In keeping with that dream, the "Music Builds Tour" is a traveling festival that will benefit Habitat for Humanity, an amazing organization providing homes to needy families around the globe.As such, the tour benefited local Habitat for Humanity chapters in the tour cities, through a program combining "Hollywood For Habitat For Humanity," the concert production company Live Nation, and the bands.

The tour began with a kick-off show on April 21, 2008 at the Wild Horse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee.

[4] The main tour began August 21 at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan and concluded at the Broomfield Event Center in Denver, Colorado on October 12.

[9] The tour benefited Habitat for Humanity's home building program in several different ways.

The bands also were found at the various Habitat for Humanity build sites during the tour personally helping in the construction of Habitat for Humanity-sponsored homes, and also invited some of the current and future homeowners to attend the shows.