DETROIT, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- After a two-year
hiatus, the incomparable, soul-stirring Festival Of Praise is set
to kick off its fifth nationwide tour in March 2022. The 30-city tour will be headlined by
Gospel music icon Fred
Hammond, along with Gospel superstars Marvin Sapp and Hezekiah Walker.
Tickets will be available for purchase via Ticketmaster and other
outlets where concert tickets are sold on Friday, December 3rd 2021.
The 30-city tour will be headlined by Gospel music icon
Fred Hammond, along with Gospel
superstars Marvin Sapp and
Hezek
Produced by Face to Face, Inc. and booked exclusively by
Jeff Epstein and
Adam Zagor of Universal
Attractions Agency (UAA), the renowned Festival of Praise Tour
follows in the footsteps of 1997's The Tour of Life, which saw
Hammond sharing the stage with Kirk
Franklin and Yolanda
Adams in front of crowds of more than half a million
people. Festival of Praise Tour once again promises to be an
unforgettable "Hand clapping and foot stomping, get up out your
seat" worship explosion with production and stage sets unmatched in
any gospel tour. For the first time in Gospel music history,
2022's Festival Of Praise will offer a talented local choir in each
city of the tour the opportunity to perform on the show.
ANNOUNCED DATES:
March 18 Milwaukee,
WI
Marcus Performing Arts Center
March 19* Hammond,
IN
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
March 20 Minneapolis,
MN State
Theatre
March 26 Bronx,
NY
Lehman College
March 31 Westbury,
NY
Westbury Theatre
April
1
Newark,
NJ
Symphony Hall
April
2
Washington,
DC MGM
National Harbor
April
3
Pittsburgh,
PA
UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
April
8
Houston,
TX
Arena Theatre
April 9
Belton,
TX
Bell Center
April
22
Atlanta,
GA
Cobb Energy Center
April
24
Grand Prairie,
TX Texas Trust Arena
April
28
Petersburg,
VA
VSU Multi Purpose Center
April 29*
Norfolk,
VA
Chartway Arena
April
30
Fayetteville,
NC
Crown Coliseum
May
1
Fort Lauderdale,
FL Broward Center
More information and show announcements are available at
www.festivalofpraisetour.com.
* Israel Houghton will appear in
place of Marvin Sapp
MORE ABOUT FRED HAMMOND:
Singer, songwriter, music producer and arranger Fred Hammond has been a leading pioneer of
Gospel music since 1985. As the progenitor of 'Urban Praise &
Worship', Hammond has influenced Pop superstars such as
Justin Bieber, Chance the
Rapper, Jamie Foxx, and
more. Foxx explained in an interview on how Hammond's "No Weapon"
had a profound impact on Quentin
Tarantino and the cast of D'jango during the
shooting of some of the film's most intense scenes. Included in
Essence Magazine's list of the "50 Greatest Male Singers of All
Time", Hammond has topped Billboard charts, sold millions of
records, and collaborated with Snoop Dogg and
Kanye West. Hammond was also
a founding member of seminal Gospel groups Commissioned, and
Radical for Christ.
MORE ABOUT MARVIN SAPP:
Passionate orator, biblical teacher, 13 time Grammy-nominated,
multi platinum-selling Gospel artist Marvin Sapp has an instantly recognizable
voice that masterfully illustrates the excellence of the Word of
God. A member of the Gospel group Commissioned from
1990 to 1996, God led Sapp to a thriving solo career. Sapp is also
the co-Founder of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the
Senior Pastor of The Chosen Vessel Cathedral in Fort Worth, Texas. He's also a Metropolitan
Bishop that oversees more than 100 churches in the Central Deanery
of Global United Fellowship.
MORE ABOUT HEZEKIAH WALKER:
Bishop Hezekiah Walker is a Gospel Music Hall of Famer
with two Grammy Awards, as well as numerous Stellar, Dove, Vision,
Soul Train, and Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) Awards. For
more than thirty years, Walker's music has served as anthems of
hope and inspiration. He formed the Love Fellowship Crusade
Choir, and actively pastors the thriving Love Fellowship
Tabernacle, which he founded in his native Brooklyn, New York.
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