NASHVILLE, Tenn. – July 24, 2023 – Chart-topping band We Are Messengers has announced plans to headline the 39-city Where The Joy Is Tour this fall. Presented by Compassion International, the tour features special guests Cochren & Co. and Ben Fuller. Launching Sept. 14, the Where The Joy Is Tour will travel to cities in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and more before wrapping up in mid-November.
 
Taking its name from We Are Messengers’ upcoming studio release, the Where The Joy Is Tour will offer a special pre-sale ticket opportunity for fans beginning Wednesday, July 26, at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday, July 27, at 10 p.m. local time. General on-sale will begin Friday, July 28, at 10 a.m. local time. Ticket options in most markets include a VIP package offering an artist Q&A with We Are Messengers frontman Darren Mulligan, best seats in the house, early entry and a VIP exclusive tour laminate. Information on concert dates and ticket links can be found at wearemessengersmusic.com.

WE ARE MESSENGERS – WHERE THE JOY IS TOUR – FALL 2023
Additional dates to be added. Dates and venues subject to change without notice. 

SEPTEMBER
14 – West Lebanon, IN – Ura Seeger Memorial Auditorium
15 – TBA
16 – Warsaw IN – Warsaw Performing Arts Center
17 – Madison, WI – Overture Center - Capitol Theater
21 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Paramount Theatre
22 – Sioux Falls, SD – Central Church
23 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
24 – Kansas City, MO – Folly Theater
29 – Elkhorn, NE – Relevant Community Church*
30 – St. Paul, MN – Knight Performance Hall*

OCTOBER
1 – Grand Forks, ND – Hope Church*
2 – TBA
3 – Billings, MT – Faith E Church
6 – Salem, OR – Elsinore Theatre
7 – North Bend, OR – Hauser Community Church
8 – Issaquah, WA – Eastridge Church
13 – Surprise, AZ – The Vista Center for the Arts
14 – TBA
15 – Carlsbad, NM – Walter Gerrells Performing Arts Center
16 – Andrews, TX – James Roberts Center
18 – Pharr, TX – Center Church Pharr
19 – Greenville, TX – Greenville Municipal Auditorium
20 – Wichita Falls, TX – Evangel Temple
21 – Texarkana, TX – Perot Theatre
22 – Temple, TX – Temple Bible Church

NOVEMBER
1 – Dover, OH – Newpointe Community Church
2 – St. Mary’s PA – St. Mary’s High School
3 – Meriden, CT – New Life Church
4 – Plymouth, MA – Plymouth Memorial Hall
5 – North Syracuse, NY – The Gathering Place
8 – Getzville, NY – The Chapel at Crosspoint
9 – Montgomery, NY – Goodwill Church
10 – Rochester, NY – Roberts Wesleyan University
11 – Sewell, NJ – Fellowship Bible Church
12 – Wye Mills, MD – Todd Performing Arts Center
16 – St. Albans, WV – Gateway Christian Church
17 – Clarksburg, WV – Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center
18 – Milton, DE – Eagles Nest Church
19 – Hagerstown, MD – The Maryland Theatre
 
*Only We Are Messengers and Cochren & Co.
 

ABOUT WE ARE MESSENGERS
We Are Messengers has over 409 million career streams, over 2.9 billion airplay audience, and a multi-week #1 Billboard radio song (“Come What May”), along with six Top 5 and ten Top 10 Christian Airplay hits with “Image of God,” “Power,” “Maybe It’s Ok,” “Magnify,” “Point To You,” “Love,” “Everything Comes Alive,” “God With Us,” “This Is Jesus” and “From Heaven To Earth (Joy To The World).” The band has had multiple sync film and TV placements on major networks including Lionsgate, MTV and CBC. We Are Messengers has played for a live audience of over 2 million people across 40 states and 5 countries, including selling out shows in the Netherlands, England, and lead vocalist Darren Mulligan’s native Ireland. Following consecutive USA arena tours with TobyMac and Casting Crowns, the band headlined the Wholehearted Tour in 2022. In the spring of 2023, We Are Messengers hit the road again with fellow artists Casting Crowns on The Healer Tour. The Dove-nominated and K-LOVE Fan Award winning group’s new radio single, “Wholehearted,” is available now. For more information, visit wearemessengersmusic.com.
 
ABOUT COCHREN & CO.
Michael Cochren is an award winning singer/songwriter and worship leader born and raised in a small Indiana town. After graduating from school, Cochren began playing music across the country with a band of friends, later including his wife Leah, under the name Cochren & Co. (pronounced Cochren and Company). With hope-filled lyrics and timeless melodies, Cochren & Co. blurs the line between American pop/rock and soul/blues to create a classic sound all their own. Dove Award nominated Cochren & Co. have toured coast to coast amassing a loyal following of new listeners wherever they go.

Nominated for a GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year, their debut full-length album Don't Lose Hope was released on Gotee Records in 2021. The debut included Billboard Top 10 radio hits "Church (Take Me Back," "One Day," and "Who Can." The title track "Don't Lose Hope" was featured in an episode of CBS's MacGyver. Cochren & Co.'s sophomore project, Running Home (2023), features the group's first No. 1 radio single with the title track as well as the 2022 Top 15 Billboard Christian Airplay & AC radio single, "Thank God for Sunday Morning," which was listed as one of K-LOVE's 22 Songs that Defined 2022. Cochren & Co. has been featured in various performances including GRAMMY.com's Positive Vibes Only. On June 13, 2023, Cochren & Co. made their historic debut on the Grand Ole Opry. With a full touring schedule and more music on the way, Cochren & Co are only getting started. For more information, visit cochrenmusic.com. 


ABOUT BEN FULLER
Music has taken Ben Fuller’s life and made it into something he never would have dreamed. Ben grew up in Southern Vermont on his family dairy farm working alongside his father. He'd pass the time by singing to old classic country tunes as he witnessed first-hand the hard work and dedication it took to run a farm. The songs never stopped and somewhere between the farm and college, he picked up a guitar and never looked back. Due to generations of hurt in his family, Ben struggled with certain aspects of growing up and turned to cocaine and alcohol at a young age. In 2015, Ben got involved in a devastating drug-fueled relationship which led him to understand better the other side of addiction. In addition, come 2017, he abruptly lost his best friend to a heroin overdose and his entire outlook on life shifted.
 
Motivated to change, Ben moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a country singer in late 2018. A family Ben was close with invited him to church one Sunday and as he walked the halls into the auditorium filled with 3,000 people, he knew one day he would sing "that kind of music" for the rest of his life. Falling face-first into his newfound relationship with Jesus, he began writing with a burning desire to share what God did to turn his life around. Today, Ben lives completely sober, while sharing his story filled with hope, mercy, and grace. By turning his testimony into songs, he has been rejuvenated with a new passion and mission; to share his story with the world and all who are ready to listen. Ben’s self-titled album releases on Provident Label Group/Sony Music in October and includes the hit radio single “Who I Am.” For more information, visit BenFullerOfficial.com.