fireflight :: unbreakable

This week we begin our first headlining tour with our label-mates Nevertheless and Word Records new band Me In Motion. Be sure to check our Tour schedule to see when we are coming through. We are really excited to play some new songs and bring an amazing show to you.

Also, we release our newest single "You Gave Me A Promise" to radio tomorrow! If you hear it, let us know...and request it when you can.

Finally, you can now find us at Facebook too! HERE

Well everyone, we've played 9 festivals so far this summer, and have 4 more to go, 2 of which are in Europe. So on Tuesday the 12th, we'll be headed overseas to see our friends in Germany and Holland. If you've ever wondered what to do for vacation, i suggest at some point you save up and go to a festival in Europe. They're so much fun, and everyone nice....not to mention they have the best chocolate in the universe, known and unknown.

We're about to take a couple of weeks off to gear up for our FIRST headlining tour ever. It's going to be called the Unbreakable tour and it's coming to a city near you (on the east coast). In fact, you might see this poster around somewhere. :)

Be sure to tune into the Gospel Music Channel this Saturday, June 21st at 9pm EST for the show Front Row Live, featuring Fireflight! It will be a showing of a live performance taped in Atlanta recently.

Orlando-based rock band Fireflight will be featured on PBS network’s “The Arts Connection” program this week. The segment features the eight-year journey of the band from hometown favorite to nationally-acclaimed act. The story airs Thursday, May 22nd at 8 PM (EST) on Orlando’s local PBS station and will re-air on Sunday, May 25 at noon. The program is also available via podcast and online at wmfe.org/arts and youtube.com/theartsconnection. Fireflight’s new AC radio single “Brand New Day” is up to No. 29 on R&R’s AC-Monitored chart and remains New & Active at AC-Indicator, while gaining on the CRW formats with audience impressions exceeding 2.2 million this week. The new rock single “The Hunger” debuts this week at No. 25 at Christian Rock radio, following up the No. 1 hit “Unbreakable.”

As Fireflight's No. 1 Rock song Unbreakable seizes the CHR chart this week-leaping to No. 4, the band continues to reach out to fans with its web site Iamunbreakable.com. Since the site’s launch on March 13, Iamunbreakable.com has been visited 9,000 times with an average of 300 viewers per day from Fireflight fans in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Romania, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia and China. Hundreds of people are sharing their stories about what the concept of “Unbreakable” means to them. From depression, suicide, and cutting to eating disorders, divorce, and drugs, Fireflight’s powerful anthem has undoubtedly opened the eyes of audiences to the triumph found through faith. Fireflight lead singer Dawn Richardson has been touched by the outpouring of fans and recently posted a comment saying: “This site is unique in that it gives you an opportunity to really live with not only the imagery of this song, but also the very heart of its narrative. We all have our own story, and so often we can hear it playing in the words and melodies of a song. In the end, it is our greatest hope that you will use this site as a pathway to find not only a piece of yourself, but also a greater courage than you have ever known.”

Along with the success of Iamunbreakable.com, Fireflight’s Myspace page currently has 1.4 million song plays. Visit here: www.Iamunbreakable.com.

03.26.08 - Billboard Magazine Touts “Big Breaks for Fireflight” in Feature Story This Week, March 29 Issue

Orlando-based rock band Fireflight has been named Gospel Music Channel’s first Listen Up artist of the month, adding to the recent flurry of media activity surrounding the launch of the band’s highly-acclaimed sophomore album Unbreakable. Throughout April on GMC, fans will experience 360 degrees of access to Fireflight through customized on-air spots, a world premiere of the anticipated “Unbreakable” music video on March 29, plus online exclusive interviews, performances and special features. Other appearances include a performance on the network’s weekly series “The Kitchen Sink,” and Fireflight will rock its own Front Row Live installment of GMC’s nightly concert series airing early summer.

Paul E. Butler, Vice President of Business Development for GMC, states, “We’re so excited to be launching this campaign with Fireflight, and its label Flicker Records. Fireflight is an emerging artist, with great label support, an active and passionate fan-base, making great records. These are the types of artists we want to support through Listen Up and introduce to our viewers.”

Also amplifying Fireflight’s profile this week is the Billboard magazine feature story titled “Big Breaks for Fireflight,” on stands now (March 29 issue). The album debuted at No. 10 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and No. 15 on Top Christian Albums, while the title track, which initially debuted in promos for NBC’s “Bionic Woman,” is No. 23 this week on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. The hit also jumps up to No. 5 this week on R&R’s CHR chart.

Gospel Music Channel (www.gospelmusicchannel.com) is the nation’s first and only 24/7 all music television network devoted to the uplifting, inspiring and diverse music that is gospel/Christian music. Gospel Music Channel can be seen in nearly 40 million homes around the country on various cable systems and on DIRECTV. GMC’s Listen Up— mirrored after successful programs such as VH1’s “You Oughta Know” and MTV’s “Buzzworthy”— showcases emerging artists extensively across the network’s television and on-line platforms, as well as at key industry and network events.
Fireflight debuted nationally with 2006’s The Healing of Harms (Flicker Records) which delivered two No. 1 rock singles “You Decide” and “Waiting.” The band’s break-out follow up album Unbreakable released March 4 to stellar 5-star reviews and the title track secured the No. 1 spot at Christian rock radio for 4 weeks. Fireflight’s music has been featured on NBC’s “Bionic Woman,” E! Entertainment’s “Style Network” and in music-video reels at both American Eagle and Journey’s stores across the country. For more than eight years, Fireflight has remained tireless road warriors on the concert circuit averaging 140 shows a year. Fireflight is: Dawn Richardson, lead vocals; Justin Cox, guitar; Glenn Drennen, guitar; Wendy Drennen, bass; and Phee Shorb, drums.

To join Fireflight’s new interactive online Unbreakable community, visit www.iamunbreakable.com; and for more information on Fireflight, please visit www.myspace.com/fireflight, www.fireflightrock.com and GMC’s Listen Up page http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com/ListenUp.

03.15.08 - We're on our way back from Atlanta, GA from taping a show for Gospel Music Channel and it went great! We had a great time with everyone that braved the crazy tornadoes to come hang out with us, and hopefully all of you that didn't make it will be able to see the Front Row Live when it airs.

In the meanwhile, we just posted a new website called iamunbreakable.com that you should all go check out. It has our new video, even more desktop wallpapers, and an area for you to share your stories and what unbreakable means to you. Click on the banner below to go there and we'll see you soon!

03.08.08 - The album has been out for a few days now and so far everything we're hearing is great news! We were number 3 on iTunes for the most downloaded Christian album for the last few days, which is just amazing to us. We feel so blessed that we even get a second album to put out, much less a chance to be in the top 10. Now of course, we'd like to go number one, so any of you who get download happy, go for it :)

As you can see too, the new website is up. It's simple, but will be a source of info for those of you who can't always get on myspace at work, or at home, so you can know when we're playing in YOUR town. So we hope you enjoy it. We put up some new desktop wallpapers and will be putting up some new buddy icons soon. Take care!

03.04.08 - OUR ALBUM DROPS TODAY!!! We're so excited to be launching this website and release a new album today. So far everything we've read about it from reviewers, fans, and everywhere else has been really encouraging, and we daresay that we think you all may really like the record.

The next few months are going to be amazing and there will be a TON of exciting things coming from the fireflight camp, including the new music video, some TV appearances and much more. So keep an eye on here, and our myspace and we'll keep you all updated.

In the mean time go to iTunes and buy the cd or Order it Online!!!