PENTATONIX - CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY TOUR - MATT SALLEE AND KEVIN OLUSOLA INTERVIEW
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Three-time Grammy® Award-winning vocal quintet, Pentatonix, is coming to an arena near you including Hamilton, Ontario. Look out for PENTATONIX: Christmas in the City Tour!
Following last year’s successful holiday tour, Pentatonix will once again bring their signature harmonies, festive spirit and unforgettable performances to 28 arenas across North America this November and December.
This year’s tour celebrates not only the holidays, but also the release of the deluxe edition of Pentatonix’s 2025 album Christmas In The City. Inspired by the magic of Christmastime in New York, Christmas In The City was the group’s eighth Christmas album and subtly expanded their sound with a jazzy, warm holiday spirit coursing through both Yuletide standards and new originals. The deluxe edition features the original 16-track album with 10 new songs, 2 covers, 7 live recordings and a new single “Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again.”
On this year’s tour, Pentatonix will partner with the music education non-profit Save The Music. As a cause near and dear to the group’s heart due to its connection with preserving music education in schools, fans will have the opportunity to make a charitable donation to the organization during the ticket purchase process on select shows. Learn more at savethemusic.org.
Following last year’s successful holiday tour, Pentatonix will once again bring their signature harmonies, festive spirit and unforgettable performances to 28 arenas across North America this November and December.
About Pentatonix - As one of the most innovative, inventive, and inimitable vocal groups of all time, Pentatonix reimagine, reinvigorate, and redefine a cappella. Since emerging in 2011, the three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning and Daytime EMMY® Award-nominated vocal quintet—Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee—have reached unprecedented heights, toppling charts, selling 10 million albums worldwide, generating billions of streams, and performing everywhere from The White House, The Empire State Building, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to The Hollywood Bowl. Their catalog boasts back-to-back #1 albums on the Billboard 200—namely the gold-certified Pentatonix [2015] and platinum-certified A Pentatonix Christmas [2016]—and has amassed 30 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
In 2024, Pentatonix starred in the #1 Netflix holiday romcom, “Meet Me Next Christmas.” Their new album Christmas in the City is out now via Republic Records, debuting at #6 on Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart to become their 11th consecutive Top 10 album, maintaining a perfect track record of Top 10 debuts. The album features their reimagined “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” with Frank Sinatra, which became the group’s first #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, spending two weeks at #1 and marking Sinatra’s first #1 on the chart since 1967, as well as the first posthumous artist to top the chart in the 21st century.
I spoke with Matt Sallee and Kevin Olusola about the new tour and what it takes to get it perfect for their fans!