Popular rock band Kutless embarked on the Strong Tower tour yesterday with special guests KJ-52, Disciple, and Krystal Meyers.

In a short period of time, Kutless has become one of the strongest touring bands in the Christian music business playing over 600 shows to 1.5 million people, opening for Mercy Me, The Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, and tobyMac, and headlining two successful tours.

Says Kutless lead singer Jon Micah Sumrall, “We are ready to get back out on the road. We’ve been in the studio for 2 months recording our next record, so we feel like we’ve got some energy to burn. We are really excited about the line-up on this tour because it provides a great mix for the kids, and great ministry partnership for our youth pastor friends. KJ’s been a friend for a several years. He shares our goals of talking to kids and interacting with youth pastors. Disciple is a long standing ministry-oriented band, and they are so good, and Krystal Meyers is an artist that can speak to female concert goers in a way that the rest of us on the tour can’t.”

Kutless will play a mix of rock songs and power ballads from their first two records, as well as several worship songs from the Strong Tower release. Kutless’s next record releases in early April of 2006. Early indications from the studio suggest that this next record sends the band back to the rock roots of their first self-titled release.