In follow-up to a stellar 2007, in which Skillet received their second consecutive GRAMMY® nomination, garnered four back-to-back No. 1 singles and doubled the sales of their 2004 release, the rockers just performed before over 300,000 fans on Winter Jam and are ready to headline their Comastose TOUR starting next week on March 27th in Minneapolis. Hitting approximately 30 cities, including New York City,’s Grand Ball Room and Chicago’s House of Blues, the tour will also feature Thousand Foot Krutch and special guest Decyfer Down, running through May 11th. Tour dates are listed at www.skillet.com.

Skillet’s electric performance from the Nashville Winter Jam close out show
Credit: David Molnar/DavidMolnar.com

Criss-crossing the country over the past year and a half with other bands like Flyleaf, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace and MercyMe, BarlowGirl, Mandisa and more on Winter Jam, Skillet is excited to be launching their own tour. “we’ve had an amazing run with this album and these songs,” frontman John Cooper remarks. “We’ve done everything from arena’s to theaters, to churches and small clubs, and it’s awesome to finally go on a headline tour where we can play over an hour of rock!!”

As Comastose continues to be one of the best-selling projects in Christian music, in the top 10 after 75 weeks of release and 312,000 units scanned, Skillet is also nominated for a GMA Dove Award for Artist of the Year And Rock Recorded Song of the Year (“Comatose” ), and became one the most popular bands ever in the history of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, Christian music’s largest annual musical tour. In 2008, Winter Jam brought in more fans than ever before, with attendance trending 20 percent ahead of last year.

“Skillet was positioned on the Winter Jam 2008 Tour to provide a major part of the rock format for the event,” commented Premiere Productions’ Roy Morgan, who co-produces the Winter Jam Tour with NewSong. “We were pleasantly surprised at the response the audience gave them each night. Thousands of Skillet fans attended Winter Jam and Premier Productions has signed on to promote some of the Comastose tour dates. We look forward to growing together with this band in the future.”

Skillet’s current rock hit is already #3 on the Christian rock chart with a bullet on their song from the Comastose Deluxe Edition, “Live Free Or Let Me Die”, and they’ll be releasing “Those Nights” to CHR in April. In addition, Skillet will headline several rock stages and pre-closing slots at top summer festivals including Creation East and West, Kingdom Bound, Soulfest, Cornerstone, Icthus, NewSong, Rock the Universe, Spirit West Coast, Sonshine, LifeFest Alive, Red Letter Rockfest, and many more.

The Comatose Deluxe Edition features new cover art, the original Comatose CD, five acoustic tracks, one new studio track (“Live Free Or Let Me Die” ), three music videos (“Rebirthing”, “Whispers In The Dark”, “Looking For Angels”), a “making of” segment and more. Both versions of the album are available now at your local Canadian Christian retailer.