Detroit, MI -- Selling more than 15 million albums, Michael W. Smith will once again bring holiday cheer to the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. as part of his nationwide Christmas tour.
The evening will feature favorites from Smith's latest Christmas release Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit of Christmas. The album includes an all-star lineup of guests -- Vince Gill, Lady Antebellum, Little Big|Brave Town, Martina McBride, Amy Grant, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Nettles, Bono and Michael McDonald.
Tickets ($25, $35, $45 and $75) go on sale Saturday, September 12 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.
Michael W. Smith & Friends: The
Spirit of Christmas album scored a nomination for "Christmas Album of the Year" at the upcoming 46th Annual Dove Awards. Smith also earned a nod with "Christ Be All Around Me" for "Inspirational Song of the Year."
The Christmas tour will come on the heels of a busy fall for Smith with tour commitments across the United States, Brazil, Korea, The Ukraine and Japan. The acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician is currently promoting his role in "90 Minutes in Heaven". Alongside his son Tyler, Smith created the score for the motion picture. Based on Don Piper's New York Times bestseller (7 million books sold--now also available in a movie edition), "90 Minutes in Heaven", Giving Films' first project, is the amazing and true story of Piper's death in an auto accident, his experience of heaven and his return to severe physical, emotional and spiritual recovery. Smith joined fellow actors
Hayden Christensen ("Star Wars", "Jumper"),
Kate Bosworth ("Blue Crush," "Superman Returns"), E! News host Jason
Kennedy and other cast members along with the real Piper family - Don, Eva, Nicole, Chris and Joe - at the film's world premiere at the historic FOX Theatre in Atlanta on Sept. 1. Directed by the famed Michael Polish and distributed by
Samuel Goldwyn Films, 90 Minutes in Heaven will open in theaters on Sept. 11.
About Michael W. Smith:
Michael W. Smith is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician who has sold more than 15 million albums, achieved 32 No. 1 songs, earned three GRAMMY Awards, one American Music Award and more than 40 Dove Awards. In honor of ASCAP's 100th Anniversary, Smith, along with
Amy Grant, was honored as "a cornerstone of Christian music," for his groundbreaking career and significant influence on the genre. In 2014, Smith released bothHymns, his first-ever classic album featuring church favorites available exclusively at all
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations and
CrackerBarrel.com, and Sovereign, which took a Top 10 spot on the Billboard 200, as well as the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Christian Albums Chart. His fourth career Christmas album,
Michael W. Smith & Friends: The
Spirit of Christmas, released during the fall of 2014 and received critical acclaim from The New York Times, USA Today and more. Featuring
Vince Gill,
Lady Antebellum, Little
Big|Brave Town,
Martina McBride,
Amy Grant,
Carrie Underwood,
Jennifer Nettles, Bono and
Michael McDonald, the project was one of the top-selling Christmas albums of the season. Smith is an active supporter of Rocketown, the Nashville-based center for at-risk teens, Compassion International and Samaritan's Purse, the ministry headed by Franklin Graham. For more information, visit
www.michaelwsmith.com.
