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2 unusual facts about newsboys


He's Coming Back

He's Coming Back is the first Newsboys' release, this album was a two cassette set that was handed out only at early concerts.

Warcombe Farm

The farm has played host to many Christian bands, including the Newsboys, the Ministri of Defence, the cross movement and Tree63.


Bryan Olesen

Bryan is best known for his involvement in the major Christian bands Newsboys and VOTA.

It Is You

It Is You was a special promotional six-song CD-EP by the Newsboys, provided to those who preordered the album Thrive in early 2002.

Justin York

When he was a teen, Justin York got his first major chance to play guitar professionally when Phil Joel (of the Newsboys) invited him to work on his solo album.

Kutless

The band then toured on Winter Jam 2011, alongside Newsboys, David Crowder Band, RED, KJ-52, and others.

Mooloolaba, Queensland

The town was also the home of the Christian pop/rock band Newsboys, and is the fourth town mentioned in the original Australian version of the song "I've Been Everywhere".

Newsboys Strike of 1899

The Newsboys were fictionalized in 1942 by DC Comics as the Newsboy Legion, first appearing in Issue number 7 of Star Spangled Comics and continuing therein through issue 64, as well as also continuing in various forms to modern-day comics.

NLRB v. Hearst Publications

Hearst Publications (Hearst), the publishers of four daily Los Angeles newspapers, refused to bargain collectively with their newsboys.

Peter Foxhall

In his latter years with the CRC, Foxhall became involved with Rainbow Ministries, a non-denominational, non-profit organisation run by Bill and Rosalie Furler (the parents of Newsboys front man Peter Furler) and Michael Spyker.

Sonfest

Some big Christian names that have been at Sonfest include Relient K, Pillar, Third Day, Audio Adrenaline, Fido, The Supertones, Wishful Thinking, Newsboys, Jars of Clay and many more.

Step Up to the Microphone

Step Up to the Microphone is the seventh studio album by Christian pop rock band Newsboys, released in 1998.

VOTA

In July 2003, the band met Peter Furler of Newsboys which lead to Olesen's tenure as lead guitarist for Newsboys from 2003 to early 2006 and the self-titled release on Furler's Inpop Records of Casting Pearls in 2005.

WALC

Programming includes music by such artists as MercyMe, Chasen, Newsboys, Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, Avalon, Toby Mac, and Mark Schultz, as well a few family ministries such as those of Dr. James Dobson and Charles Stanley.

William Mark Forster

Forster then gathered the newsboys of the city together in a room in Little Collins Street, and started the Herald Boys' Try Excelsior Class, afterwards known as the City Newsboys' Society.

Winter Jam Tour Spectacular

Winter Jam has featured a diverse range of big name bands such as tobyMac, Newsboys, Third Day, MercyMe, Skillet, and Audio Adrenaline, and has helped expose and popularize artists such as Hawk Nelson, Krystal Meyers, and Stephanie Smith.


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