MercyMe, Zach Williams and Sam Wesley at Freeman Coliseum
Sam Wesley
MercyMe and Zach Williams along with opening act Sam Wesley have been touring America since mid March, and they made a stop in San Antonio on May 3, 2025 on the final leg of their spring 2025 tour. It's worth noting that Sam is MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard's oldest son.
During the evening they showed a teaser for "I Can Only Imagine 2". The original 2018 "I Can Only Imagine" was a story of Bart Millard's childhood and how it shaped his songwriting, his career as a musician, along with the formation of the band MercyMe. The sequel is the story of how Bart's adult life as a husband and parent shaped the co-writing of the song "Even If". This song was co-written with Tim Timmons and a host of other talented songwriters.
Zach Williams
MercyMe released the strangely upbeat single "Oh Death" back in January just ahead of this tour. Also on the newer side was a song "On Our Way" that Sam Wesley (Millard) performed with MercyMe. This is a song that Bart heard coming together and loved the song enough that he convinced Sam to let MercyMe record it after he explained the intricacies of songwriting credit. This was released on the 2021 album "inhale (exhale)", and Sam also had 2 co-writes ("Better Days Coming" and "Heart Beats For Your Good") on the 2022 MercyMe album "Always Only Jesus".
MercyMe
Sam has released 5 singles between 2021 and 2025 and seems to be close to finding his own voice and sound, and in the meantime seems to be actively working on building his own catalog of songs and co-writes. It will be interesting to see where his career goes from here. Sam isn't the only child of the band members of MercyMe pursuing a music career and touring with their dad(s), MercyMe bassist Nathan Cochran's son William plays drums in Sam's band. Look for more to come from this young songwriter and performer, he's definitely on his way.
Zach Williams had an impressive 9 piece band including pedal steel, sax and two GREAT background vocalists. Zach's last studio album "A Hundred Highways" was released in February 2024, but he also dropped 3 singles and en EP in 2024, and his latest "Jesus Loves" dropped back in January. Zach is a busy and talented artist, and is poised to add to his ever increasing mainstream appeal and success.
