Christian artist Danny Gokey to perform in April

Danny Gokey will perform April 26 at the First Financial Music Hall. Gokey will also perform with Unspoken and The Young Escape.
Danny Gokey will perform April 26 at the First Financial Music Hall. Gokey will also perform with Unspoken and The Young Escape.

Three-time Grammy nominee and American Idol finalist Danny Gokey will bring his tour to El Dorado in April.

Gokey, known for his Christian music, along with special guests Unspoken and The Young Escape, will perform as part of the “Better Than I Found It Tour” April 26 at the First Financial Music Hall in the Murphy Arts District.

“This tour and the theme behind it is something I’ve been dreaming about and praying into for a long time,” Gokey said in a press release. “It’s inspired by one of my song’s lyrics, and something about it keeps resonating with me. When I came off of American Idol, in my exit interview, they asked me what I saw for my future in music. At the time, I didn’t even know what I was really saying, but I said I saw my music as a movement. This phrase, ‘Better Than I Found It,’ encapsulates what I want that movement to be. The tour is just the start of activating people to really SEE the world around them and get involved in making it better.”

Gokey is a former church music director and is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He auditioned for the revived singing competition for season eight while Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell were still judging the show. That season, they were joined by Kara DioGuardi.

Unspoken, rising radio hitmakers, is also a Christian band. Their debut single “Who You Are” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts in 2012.

The Young Escape is an indie pop band born and raised in Southern California. The group’s first two radio singles “Good Life” and “Love Me Like You” took No. 1 on the Hot AC Billboard chart, according to the band’s website.

Tickets range from $16.20 to $75, and are available for purchase at www.dannygokey.com and www.awakeningevents.com. Before coming to El Dorado, Gokey and his guests will perform at Evangel Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. After southern Arkansas, they’ll move on to Pinelake Church in Brandon, Mississippi. For other tour information, visit www.dannygokey.com/tour.

MAD also announced this week that Snoop Dogg will perform April 25, the day before Gokey, at the MAD Amphitheater.

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