PR: BarlowGirl Launches Campaign
| BarlowGirl Launches ‘Speak Out’ Campaign To Support July 24 CD Release, How Can We Be Silent/Award winning rock group offers free ringtones with album preorder; Fervent, Hearitfirst.com to give one fan dream trip to Nashville
Nashville, TN (June 25, 2007) – Fervent Records’ award winning three-sister rock band, BarlowGirl, is launching their online “Speak Out” initiative today to raise awareness and encourage fans to take a stand in what they believe and become more active in their faith. |
| In support of their appropriately themed and titled July 24 CD release, How Can We Be Silent, the Internet campaign is a call to action for fans to “speak about hope, truth and love to a world in need” by sharing their own stories of brokenness and healing. The Speak Out website and mobile blog section is accessible through www.barlowgirl.com. In addition to inviting fans to “speak out,” the campaign will offer complementary elements in the future including behind-scene-videos, devotionals and more.
Speak Out is the result of Rebecca, Alyssa and Lauren Barlow’s personal communication with fans since their music ministry began three years ago. “Night after night fans pour out their hearts and we realize more than ever the hurt, abandonment, guilt, pain and disillusionment this generation is experiencing,” says Lauren. “We’re standing up. We’re not afraid to fight for what we believe in, and we’re not going to back down. This is who we are. God has put so much in us; we can’t shut up about it. How can we be silent when we have so much truth to heal a wounded spirit?” In addition to the Speak Out campaign, Fervent Records is providing one of three free ringtones to fans that preorder How Can We Be Silent at www.barlowgirl.com. Each ringtone is featured on BarlowGirl’s new project, including the current chart-climbing radio single, “Here’s My Life.” Each pre-ordered CD will also be signed the band and accompanied by a CD sampler with enhanced BarlowGirl content and music from other Word Label Group artists. To further support the How Can We Be Silent project, Fervent Records and Hearitfirst.com is giving one BarlowGirl enthusiast a chance to win two tickets to the band’s July 23 CD release event in Nashville. Open to U.S. residents, BarlowGirl fans can log on to www.myspace.com/barlowgirl, www.hearitfirst.com or www.wayfm.com beginning this Monday and enter for a chance to win the trip to Nashville, complete with hotel accommodations, ground transportation and a personal visit with the group. BarlowGirl will perform live during the event and concert will stream live at www.myspace.com/barlowgirl and www.hearitfirst.com. For more information on BarlowGirl and to sign up for email and mobile updates on the group, visit www.barlowgirl.com. BarlowGirl has solidified their rock stature in the Christian and mainstream music scene with their 2004 self-titled debut and follow-up 2005 project, Another Journal Entry. The success of these two albums resulted in sales of over 500,000, four #1 hits, nine Dove Award nominations and the mega-hit, “I Need You To Love Me,” became the longest #1 single in Christian Radio Weekly’s CHR chart history at a record 13 weeks. BarlowGirl has been featured on NBC News/Today show, Associated Press, Sophisticates Hairstyle magazine, winner of Yahoo! Music’s “Who’s Next” series and recently was named the 2007 Youth Ambassador for the National Day of Prayer. Founded in 2001 by Susan Riley, Fervent Records is a part of Word Label Group, a division of Word Entertainment, a Warner/Curb company. In addition to the Absolute series Fervent Records’ roster heralds some of today’s top Christian performers including BarlowGirl, Big Daddy Weave, By The Tree, Group 1 Crew and pureNRG. The Word Label Group leads the industry with over 50 years of music-making history. Media Contacts: Janet Bozeman/Bozeman Media Rich Guider/Fervent Records |
