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HILLSONG UNITED BRINGS EMPIRES TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS REND COLLECTIVE TO NORTH AMERICA FEBRUARY 2016

TICKET PRESALE BEGINS NOVEMBER 18,
PUBLIC ON-SALE NOVEMBER 20




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NEWS SOURCE: TKO Marketing
November 13, 2015

(High Point N.C.) November 13, 2015 - Australian-based worship group Hillsong UNITED brings their Empires Tour to North America February 2016 with special guests Rend Collective. The 11-city tour kicks off in Sunrise, Fla. on February 11, with stops across the country before wrapping in Honolulu, Hawaii. Presale tickets for the Empires Tour go on sale Wednesday, November 18 with tickets available for purchase to the general public Friday, November 20.

"We haven't really done our own thing in the USA since WelcomeZion 2013, so we are super excited to be bringing the EMPIRES tour to the states," said Joel Houston of Hillsong UNITED. "We write songs to be sung with people - they are always for the people - so when we get to sing these songs with people on the road, it is the purpose of why we do what we do! We can't wait to worship with people singing all the new EMPIRES songs as well as everyone's favorites."

Empires Tour dates:

Date Location/Venue
2/11/16 Sunrise, FL | BB&T Center
2/12/16 Orlando, FL | CFE Arena
2/13/16 Tampa, FL | USF Sun Dome
2/15/16 New Orleans, LA | Smoothie King Center
2/16/16 Memphis, TN | FedExForum
2/18/16 Austin, TX | Cedar Park Center
2/19/16 Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center
2/20/16 Lubbock, TX | United Supermarkets Arena
2/22/16 Glendale, AZ | Gila River Arena
2/23/16 Ontario, CA | Citizens Business Bank Arena
2/26/16 Honolulu, HI | Neal Blaisdell Arena

*Pre-Sale: November 18, 2015 - code: EMPIRES
*Public On-Sale: November 20, 2015

For more information on the tour, please visit: HillsongUnited.com.

The Australian-based UNITED has a long history of sold-out shows in the United States. During their 2013 "WELCOMEZION" Tour, they surpassed 15,000 in attendance at the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and brought their tour to a sold-out audience at Red Rocks in Denver. The tour was one of the top attended Christian tours of 2013 with nearly 80,000 people in attendance. The touring entity of UNITED has made a huge wave in the States as they became the first Christian artist to ever sell out Los Angeles' Staples Center. In addition to the Staples Center, UNITED has also sold out major venues in Seattle (ShoWare Center), New York (Hammerstein Ballroom), Atlanta (Gwinnett Center), Miami (BankUnited Center), Dallas (Music Hall) and two back-to-back sold out events in Boston (Orpheum Theatre). UNITED also holds the record for largest attendance ever in the Sears Centre Arena (Chicago, IL), outdrawing concerts there by such legendary performers as Billy Joel, Elton John and the Eagles. Since 2006, UNITED has toured six continents and 42 nations.

About Hillsong UNITED: UNITED is a worship band that originally rose out of the youth ministry of Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. This worship band is a global recording and touring entity sent out to share the ever-evolving worship music of Hillsong Church to an international audience through live performances and records. UNITED desires to see a generation across the earth awakened to real love, rising up with hearts as one and finding value in the broken, hurting and lost connecting with Jesus.

CONNECT WITH UNITED:
http://HillsongUnited.com
http://instagram.com/hillsongunited
https://twitter.com/hillsongunited
https://www.facebook.com/hillsongunited

About Premier Productions: Formed in 1996, Premier Productions is the largest producer of Christian concert events in the nation and the co-founder of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, Christian music's largest annual tour! Premier promotes award-winning artists with No. 1 hits such as - TobyMac, Skillet, Casting Crowns, Hillsong Worship, Hillsong UNITED, Lecrae, Bill Gaither & Friends Homecoming, Jesus Culture, Kari Jobe, Matthew West and many more! For more information on Premier Productions, please visit premierproductions.com.

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For more info on Rend Collective visit the JFH Artists Database.

 

 



 

 

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