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MABEE CENTER

7777 S. Lewis Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74171

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M – F | 10 AM – 4 PM
(918) 495-6000

Newsboys

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Biography

One of the more media-exposed Christian rock bands of the ’90s, Newsboys formed in the late ’80s around a core of John James, Peter Furler, and Philip Urry. Though early in its career the band was panned for a perceived over-reliance on religious clichés in its lyrics, Newsboys later grasped secular music’s alternative revolution in the early ’90s for an image makeover, with good results. The group gained six number one singles on the Christian charts, and has been featured in more secular media outlets than the average Christian band. Step Up to the Microphone, their first album for major-label Virgin, arrived in 1998; Love Liberty Disco appeared a year later. In celebration of the new millennium, Newsboys also observed their own career with the greatest-hits package Shine…The Hits, issued in fall 2000. Their most elaborate work to date, Thrive, was issued in spring 2002 and led to one of their biggest CCM hits ever, “It Is You.” Over ten years into their own career, Newsboys Remixed was released in the fall of that year, offering new takes on several of their biggest hits.

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