{"id":294,"date":"2008-10-16T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/no-changes-for-pillar-despite.html"},"modified":"2008-10-16T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T15:24:14","slug":"no-changes-for-pillar-despite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/no-changes-for-pillar-despite.html","title":{"rendered":"No changes for Pillar, despite line up changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/Pillaricon.jpg\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>With the news this week that bassist <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/pillar-bassist-michael-kalel-w.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Wittig is leaving Pillar<\/a> to focus on his new band, Stars Go Dim, formed with former Pillar members Lester Estelle (who also recently left the band) and Joey Avalos (who played with the band for a year from 2006-2007), I was left with one question:<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s happening with Pillar?<br \/>\nA quick phone call to the band&#8217;s publicist confirms that Pillar is alive and well, and moving forward with their music and ministry. Longtime band members Rob Beckley and Noah Henson are still at the helm; no word on whether they&#8217;ll replace Wittig and Estelle or just use touring musicians for the time being.<br \/>\nBut have no fear. Despite the recent line up changes, nothing has changed with your favorite hard rockers.<br \/>\nPillar is currently headlining the Creation Fest Tour with Kutless and Thousand Foot Krutch. For a tour schedule, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillarmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pilar website <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creationfesttour.com\/artists.html\" target=\"_blank\">Creation Fest Tour website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the news this week that bassist Michael Wittig is leaving Pillar to focus on his new band, Stars Go Dim, formed with former Pillar members Lester Estelle (who also recently left the band) and Joey Avalos (who played with the band for a year from 2006-2007), I was left with one question: What&#8217;s happening&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-rock-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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