CHRIS YOUNG ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL 2025 CHRISTMAS TOUR

Nashville, Tenn. — August 4, 2025 — A professed fan of all things Christmas, Chris Young is excited to announce his first-ever holiday tour – “It Must Be Christmas – An Acoustic Evening with Chris Young.”  Tickets for the 15-date headlining shows are on sale starting Friday, August 8, at 10:00 a.m. local time at chrisyoungcountry.com.

Praised as “one of the genre's most beloved performers” (Men’s Journal), Young will be sharing the spirit of the season with his live take on holiday classics featured on his It Must Be Christmas album.

“Christmas is probably my favorite holiday,” shares Young. “Music was always heavily tied to the spirit of the season for me, so I can’t wait to celebrate that feeling with everyone out on the road this year!”

“It Must Be Christmas – An Acoustic Evening with Chris Young” Tour Dates

11/20 – Cedar Rapids, IA — Paramount Theater

11/21 – Joliet, IL— Rialto Square Theatre

11/22 – Saginaw, MI — Dow Event Center Theater

11/29 – Wisconsin Dells, WI — Crystal Grand Music Theatre

11/30 – Cincinnati, OH — Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati

12/4 – Wabash, IN — Ford Theater (Honeywell Center)

12/5 – Nashville, IN — Brown County Music Center

12/6 – Warren, OH — Packard Music Hall  

12/11 – Wilkes-Barre, PA — The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts

12/12 – Lowell, MA — Lowell Memorial Auditorium

12/13 – Bensalem, PA — Xcite Center at Parx Casino

12/17 – Tysons, VA — Capital One Hall

12/18 – Westbury, NY — Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair

12/19 – Montclair, NJ — The Wellmont Theater

12/20 – Wallingford, CT — Toyota Oakdale Theatre

The Christmas tour news comes on the heels of announcing a brand-new album — I Didn’t Come Here To Leave — releasing October 17, 2025. The project marks the start of a new chapter. His tenth album, and first with Black River Entertainment, is a landmark project featuring 14 fresh songs over eleven co-writes. The album’s fall release date also coincides with another special milestone — the GRAMMY-nominated vocalist’s 8^th anniversary of his induction into the exclusive membership of the Grand Ole Opry.

Young first teased the project with the 2025 single “Til The Last One Dies.” As the lead single from Young’s forthcoming album, “Til The Last One Dies” is rising on the country radio and streaming charts while the title track—“I Didn’t Come Here To Leave”—is available now!

Add “Til The Last One Dies” single HERE – Available Now!

Add “I Didn’t Come Here To Leave” track HERE – Available Now!

Watch “I Didn’t Come Here To Leave” visualizer video HERE – Available Now!

Pre-save/add I Didn’t Come Here To Leave album HERE – Releases October 17^th

Breaking out with 2009’s romantic classic “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” Young’s early success had him charting alongside contemporaries like Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker, Lady A, Dierks Bentley and more. From there, he soon hit the road with icons like Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson – yet his 2025 summer tour mixes headlining shows with festivals alongside Lainey Wilson, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, and more. Along the way, he’s mined the depths of loneliness with Vince Gill (“Sober Saturday Night”) and scored chart-topping sing-alongs with Kane Brown (“Famous Friends”). But in joining Black River Entertainment as his new label home, the seasoned entertainer, named “one of his era’s finest traditionalists” by the Associated Press, feels refreshed and primed to bring his much-loved style into the next decade.

After a million miles of highway and countless milestones, his bold tenth album proves he isn’t going anywhere, and is still going all in. I Didn't Come Here to Leave marks the start of a new chapter as Young hits a new stride.