Delirious?

Delirious? has always talked about being on a journey, always embracing change and looking out for direction. In 1992 producer/engineer Martin Smith (vocals and guitars) teamed up with studio owner Tim Jupp (keyboards) and graphic designer Stew Smith (drums) to provide the music for a local event aimed at joining the dots between church and young people. The blend of Smith's open-hearted lyrics with the rest of the band's homegrown delivery made immediate sense to those who saw it firsthand. Things were rough yet soaked in the sweat of honest enthusiasm, and the band quickly made a name for themselves as the most exciting band on the UK Christian scene.

At the same time, the North American market was getting ready to embrace the band. Sparrow Records signed them and kicked off with the release of their Cutting Edge back catalogue, which eventually went gold. With that under their belts, the market then got to sample King Of Fools, which took up lodgings in the Billboard Heatseekers Chart for eighteen weeks, selling 200,000 copies. The single, "Deeper," performed a similar role in America to the one it had tucked into back home: sitting at the very top of the Christian CHR Charts for six weeks. The band, it appeared, had well and truly landed.

Aiming now for a global audience, the band lined up some key players: the backing of Virgin Records USA for mainstream releases; the headline tours in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, as well as distribution deals under the wings of EMI. Delirious? became confirmed as a world-class act—controversial, uncompromising and committed, but world-class nevertheless.

Nineteen ninety-nine onward saw the band focus on live performances, playing to over 1 million people in a single twelve-month period, including fans on UK legs of both Bon Jovi (2001) and Bryan Adams (2002) tours.

Things really did go global, with audiences including the Pope at the 2005 World Youth Day, world leaders at the Athens 2004 Olympics, and the biggest crowd of Muslims in Morocco at the 2005 Friendshipfest. In 2006 the escalation around the world continued...twenty-five countries in the last twelve months.

Now, more than ever, things are personal. A little more broken, a little more fragile, a little more determined to join the saints as they march on their knees towards healing and wholeness at the feet of the Miracle Maker. Now is the time all right.

Delirious? will be joining Joyce in

Los Angeles, CA
July 12-14
Joyce Meyer & Hillsong Unite

East Rutherford, NJ
July 19-21
Joyce Meyer & Hillsong Unite

St. Louis, MO
September 20-22 
25th Annual Women's Convention

Essen, Germany
October 5-6

Johannesburg, South Africa
October 12-13