By: Justin Rouillon
After taking a break from touring in 2025, Aussie brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone are stepping into what they’ve called a “new season of passion and purpose.”
The duo announced late last year that they were hitting pause on their live shows to spend this year focusing on family as well as new projects.
“We will be focusing on creating our next album, and creating our next feature length film,” the band told fans in a statement.
The brother’s first feature film Unsung Hero, directed by Joel, told the story of the Smallbone family’s relocation from their native Australia to the US in the early 90s.
Grossing over $20 million at the US box office, the film also won ‘Feature Film of the Year’ at the 2024 Dove Awards, and was nominated for an Australian AACTA Award.
This year has seen the band take their first proper break from touring since the release of debut record ‘Crave’ in 2012.
That time away from the road has been well spent; a collaboration with Christian hip-hop artists Steven Malcolm and KB was released in July.
And now the first taste of a new album is on the cards, with the new single ‘World on Fire (feat. Taylor Hill)’ releasing everywhere on Friday October 3.
The new single comes as Joel and Luke prepare for a return to the stage this December.
Their ‘A Little Drummer Boy Christmas’ is set for a run of fifteen shows, including five consecutive nights at Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry.
With live appearances slated for the US, Europe and the UK in 2026, fans are hopeful for more announcements from the band, as FOR KING + COUNTRY enters their new era refreshed and full of life.
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