This February the church return to select cities in the USA to complete their 30th Anniversary celebrations with the Future Past Perfect Tour. In an unprecedented touring event the band will play not one, but three classic albums each night in the full electric mode! Coming off their induction into the Australian Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, the church will open each show with a performance of their most recent, “Untitled #23,” followed by perennial fan favorite “Priest=Aura,” and finally closing the evening off with a performance of the all-time classic album, “Starfish.” The band is also excited to announce that they’ll have reissues of their early albums finally available in the USA alongside contemporary releases, all on Second Motion Records. Fully remastered with bonus tracks, the reissues will come in luxurious digi-packs with rare photos and exhaustive sleeve notes written by Marty Willson-Piper. For more information on the church and updated tour dates, visit www.thechurchband.com

Entourage Talent is proud to announce that “The Church” will be inducted into the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Hall of Fame. Since its establishment in 1983, the ARIA has served as the distributor of music licenses and royalties throughout Australia. It also continues to honor the achievements of Australian musicians who have contributed greatly to the musical community of region, and the world. This award comes at the same time of the 30-year anniversary of “The Church.” SBS Television’s RocKwiz will televise the ceremony on Saturday 30th October at 9:20pm. For more information about this event visit www.ariaawards.com.au . To get the latest news on “The Church”, visit their website http://www.thechurchband.com .

During the church's successful North American "An Intimate Space 30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour," the band recorded a session for NPR's World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, PA. The popular program, hosted by David Dye at the WXPN headquarters, can be heard on over 200 NPR stations nationwide and will premiere on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. You can find your local station by clicking on the following link www.npr.org , and for more information on the church, please visit www.mypsace.com/thechurchbandofficial .

the church announces “An Intimate Space 30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour” throughout April 2010. “An Intimate Space” will feature the church performing 1 song off each of their 18 albums, in reverse chronological order. To make these shows even more special, every ticket holder will receive a free copy of “Deadman’s Hand”, the third EP from the “Untitled #23” album. This EP will include the title track and unreleased tracks from the band’s secret vault. For more information on the church visit http://www.myspace.com/thechurchbandofficial

The church's 1988 hit single "Under the Milky Way" has resurfaced in the mainstream twice in recent weeks and is garnering praise from a whole new generation of music lovers. Indie-rock favorites The Killers (featuring special guest Chairlift) covered the tune in front of thousands of fans earlier this month at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL. The song was also tackled by Sia (of Zero 7) and is being used in the 2010 Lincoln MKT which can be seen running in prime time on network television right now. The use of UTMW in the 2001 psychological thriller "Donnie Darko" propelled the song into the new millennium and there's been no stopping it since. Over just the last few years it has been covered by the likes of Grant Lee Phillips, Echo and the Bunnymen, Coheed and Cambria, Kill Hannah, Rick Springfield and Nicole Atkins.

In the August 6th, 2009 edition of Rolling Stone magazine, chief editor David Fricke gives a nod to both the church's most recent NYC performance as well as their latest record, "Unititled #23." Fricke explains that for 'nearly 30 years, the church's heavenly-treble raptures - driven by charter guitarists Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper - have been one of rock's most dependable and still-evolving trips." For the full article, please visit www.rollingstone.com

The church will take to the road this summer with 26 North American / Canadian dates beginning TONIGHT (June 10th, 2009) in Solana Beach, CA. Following their performance this evening, the church will appear on Los Angeles-based KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show June 11th, where they will perform live in-studio at 11:15 AM (PDT). Seattle's KEXP will also host an in-studio church show, only hours before they play a KEXP-sponsored show at The Triple Door. Check the church's website for a complete list of tour dates.

Playing their first shows in Australia since 1996, the Smashing Pumpkins included a cover of The Church's "Reptile" in the encore of their headlining set at V Festival Sydney. The Church, a band revered to be one of the best bands ever to come out of Australia, were one of the early pioneers of the "New Wave" and "Neo-Psychedelic" sounds of the 1980s. Countless bands cite the group as a major influence and imitate the sound they spawned over 25 years ago. To this day, The Church continues to write, record and tour both collectively and individually. Guitarist Marty Willson-Piper will embark on a solo tour of the US in May to support his new album, entitled "Nightjar" (to be released on Heyday Records in North America), and The Church will return for an extensive North American electric tour in the fall.