Tour
The Michael W. Smith shows were very successful and the band promoted the album heavily by performing and interviewing at many instore appearances and secular radio shows. They continued to tour on their own through the summer of 1996 and decided to take the music to the club circuit where secular listeners could feel comfortable seeing the band where they see their other favorite bands. This became an intense ministry but also brought with it much sarcasm and disappointment for the Christian audiences who sometimes accused them of "going secular" although nothing about their lyrics, music or spiritual lives had changed. Their goals changed gradually as they realized that they could minister to an audience that no one else could seem to reach.
The band set up a very professional headlining tour of theaters such as The Roxy and House of Blues theaters for autumn 1996. They purchased their own sound and lights and brought Roddy Chiong, a violinist, on tour, opening the shows with a classical violin piece and using backdrops such as folded curtains, oriental rugs and candelabras. The Samples opened the concerts for the first couple weeks and were shortly after dropped due to an incompatibility with Jars as well as their audience. The Gufs were a nice opening band for the concerts, and many other bands opened shows for Jars during this time as well, including Sarah Masen, Duncan Sheik, Matchbox 20 and Sarah Jahn.
The band toured in support of other Christian acts, such as PFR, Sixpence None The Richer, as well as mainstream acts like Matchbox Twenty, Duncan Sheik, and Sting. This resulted in a small backlash from fundamentalist Christian groups.
On Tour, Jars of Clay tends to challenge themselves and change how they play the songs. Over the years they have played the songs from this album for about a million times and they have changed playing from one genre to another, from reggae, pop, alternative, rock, techno-rock and so on.
The Rewind Tour 2010
On Oct 2010 via Twitter, Jars of Clay announced that during their 2010 Fall Tour, they are performing their first album in its entirety to commemorate 15 years from the release.
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