By STEVE EIGHINGER

Herald-Whig Staff Writer

The hits just keep on comin'.

Quincy will host another top contemporary Christian bands when Building 429 headlines the "Truth, Hope and Love Tour" that will stop at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Madison Park Christian Church, 4700 Broadway.

Building 429, the 2005 GMA New Artist of the Year, will be singing for a third time in Quincy after performing at the 2007 and 2006 SHOUTfest events.

Supporting acts for Building 429 will be Addison Road and After Edmund.

"We are very fortunate this could all be arranged, and we think Madison Park will be a tremendous venue for this," said Bruce Rice, executive director of radio station WGCA, which is sponsoring the event. "To be able to have Building 429 come to town right after Casting Crowns is such a blessing."

Casting Crowns and DecembeRadio rocked the Oakley-Lindsay Center Aug. 14. Casting Crowns is regarded as the world's No. 1 contemporary Christian band in terms of popularity and record sales, and normally plays in a stadium-type setting.

"From my own personal opinion and from what I have heard from others, Casting Crowns was the greatest concert we have ever had," Rice said.

The Building 429 show shouldn't be too shabby, either. The group has skyrocketed in popularity the last couple of years, led by its gravelly voiced lead singer, Jason Roy. The group's latest CD, "Iris to Iris," was released Aug. 19.

The band has its roots in North Carolina. Making up the rest of the group are Michael Anderson and Jesse Garcia. Roy said the big breakthrough for the band a few years ago was not an accident. He said they sensed that God was calling them in a new direction.

"We have always been a strong-willed band," Roy said. "But suddenly that will was broken. When it came down to us three, we realized it had to be God's will, not our will.

"I felt like God said, 'Sing to Me,' and when we yielded to the possibility of writing from a strictly vertical perspective, the songs just started to flow. It was the easiest, most fulfilling, and most fun songwriting process we have ever experienced."

Only about 700 tickets will be available for the concert. Prices are $12 in advance, $10 for groups of 10 or more and $15 at the door.

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale starting Sept. 15 at the Mustard Seed in the Quincy Mall, by phone at (800) 965-9324, through www.itickets.com or at WGCA, which is located on the second floor of the Maine Center in downtown Quincy..

For additional information, contact WGCA at (217) 224-9422 or go to the www.wgca.org Web site.

-- seighinger@whig.com / 221-3377