It’s time for another Sunday News Roundup, here’s the next instalment from the 6th til the 19th April 2015 (it’s a few days late in posting, but better late than never, right?). Anyway, enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news, spanning over the past 2 weeks!

• There have been plenty of music videos and lyric videos that have debuted over this past fortnight. Jon Guerra (“Stained Glass”), We are Leo (“Fire Inside You”), Lecrae (“Welcome To America”), Rend Collective (“Boldly I Approach”), Third Day (“He Is Alive”), Point Of Grace (“Home” and “Two Roads”), Kings Kaleidoscope (“I Know”), MercyMe (“Flawless”), KB (“Sideways”), Debra Black (“You Go Before”), Bread Of Stone (“All In”) and Anthem Lights (“Hymns Mashup”) have all released new music videos while lyric videos also debuted from Finding Favour (“Reborn” and “Cast My Cares”), Audio Adrenaline (“Love Was Stronger”), NF (“Turn The Music Up”), Plumb (“Great Is Our God”), Matthew West (“Live Forever” and “World Changers”), and Lauren Diagle (“First”). Audio slides also surfaced from Dan Bremnes (“Where The Light Is”) and Lifehouse (“Wish”), while Laura Story and Blanca spoke about their new music, and Colton Dixon delved into his new single “Through All Of It”! Which video is your favourite?
• There have also been plenty of albums releasing and announced over the last few weeks. People Of The Earth, Point Of Grace, Abandon Kansas, Finding Favour, KB and Janice Gaines have all announced new projects, while albums from Chris August and Amy Grant have received glowing praise from critics. Which album are you going to be checking out?
• More new album news? Why not! Laura Story has a new single “Til I Met You” at radio and digital media outlets, and Matt Redman’s new album Unbroken Praise is releasing in June this year. Tim Hughes is also in the studio recording his new album as well. You can listen to Needtobreathe’s new album right here, view a message about their live album, and enter in their contest inspired by the song “Brother”. Blanca’s self-titled debut album is available to pre-order on iTunes, while KB and Dustin Krensue have albums releasing this week, and albums available for stream as well! Everyday Sunday is possibly on hiatus, with the members forming an entire new band, while Paul Colman has provided us with another update on his album Recalculating!
• Lead singer of Switchfoot Jon Foreman’s parents are writing a book, are you going to check it out?
• Francesca Battistelli, Needtobreathe and Newsboys have all been nominated for this year’s Billboard Awards; what do you think of the nominations?
• The Bible Tour is selling out fast, will you be attending? In related news, NBC has launched the new behind the scenes series Beyond AD; are you going to check it out?
• It’s time for TV and movie news! The new Pure Flix film Faith Of Our Fathers is releasing soon to cinemas, check out the latest trailer! While there is early buzz about the new pilots of the 2015-2016 season, there is also an announced SHIELD spinoff and a rework of Emerald City in the works. USA Network, ABC and ABC Family have announced their summer schedules for 2015, and Stitchers, the newest ABC Family series, has a trailer online. Eye Candy has been cancelled, and Revolution, which ended last season, will return as a comic book series. Once Upon A Time has been renewed for a 5^th season (unofficially!)- view more news here; while you can read more spoilers for Orphan Black here, here and here; and for The Flash here and here. Colton Haynes has left Arrow, and you can also view the Indiegogo campaign for the new Left Behind movie here! Trailers for Star Wars 7, Love and Mercy, Woodlawn and Batman V Superman have also debuted! Which news is your favourite?
• Some pretty cool and insightful interviews surfaced online the past few weeks, with interviews from Skylar Kaylyn, Manafest, Lauren Daigle and Kevin Max all voicing their opinions on their latest projects! Which interview is your favourite to read/listen to?
• A while back was National Siblings Day and CCM Magazine has compiled a pretty interesting piece on the topic. What do you think of the article?
• One of the contestants from this year’s The Voice has performed Hillsong UNITED’s “Oceans” on the show! What do you think of the performance?
• John Waller is filming a music video for Crazy Faith; check out the latest info here!