Christian Music’s Groundbreaking Tour to Showcase 10-Artist Lineup with Special Speaker Tony Nolan The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, Christian Music’s largest annual tour, has announced its return to FedExForum on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 at 7 p.m. for its 22nd year of touring. Pre-Jam doors open at 6 p.m. For just $10 at the door day-of-show, attendees witness Christian music’s biggest touring acts. With a record 600,000 attendees to last year’s tour, Winter Jam Tour Spectacular announced its highly anticipated 2017 lineup during a special event launch party at the Hard Rock Café in Nashville. In addition, the event was live-streamed worldwide by JamTour.com and revealed the tour’s most diverse Christian lineup yet with 10 worship, pop, hip-hop, and rock artists. The 46-city 2017 Winter Jam Tour Spectacular will feature performances from the tour’s founder and host, NewSong, as well as artists Crowder, Britt Nicole, Tenth Avenue North, Colton Dixon, and Thousand Foot Krutch. The Pre-Jam Party presented by Israel: Land of Creation is set to showcase the talents of artists OBB, Sarah Reeves and Steven Malcolm. In addition, acclaimed author and evangelist Tony Nolan joins the tour for a message and presentation and “Dancing with the Stars” contestant and “Duck Dynasty’s” Sadie Robertson will make a special appearance. Promoted by Premier Productions and presented by Holt International, the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular annually ranks among the top first-quarter tours in the world and has helped provide a powerful platform for the Gospel in major arenas around the country since 1995. Known for its 10 artists for $10 admission, Winter Jam will hit some of the biggest arenas around the nation including Memphis’ FedExForum, Houston’s Toyota Center, Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, and many more during its 2017 January through April grand tour. For a complete list of dates and cities, visit jamtour.com. Founder, host, and GRAMMY® Award nominated NewSong boasts an impressive career spanning more than 30 years with 19 albums, 20 #1 Christian radio singles, a #1 mainstream AC hit, a GRAMMY® Award-nomination and induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, among numerous other achievements. NewSong’s unparalleled ministry has been highlighted by such defining songs as "Arise, My Love," “Rescue,“ “The Same God,” and the holiday favorite, “The Christmas Shoes.” The band’s second live worship set, Faithful (Integrity Music), debuted at #1 on Nielsen SoundScan’s Praise & Worship chart in 2015. In addition to Holt International, the Winter Jam Spectacular Tour is sponsored by Liberty University, Samaritan Ministries, Premier Vacations & Events, Xtreme Conferences, Texas TransEastern, Camp Electric, and Wayne E. Bailey Produce Company. Premium Jam Nation memberships are available for purchase in advance at jamtour.com. Jam Nation members receive early entry at 4:30 p.m. on day-of-show along with other tour perks. For Further information, visit Jam Tour, Turning Point Media or fedexforum.com. Follow Winter Jam on Twitter and Instagram @winterjamtour and ‘like’ FedExForum on Facebook or follow on Twitter (@FedExForum).

Tickets go on-sale 9/30 at 10 a.m.; Venue presale 9/29 from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Panic! At the Disco today announced their 2017 arena tour, Death of a Bachelor, set to hit FedExForum on Saturday, April 8.  The rock group is touring in support of their gold-certified fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor, and supported by MisterWives and special guests Saint Motel. Tickets go on-sale to the general public on Friday, Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, ticketmaster.com and the FedExForum Box Office by phone at (800) 745-3000. There will also be a FedExForum presale on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. for current Memphis Grizzlies’ MVP Season Ticket Holders and recipients of the FedExForum Event Alert e-mail communications, or by connection with FedExForum on Twitter (@FedExForum) or ‘liking’ FedExForum on Facebook. Panic! At The Disco today also released a new music video for “LA Devotee,” a dark and brooding ode to frontman Brendon Urie’s current city co-starring Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) from the acclaimed Netflix series Stranger Things. The eerie clip was directed by SCANTRON and Mel Soria. Watch the video HERE. Earlier this summer, the Recording Industry Association of America honored Panic! At The Disco with the gold certification of their album Death Of A Bachelor for exceeding 500,000 units sold. Death Of A Bachelor was one of only eleven albums released in 2016 to receive an RIAA certification this year, and the only alternative genre release to reach this milestone. The album also spawned RIAA certified gold singles “Hallelujah” and “Victorious.” Death Of A Bachelor is available now HERE via DCD2/Fueled By Ramen/Crush Music. The New York Times praised the album saying, “it evokes both the flamboyant swagger of Queen and the mechanized gleam of Daft Punk.” P!ATD’s summer co-headline tour with Weezer played to more than half a million fans and was a critical success with media praising their live show as “explosive, anthemic” (Pollstar) and “action-packed minutes of skyscraping vocals and inventive visuals” (Indianapolis Star) while calling Urie’s showmanship “a Freddie Mercury-channeling vision of modern rock 'n' roll excess” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Produced by Jake Sinclair, Death Of A Bachelor marks the first release from Panic! At The Disco in nearly two years, following 2013's acclaimed Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!. Aside from debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart, the album has produced five top 15-charting hits on the Hot Rock Songs chart with "Hallelujah," "Emperor's New Clothes," "LA Devotee," current single "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time," and the album's energetic, lead single "Victorious" charting Top 10 at Alternative. The band will be on TBS’ CONAN tonight at 11 p.m./10c performing the album’s title track. About MisterWives: MisterWives – MisterWives are: Mandy Lee (Vocals), Etienne Bowler (Drums), Will Hehir (Bass), Marc Campbell (Guitar) and Jesse Blum (Keys/Trumpet/Accordion). Hailing from New York, the band has solidified themselves as a force to be reckoned with after the release of their debut album Our Own House (Photo Finish/Republic Records) which featured breakout hits “Reflections,” “Hurricane,” “Our Own House,” and “Not Your Way,” Landing the #1 spot on the Billboard Emerging Artist Chart, the group has gone on to perform at legendary festivals including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Outside Lands ,Governors Ball and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Good Morning America. Recently the group’s cover of Chance The Rapper’s “Same Drugs” which went viral online and hit #1 on the Hype Machine Chart. The band is currently in studio working on their highly anticipated sophomore album About Saint Motel: Los Angeles-based Saint Motel’s kaleidoscopic sound and inventive live performances have earned them a loyal fanbase that flock to their headlining shows and standout sets at festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo.  The band scored breakout success with their 2015 Elektra Records debut, My Type EP, whose title track was a top 10 hit at Alternative radio and one of Entertainment Weekly’s “songs of the summer.”  “My Type” has logged over 100 million global streams to date, with an additional 13 million views of the track’s self-directed, companion video.  Saint Motel is set to release their much anticipated, full length saintmotelevision on October 21, with the album’s lead single “Move” already starting its ascent on the Alternative and Triple A radio charts.  The band is currently on a headlining tour through North America that also includes stops at Austin City Limits Music Festival and New Orleans’ Voodoo Festival.  For more information, please visit www.saintmotel.com. 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