Vocalist Amy Grant made her name with a string of melodic pop songs before veering into contemporary gospel territory. The Georgia native has
deep Cowtown ties — Will Rogers Auditorium was the site of Grant’s inaugural paid performance in 1978, and she recorded a concert at Bass
Hall that became 2006’s Time Again .Amy Grant Live. She will return to Will Rogers at 8 p.m. for a gig blending gospel and pop. $29.75-$49.75.
Chrisian Music News Source
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Amy Grant has been guided by faith all her life, without becoming that ‘preachy Church Lady'
Amy Grant has been guided by faith all her life, without becoming that ‘preachy Church Lady'
With 30 million albums sold worldwide, nine platinum albums, six Grammy Awards and 26 Dove Awards under her belt, Grant also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But she has said she prefers an evening of hanging out with her family to life in the spotlights, and that her faith is a simple gift that she relies on, both in tough days and good ones.
Married to country star Vince Gill, Grant has three children from her first marriage - Matt, 21, Millie, 19, and Sarah, 16. Gill has a daughter from his first marriage, Jenny, 26. And the couple has a daughter, Corrina, 7.
We caught up with Grant last week at her home near Nashville for a discussion of her faith and family.
Q: You've said that you went to church regularly with your parents. When and how did you make that relationship with Christ your own?
A: It sort of was in two phases. I remember that May evening when I was 12. I knew I was going to walk down the aisle that Sunday evening (to accept Christ). It was very thought out. I just remember how special it was.
Then, two years later, when I was 14, and on through high school, I started going to a different church. My two oldest sisters went to school in Boston and started going to a church that was very active. When they came home, they looked around and got active in a Nashville church on Music Row. It was musical, but people were in blue jeans and barefoot. Street people came. A lot of college kids.
I had so much Bible; I knew it like I knew history and my math facts. But it was in that free-form setting at Belmont Church that I came to know a relationship with Jesus. All the dots were connecting. I prayed a lot as a little kid, but it was a lot of King James speaking - a lot of reverence. I loved it. I loved the old hymns. At my all-girls high school, it was a very intense education; really high standards. I saw a lot of mental, emotional, spiritual need, but it's easy to medicate when you have money - new clothes, a new car. But I wasn't around a lot of physical need.
When I went to the (Belmont) youth group, we walked into an apartment. These kids were so welcoming, so inviting. None came from my school. They were so easygoing and open. There were drug problems, a couple of unexpected pregnancies, people whose parents couldn't pay the rent. I loved my school, but I plugged into that youth group.
I began writing songs and asked another friend to do songs with me in a school assembly. We sang and shared stories. After that, I found letters stuffed in my locker, in my books, from a lot of upperclassmen saying, "Can we talk?" More needs than I knew.
Q: Do you have a favorite Bible verse?
A: So many. When I was in college, a group of us used to run, or jog or limp, and for a time, we had to bring a verse and then we had to memorize it while we were jogging. I think that lasted maybe one week. Mine was Hebrews 10:23 - "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."
Q: You've gone through a lot of challenges and changes in the past 10 years. How has your faith helped you?
A: For all of us, our faith shapes how we see life. My husband came back a while ago after having lunch with a new friend. This man had opened up about his war experiences (in Vietnam), about the killing and the horrors. This man said, "My faith saved me from the war." That's true. Our faith saves us from ourselves, our circumstances. There have been times of amazing growth and times of feeling stagnant for a lot of reasons.
I think a great thing happens after you turn 40. I have found that my emotional pendulum doesn't swing as wide, and my emotional and spiritual roots feel deeper. I remember looking at my parents' spiritual maturity when I was a kid and wondering, "When am I going to feel like that?" I think it's the hard times, whether they're imposed on us or whether we bring them on ourselves, that brings it.
Q: Are you doing anything different in sharing your faith and beliefs with your youngest daughter, Corrina, than you did with your older three children?
A: Probably. I guess I'd have to ask them. I'm older and probably more relaxed. I would imagine that hopefully at times, I'm a better listener than I was as a young mom.
Q: Now that you're the mom of a couple of young adults, how has your spiritual advice or practices changed? Do you ever want to throttle them for some of the choices they're making?
A: I find I say less the older I get. They're not going to listen anyway, unless they want to hear. When they're children, you're sort of gearing toward them. As adults, I talk to them like I would talk to myself, only I say a lot less. Mostly, I try to be encouraging. Life is the greatest teacher. At this point, it's not going to be mom's words.
