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MERCYME ANNOUNCES ‘ALWAYS ONLY JESUS’ TOUR

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, AT 10AM LOCAL

 

(RICHMOND, VA) GRAMMY®-nominated band MercyMe has announced the line up and routing for their spring "Always Only Jesus Tour." Named after their newly released, best-selling project, ALWAYS ONLY JESUS, the tour will come to Richmond’s Altria Theater on March 11, 2023, with Taya and Micah Tyler opening the show. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 2, at 10AM EST.

 

Earlier this fall the band kicked off their fall run with a sold out crowd at Red Rocks, and will soon be joining Chris Tomlin for a one-of-a-kind co-headline tour December 1-13, “Chris Tomlin X MercyMe: A Winter Tour.” Tickets for these shows are on sale now at tomlinmercyme.com.

 

MERCYME - "ALWAYS ONLY JESUS TOUR" with Taya and Micha Tyler

3/2 Utica, NY

3/3 Portland, ME

3/4 Springfield, MA

3/5 Erie, PA

3/9 Salisbury, MD

3/10 Johnstown, PA

3/11 Richmond, VA

3/12 Asheville, NC

3/16 Cleveland, OH

3/17 Green Bay, WI

3/18 Muncie, IN

3/19 Ypsilanti, MI

3/23 Youngstown, OH

3/24 Chicago, IL

3/25 Rochester, MN

3/26 Lincoln, NE

3/30 Colorado Springs, CO

3/31 Rapid City, SD

4/1 Sioux City, IA

4/2 Bemidji, MN

4/13 Monroe, LA

4/14 Baton Rouge, LA

4/16 San Antonio, TX

4/21 Tupelo, MS

4/22 Springfield, MO

4/23 Poplar Bluff, MO

 

About MercyMe: It continues to be a landmark time for the multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY® nominated, multiple American Music Award, Billboard Music Award and Dove Award winners MercyMe. They were recently named Billboard’s Top Christian Artist of the 2010 decade, and in 2020 received their eighth American Music Award nomination. A major motion picture based on the life of frontman Bart Millard who wrote the mega-hit song “I Can Only Imagine” after the loss of his father, opened at a remarkable No. 3 at the box office on Mar. 16, 2018 (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions). In conjunction with the movie release, Millard penned a memoir and the band released a collection of hits titled I Can Only Imagine – The Very Best Of MercyMe. In 2018 MercyMe was named Top Christian Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, was the top winner at the fan-fueled K-LOVE Fan Awards including a win for Artist of the Year, and was the GMA Dove Award Winner for Artist Of The Year. Since their debut in 2001, the band has sold more than 9 million units in CD, single and DVD sales, garnered more than 48 No. 1 multi-format radio singles, and had four consecutive mainstream radio hits. MercyMe made history in 2014 as “I Can Only Imagine” surpassed 2 million digital downloads, making it the first song in Christian music to go platinum and double-platinum in the digital domain. The song has now gone 5x platinum. In 2009, Billboard named MercyMe’s “Word Of God Speak” the No. 1 Song of The Decade and the group the No. 1 Artist of the Decade in both the Christian Songs and Christian AC Songs categories, recognizing them as one of the industry’s most notable talents. They have sold out venues throughout the US and Canada, including Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and have appeared on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Good Morning America, GMA3, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, FOX New Channel’s FOX & Friends, CNN, ABC News and in the pages of Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, USA Today and more. Their eleventh album, ALWAYS ONLY JESUS, is available now.

 

Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, December 2 at 10AM EST. Tickets will be available online at altriatheater.com, by phone at (800) 514-3849 via Etix, or in-person at the Altria Theater Box Office, located at 6 N. Laurel Street, open Monday-Friday, 10AM-2PM local.

 

As a courtesy reminder, Altria Theater urges ticket buyers to buy direct from the Altria Theater website or from the sources listed above. All other ticketing sources are through unauthorized sellers. More information on buying direct can be found at altriatheater.com/events/buy-direct.

 

For more information, visit altriatheater.com.
 

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