{"id":168988,"date":"2025-06-24T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/06\/24\/newsboys-say-their-record-label-dropped-them-following-michael-tait-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:11:49","slug":"newsboys-say-their-record-label-dropped-them-following-michael-tait-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/06\/24\/newsboys-say-their-record-label-dropped-them-following-michael-tait-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsboys Say Their Record Label Dropped Them Following Michael Tait\u00a0Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tContemporary Christian music group Newsboys<\/a> has reportedly been dropped by its record label, Capitol Christian Music Group, after recent allegations<\/a> of sexual assault and drug and alcohol abuse were brought against the group\u2019s former lead singer, Michael Tait<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a video<\/a> taken during the group\u2019s performance at Elevate Music Festival at Highlands Church in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Sunday (June 22), Newsboys bandmember Adam Agee told members of the audience, \u201cWe\u2019ve been dropped from our record label. We\u2019ve had radio stations pull our music. We\u2019ve been canceled by promoters and venues all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tAgee was joined onstage by his fellow bandmates Jody Davis, Jeff Frankenstein and Duncan Phillips as they addressed the fallout that the band has experienced in the weeks since.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA few weeks ago, our world was rocked by the devastating news about what\u2026that confession and what that double life really was,\u201d Agee said. \u201cWe were shocked because in January, he had mentioned a few things about substance abuse, and some personal struggles he was having at home when he wasn\u2019t on the road, but never anything of the magnitude of what we read and what was reported and never anything, ever, just anything that could have ever made us think that he could possibly be a danger to others or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAgee added, \u201cHe was our brother\u2026he was a friend to our families\u2026it just has been devastating for us. Our families have felt like our names [have] been dragged through the mud because of all this, and it\u2019s really, really hurt our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRepresentatives for Capitol Christian Music Group have not responded to Billboard<\/em>\u2018s request for comment. For the label, the group released the albums Stand<\/em> in 2021, World Wide Revival Pt. 1 <\/em>in 2024, and World Wide Revival (Deluxe)<\/em> in May.<\/p>\n

\n\tTait abruptly exited the band in January, just before the group\u2019s Worldwide Revival Tour dates for 2025 were set to begin. Earlier this month, The Roys Report issued<\/a> the result of what it called a more than two-year investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse, along with drug and alcohol abuse, that had been brought against Tait. That report included accounts from three people, each claiming that Tait groomed and sexually assaulted them while on tour or at Tait\u2019s home. The accusers alleged that the incidents took place between 2004 and 2014, while the report cited other sources that claimed Tait had also been involved in drug use.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Newsboys issued a statement<\/a> on June 4 regarding the allegations against Tait, urging others who have been impacted to come forward and saying, \u201cWe are horrified, heartbroken and angry at this report and in many ways, we feel as if we and our families have been deceived for the past fifteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn June 10, Tait broke his silence with a lengthy Instagram post<\/a> in which he said, \u201cRecent reports of my reckless and destructive behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse and sexual activity, are sadly, largely true. For some two decades, I used and abused cocaine, consumed far too much alcohol, and, at times, touched men in an unwanted sensual way. I am ashamed of my life choices and actions, and make no excuses for them. I will simply call it what God calls it\u2013 sin. I don\u2019t blame anyone or anything but myself. While I might dispute certain details in the accusations against me, I do not dispute the substance of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTait also said in the statement that after his departure from Newsboys, he spent six weeks at a treatment center in Utah.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis month, The Guardian<\/em> also published the results of a separate investigation in which multiple persons also came forward with allegations<\/a> of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the allegations, some radio stations, including CCM radio giant K-LOVE, pulled Newsboys\u2019 music from their rotations, with a representative for K-LOVE telling Billboard<\/em> in a statement, \u201cWe are aware of the allegations against Michael Tait, former frontman of the Newsboys. As the investigation proceeds, our thoughts and prayers are with all those involved. There are many factors that go into radio programming decisions, including the curation of playlists. At this time, there are no Newsboys songs in our rotation. We have rested Newsboys and DC Talk from our decades\u2019 streams online.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week, CCM festival Kingdom Bound announced<\/a> that the group Passion would be replacing Newsboys on its festival lineup. In a statement on Instagram, organizers for the festival stated, \u201cIn recent weeks, concerns have come to light regarding allegations surrounding The Newsboys. After prayerful reflection and discussion, our team, alongside our Board of Directors, has made the decision to move in a different direction from the band for this year\u2019s festival. While these situations are never easy, our heart is to create a space that honors Christ and encourages every person who walks through our gates. We ask that you join us in praying for everyone affected, as well as for the band during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Contemporary Christian music group Newsboys has reportedly been dropped by its record label, Capitol Christian Music Group, after recent allegations of sexual assault and drug and alcohol abuse were brought against the group\u2019s former lead singer, Michael Tait. In a video taken during the group\u2019s performance at Elevate Music Festival at Highlands Church in Scottsdale, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}