One of my kids, I won't say which one, was having a really tough time the other night. We were out on the front porch. You know, you can't fix it. We sat in the rocking chair. I said, "Two things come to mind right now. One was a verse your grandmother used to quote all the time - 'All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.' And then I added, 'You know, all of us are called according to his purpose.' That might not be other people's theology, but it's what I believe - that all of us are called for his purpose.
Second, I heard Bruce Springsteen once say, "Great enlightenment is always preceded by a f - -up." I don't talk that way, but it was a quote. It's life. The things in heaven and things on earth are so articulated by Bruce and God. That's the way I've raised my kids - I'm not preachy Church Lady.
Q: What's the best part of being God's daughter?
A: The best part is knowing if I never lifted a finger, it wouldn't change his love for me. That's true of everybody. We just live in such a performance-based world - who looks the best, who serves the best, who tries the hardest, who does the most. I mean I don't want to lay around in bed and eat bon bons. But I'm so thankful that I don't have to work to earn his love.
Christian Music News Source
With 30 million albums sold worldwide, nine platinum albums, six Grammy Awards and 26 Dove Awards under her belt, Grant also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But she has said she prefers an evening of hanging out with her family to life in the spotlights, and that her faith is a simple gift that she relies on, both in tough days and good ones.
Married to country star Vince Gill, Grant has three children from her first marriage - Matt, 21, Millie, 19, and Sarah, 16. Gill has a daughter from his first marriage, Jenny, 26. And the couple has a daughter, Corrina, 7.
We caught up with Grant last week at her home near Nashville for a discussion of her faith and family.
Q: You've said that you went to church regularly with your parents. When and how did you make that relationship with Christ your own?
A: It sort of was in two phases. I remember that May evening when I was 12. I knew I was going to walk down the aisle that Sunday evening (to accept Christ). It was very thought out. I just remember how special it was.
Then, two years later, when I was 14, and on through high school, I started going to a different church. My two oldest sisters went to school in Boston and started going to a church that was very active. When they came home, they looked around and got active in a Nashville church on Music Row. It was musical, but people were in blue jeans and barefoot. Street people came. A lot of college kids.
I had so much Bible; I knew it like I knew history and my math facts. But it was in that free-form setting at Belmont Church that I came to know a relationship with Jesus. All the dots were connecting. I prayed a lot as a little kid, but it was a lot of King James speaking - a lot of reverence. I loved it. I loved the old hymns. At my all-girls high school, it was a very intense education; really high standards. I saw a lot of mental, emotional, spiritual need, but it's easy to medicate when you have money - new clothes, a new car. But I wasn't around a lot of physical need.
When I went to the (Belmont) youth group, we walked into an apartment. These kids were so welcoming, so inviting. None came from my school. They were so easygoing and open. There were drug problems, a couple of unexpected pregnancies, people whose parents couldn't pay the rent. I loved my school, but I plugged into that youth group.
I began writing songs and asked another friend to do songs with me in a school assembly. We sang and shared stories. After that, I found letters stuffed in my locker, in my books, from a lot of upperclassmen saying, "Can we talk?" More needs than I knew.
Q: Do you have a favorite Bible verse?
A: So many. When I was in college, a group of us used to run, or jog or limp, and for a time, we had to bring a verse and then we had to memorize it while we were jogging. I think that lasted maybe one week. Mine was Hebrews 10:23 - "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."
Q: You've gone through a lot of challenges and changes in the past 10 years. How has your faith helped you?
A: For all of us, our faith shapes how we see life. My husband came back a while ago after having lunch with a new friend. This man had opened up about his war experiences (in Vietnam), about the killing and the horrors. This man said, "My faith saved me from the war." That's true. Our faith saves us from ourselves, our circumstances. There have been times of amazing growth and times of feeling stagnant for a lot of reasons.
I think a great thing happens after you turn 40. I have found that my emotional pendulum doesn't swing as wide, and my emotional and spiritual roots feel deeper. I remember looking at my parents' spiritual maturity when I was a kid and wondering, "When am I going to feel like that?" I think it's the hard times, whether they're imposed on us or whether we bring them on ourselves, that brings it.
Q: Are you doing anything different in sharing your faith and beliefs with your youngest daughter, Corrina, than you did with your older three children?
A: Probably. I guess I'd have to ask them. I'm older and probably more relaxed. I would imagine that hopefully at times, I'm a better listener than I was as a young mom.
Q: Now that you're the mom of a couple of young adults, how has your spiritual advice or practices changed? Do you ever want to throttle them for some of the choices they're making?
