MercyMe, Amy Grant set to perform at Show Me Center

The new year is proving to be one filled with entertainment at the Show Me Center. Christian artists MercyMe, Amy Grant and Bebo Norman will perform at 7 p.m. March 4 as part of the Imagine Tour.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday at the box office.

In the past month, the venue has hosted matchbox twenty, booked 3 Doors Down and Larry the Cable Guy, and announced the MercyMe concert. Other big-name artists are expected to announce concerts at the Show Me Center, too.

"We hope we can just keep riding this wave," said Brad Gentry, marketing director.

MercyMe went from Christian music's biggest-selling new artist in 2001 to being a band heard on pop radio throughout 2003. The band's rise to pop music fame came with the hit "I Can Only Imagine."

The band won several Dove Awards, the Christian music industry's equivalent of the Grammy, and is working on a new album due out in April.

Grammy-award winner Amy Grant, who helped pioneer the contemporary Christian music industry, will perform as well. She was recently inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Bebo Norman is growing in popularity with fans after a radio hit "Great Light of the World." The singer-songwriter has received eight Dove Award nominations.