'Until The Whole World Hears', which recently sold more than 167,000 copies in its first week, making Casting Crowns the highest-debuting Christian music artist in SoundScan history. The album landed at No. 1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Current Contemporary Christian Album Chart and No. 4 on Billboard's Top 200 chart behind John Mayer and Norah Jones.

The 'Until The Whole World Hears Tour' is sponsored by Christian humanitarian organization World Vision who provide assistance to approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countries by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Casting Crowns has helped to generate a total of 44,334 child sponsorships for World Vision to date.

CASTING CROWNS 'UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS' SPRING TOUR 2010
*Dates, markets and venues subject to change without notice.

FEBRUARY
(Dates in February and March feature special guests Kutless and CALEB)
2/4 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
2/5 Tulsa, OK Spirit Bank Events Center
2/6 Oklahoma City, OK Crossroads Church
2/11 Bossier City, LA CenturyTel Center Arena
2/12 Birmingham, AL Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
2/13 Tupelo, MS BancorpSouth Arena
2/18 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
2/19 Rochester, NY Roberts Wesleyan College
2/20 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
2/21 Portland, ME Civic Center
2/23 Binghamton, NY Broome County Arena
2/25 Plymouth, MI Northridge Church
2/26 Wyoming, MI GR First AOG Church
2/27 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
2/28 Hershey, PA Giant Center

MARCH
3/5 Woodstock, GA First Baptist Church Woodstock
3/6 Baton Rouge, LA The River Center
3/11 San Antonio, TX Municipal Auditorium
3/12 Cypress, TX Berry Center
3/13 Lake Charles, LA Christian World
3/25 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Civic Center
3/26 Pensacola, FL Olive Baptist Church
3/27 Winter Park, FL Calvary Assembly of God

APRIL
(Remaining dates below feature special guests Tenth Avenue North and CALEB)
4/1 Dayton, OH Nutter Center at Wright State University
4/2 St. Charles, MO The Family Arena
4/9 Des Moines, IA First Federated Church
4/10 Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Arena
4/11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center
4/13 Cedar Falls, IA Mcleod Center
4/15 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center
4/16 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Center
4/17 Lynchburg, VA Thomas Road Baptist Church
4/22 Fayetteville, NC Crown Coliseum
4/23 N. Charleston, SC North Charleston Civic Center
4/24 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
4/29 Nacogdoches, TX William R. Johnson Coliseum

MAY
5/1 Grand Prairie, TX Air Hogs Minor League Baseball Stadium