{"id":57235,"date":"2025-11-17T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57235\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:57:08","slug":"brandon-lake-concert-tour-wows-sold-out-crowd-in-san-jose-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57235\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Lake concert tour wows sold-out crowd in San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Lake<\/a> may just be the most popular concert artist in Christian music history.<\/p>\n

Yet, he made it clear \u2014 right from the start of his sold-out concert at the SAP Center in San Jose \u2014 that he was far from being the true star of the show on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight is not about me,\u201d said the singer-songwriter,<\/a> who is a worship pastor at Seacoast Church in South Carolina. \u201cBut it is about one man \u2014 and His name is Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lake<\/a> proceeded to turn the Shark Tank into a massive revival tent, leading what the artist announced from the stage as a crowd of 15,000 attendees through a 2 1\/2-hour-plus set of some of the most powerful contemporary Christian music (CCM) songs of recent years.<\/p>\n

That all of this was happening in the heart of Silicon Valley\/Bay Area \u2014 widely known as one of the least religious and most \u201cunchurched\u201d areas in the country \u2014 only made this accomplishment more impressive, greatly underscoring the historic nature of Lake\u2019s trajectory as an artist.<\/p>\n

Simply put, this 35-year-old talent<\/a> is drawing attendance numbers at the box office that are simply astounding \u2014 arguably beyond anything ever seen in the CCM genre<\/a> before.<\/p>\n

The closest comparison might be Amy Grant, who occasionally filled arenas back at the height of her popularity. Yet, she never did it like Lake \u2014 who is packing major sports venues from coast to coast. And we\u2019re not just talking about Dallas, Nashville and other CCM strongholds, but also the likes of San Jose and Portland.<\/p>\n

Lauren Daigle was also a big draw \u2014 especially a few years back \u2014 yet she did so as a crossover artist who arguably appealed equally to non-CCM pop fans.<\/p>\n

There is nothing \u201ccrossover\u201d about Lake. He\u2019s not drawing pop fans as much as he is mobilizing Christians to get off the coach and to the concerts\u2013 or, as he prefers to call it, \u201cchurch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrandonBrandon Lake performs in his \u201cKing of Hearts Tour\u201d at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lake\u2019s success<\/a> is part of a broader storyline that tells of a huge influx of new listeners \u2014 especially younger listeners \u2014 to CCM, making it one of the hottest and fastest-growing genres of the last five years.<\/p>\n

Part of that has to do with artists like Lake embracing Tik-Tok and other avenues where young listeners consume music. Part of it has to do with the amazing talent \u2014 and especially songwriting ability \u2014 of many of the genre\u2019s newer acts. But, mostly, it seems to suggest that CCM is offering things \u2014 hope, faith, renewal, etc. \u2014 that listeners simply aren\u2019t finding in other places.<\/p>\n

Taking the stage at right around 8 p.m., following a fine opening set by former We the Kingdom singer Franni Cash, the ever-energetic Lake opened the show with the title track to his latest album (and tour namesake) \u201cKing of Hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then upped the ante, by a wide margin, with \u201cCount \u2018Em\u201d \u2014 possibly the best pure rocker that the CCM genre has produced in years \u2014 working the crowd with passion and purpose in front of his topnotch band.<\/p>\n

There were times when fans would simply get swept up in the music \u2014 perhaps during one of their favorite songs \u2014 just like they\u2019d do at a concert from any kind of genre, swinging their arms in the air, taking Instagram shots and singing along with gusto. Yet, time and time again, Lake brought us back to the main point of the evening:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not about entertainment,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is about having an encounter with the living God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrandonBrandon Lake performs in his \u201cKing of Hearts Tour\u201d at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the things that differentiates Lake from others in the genre is the way he\u2019s embraced rock and pop styles, both in the how he constructs songs \u2014 with a number like \u201cCount \u2018Em\u201d sounding like something that could hail from the Foo Fighters catalog \u2014 and in the way he performs on the stage.<\/p>\n

This was a big budget, big video screens production, featuring two stages \u2014 the large main one where the backing band was stationed and a smaller one, connected via catwalk, further out on the arena floor. It\u2019s not unlike something you might see at a U2 or Killers show.<\/p>\n

Lake\u2019s brilliance also stems from his ability to go from big rock star spectacle to intimate moment at the drop of a hat. He nicely illustrated the latter as he took to a piano positioned on the small secondary stage and unleashed a gorgeous version of the new album\u2019s \u201cAs For Me and My Home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told you you came to church, this isn\u2019t just a concert,\u201d said Lake, who then, as if to further prove his point, went out into the audience to pray over an individual.<\/p>\n

That person turned out to be Isaac Immanuel, who is part of the worship music team at Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos<\/a>. Lake ended up handing the microphone to Immanuel \u2014 who has experienced significant health challenges over the years \u2014 and, from his wheelchair, he belted out an incredibly moving version of the artist\u2019s own \u201cGratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBro, thank you for blessing me,\u201d Lake said at the conclusion of the song. \u201cThank you blessing 15,000 people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then prayed over Immanuel and his family, before returning to the stage to extend the prayer over the crowd via the incredible Kari Jobe\/Cody Carnes\/Elevation Worship composition \u201cThe Blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrandonBrandon Lake performs in his \u201cKing of Hearts Tour\u201d at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lake also used the concert to show that he\u2019s now mining a few new musical directions. Most notably, concert-goers in San Jose got to witness the live debut of a rock\/rap hybrid called \u201cNo Idols,\u201d which Lake performed onstage with L.A.-based hip-hop artist Skema Boy. The song, which adds Lake\u2019s vocals to a pre-standing Skema tune, will be released as a single in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n

He also played another new song, \u201cWhen a Cowboy Prays,\u201d a tender country & western tune that deepens the musical vibe found on \u201cKing of Hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are going to hear a lot more country from Brandon Lake in 2026,\u201d said Lake, who would bring great CCM singer-songwriter Pat Barrett to perform with him as well as do his own three-song set.<\/p>\n

\"BrandonBrandon Lake performs in his \u201cKing of Hearts Tour\u201d at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lake then took time to talk about Charlie Kirk, the controversial Turning Point USA founder who was shot and killed at a public event in September. Lake led the worship at Kirk\u2019s memorial, at the request of the family, although his decision to heed that call didn\u2019t come immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad because the first thing I thought was what are people going to say who might not be on that side,\u201d Lake confided. \u201cI just want to tell you, as I\u2019m learning myself, if God tells you do something, don\u2019t worry about what the world says. Be obedient. Obedience brings blessings.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also took time to thank World Vision<\/a>, the humanitarian aid organization that has been on the road with Lake in an effort to get more sponsors for children facing food insecurity and other massive challenges in some of the poorest areas in the world. Thus far, fans have stepped up to sponsor 10,000 children in need during this tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to say thank you,\u201d Lake said to the new World Vision sponsors in San Jose. \u201cYou are literally changing a life\u201d<\/p>\n

He would later provide the space for other lives to be changed, doing an alter call for those who wished to give their lives to Jesus. He\u2019d lead the crowd in a prayer of salvation and then ask for a show of hands to see how many people made the commitment.<\/p>\n

Thousands of hands lifted up in unison.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we are living in some type of revival,\u201d Lake said. \u201cAnd I think that 15,000 people showing up in San Jose is evidence of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrandonBrandon Lake performs in his \u201cKing of Hearts Tour\u201d at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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