CASTING CROWNS PROVIDES COMPLIMENTARY DIGITAL MUSIC SAMPLER
WITH PURCHASE OF TICKETS TO BAND’S “THE ALTAR AND THE DOOR TOUR”
VIA TICKETMASTER.COM

Ticket Buyers Receive Passcode to Download Sampler from iTunes Store

(Nashville, Tenn.) August 8, 2007 — Fans who purchase tickets online at Ticketmaster.com for select dates on Casting Crowns’ upcoming fall concert tour will receive a special passcode to download a complimentary three-song digital music sampler from the iTunes store.

The tour sampler includes three tracks: Casting Crowns’ “The Altar and The Door,” Leeland’s “Tears of the Saints,” and John Waller’s “Still Calls Me Son.”

“Ticketmaster is thrilled to facilitate artist initiated programs like these,” said David Marcus, Ticketmaster’s SVP, Music. “Casting Crowns knows that providing music to ticket buyers rewards these core fans for their commitment and deepens their involvement with the band. That’s a formula we’re committed to.”

Kicking off Sept. 27 in San Antonio, Casting Crowns will lead the touring season visiting 36 markets this fall with opening act Leeland and introducing John Waller. Markets include Atlanta, Birmingham, Houston, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., with the fall leg wrapping on Dec. 2 in Dekalb, IL. “The Altar and The Door” Tour will visit a total of 80-cities in 2007-2008.

Casting Crowns is also among the upcoming Fall concert tours featured on Ticketmaster.com. For tour dates and more information, please visit www.castingcrowns.com and to purchase tickets visit Ticketmaster.com

Over its four-year career, Casting Crowns has been honored with a GRAMMY Award, two American Music Award nods and 12 Gospel Music Dove Awards. Casting Crowns has been the most played artist on all Christian radio formats combined, with six consecutive No.1 AC radio hits, and the group has sold more than 2.5 million albums to date. Lead singer and songwriter Mark Hall has been a student pastor for 16 years and currently serves on staff at Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta. Casting Crowns claims the distinction of being the fastest CCM artist in its career to have its first two albums certified Platinum, and only the second in RIAA history ever to achieve it (the other being Jars of Clay).

Beach Street Records, an imprint of Reunion Records and Provident Label Group, was launched by Mark Miller, founder and frontman of the multi-platinum country music act, Sawyer Brown. SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT’s Provident Music Group is one of the world’s leading Christian music companies. Provident Music Group operates under the umbrella of Sony BMG Nashville.