Todd Agnew and NewSong to Headline Christmas Tour

|PIC1|Todd Agnew will co-headline a Christmas tour with group NewSong this year, following his 2006 critically-acclaimed Christmas album Do You See What I See?.

Agnew will also prepare for the Christmas season by creating a collection of performance tools for churches, using music from the Do You See What I See? project. The resource collection will be available starting 11 September along with a repackaged retail version of the album.

In this 2 CD-ROM set, the package will include a Full Listening and Split Trax Audio with rehearsal ID points. The Listening disc will contain, as an enhancement, sheet music and chord charts both in PDF form and narrations in document form.

The Split Trax contains the visual backgrounds and lyric text files for all of the songs. The image backgrounds are designed to help visualise and support the powerful lyrics of the songs, invoking thoughts of what each song means, causing listeners to consider what God might have them interpret as they meditate on the story of events that happened so many years ago.

Commenting about the resource and Agnew's creativeness, Tim McCarty, Pastor of Worship Ministries at Edgewoods Baptist Church in Edmonds in Washington says, "When I first heard Todd Agnew's Do You See What I See?, I was just blown away. Besides the stirring music and great vocal lines, I quickly noticed how the entire CD is more of a story than just a bunch of songs. Through the well-thought-out lyrics, Agnew is able to retell the story of Christ's birth in a fresh, exciting way. I am thrilled to see this new resource set available and I look forward to being able to use this collection in our church."

Along with the release of the resource disc, Agnew will be touring across the US as he co-headlines "The Christmas Promise Tour" with NewSong beginning the last weekend in November and running through mid-December.

The tour will also feature US radio-favourite Matthew West and new Ardent Records' singer/songwriter Joy Whitlock.

Eddie Carswell, founder of NewSong, reflects, "Last year we had the honour of touring with Todd and the enthusiastic feedback we got was overwhelming. Some of our pastors said this was among the very best combinations of artistry and content they had ever experienced in a Christmas event. This year looks to be even more promising!"