As his debut CD Running Back To You garners its first top 10 single with “Empty Me” (#9 R&R AC Monitor – #5 Most Increased song), American Idol® finalist Chris Sligh is readying himself to hit the road to support both, as well as his next single, “Arise”. In addition, he will perform live on The 700 Club on Tuesday, July 29th.

Sligh’s first stop before launching his headlining Back to School Tour, will be “Idol Camp” in Southern California. Idol Camp was created for kids who want to be singer/songwriters, and enlists former “Idols” each summer to participate in teaching music classes, host open mic sessions, showcases, as well as extra curricular activities including arts and crafts, motor sports, paint-ball, soccer, archery, swimming and more.

With a desire to work directly with his friends at Christian radio, Sligh took it upon himself to reach out to stations across the country to partner with him on his Back to School Tour. Hitting about 30 cities, sponsor stations will share in the expense and any spoils directly with Sligh, something rarely done in the music industry on a regular basis. The tour will kick off on August 15th in Austin, TX and hit markets including Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Washington D.C. and more.

“From ‘Empty Me’ to ‘Arise’, we can’t wait to see Chris’ amazing music come to life on stage! WCQR is very thankful to play a part of such an incredible ministry.” commented Chalmer Harper, PD at WCQR in Johnson City, TN, who is bringing Sligh in on the Back to School tour.

Running Back To You jumped from #44 to #28 in the YMZ Top 50 Album Sales chart and is showing strong sales. Check out the album on Sligh’s YMZ artist page.