Nashville, Tenn. (Mar. 26, 2018) – 5X GRAMMY® nominated MercyMe’s “The Imagine Nation Tour” with longtime friends Tenth Avenue North will trek over 20 cities nationwide beginning in Oct. of 2018. Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio and more are on the docket for the two-month run.

The award-winning groups will bring a bevy of fan-favorite songs. MercyMe promises performances of many found on their newest music release, I Can Only Imagine – The Very Best Of MercyMe, including  “I Can Only Imagine,” “Greater” and “Shake” along with their most recent No. 1, “Even If.” Tenth Avenue North will share songs from their latest album Followers including “I Have This Hope” and “Control” along with the hits “By Your Side,” “Worn” and more.

“The Imagine Nation Tour” will be a reprise of the fan-garnering line-up which made sold out visits this winter. Among them, a sold-out stop at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium.

“I Can Only Imagine” (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions), a true story based on the life of MercyMe frontman Bart Millard who wrote the mega-hit song, shattered pre-weekend tracking expectations to become No. 3 at the box-office two weekends in a row. The film is currently the No. 1 faith-based movie of 2018. The highly anticipated film stars Dennis Quaid, Trace Adkins, J. Michael Finley, Madeline Carroll, Priscilla Shirer, Cloris Leachman and more.

Tickets are available now for “The Imagine Nation Tour.” Visit www.MercyMe.org for the latest.

“The Imagine Nation Tour”
* all dates subject to change.

10/4 Indianapolis, IN
10/5 Milwaukee, WI
10/6 Bourbonnais, IL
10/7 Ypsilanti, MI
10/11 Jackson, MS
10/12 New Orleans, LA
10/13 Tyler, TX
10/14 San Antonio, TX
10/19 Salisbury, MD
10/20 Charlottesville, VA
10/21 Charleston, WV
10/26 Independence, MO
10/27 Wichita, KS
10/28 N Little Rock, AR
11/1 Newark, DE
11/2 Utica, NY
11/3 Portland, ME
11/4 Bangor, ME
11/9 Greenville, SC
11/10 Greensboro, NC
11/11 Johnson City, TN

About MercyMe
Since their debut in 2001, GRAMMY® nominated, multiple American Music Award and Dove Award winners MercyMe have sold more than 9 million units in CD, single and DVD sales, garnered more than 57 No. 1 multi-format radio singles and four consecutive mainstream radio hits with “I Can Only Imagine,” (No. 4 AC/Top 25 on Top 40/Hot AC), “Here With Me” (No. 4 AC), “Homesick” (Top 10 AC) and “So Long Self.” 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 album containing the hit, Almost There, recently received triple platinum certification from the RIAA. 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, and have appeared on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 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. MercyMe’s eighth studio album, the RIAA Certified Gold Welcome To The New, garnered two GRAMMY® nods and four radio hits. LIFER, their latest chart-topping, GMA Dove Award winning and GRAMMY® nominated album, includes the RIAA certified gold, GRAMMY® nominated smash hit “Even If” which dominated the Billboard and Mediabase radio charts with a 19-week streak at No. 1.

It continues to be a landmark year for the current GMA Dove Award titled “Artist Of The Year.” 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). Carrying the same name, Millard’s first memoir released last month. I Can Only Imagine – The Very Best Of MercyMe is available now.

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