Make a Difference Tour 2010 coming to The ARENA Oct. 1

Officials for THE ARENA at The David L. Williams Southeastern KY Ag  Expo Complex are pleased to announce that the "Make A Difference Tour 2010" will be coming to the facility on Friday, October 1. 

World Vision and AEG Live have announced that the "Make A Difference Tour 2010" will feature New York Times best-selling author Max Lucado and some of the top names in the Christian music industry – GRAMMY® award-winning recording artists TobyMac, Michael W. Smith and Third Day. Inspired by the themes of Lucado’s forthcoming book, Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference (Thomas Nelson, September 2010), the "Make A Difference Tour 2010" will kick off Sept. 30, in Youngstown, Ohio, and hit arenas in 20 cities through the end of October.  

AEG Live, a leading provider of live entertainment around the world, is producer for the "Make A Difference Tour 2010" and World Vision, an international humanitarian agency, is the tour sponsor. The tour has also partnered with HearItFirst.com, a leading online destination for Christian music fans, for exclusive video content, tour news and more. 

The "Make A Difference Tour 2010" will make a difference for children by helping to raise up sponsors for 25,000 children through World Vision. Lucado set the goal last year in honor of his 25th year of publishing in 2010; he is donating 100% of author royalties from all Outlive Your Life products to benefit children and families through World Vision and other ministries of faith-based compassion.

Max Lucado has more than 65 million books in print and a publishing career spanning 25 years. Max and his wife Denalyn live in San Antonio, Texas, where he is Minister of Preaching at Oak Hills Church. 

The ascension of TobyMac’s solo career has been nothing short of spectacular. In an era of declining music sales, he has consistently defied the odds and has seen his sales increase with each new album. TobyMac has sold more than 2 million albums and received his first GRAMMY® as a solo artist. With his groundbreaking group dc talk, he won four GRAMMYs and sold more than 8 million albums. His latest album is TONIGHT, which features his chart-topping, GRAMMY-nominated and Dove Award-winning single "City On Our Knees." TobyMac was named the GMA Dove Award’s 2008 Artist of the Yearand is now writing his first solo book City On Our Knees: If You Gotta Start Somewhere, Why Not Here (Bethany House, September 2010). TobyMac and his family of seven live in Franklin, TN. For more information on TobyMac, please visit www.tobymac.com. 

Throughout his 27-year career as a recording artist, Michael W. Smith has amassed an impressive catalog of achievements. His 21 albums have garnered multiple honors including an American Music Award, three GRAMMY® Awards (from 13 nominations), 44 GMA Dove Awards and 33 No. 1 radio hits. In addition, he holds 16 Gold and five platinum albums for career sales approaching 15 million. Smith, who was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2009, has scored several film projects, written 11 books and has been featured by many national media outlets.  For up-to-date information on Michael W. Smith, please visit www.michaelwsmith.com. 

Over the past decade, the Atlanta-based, multi-Platinum rock band Third Day (made up of members Mac Powell, Tai Anderson, David Carr and Mark Lee) has racked up 27 No. 1 radio singles and sold 6.25 million albums. A recent Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee, Third Day has garnered 24 career GMA Dove Awards, four GRAMMY® Awards (with eleven career nominations), an American Music Award, three American Music Award nominations and multiple ASCAP honors for songwriting. As a top-ranked touring band, according to Pollstar magazine, Third Day has played for audiences reaching into the millions. For more informationon Third Day, please visit: www.ThirdDay.com. 

Tickets for the "Make A Difference Tour 2010" will go on sale June 18 at 10 a.m. and will be priced at $53.50 and $28.50 and include facility and parking fees.  A limited number of VIP tickets will be available for $103.00 and include Gold Circle seating, pre-show Q with all of the artists, limited edition tour poster, commemorative credential with lanyard and a copy of the new book "Outlive Your Life" by Max Lucado.  Special group discounts will be available for this concert.  Groups of 12 or more can receive $2 off the $53.50 and $28.50 ticket prices.  Please contact THE ARENA at 606-258-2020 to receive a copy of the group order form.  Tickets will be available at THE ARENA Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.Ticketmaster.com or to charge by phone call 1-800-745-3000.  THE ARENA Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

For additional event information please visit THE ARENA web site at www.EventsAtTheArena.com. THE ARENA at The David L. Williams Southeastern KY Ag  Expo Complex is a brand new $28 million multi-purpose venue featuring 5,000 fixed seats and capacities up to 6,800 seats. 

THE ARENA is owned by the City of Corbin and managed by SMG. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility services to more than 220 public venues controlling over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide.