Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. YFriday are a British Christian rock and worship band from Newcastle upon Tyne. The group was formed in 1994, originally as the house band for a monthly evangelistic outreach event run by Youth for Christ called WhyFriday? The name comes from a monthly programme, for which lead singer Ken Riley was asked to form a band. The WhyFriday? outreach programme initially had a regular attendance of about 50-60 young people, but this steadily grew and the programme, now called IXth Hour, is currently held in the Newcastle City Hall, and has around 800 attendees each month. The band still play there regularly. Following the 1999 release of the Rainmaker album, the band were approached by Kingsway with an offer of a 3 year recording contract. Bassist Danny Smith joined the band in 2001, in time for the Open album. It was at this time that the band members made the decision to leave their jobs in order to work together full time. They also released an EP.