BarlowGirl and Rebecca St. James Hit Europe for EO Youth Day

|PIC1|Popular Christian artists Rebecca St. James and BarlowGirl will hit Holland this month for EO Youth Day 2006.

The three Barlow girls and St. James have previously performed together in various venues, including at this year's GMA Music Awards.

During their time in Europe, BarlowGirl will be stopping by London and Germany.

St. James will be flying back to Europe from U.S. after having just recently concluding a European tour that took her to 11 countries in two and a half weeks.

"It was a bit of a groundbreaking tour--an extremely maverick concept for a major artist of her caliber to undertake," noted St. James' London based tour agent, Gary Smith. "Rebecca was keen in the midst of us booking major stops for her like Oslo and Zurich, to challenge us to take the time to seek out opportunities for her to be booked in seldom reached locations such as Russia, Hungary and Bulgaria where young people might be drawn for the first time to hear the music and a message of God in a rock concert setting. We were told by the Russian promoter that Rebecca's concert was the first of its' kind in Moscow," noted Smith.

|AD|Australian born St. James was warmly embraced in Moscow. As the rare Christian artist to travel from America to bring her concert tour to the Russian capital she performed to a capacity audience. Noted Rebecca: "Russia was truly an incredible experience! From the bouquet of roses we received at the airport to the tremendously warm reception we received at the concert from the Russian people. God is moving in Moscow and it was such a wonderful experience to be a part of what He is doing."

"This concert will be a subject of conversation for a long time in Moscow," noted event organizer Martuynichev Sergey. "Russians fell in love with Rebecca and crew. We are singing her songs and expecting she will be back for an even bigger event in Moscow in the future. We strongly believe that with this concert Rebecca St. James has opened a door for other Christian artists to come to Russia from abroad," he added.

The EO Youth Day will be held 17 June, 2006, at Geredome, Arnhem. As the biggest event in Dutch Gospel history, EO is expected to draw over 50,000 this year.