A: I find I say less the older I get. They're not going to listen anyway, unless they want to hear. When they're children, you're sort of gearing toward them. As adults, I talk to them like I would talk to myself, only I say a lot less. Mostly, I try to be encouraging. Life is the greatest teacher. At this point, it's not going to be mom's words.
One of my kids, I won't say which one, was having a really tough time the other night. We were out on the front porch. You know, you can't fix it. We sat in the rocking chair. I said, "Two things come to mind right now. One was a verse your grandmother used to quote all the time - 'All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.' And then I added, 'You know, all of us are called according to his purpose.' That might not be other people's theology, but it's what I believe - that all of us are called for his purpose.
Second, I heard Bruce Springsteen once say, "Great enlightenment is always preceded by a f - -up." I don't talk that way, but it was a quote. It's life. The things in heaven and things on earth are so articulated by Bruce and God. That's the way I've raised my kids - I'm not preachy Church Lady.
Q: What's the best part of being God's daughter?
A: The best part is knowing if I never lifted a finger, it wouldn't change his love for me. That's true of everybody. We just live in such a performance-based world - who looks the best, who serves the best, who tries the hardest, who does the most. I mean I don't want to lay around in bed and eat bon bons. But I'm so thankful that I don't have to work to earn his love.
Christian Music News Source
Amy Grant aims for timeless holiday moods on 'Christmas Collection'
Amy Grant has become a familiar voice during Christmastime.
She's sold more than 6 million Christmas albums, her Christmas tour has become part of many families' Christmas traditions and "Tennessee Christmas" has become a new Christmas favorite.
Amy Grant has become a familiar voice during Christmastime.
She's sold more than 6 million Christmas albums, her Christmas tour has become part of many families' Christmas traditions and "Tennessee Christmas" has become a new Christmas favorite.
Christian Music News Source
She's sold more than 6 million Christmas albums, her Christmas tour has become part of many families' Christmas traditions and "Tennessee Christmas" has become a new Christmas favorite.
Amy Grant has become a familiar voice during Christmastime.
She's sold more than 6 million Christmas albums, her Christmas tour has become part of many families' Christmas traditions and "Tennessee Christmas" has become a new Christmas favorite.
Christian Music News Source
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Vince Gill and Amy Grant: Singing couple talk life, love, politics before big shows
Contemporary Christian and pop music singer Amy Grant and her Country Music Hall of Fame husband Vince Gill like to schedule their tours at the same time so they can relax together when they’re back home in Nashville.
Sometimes their separate agents end up booking them in the same cities and venues, Grant said. Which is why both will soon be appearing in Bakersfield’s Fox Theater just a few days apart.
And it will be ladies first, as Grant performs for the San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation’s 2008 Gala fundraiser Saturday, and Gill shines on the same stage Oct. 23 as part of his Vince Gill Acoustic Tour.
AMY
San Joaquin Hospital Foundation director Mimi Audelo is especially excited about Grant’s visit.
“She is a good fit for our organization,” Audelo said, adding that Grant would be “good for the community.”
As, no doubt, will be the hospital’s long-awaited burn center scheduled to open in December, which will benefit directly from the fundraiser’s proceeds, Audelo said.
“I’m thrilled,” is how Grant, during a phone interview, described her feeling about helping to raise funds for the center, which will include a five-bed intensive care unit and an outpatient office.
“I know that people are losing their jobs” in today’s troubled economy, she said, “but many people aren’t and I know those are the people who are buying tickets.”
Grant’s concert Saturday will be part of her “Lead Me On” 20th Anniversary Celebration Tour, which is named for her 1988 platinum album. “It’s truly a one-time opportunity for me to do my old songs,” the five-time Grammy winner said, particularly those from her first 10 years as a recording artist, 1978 to 1988.
That first decade was a purer, more innocent time for her and it was reflected in her music, Grant said. “The message got diluted when I went after pop radio. You can just tell I wrote these songs when no one was looking.”
Her feeling behind her upcoming concert’s theme is, “Let’s look back and remind ourselves of who we were before we lived so much life, before we were impassioned and made so many mistakes. And with the gift of looking back, let’s move ahead.”
But the audience can also expect two or three of Grant’s new songs and some encores as well. “I am wide open to anyone shouting out a song,” she said.
She might even do a new one she just wrote called “Find,” Grant said.
“What would they find if they uncovered all of my tracks?...Secrets and so much more,” the song says.
