Pentatonix has announced they’ll release their fourth holiday album, Christmas Is Here!, on October 26th. It will feature new arrangements of modern and classic holiday favorites.
The first single off the album will be their cover of Danny Elfman’s “Making Christmas,” from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The song will be released on September 28th.
In conjunction with the album, Pentatonix will head out on a 17-date The Christmas Is Here! Tour, kicking off November 25th in Grand Prairie, Texas. The trek will wrap with four shows at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.
Tickets for the tour go on sale September 28th.
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