Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”, this time from the 17th til the 23rd November. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!
- Needtobreathe and Third Day are embarking on a tour of Australia in February 2015; check out the details here!
- Paul Baloche, one of our favourite worship leaders of all time, has interviewed another favourite worship leader, Kathryn Scott, about how she perceives worship today. Check out the interview here!
- OBB, Warr Acres and Tenth Avenue North all released new albums recently to success; check out the press releases here, here and here. Are you going to purchase these albums?
- It’s time for TV news! Westworld, starring James Marsden, Anthony Hopkins, and Evan Rachel Wood, has been ordered to series at HBO, while the previously slated NBC show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has now moved to Netflix, with the guarantee of season 2. Casting has commenced for Marvel’s new series Jessica Jones, while new concepts are in the works for Jump Start, Luther, Frequency and Global Frequency. There is a new teaser trailer for the MTV drama Eye Candy (debuting in January 2015), and the new FX comedy The Comedians. Also, both Secrets And Lies and American Crime have had official premiere dates. As for returning shows. Longmire was just renewed for season 4, moving from A&E to Netflix, while Hart Of Dixie has a new promo for its 4th season, and there is a spoilerish interview about the next few episodes of Agents Of Shield. Broadchurch, the popular and respected ITV show, is slated to return in January 2015, and the X Factor might be uncancelled. Which TV news excites you the most?
- Of the many movie trailers releasing this week, Cinderella, Peanuts and Pitch Perfect 2 stick out to us; what are your favourite movie trailers that released this week?
- As with many albums that release every week, there are also many albums that can be streamed in full each week. This week, albums from Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil, The Digital Age, Elevation Worship, various artists from BEC Recordings, and Red Roots, and a single from Jillian Edwards are all available in full for your listening pleasure; what do you think of these songs?
- New Release Tuesday, one of today’s most popular and respected review sites, have had live video chats/interviews with both OBB and Newsboys this week; what do you think of them?
- Videos galore! There are lyric videos released for Kerrie Roberts (“The Broken Ones”), Ginny Owens (“No Borders”), and John Waller (“Silent Night”); as well as music videos from MercyMe (“Greater”), Matty Mullins (“See You In Everything”), Lauren Daigle (“Wake”), Crowder (“Come As You Are”), Chris Tomlin (“At the Cross” and “Jesus This Is You”), Shine Bright Baby (“Love Restores”), Derek Minor (“Who You Know”) and Andrew Peterson (“After All These Years”); what do you think of these videos?
- The Neverclaim are releasing a new album in 2015, and are launching a Pledge Music campaign to fund the project; check out the link here!
- Can’t get enough of Tenth Avenue North’s new album? Then look no further, as the band have launched their new devotional series on the Overflow Bible app. What do you think of it?
- This week, there have also been several contests that have been held. Check out the contests for albums from TobyMac, Danny Gokey and Andrew Peterson; are you going to enter any of these contests?
- Several other artists have new updates as well, related to new music as well. Ellie Holcomb has written a blog about her new Christmas song, Jimmy Needham has given us an update about his new album, and Tree 63 have a new EP out on Noisetrade, and are in the studio for their untitled 2015 album, their first in 8 years! Sidewalk Prophets have a new website as well, related to their new tour and new album! And Willet have a new Christmas song as well; check it out here!
Definitely going to that Third Day/Needtobreathe show in Brisbane! Other than Easterfest, not a lot of Christian bands come to Australia. And of course, Needtobreathe are my favourite band.
Yeah, I’m also excited about Third Day and needtobreathe coming in February as well. Hopefully they’ll sing some new songs on the night from their new album ‘Lead Us Back’.