“We will find what we’re looking for in each other,” Grant said. “We’ll find the good, we’ll find the bad, because it’s present in all of us.”
The song sometimes makes her think of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, for whom Grant has felt a lot of compassion — Christian female role model to Christian female role model — since Palin was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight following her nomination.
“I don’t remember ever being so compelled to pray for somebody,” Grant said about Palin, although she says she makes it a point to pray for national leaders in general. “I wake up in the morning and just pray for all of them.”
VINCE
“I’m probably not as devoted to prayer as my wife is,” said Grant’s 19-Grammy-winning husband. “I have more of a common-sense approach to life than Amy does, based more on hoping that people do the right thing.
“In my view, what’s going on in our country,” Gill said, referring to the financial chaos happening during this election year, “is that we need to look at ourselves for the answers to the problems rather than pointing the finger at Washington. I think the mirror would be a good place to look. People want more stuff than they can afford,” he said, but “none of the politicians would be crazy enough to say anything like that” because it would cost them votes.
“I wish everybody would embrace everybody and say, ‘Let’s do what’s best for everybody instead of what’s best for me,’” Gill said.
Such casual, good-spirited honesty, combined with an unexpected sense of humor, makes Gill popular with his fans. They’ll get to see this very informal side of him during his concert on Oct. 23, which he described as “the opposite of show business.”
“It’s an acoustic show,” he said. “Me and three musicians, we sit down and there’s no set list.
There’s no plan. It winds down to what people want to hear. It’s very informal. I talk a lot of how the songs were made. We’ll do some new songs.”
And, yes, he too will take requests from the audience — “As long as I know how to play the song,” he quipped.
His tour is taking Gill to 42 cities in four months. There are a few two-week respites for going back to Nashville between strings of shows, but “it’s no fun” being away from home and his and Amy’s kids, Gill said.
He’s excited about coming to Bakersfield, however.
“It’s one of my favorite places to play,” he said, because some of his biggest country music heroes, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, come from here.
“Bakersfield has a real honored place in my heart for this kind of music. I think some of the best country music came out of Bakersfield. I was as drawn to Buck and Merle as any other artist that came along.”
Christian Music News Source
Sometimes their separate agents end up booking them in the same cities and venues, Grant said. Which is why both will soon be appearing in Bakersfield’s Fox Theater just a few days apart.
And it will be ladies first, as Grant performs for the San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation’s 2008 Gala fundraiser Saturday, and Gill shines on the same stage Oct. 23 as part of his Vince Gill Acoustic Tour.
AMY
San Joaquin Hospital Foundation director Mimi Audelo is especially excited about Grant’s visit.
“She is a good fit for our organization,” Audelo said, adding that Grant would be “good for the community.”
As, no doubt, will be the hospital’s long-awaited burn center scheduled to open in December, which will benefit directly from the fundraiser’s proceeds, Audelo said.
“I’m thrilled,” is how Grant, during a phone interview, described her feeling about helping to raise funds for the center, which will include a five-bed intensive care unit and an outpatient office.
“I know that people are losing their jobs” in today’s troubled economy, she said, “but many people aren’t and I know those are the people who are buying tickets.”
Grant’s concert Saturday will be part of her “Lead Me On” 20th Anniversary Celebration Tour, which is named for her 1988 platinum album. “It’s truly a one-time opportunity for me to do my old songs,” the five-time Grammy winner said, particularly those from her first 10 years as a recording artist, 1978 to 1988.
That first decade was a purer, more innocent time for her and it was reflected in her music, Grant said. “The message got diluted when I went after pop radio. You can just tell I wrote these songs when no one was looking.”
Her feeling behind her upcoming concert’s theme is, “Let’s look back and remind ourselves of who we were before we lived so much life, before we were impassioned and made so many mistakes. And with the gift of looking back, let’s move ahead.”
But the audience can also expect two or three of Grant’s new songs and some encores as well. “I am wide open to anyone shouting out a song,” she said.
She might even do a new one she just wrote called “Find,” Grant said.
“What would they find if they uncovered all of my tracks?...Secrets and so much more,” the song says.
“We will find what we’re looking for in each other,” Grant said. “We’ll find the good, we’ll find the bad, because it’s present in all of us.”
The song sometimes makes her think of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, for whom Grant has felt a lot of compassion — Christian female role model to Christian female role model — since Palin was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight following her nomination.
