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Award winning and platinum selling band MercyMe will launch their Spring 2005 Undone Tour with the Gospel Music Association's Male Vocalist and New Artist of the Year Jeremy Camp. Completing the line-up are newcomers The Afters and Monk & Neagle.

The 35 + city tour will kick off Feburary 10 in Wichita, KS and hit key markets including Los Angeles, Dallas, Oklahoma City and Nashville.

"MercyMe is excited to be out on the road again with Jeremy Camp and to have the opportunity to introduce audiences to two great new artists, The Afters and Monk & Neagle comments," MercyMe's manager, Scott Brickell of BrickHouse Entertainment. "We look forward to launching the tour this spring and are contuinely honored to be a small part of whatever God has in store for MercyMe. The band continues to amaze me with their commitment to great songs and a live show that focuses on making Christ known." This tour with MercyMe will support the best-selling and quickly-approaching Gold UNDONE project, which released in April, scanning over 56,000 units in its first week, and landing at #12 on the BILLBOARD Top 200 Album sales chart. The band spent the summer and early fall co-headlining with Michael W. Smith on the One Nation Tour, selling out several key venues including New York City's famed Radio City Music Hall.

Having spent this fall doing one-off dates and performing at two of the Rev. Billy Graham's final crusades in Kansas City and Pasadena, CA., the group continues to celebrate cross-format radio success, as their current single "Here With Me," recently returned to No. 1 on the Christian CHR chart after holding onto the top spot on the Christian AC and CHR and INSPO charts, for multiple weeks. The single continues to gain airplay on the mainstream Adult Contemporary charts as well, currently at No. 11 after 28 weeks. The band's newest, and possibly most anticipated single from UNDONE, "Homesick," was recently shipped to Christian radio and even though it doesn't go for adds until October 29th, was the most added at Christian AC radio this week. The single will be serviced to mainstream AC, Hot AC and Pop/CHR in early February 2005.

Jeremy Camp, reigning GMA Dove Award winner for Male Vocalist and New Artist of the Year, is releasing Restored November 16th (BEC Recordings). Restored is the follow up to his 2002 debut, Stay, and the fan-driven Carried Me: The Worship Project (2004). From sales to radio (six No. 1 songs from Stay alone), from media (Billboard, CCM, CRW and R&R) to touring, this singer/songwriter is continuing to make a definitive mark in the industry with his hit songs and ability to capture audiences of all ages. He is currently headlining the 55+ city "Restored Tour" and enjoying his new job as father as he and his wife, Adrienne, welcomed the birth of their first child, Isabella Rose.

The Afters will release I Wish We All Could Win on February 22, 2005. This is the first project released on the new Simple Records imprint and is their first widely distributed release after several highly successful indie releases. Simple Records is owned by MercyMe front man Bart Millard and award winning producer Pete Kipley. The label will be marketed and distributed by INO Records.

Duo Monk & Neagle recently released their self-titled debut with Flicker Records. Growing up in the Texas town of Amarillo, Trent Monk and Michael Neagle met in college and became close friends while fishing and picking out guitar tunes together. As the years passed, Monk pursued the path of independent artist, while Neagle dedicated himself to full-time ministry as a worship pastor. In the fall of 2003, while the two were touring with Shane and Shane, Monk & Neagle made the life-changing decision to become a double act, almost immediately signing a recording contract with Flicker Records and beginning work on their first project together. Most added for two consecutive weeks, Monk & Neagle's newest single, "Dancing With The Angels" is making a strong impact on AC radio. The single is currently on the CRW and R&R AC charts at #15 and #21 respectively.

"Rush Concerts is once again proud to present MercyMe and Jeremy Camp in a number of cities this coming spring", stated Cliff Reiser of Rush Concerts. "This will be our fourth tour with MercyMe and we have seen the audience grow on every tour as people continue to be moved by their ministry and the quality of their art."

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