| Tour by Switchfoot, Third Day, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Jars of Clay | |||||||
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| Start date | August 21, 2008 | ||||||
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| End date | October 12, 2008 | ||||||
| Legs | 1 | ||||||
| No. of shows | 23 | ||||||
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The Music Builds Tour was a 23-show festival-style concert tour spanning three months in late 2008. Rock bands Switchfoot and Robert Randolph and the Family Band, along with Third Day and Jars of Clay co-headlined the event.[1]
This is a new model for touring that we are really excited about, it is so much bigger than the music itself. This is about seeing the world change. In keeping with that dream, the "Music Builds Tour" is a traveling festival that will benefit Habitat for Humanity, an amazing organization providing homes to needy families around the globe.
— Switchfoot drummer Chad Butler
As such, the tour benefited local Habitat for Humanity chapters in the tour cities, through a program combining "Hollywood For Habitat For Humanity," the concert production company Live Nation, and the bands.[2][3] The tour has been depicted in two concert films, Third Day's Live Revelation and Switchfoot's The Best Yet Live in Nashville. One music video was shot during the tour, that being the second version of Switchfoot's "This Is Home."
- ^ Evans Price, Deborah (April 25, 2008). "Christian rock tour targets mainstream fans". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ Third Day, Switchfoot, Jars of Clay and Robert Randolf and the Family Band Launch Music Builds Tour – April 18, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2008
- ^ Music Builds Tour Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine – April 13, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2008