NewSong's Best Christmas Ever!

THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!
"The Best Christmas Ever!" Is NewSong's 3rd Christmas album. The album features 5 new songs produced by Jeremy Redmon (Big Daddy Weave) & Tedd T (For King & Country). There’s also 10 of the bands’ most popular songs from their 2 previous Christmas albums. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the band's now classic The Christmas Shoes, and the album includes  a brand new, live version of the Grammy nominated hit.  “I had read a story that sparked the idea to write the song,” said bandmember Eddie Carswell. “We just thought it was compelling, and thought it would be a good song. Everyone loved it!” The song inspired a best selling novel as well as a CBS television movie.
 
On December 1st NewSong Kicks off the Very Merry Christmas Tour that will visit more than 10 cities this year, including. Norfolk, Virginia; Waukesha, Wisconsin; Marion, Illinois; Muscatine, Iowa; and Farmington, Missouri.
 
“Christmas is one of our favorite times of the year, so we’re especially excited to have both a new record and tour to ring in the season,” says NewSong’s Russ Lee. “We can’t wait to hit the road in December with our good friends Matthew West and Love & The Outcome. It’s going to be a blast celebrating the birth of our Savior. He is the Light in the darkness and the Hope for us all. Jesus is the answer to the problems in this world, and that’s a message we look forward to sharing again and again.”

WINTER JAM TOUR
The Winter Jam tour introduces new audiences to Christian music while providing a dynamic platform for the Gospel message. The tour has featured such artists as MercyMe, Steven Curtis Chapman, tobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Newsboys and Skillet, among many others.

Winter Jam began in 1995. NewSong had done a concert in Greenville, South Carolina and already played the larger churches in the area when they asked the promoter about doing a concert at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium.  The promoter said he had never filled the 15,000-seat venue with a Christian event, and that a January date wouldn't give him enough lead time to sell tickets in advance. NewSong told him they didn't want to sell tickets, instead they would take donations at the door. "The night of the concert, when they finally closed the doors, they had to turn 2,000 people away. The place was jam-packed – it was an unbelievable night." To this day, NewSong’s ticketless concerts (a $10.00 donation per person at the door is requested) give thousands the opportunity not only to hear incredible music but, of course, to also hear the Gospel message. Part of this tour’s partnership is Winter Jam’s support of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide by challenging the causes of poverty and injustice. NewSong endorses World Vision at each concert. In addition to founding the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, NewSong organizes another series of annual events which specifically target youth. The band hosts four Xtreme Conferences each year with thousands of youth in attendance.

**Joshua Stallings (Age 7) will accompany NewSong in the taped performance of The Christmas Shoes. Destiny Cruz is a guest vocalist on The Best Christmas Ever!