Here’s the next installment of “Sunday News Roundups”, this time from the 11th to the 17th August. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!
- There are a couple of more tours added this fall- Audrey Assad and Bellarive are embarking on the Death Not Be Proud Tour, and Tenth Avenue North have announced the From Islands To Cathedrals Tour in October with Matt Maher and Phil Wickham, and the Cathedrals tour with KB and Royal Tailor in November/December. Are you excited for these tours? Which tour are you most excited about?
- There’s plenty of official music videos that have debuted this past week. Check out videos from Caleb Coles (“Tapestry (Live)”), Selah (“O The Blood”), Sanctus Real (“Lay It Down (Acoustic)”), needtobreathe (“Something Beautiful (Acoustic)”), Jamie Grace (“Do Life Big”), and Jonny Diaz (“Use Me Too”); which video is your favourite?
- Shuree, OBB, Lecrae, Carrollton, Esterlyn and Among The Thirsty have all released lyric videos this week, for “Be The Change” (buy on iTunes!), “That Kind Of Faith”, “Nuthin’”, “Holding Onto You”, “Love”, and “Completely” respectively. Which song is the catchiest?
- Legends debuted last week, check out our review, and watch the episode in full on the TNT website! What do you think of the episode?
- Are you a fan of the Dove Awards? Check out the nominees here, and our thoughts as well! The 45th annual Dove Awards is held in October.
- There have been plenty of album updates/announcements /artists in the studio in the past week, check them out! Artists such as Disciple, Colton Dixon, Steffany Gretzinger and Michael W Smith have announced new projects. Anthem Lights have unveiled the tracklist and album cover of their upcoming album Escape, Stellar Kart have announced that new music is coming soon, and Capital Kings release “Fireblazin’” next week (which may be an album or a single). OBB also has a new album releasing soon, called Bright Side and you can preorder the album on iTunes! Which new project are you excited for?
- Brooke Fraser is releasing a new album at the end of 2014; check out her new single “Psychosocial” and then count down the days until the release…which still doesn’t have a firmed up release date yet!
- Missed the NRT album stream of Lindsay McCaul’s upcoming album One More Step releasing next week? Check out the album in full on Jesus Freak Hideout! Speaking of NRT, this week’s album stream is Lincoln Brewster’s Oxygen; what do you think of the album? Both these albums are a couple of our favourites releasing this month!
- This week, new trailers debuted for Birdman and The Good Lie. Also out this week as trailers are films The Perfect Wave, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Rudderless, Mortdecai, and The Homesman; which film captures your attention?
- In terms of TV and new movie news; let’s outline what we learnt this week. It’s pilot season at Amazon, check out these batch of new pilots– what do you think will be picked up? Suits and Switched At Birth have both been renewed for Season 5 and Season 4 respectively, while many new series are being developed. Play It Again Dick, the Veronica Mars spinoff, airs in mid-September, while Texas Rising will be shown on Memorial Day. WGN have ordered new scripted dramas, as have Starz (One Percent); and NBC has announced new musicals for 2015 and 2016.The Peter Pan themed Johnny Depp starring Finding Neverland is receiving a reboot as a TV show, and there are also casting updates to first season shows Westworld and The Messengers. Also, do you remember Powers, which was supposed to air on FX? IT will now air in December on Playstation. Starz’s new miniseries The Missing also has a trailer online; and Andrew Garfield and Martin Scorsese have joined the upcoming film about missionaries in Japan, with Scorsese directing. Which piece of news excites you the most?
- Want to know which artist is on Winterjam 2014? Check out the tweet from Colton Dixon here! Now… are you pumped for the event?
- Tooth and Nail have signed Kings Kaleidoscope to their label recently; are you excited for new tunes from the band?
- Since Kevin Max has left Audio Adrenaline, he has released a song called “Infinite”, and now has another song called “Light Me Up” which is impacting radio currently. Check out the story behind the song here; are you excited for Broken Temples releasing in November 2014?
- The Afters have a new single out at radio, called “What We’re Here For”, check out this video explaining the heart of the song and the contest or challenge they are running!