Scream the Prayer Tour

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Scream the Prayer Tour
For Today STP 2010 Pomona.jpg
For Today on stage in Pomona, California
Genre Christian hardcore, hardcore punk, metalcore, deathcore, Christian metal
Location(s)United States
Years active20082013
Website Scream the Prayer Tour on Twitter

The Scream the Prayer Tour, also known as Scream the Prayer, or simply STP, was an American Christian metalcore/hardcore music worship tour, presented by INRI Clothing. The tour had been held annually since it began, in mid-2008. In 2013 promoters decided it would be the final tour due to low ticket sales and lack of audience.

Contents

2008

The line up for the first 2008 tour included [1] Impending Doom, Sleeping Giant, MyChildren MyBride, War of Ages, Before Their Eyes, Blessed by a Broken Heart, Haste the Day, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Here I Come Falling, Akissforjersey, Agraceful, and Soul Embraced.

2009

The line up for the 2009 tour included [2] Haste the Day, The Chariot, Sleeping Giant, Project 86, Oh, Sleeper, Gwen Stacy, Agraceful, For Today, A Plea for Purging, and Corpus Christi.

2010

The lineup for the 2010 tour [3] included Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, For Today, Blessed by a Broken Heart, A Plea for Purging, The Color Morale, The Crimson Armada, I the Breather, The Great Commission, In the Midst of Lions, and Hundredth. The tour dates were announced below. This year marked the third annual tour.

DateCityCountryVenue
June 30, 2010 Bushnell United States Cornerstone Festival
July 1, 2010
July 2, 2010 Nashville Rockettown
July 3, 2010 Charlotte Amos
July 4, 2010 Douglasville The 7 Venue
July 5, 2010 Orlando Lyrica
July 6, 2010 Jacksonville Murray Hill Theatre
July 7, 2010 Birmingham The Vineyard Church
July 8, 2010 Pensacola American Legion
July 9, 2010 Houston The Warsaw
July 10, 2010 San Antonio White Rabbit
July 11, 2010 Dallas The Door
July 12, 2010 Tulsa The Marquee
July 13, 2010 Memphis The Arbor
July 16, 2010 Willmar Sonshine Festival
July 17, 2010 Omaha Grace University
July 18, 2010 St. Louis Firebird
July 20, 2010 Albuquerque Wool Warehouse
July 22, 2010 Las Vegas The Farm
July 24, 2010 Pomona Glasshouse
July 25, 2010 Orangevale Club Retro
July 27, 2010 Seattle Studio Seven
July 31, 2010 Longmont HeavenFest
August 3, 2010 Dayton The Attic
August 5, 2010 Gilford Soulfest
August 6, 2010 Vineland Hangar 84
August 7, 2010 Allentown Crocodile Rock
August 8, 2010 Baltimore Sonar

2011

The lineup for the 2011 tour [4] includes Norma Jean, Sleeping Giant, The Chariot, War of Ages, Close Your Eyes, Texas In July, I The Breather, The Great Commission, As Hell Retreats, and Sovereign Strength. The tour dates were announced below. This year marks the fourth annual tour.

DateCityCountryVenue
July 1, 2011 Nashville United StatesRocketown
July 2, 2011 Bushnell Cornerstone Festival
(Not all STP bands on festival)
July 3, 2011
July 5, 2011 Allentown Crocodile Rock
July 6, 2011 Baltimore Sonar
July 7, 2011 Charlotte Amos
July 8, 2011 Douglasville The 7 Venue
July 9, 2011 Jacksonville Murray Hill Theatre
July 10, 2011 Montgomery The Blue Iguana
July 11, 2011 Little Rock Revolution Room
July 14, 2011 Willmar Sonshine Festival
July 15, 2011 Winnipeg CanadaGarrick Centre
July 16, 2011 Willmar United StatesSonshine Festival
July 17, 2011 Milwaukee The Rave
July 18, 2011 Indianapolis Emerson Theater
July 19, 2011 Dayton The Attic
July 20, 2011 Memphis New Daisy Theatre
July 22, 2011 McAllen Las Palmas Racepark
w/ The All Stars Tour
July 23, 2011 San Antonio The Backstage Live
w/ The All Stars Tour
July 24, 2011 Dallas The Palladium
w/ The All Stars Tour
July 25, 2011 Tulsa Cains Ballroom
July 26, 2011 Lawrence Granada Theatre
July 27, 2011 Denver Summit Music Hall
July 28, 2011 Salt Lake City The Complex
July 30, 2011 Tucson The Rock
July 31, 2011 Pomona Glasshouse

2012

The lineup for the 2012 tour [5] includes Demon Hunter (selective dates), Emery, Sleeping Giant, MyChildren MyBride, Close Your Eyes, Hundredth, The Great Commission, Gideon, A Bullet for Pretty Boy, Your Memorial, and To Speak of Wolves (selective dates). The tour dates are announced below. This year marks the fifth annual tour.

DateCityCountryVenue
First leg (without To Speak of Wolves)
June 22, 2012 Nashville United StatesRocketown
June 23, 2012 Douglasville The 7 Venue
June 24, 2012 Jacksonville Murray Hill Theatre
June 26, 2012 Charlotte Amos
June 27, 2012 Richmond Kingdom
June 28, 2012 Baltimore Sonar
June 30, 2012 Dayton The Attic
July 1, 2012 Joliet Mojoes
Second leg (without Demon Hunter)
July 2, 2012 Memphis United StatesNewby's
July 3, 2012 Birmingham Mountaintop Family Life Center
July 5, 2012 Corpus Christi House of Rock
July 6, 2012 Houston Warehouse Live
July 7, 2012 San Antonio White Rabbit
July 8, 2012 Dallas The Door
July 10, 2012 Tulsa The Compound
July 11, 2012 St. Louis Fubar
July 14, 2012 Goshen The Goshen Theatre

2013

The lineup for the 2013 tour [6] includes Impending Doom, Gideon, Wolves at the Gate, Fit For a King, The Great Commission, Everyone Dies in Utah, The Overseer, Those Who Fear, and Silent Planet. The tour dates have been announced below. This year marks the sixth annual tour.

DateCityCountryVenue
June 30, 2013 Springfield United StatesEmpire
July 1, 2013 Charlotte Amos
July 2, 2013 Louisville Vernon Club
July 3, 2013 Nashville Rocketown
July 5, 2013 Jacksonville Murray Hill Theatre
July 6, 2013 Orlando H2O Live!
July 7, 2013 Douglasville The 7 Venue
July 9, 2013 Mobile Alabama Music Box
July 10, 2013 Metairie The Cypress
July 11, 2013 Houston Walter's
July 12, 2013 San Antonio The White Rabbit
July 13, 2013 Dallas The Door
July 14, 2013 Springfield Outland Ballroom
July 15, 2013 Columbus Alrosa Villa
July 16, 2013 Joliet Mojoes

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