Festival attendees were greeted from above as daredevil Hawk Nelson members took the plunge from the sky as they entered their set for Spirit West Coast Monterey this past weekend. Each band member flew tandem as they skydived into the 20,000+ attended festival on Saturday.

The band will finish out the summer with the Hawk Nelson Baseball Tour that has already travelled across the country hitting major & minor baseball league games with a concert prior to the games. It will be followed by the Revolve Tour this fall. The band is also working on their third studio project due in 2008.

In related sports news, Hawk Nelson continues to dominate the sports realm with a new national promotional NBC NFL campaign featuring Bring Em’ Out, which includes online and television trailers. Starting this past weekend on www.SundayNightIsFootballNight.com, Bring Em’Out is featured on the Preview section in the trailers titled “Reserve The Night” and “That’s Exciting” for the next six weeks. This site promotes the move of Monday night football on ABC to Sunday night on NBC. Bring Em’ Out has already received airtime with its debut in the family movie “Yours, Mine, & Ours,” it was also part of a promotion for 2006 NBC coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup, as well as selected song in a USA Today Critic Blog.

Smile, It’s The End Of The World continues to sell well at Canadian Christian retail. The album has re-entered the Top 50 at #35 for the month of July. Find out more about Hawk Nelson on their YMZ artist page.