Rend Collective Announces Touring Details of Their "The Art Of Celebration" Tour.

By Timothy Yap Aug 22, 2014 03:55 AM EDT

"Best Live Show" K-LOVE Fan Award-nominated Rend Collective will bring their Irish pop-folked styled worship on the road with their upcoming The Art Of Celebration Tour. The 37-city, major market tour featuring special guests Moriah Peters and Urban Rescue. The tour will launch on Sept. 10 in Charlotte, NC and traverses the country into 25 states over 50 days before wrapping up Oct. 30 in Nashville, TN.

Rend Collective is an eclectic collective of multi-instrumentalists from the North of Ireland. After many years in Ireland, the band felt the call to step out again into the unknown as the core 5 of the collective felt they were being called to reach more people. They have now grown into an international success with major tours with Chris Tomlin, MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North and Lecrae under their belts. Their heart is to bring not only a fresh approach to congregational worship, but also a heart and message through the spoken word. Their partnerships and tours with church leaders like Francis Chan, Louie Giglio and Shane Claiborne certainly shows this

Concerning the band itself band leader Gareth Gilkeson comments,"We are a collective of people like a family and not just a band. We want our music to be what we call Organic worship, an honest and natural connection with God, something which is authentic and not artificial. We want to create an environment for people to have genuine encounters with Him and to find themselves singing to Him in ways that they find real"

Prior to the launch of the new tour, Rend Collective will be playing at Universal Studios' Rock The Universe Sept. 5, among other events. The full The Art Of Celebration Tour itinerary follows:

10-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Northside Baptist Church Charlotte, NC
11-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Murray Hill Theatre Jacksonville, FL
12-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
13-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Parkview Baptist Church Morehead City, NC Sold Out
14-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / The Merge Barnwell, SC
16-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Mount Hermon Baptist Church Danville, VA Sold Out
17-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Holy Trinity Church Mclean, VA
18-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Warsaw Brooklyn, NY
19-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Gordon College - AJ Chapel Wenham, MA
20-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Calvary Chapel of Bangor Maine Orrington, ME
21-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / First Baptist Church Portland, ME
23-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Petra Christian Church New Holland, PA
24-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Grace Christian School Blacklick, OH
25-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Sunshine Community Center Grand Rapids, MI
26-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / The Compass Church Naperville, IL
27-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / University of Northwestern Saint Paul, MN
28-Sep The Art of Celebration Tour / Kearney Evangelical Free Church Kearney, NE
1-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Harrah Church Harrah, OK
2-Oct The Art of Celebration / Fellowship Bible Church Little Rock, AR
3-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Rudder Auditorium College Station, TX
4-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Calvary Baptist Church Lubbock, TX
5-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Calvary of Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM
7-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Casas Adobe Baptist Church Tucson, AZ
8-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ
9-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Rock Harbor Church Costa Mesa, CA
10-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Lake Parris Fairgrounds Eureka, CA
11-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Bayside Church Roseville, CA
12-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Redding Civic Auditorium Redding, CA
18-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Fourth Memorial Church Spokane, WA
19-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Calvary Chapel Church Kennewick, WA
22-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Mountain Springs Church Colorado Springs, CO
23-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / University Church Manhattan, KS
24-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / College Church of the Nazarene Olathe, KS
25-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / The Underground Cincinnati, OH
26-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Brainerd Baptist Church Chattanooga, TN
28-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Water's Edge Gathering Lake Charles, LA
30-Oct The Art of Celebration Tour / Hope Park Church Nashville, TN
* Tour dates subject to change