The concert takes place in Bushnell, IL from June 29th - July 4th.

I couldn’t even begin to list all the bands that will be performing at some point on some stage during the event! Visit the website for a complete band list.

The group also recently teamed up with Air 1 and Creation Festival for a unique summer road trip promotion. The winner, from Queen Creek, AZ, was announced today and will be flown to Seattle, where they will then take an RV to complete the road trip to Creation Festival in Washington state. For more details, check out www.air1.com/promodetails.aspx?i=5107.

For a full list of tour dates and more information on Remedy Drive, please visit www.remedydrive.com.

Remedy Drive’s 2009 Summer Tour Schedule:

• June 18             Atlantafest                                Stone Mountain, GA
• June 19             Alive Festival                            Canal Fulton, OH
• June 20             Big Ticket Festival                     Gaylord, MI
• June 24             Creation Northeast                    Shirleysburg, PA
• July 3                Cornerstone Festival                  Marietta, IL
• July 9                King’s Fest                               Doswell, VA
• July 10              King’s Island                             Cincinnati, OH
• July 11              Lifest                                        Oshkosh, WI
• July 16              Sonshine Festival                       Willmar, MN
• July 19              Hills Alive Festival                     Rapid City, SD
• July 22              Creation Northwest                   George, WA
• July 31              SoulFest                                    Gilford, NH
• August 1           Rock The Sound                        New York, NY
• August 5           Kingdombound Festival              Darien Center, NY
• August 6           UnityFest                                  Muskegon, MI
• August 15         NewSong Festival                     Leitchfield, KY
• September 5      Lifelight                                    Sioux Falls, SD
• September 11    Rock The Universe                   Orlando, FL
• September 26    AwakeningFest                         Leesburg, VA

Remedy Drive is exclusively booked by the William Morris Agency - www.wmaccm.com

Word Entertainment, a Warner/Curb company, is comprised of Word Distribution, Word Music and Word Label Group’s Word Records, Fervent Records, Myrrh Records, Canaan Records and Word Music Publishing.  Leading the industry with over 50 years of music making history, Word Entertainment represents some of Christian entertainment’s top brands, including award-winning artists Diamond Rio, Point Of Grace, BarlowGirl, Mark Schultz, Randy Travis, Selah, Natalie Grant, Aaron Shust, Big Daddy Weave and Francesca Battistelli, in addition to Big Idea’s successful VeggieTales video series.

Oz is in the news recently because he married Annie Lobért in Vegas last week. Annie Lobért is known for her ministry, Hooker’s for Jesus.

Source: Hookers For Jesus Annie Lobért marries Stryper’s Oz Fox in Vegas

Image: Stryper.net

I recently received this email update from Derek Webb about the release of his new album and challenges with his label.

friends-

this is turning into a bigger deal than we expected.  as a result, we’re having to temporarily _pull everything online down (can’t explain now).  and to be on the s_afe side, i’m going to pe_rsonally go offline while we sort this out.  i re_ally shouldn’t use my twitter account for now either so _don’t expect any updates there.

make no m_istake, our trouble with the label over content i_s very real, and not as simple as one word; we’re back_ed into a corner.  but we have applied all of our creative resources to th_is, working furiou_sly to create something that we believe not only subverts any leg_al issues but should also be a _pretty wild ride.

so this will be the l_ast email for a while.  we’ll t_ry to lea_k information via a new tw_itter account, @ssyndrome.  you’re o_n your own so start payin_g attention.  i’l_l see you _on the o_ther side-

derek

Not sure what the deal is with all the _’s in the message. But there you go.

UPDATE: Visit the Bloggable Music Network for more details on this issue. It’s all code and secret stuff. I feel like I’m living through an episode of LOST or something.

Are you in touch with the group Downhere? Now you can follow them on twitter. If you follow them far enough north you can also see them in person during their Canadian tour with Building 429.

They’re only touring in August so make one of the dates below if you can.

• 15 - Ottawa, ON
• 16 - Kitchener, ON
• 17 - London, ON
• 19 - Sudbury, ON
• 21 - Steinbach, MB
• 22 - Winnipeg, MB
• 24 - Saskatoon, SK
• 25 - Moose Jaw, SK
• 27 - Medicine Hat, AB
• 28 - Edmonton, AB
• 29 - Calgary, AB
• 30 - Lethbridge, AB
• 31 - Vernon, BC

Downhere is another great band from Centricity Music. Visit the Centricity website for information on more great bands like Jason Gray, Andrew Peterson, Lanae’ Hale.

In finally trying to catch up on what’s going on around me I was digging around in my Bloglines account and found an article about Derek Webb’s new release running into an obstacle allegedly because of the language he uses in the song.

I’ve become a huge fan of Derek’s and absolutely love his razor sharp lyrics in his songs. He doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to addressing challenging issues or topics.

In his latest album he may have gone too far for his label, INO Records, to release to market his newest album.

Here’s a bit from the Patrol Mag website on what’s happening:

Well! Frustrating as it must be for Derek, this may be the best Christian music censorship story we’ve had in a long time. Judging by our inbox, this kind of thing happens on an almost weekly basis in the industry, but leave it to Derek Webb to make all the details public. Not exactly, as his email has next to zero details ("because of various legal/publishing issues"). Apparently most of the controversy surrounds one song, the most important on his most important record, he says. Given the name of his new charity/activism website (not active yet), it’s reasonable to guess that it might be the first Christian song ever to feature the s-word. (Update, May 14: We have confirmed, via someone who has heard the song, that it deals with Christian treatment of gay people, and, sure enough, includes the word "shit.")

As I said, I love Derek’s music, lyrics and his method. I’m still trying to decide if this recent method is over the edge though. Personally I’m not really bothered by it, but I know it might be a stumbling point for others that like his music.

What do you think?

INO Records finds new Derek Webb album, "Stockholm Syndrome," too scandalous for release. - The Scanner - Patrol Magazine

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