Where: Ryman Auditorium, 116 Fifth Ave. N. Tickets: $28.50 and up at www.ticketmaster.com, For King and Country talks about playing the Ryman, For King & Country confront human trafficking with ambitious new film, For King & Country's Luke Smallbone nearly died from illness, For King & Country 'fight for joy' with new music, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The footage rewinds to show how one personal interaction changed the woman’s intentions and saved her life. "We have a policy that if something extreme happens like that, we cover for each other and I covered for him," Joel said. Courtney Smallbone wife of Luke Smallbone, half of Grammy-winning duo for KING & COUNTRY, discusses how trauma from a rare disease resurfaced, and how a prescription for morning sickness turned into an addiction. We have audiences from 2 to 82. When Luke Smallbone's wife, Courtney Smallbone, was pregnant with their second child, she became addicted to anti-nausea medication. “I think that you’d have to be living under a rock at this point for how much of an epidemic it is,” he said. Courtney Smallbone sobbed the first time she heard the song. "Burn the Ships" was the first song completed for its namesake project — For King & Country’s third studio album and their first in four years. In addition, the men set up a telephone number managed by their team members for fans to text if they feel depressed or if they are a risk to themselves. While her symptoms mimicked addiction to the anti-nausea medication, doctors ultimately determined she was wrestling with crippling anxiety over what would happen if she couldn’t take it. “As she got further and further away from the last time she’d taken a pill, she’d say, ‘I know I’m not meant to take the medicine … but maybe they want me to work down off of this. Smallbone, 35, had known about the ongoing prescription medication crisis. 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Copyright © 2020, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc. Her care provider consistently told her to up her dosage until she made it through her first trimester. I think you can only get to that space when you burn all of it and begin again. “My wife a little while ago had accidentally gotten addicted to pills,” he said. As Christian rock duo For King & Country, Smallbone and his brother Joel used this story to title their 2018 album, “Burn the Ships,” the tour bringing them Saturday, Oct. 12, to the Addition Financial Arena at University of Central Florida (7 p.m.; 12777 Gemini Blvd., Orlando; $20-$145; ticketmaster.com). Says Luke Smallbone: "mission accomplished. “I think the message of For King & Country resonates now more than ever. Joel said his sister-in-law told Luke she had to "symbolically flush these pills as a representation that I no longer need these pills and I've moved on from this.". I think one of the greatest crimes of today is how many lonely people there are in the world — in a world that is so connected. Joel says they are a big production show with a message and story. “She says, ‘I need you to come home immediately,’ ” Luke Smallbone recalls. May 28, 2015 - Joel Smallbone and wife, Moriah Peters with Luke Smallbone and wife, Courtney. The Smallbone brothers co-wrote every song on “Burn the Ships.” In addition to “Burn the Ships,” “joy.” and “God Only Knows,” the album also includes deeply personal songs “Pioneer,” “Fight on, Fighter,” “Hold Her” and “Control,” which Joel Smallbone admits made him cry when he heard the finished piece. Courtney got the help she needed, and weeks later Luke found her standing over the toilet ready to flush the pills, and the addiction away. It began a few years ago when his wife was prescribed an anti-nausea medication. ", “The songs will have mass appeal musically, and the lyrics will speak to us as individuals,” she said. One year later, Courtney flushed all the pills — including Benadryl and Tylenol PM — in their home down the toilet. Luke came home and said, ‘What are you doing?’ I’m flushing all the pills. The experience left her with an anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, she said. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. The moment was pivotal for the couple — now parents to Jude, 5, Phoenix, 3, and Leo, 1. "We have all these people onstage — there are eight of us and 45 instruments — and there is so much going on. I’m not going back. “Some of the party songs, nothing against them, but they don’t feel like they amount to much as far as helping someone along in their life. Chattnow Music It's all about commitment For King & Country 'Burn the Ships' tour is on its way to Tivoli Theatre March 13th, 2019 | by Barry Courter He was so committed to his mission, that in a symbolic gesture to prove that to his men, he burned the ships in front of them. It’s a new day.’ ”. Lisa Denton Without stopping to say goodbye to his brother or their band, Luke Smallbone jumped in a car and sped to the airport. “I think it’s the most dramatic — as far as comments are concerned — response that we’ve ever gotten,” Joel Smallbone said. Her doctor wrote her a prescription for a popular anti-nausea medication, but as her pregnancy progressed, the pills weren’t as effective. Most people think it’s the opposite. But the story that inspired Australian native Smallbone was more personal than the one from history. “For us to be transparent about it, I hope that it helps people,” he said. ': For King & Country 'fight for joy' with new music, What: For King & Country "Burn the Ships" album release tour with special guests Darren King (formerly of Mutemath) and Stacy Dupree (of Eisley) together as Sucre. The album delves into many personal struggles in the lives of the Nashville-based band, such as the song “Need You More,” which features a recording from Smallbone’s car as he drove his infant son to the hospital during a health scare. He missed two weeks of tour dates to drive her to the hospital every morning and pick her up every afternoon. As the Smallbone brothers started work on For King & Country’s new album, “Burn the Ships,” Courtney’s bravery and resolve became the bedrock for the album’s title track. “People are saying, ‘I’m on the edge, the precipice, and I watched this and this persuaded me.’ If there was a depth and a heart and a deep purpose of the record, this encapsulates it.”. “I was like, ‘Why?’ And she was like, ‘I can’t stop taking these pills. “God Only Knows” and “joy.” are part of a growing trend of faith-based songs on secular radio. “I deserved to be fully alive. Throughout her pregnancy, Courtney Smallbone had suffered from morning sickness. “I still had that hook in me that needs to cope,” she said. “In a roundabout way, you’re kind of restricted in the thing you can write about in the pop world. I think I just need to take a pill,’ ” Luke Smallbone said. We are more at peace and it has that sense to it.". “We started out writing pop,” he said. With the first one, you have all the time in the world, and wonder if people will like it. A CLOSE CALL: For King & Country's Luke Smallbone nearly died from illness, 'JOY. Later that night, he was home staring into her frightened brown eyes. Reach Cindy Watts at ciwatts@tennessean.com or 615-664-2227 and on Twitter @CindyNWatts. It was his wife, Courtney. It was a sentiment that reminded Luke of a story he had heard of a Spanish explorer in the 1500s, who landed his ships on enemy shores without knowing what he would find there. 'Burn the Ships' tour is on its way to Tivoli Theatre, Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra offers free concert Sunday, Jonathan McNair composition featured in Chattanooga Symphony & Opera concert. She called her husband, who was getting ready to perform in Austin, Texas, with his brother, Joel, as For King & Country, and told him he needed to come home right away. With the second one, you have no time to make it and you are just trying to get by. I need to take this.’ It had a hold of her.”. “The songs make us think and remind us that we’re not alone.”. I need them.’ ”. And I think that art helps bridge the gap.”. ", 'PRICELESS': For King & Country confront human trafficking with ambitious new film. “We want people to come to our events and sing our songs that are different than me, but I want people who go to churches as well,” he said. “Burn the Ships” will be in stores Oct. 5, and the men will bring their “Burn the Ships” album release tour to Ryman Auditorium for two shows on Oct. 14. Staff Reporter "You get to be transparent and honest. “It’s provoking questions. Joel Smallbone oversaw many of the album's smallest details and said his need to be in control is both his greatest strength and biggest weakness. "We put him on a plane right away and he flew back to Nashville.". "It's a romantic record, a social record and a romantic/relational record.". The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. “A soul is a soul to me.”, As for sharing so openly about his and his family’s lives, he just wants people who need the band’s message to connect with it. They represent so much shame and so much guilt,’ ” Smallbone said. “There’s hope in stories.”, For King & Country will come to the Addition Financial Arena Oct. 12 behind their 2018 album 'Burn the Ships. Luke Smallbone, half of Grammy-winning duo For King & Country, was just hours from taking the stage with his brother Joel Smallbone in Austin, Texas, when his phone rang. "Burn the Ships" was conceived in that moment. 1 hit “Priceless.” The song was the start of their mission to empower women. Neither recognized the crisis brewing, but facing it together strengthened their union. The clip ends with 1-800-273-8255, the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. He was crying. Singers including Drake, Kesha and The Weeknd mention God and praying in their new music. The doctor’s recommendation was two weeks of daily outpatient therapy. They wrote a song about that story years ago, and after Courtney's experience, decided it was time to build an album around it. “We were out on the road and she called me and said, ‘You don’t understand.
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