Australias Hillsong United Touring the U.S. and Canada

Australia’s Hillsong United is preparing to bring its well-known brand of modern worship to North America with an extensive tour of the U.S. and Canada and the May release of All of the Above, the band’s eighth CD and first-ever studio recording.

Australia’s top modern worship band will take time away from their home church, Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, to play before an estimated 150,000 people between April and August.

One of the first stops on the North American tour will be Nashville, where Hillsong United have been invited to lead the Sunday night worship service at GMA Music Week. The worship night will be hosted by Michael W. Smith, and held on Sunday, April 22 at the Ryman Theatre in Nashville.

Hillsong United’s Creative Director, Joel Houston, who is also one of United’s worship leaders and songwriters, said, “We are really excited about coming back to North America and we’re looking forward to taking songs, which have been specifically written to be sung corporately, to young people across the continent,” in a press release.

“With the tour and new