The Hope Nation Tour

(Washington, D.C.) - On the heels of his three 2008 Stellar Awards, Zomba Gospel/Quiet Water Entertainment DeWayne Woods cis headlining The Hope Nation Tour which started on April 2, 2008 in Hattiesburg, MS and closes on Sunday, May 25th in Los Angeles (partial lineup below). In addition to Woods, the Hope Nation Tour features Coko, Myron Butler & Levi, Jonathan Nelson, Canton Jones, Tarsha' McMillian Hamilton, and Ted Winn. With a star-studded lineup, the tour will be making stops in cities like Washington, D.C., New Orleans, LA, Orlando, FL and Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by The Ellis Verne Agency in partnership with World Vision, the Hope Nation Tour aims to empower and inspire with a message of hope from today's most popular gospel artists. Other tour sponsors include Arrow Records, The IFFI Group, itickets.com, GospelCity.com, and IMAGE Magazine.

Winning coveted Stellars including New Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Urban/Inspirational Single/Performance of the Year, DeWayne Woods received national recognition for his debut Zomba Gospel/Quiet Water Entertainment project Introducing DeWayne Woods & When Singers Meet at the 2008 Stellar Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in January. In addition, P.J. Morton, writer of DeWayne's megahit "Let Go", walked away with a 2008 Stellar Award for Song Of The Year. A former background singer for John P. Kee & New Life and Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers, Woods gained a huge fan base with his breakout hit "Let Go", one of 2007's hottest gospel tunes.

Woods will be joined on The Hope Nation Tour by a number of his friends. Coko, former lead singer of the R&B trio, SWV, or Sisters With Voices, broke on to the gospel music scene with her debut, the GRAMMY nominated project Grateful. A mixture of R&B and gospel sounds, the project spawned the hit, "I Get Joy" featuring Kirk Franklin and "Clap Your Hands".