According to www.newsboys.com, the Newsboys have confirmed an October 31, 2006 release of a brand new studio album. The album, which will be the first for new guitarist Paul Colman, contains ten brand new studio tracks and other bonus material.

In a post outlining the reasons for cancellation of the Northeast event this week on the Creation Festival web site, founder Harry Thomas said,

"Creation 2006 Northeast in Pennsylvania has been postponed until June 27-30, 2007.  This difficult decision has been made after much prayer andconsideration.  Due to the large amounts of rain that have fallen in the past 48 hours and the additional heavy rain fall that is expected this week, festival Administration, in conjunction with local Emergency Management, have concluded that the grounds are not safe for Creation attendees."

According to his official web site, Kevin Max and his family are moving to Las Vegas after a few years in Hollywood. In a post on his site, Kevin Max has this to say about the move: "We plan to set up shop in the desert with a new home and cultural change, we look forward to continuing shows in the Los Angeles area but also adding to the Vegas scene."
Keep an eye on www.kevinmax.com for Vegas dates.

Integrity Music announced a major new initiative, GlobalWorshipNow.com TM, that will launch in July. The web site will be an innovative online community of churches, that share a common vision to equip the global church with songs and resources, offering new worship resources and content.

According to Integrity Vice President of Music Publishing and Strategic Marketing, Craig Dunnagan, "God is birthing a revolution in today's church. We're seeing churches of all sizes step forward as leaders in the creative arts to produce some of the freshest and most powerful songs we are hearing today. We hope to share these resources by networking churches around the world."

From Spinhouse Public Relations, Jason Morant, who released his sophomore record on Vertical Music this week, will lead worship for the Wild Week Camps all summer. These are weeklong camps presented by Mpact Events in conjunction with local ministries. "Camps are very different than normal concert dates in that we end up spending much more time with the kids and are able to invest more into their lives than just a single night will allow," said Morant.

Each camp week is Monday through Friday and will be held in Illinois, South Carolina, Alabama, and Texas in June.

Jason's new CD, "Open," was released May 30 and may define Morant as more than a modern worship artists. He has created music that includes rock, pop, and folk. His first single is called "Holy" and is currently impacting Chrisitan radio nationwide.

For more information on Jason Morant, visit www.jasonmorant.com.

It's official! There are six finalists remaining in the hearitfirst.com Indiescovery contest. Three will perform at Creation Northeast in June and the other three will grace the stage at Creation Northwest in July. The contest, which was run on http://www.hearitfirst.com/, was an online battle of the bands where these six finalists were determined by internet voters. Sanctus Real is the band hosting Indiescovery and will determine a winner based on their concerts at Creation.

Appearing on the Agape Farm in Mt. Union, PA in June will be Rend the Heavens, Koo Chung, and John Reilly Band.

Set to perform at the Gorge Ampitheatre in George, WA is Candlefuse, Daydreamer, and Noel McLeary.

For more information about each of these bands and other Indiescovery contestants, visit www.hearitfirst.com/genres/indiescovery.aspx. To learn more about Creation Festival, visit www.creationfest.com.

According to www.staplemusic.com, Staple has decided to make this their last summer as a band. After six years of being together, they will do a farewell tour in July as well as appearing at several major festivals this summer. Brian looks forward to spending more time with his wife as well as being involved with the worship program at his church and is considering writing his own material and possibly recording at some point. Darin and Israel are working on a new project to be announced with the goal of having recorded music available in time for the upcoming tour.