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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Brentwood Police Department said they are wanting to speak with potential victims and anyone with information on the allegations against a former Christian band’s lead singer. An independent Christian news organization, The Roys Report, reported on June 4 that former Newsboys lead singer Michael Tait allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted multiple people. The news organisation reported that his alleged “predatory pattern” as well as substance and alcohol abuse dates back as early as 2004. Days after the report came out, Tait took to social media admitting to using and abusing both cocaine and alcohol. He...

Complete Title: 'As An African-American, I Support Him 100 Percent': Newsboys Lead Singer Michael Tait Endorses Ted Cruz. Singer-songwriter Michael Tait, the frontman for the Christian pop-rock band Newsboys, has officially endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, citing the GOP hopeful's principles, saying that, as an African-American, he supports him "100 percent." Tait, who is an alumnus of Liberty University, told Fox News columnist Todd Starnes that when he saw the senator launch his campaign from the university in March of last year, that he saw Cruz's "drive" and "hunger" for "solid principles." "I saw him, his family, the...

HOUSTON, Texas – Cruz for President today announced that the nationally-acclaimed, Grammy-Award nominated and Dove-award-winning Christian pop rock band, Newsboys, will make a special appearance at the Rally for Religious Liberty on August 21 in Des Moines, IA.“Our campaign couldn’t be more excited for the Newsboys to perform at this rally,” stated Sen. Cruz. “We are looking forward to working with them and all participants in this event to shine a light on the ongoing assault on religious liberty in this country.”The Rally for Religious Liberty will be held at the Iowa events Center Grand Ballroom at 730 3rd Street...

The co-founder and former guitarist of the popular world-famous Christian rock band the Newsboys has officially renounced his Christian faith and is calling members of the current version of the band hypocrites. George Perdikis, who founded the chart-topping Christian band in 1985 with his friend Peter Furler, wrote an op-ed on Wednesday published by the website Patheos explaining how he transformed from a guitarist in one of the most popular Christian rock bands of all-time to a cosmology-enthused atheist. "I always felt uncomfortable with the strict rules imposed by Christianity. All I wanted to do was play rock and roll,"...