Hawk Nelson with Max Lucado hanging out in Sacramento, CA.

Family Force 5 Celebrating the Holidays Early: After the successful sophomore release Dance or Die in August, Family Force 5 joins the fourth annual Winter Wonder Slam with TobyMac and Relient K along with special guest B.Reith that kicked off last night in South Carolina running until December 14th. The bands ask that those attending one of the 17 dates bring a new, unwrapped gift to the concert as part of a Toys for Tots toy drive. Also to be noted that each year the greatest need is for preteen and teenagers. This is a part of the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. For the complete list of tour dates and cities visit the tour site and www.myspace.com/familyforce5 .

Run Kid Run is a Sure Hit with "Sure Shot" at Rock Radio: Run Kid Run is No. 1 this week on the rock radio format with their current single "Sure Shot." The band is currently on Creation Tour: The Festival, which has been a huge success across the country. This summer, Run Kid Run released their sophomore album Love at the Core, following their hit debut in 2006 "This Is Who We Are." For more information on RKR, visit here.

     

November 25th Releases:
Jeremy Camp will be releasing the highly anticipated "Speaking Louder Than Before" in just 10 days. Some fun facts about this album: Wife Adrienne sings on two tracks; produced by Brown Bannister; Jeremy taped video song devotional for each song on the album. For more information on Jeremy Camp's release, click here.

Demon Hunter will be releasing a DVD documentary titled 45 Days. This DVD features 90 minutes of documentary about the band in addition to a full live set from Nashville, TN. During their last tour (The Stronger Than Hell Tour), Demon Hunter filmed a documentary of their life on the road and the relationship with their fans. To get a glimpse of the film, go to www.45daysfilm.com. The film's original soundtrack is by Demon Hunter and packaged in a 3-disc digipack filled with photos from the tour.

The Almost is releasing their EP No Gift To Bring -- this is the band's holiday EP recorded and produced by Underoath's own Tim McTague. The collection is an eclectic one, offering up a brand new song (the achingly introspective "Awful Direction"), a cover song, radically new versions of two tracks from Southern Weather ("Dirty And Left Out" and "Amazing Because It Is") and Aaron Gillespie's take on a classic Christmas song, "Little Drummer Boy," which is also featured on X Christmas. For more information on this release and The Almost, click here.

Bands in the Studio:
As we near the end of the 2008, bands are hitting the studio to prepare for 2009 releases. Some of these bands include Falling Up, MxPx (On the Cover 2), Emery, August Burns Red, Surrogate, Seventh Day Slumber and many more -- stay tuned for updated release list!

 

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