Genre: Other, Pop/Rock, Worship
Members: Peter Furler (vocals, guitar, drums), Phil Joel (vocals, bass), Jeff Frankenstein (keyboards), Duncan Phillips (drums, percussion), Paul Colman (guitar, vocals)
For fans of: Duran Duran, INXS, Steve Taylor, Savage Garden
Label: Inpop Records

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Recently, Peter Furler and his bandmates found themselves in a far off place, countless miles away from all they knew and the comforts of home. They were in Israel, near the Sea of Galilee, just miles from the spot where bombs would be falling only months later. The newsboys were making their very first visit to play their very first show there, for five thousand people who had never heard of them. The crowd was a mixture of cultures, races and creeds, from Buddhists to Muslims to Jews—anything but the typical newsboys audience. One might think that a band in this position would feel intimidated to the point of faltering…

But they found themselves right at home.

"The Israeli festival changed us, to say the least. It was one of the most powerful moments I have ever experienced," says newsboys frontman Peter Furler. "Not only was it a mixture of many different backgrounds, but a mixture of beliefs as well. I didn't preach or even share, but I began quoting a passage from memory—more in a spoken word style than anything else—during the middle section of one song. This 'jam' went on for awhile, and as it did, I knew something was happening. The crowd's entire countenance shifted from skepticism to sort of a biblical worship dance, and this wave—I don't know what else to call it—swept over the crowd."

As Furler speaks of the event, you can't help but believe that something holy is behind this story. Beyond Grammys, gold records or merchandise sales. Beyond the comfort of domestic market success. The newsboys have developed a genuine love for those abroad. Say what you will, but this is a unit of men who have pushed past mere industry accolades to an international fulfillment of the Great Commission.

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