“I don’t remember ever being so compelled to pray for somebody,” Grant said about Palin, although she says she makes it a point to pray for national leaders in general. “I wake up in the morning and just pray for all of them.”
VINCE
“I’m probably not as devoted to prayer as my wife is,” said Grant’s 19-Grammy-winning husband. “I have more of a common-sense approach to life than Amy does, based more on hoping that people do the right thing.
“In my view, what’s going on in our country,” Gill said, referring to the financial chaos happening during this election year, “is that we need to look at ourselves for the answers to the problems rather than pointing the finger at Washington. I think the mirror would be a good place to look. People want more stuff than they can afford,” he said, but “none of the politicians would be crazy enough to say anything like that” because it would cost them votes.
“I wish everybody would embrace everybody and say, ‘Let’s do what’s best for everybody instead of what’s best for me,’” Gill said.
Such casual, good-spirited honesty, combined with an unexpected sense of humor, makes Gill popular with his fans. They’ll get to see this very informal side of him during his concert on Oct. 23, which he described as “the opposite of show business.”
“It’s an acoustic show,” he said. “Me and three musicians, we sit down and there’s no set list.
There’s no plan. It winds down to what people want to hear. It’s very informal. I talk a lot of how the songs were made. We’ll do some new songs.”
And, yes, he too will take requests from the audience — “As long as I know how to play the song,” he quipped.
His tour is taking Gill to 42 cities in four months. There are a few two-week respites for going back to Nashville between strings of shows, but “it’s no fun” being away from home and his and Amy’s kids, Gill said.
He’s excited about coming to Bakersfield, however.
“It’s one of my favorite places to play,” he said, because some of his biggest country music heroes, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, come from here.
“Bakersfield has a real honored place in my heart for this kind of music. I think some of the best country music came out of Bakersfield. I was as drawn to Buck and Merle as any other artist that came along.”
Christian Music News Source
Amy Grant Launches 20th Anniversary 'Lead Me On' Tour
Earlier this summer EMI Christian Music Group commemorated the multi-platinum selling “Lead Me On,” one of the most popular, treasured albums in Amy Grant’s spectacular 30 year history, with a 20th Anniversary two disc set.
This week, in support of these songs and season of life for so many who loved this project, Grant is launching the “Lead Me On” 20th Anniversary Celebration Tour” in Phoenix tonight, October 16th. About kicking off the tour, Grant had this to say:
“I am so excited to get this tour started – so much so that it’s even hard to express.
Being able to re-engage audiences with these songs, with so many old friends on stage is a dream come true.
As we’ve rehearsed, we’ve all felt the passion and inspiration these songs come flooding back, and we can’t wait to share that.”
• Featuring six of the original band members from the first “Lead Me On Tour,” Grant will make her way through 20 U.S. cities (see dates below).
• Following such, and in support of the newly released “The Christmas Collection,” Grant and husband Vince Gill will embark on a 15-date Christmas With Amy & Vince Tour starting Dec. 4, in Manchester, NH (also see dates below).
www.amygrant.com
Amy Grant has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and she has achieved unparalleled success as a crossover Contemporary Christian artist. In the U.S. alone, Grant’s achievements include nine platinum and platinum-plus albums and nine gold albums, six Grammy Awards and 21 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. She is well-known as the pioneering Christian singer whose success on mainstream radio opened doors for other Christian artists. Grant’s impact was recently celebrated with a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame, making her the only artist with roots in Contemporary Christian music other than Andrae Crouch to receive such an honor.
LEAD ME ON Reunion Tour (Dates subject to change)
Date City/State/Venue
Oct 16 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
Oct 17 Irvine, CA Mariners Church
Oct 18 Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield Fox Theater
Oct 19 Visalia, CA Visalia Fox Theater
Oct 22 Escondido, CA CA Center for the Arts
Oct 23 Morgan Hill, CA ARTTEC Amph at Ann Sobrato PAC
Oct 24 Modesto, CA Gallo Center for the Arts
Oct 25 Wendover, NV Peppermill Concert Hall
Oct 27 Portland, OR Rolling Hills Community Church
Oct 28 Redmond, WA Overlake Christian Church -
Oct 29 Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts Center
Nov 01 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Nov 11 Las Vegas, NV The Orleans Arena
Nov 13 The Woodlands, TX Fellowship of the Woodlands
Nov 14 Ft. Worth, TX Will Rogers Auditorium
Nov 15 Branson, MO The Mansion
Nov 16 Wichita, KS Central Christian Church
Nov 18 Greeneville, TN Niswonger Performing Arts Center
Nov 20 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
Nov 21 Morristown, NJ Community Theatre
Nov 22 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
Christmas With Amy & Vince tour (all dates subject to change):
Dec. 4 Manchester, NH/Verizon Wireless Arena
Dec. 5 Augusta, ME/Augusta Civic Center
Dec. 6 West Point, NY/Eisenhower Hall Theatre
Dec. 7 Mashantucket, CT/MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
Dec. 10 Baltimore, MD/Lyric Opera House
Dec. 11 Albany, NY/Times Union Center
Dec. 12 Worcester, MA/DCU Center
Dec. 13 Elmira, NY/First Arena
Dec. 15 Atlanta, GA/Fox Theatre
Dec. 16 Charlotte, NC/Ovens Auditorium
Dec. 18 Grand Rapids, MI/Van Andel Arena
Dec. 19 St. Louis, MO/Scottrade Center
Dec. 20 Bloomington, IL/US Cellular Colliseum
Dec. 22 & 23 Nashville, TN/Ryman Auditorium
Christian Music News Source
This week, in support of these songs and season of life for so many who loved this project, Grant is launching the “Lead Me On” 20th Anniversary Celebration Tour” in Phoenix tonight, October 16th. About kicking off the tour, Grant had this to say:
“I am so excited to get this tour started – so much so that it’s even hard to express.
Being able to re-engage audiences with these songs, with so many old friends on stage is a dream come true.
As we’ve rehearsed, we’ve all felt the passion and inspiration these songs come flooding back, and we can’t wait to share that.”
• Featuring six of the original band members from the first “Lead Me On Tour,” Grant will make her way through 20 U.S. cities (see dates below).
• Following such, and in support of the newly released “The Christmas Collection,” Grant and husband Vince Gill will embark on a 15-date Christmas With Amy & Vince Tour starting Dec. 4, in Manchester, NH (also see dates below).
www.amygrant.com
Amy Grant has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and she has achieved unparalleled success as a crossover Contemporary Christian artist. In the U.S. alone, Grant’s achievements include nine platinum and platinum-plus albums and nine gold albums, six Grammy Awards and 21 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. She is well-known as the pioneering Christian singer whose success on mainstream radio opened doors for other Christian artists. Grant’s impact was recently celebrated with a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame, making her the only artist with roots in Contemporary Christian music other than Andrae Crouch to receive such an honor.
LEAD ME ON Reunion Tour (Dates subject to change)
Date City/State/Venue
Oct 16 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
Oct 17 Irvine, CA Mariners Church
Oct 18 Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield Fox Theater
Oct 19 Visalia, CA Visalia Fox Theater
Oct 22 Escondido, CA CA Center for the Arts
Oct 23 Morgan Hill, CA ARTTEC Amph at Ann Sobrato PAC
Oct 24 Modesto, CA Gallo Center for the Arts
Oct 25 Wendover, NV Peppermill Concert Hall
Oct 27 Portland, OR Rolling Hills Community Church
Oct 28 Redmond, WA Overlake Christian Church -
Oct 29 Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts Center
Nov 01 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Nov 11 Las Vegas, NV The Orleans Arena
Nov 13 The Woodlands, TX Fellowship of the Woodlands
Nov 14 Ft. Worth, TX Will Rogers Auditorium
Nov 15 Branson, MO The Mansion
Nov 16 Wichita, KS Central Christian Church
Nov 18 Greeneville, TN Niswonger Performing Arts Center
Nov 20 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
Nov 21 Morristown, NJ Community Theatre
Nov 22 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
Christmas With Amy & Vince tour (all dates subject to change):
Dec. 4 Manchester, NH/Verizon Wireless Arena
Dec. 5 Augusta, ME/Augusta Civic Center
Dec. 6 West Point, NY/Eisenhower Hall Theatre
Dec. 7 Mashantucket, CT/MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
Dec. 10 Baltimore, MD/Lyric Opera House
Dec. 11 Albany, NY/Times Union Center
Dec. 12 Worcester, MA/DCU Center
Dec. 13 Elmira, NY/First Arena
Dec. 15 Atlanta, GA/Fox Theatre
Dec. 16 Charlotte, NC/Ovens Auditorium
Dec. 18 Grand Rapids, MI/Van Andel Arena
Dec. 19 St. Louis, MO/Scottrade Center
Dec. 20 Bloomington, IL/US Cellular Colliseum
Dec. 22 & 23 Nashville, TN/Ryman Auditorium
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