Elias TahanIt’s not even officially summer yet, but 98 Degrees has already announced a holiday tour.
The trek will kick off November 1 in Winnipeg, Canada, and wrap up December 21 in Appleton, WI. Visit the band’s website for full details. The group did a similar tour last year and plan to make it an annual event.
Speaking to People magazine, the group’s Nick Lachey says he’s looking forward to singing holiday songs from the group’s 1999 album, This Christmas, and their 2017 album, Let It Snow.
“The songs just put you in a great spirit and I think the audience feels the same way,” Nick says. “It’s why we love to do stuff like this around the holidays. It just puts us in a great spirit and gets you ready for a very special time of year.”
Nick says his favorite Christmas songs are “Let It Snow,” “O Holy Night” and “Mary Did You Know,” but he’s not tired of any of the seasonal favorites on their albums.
“What was fun about doing a tour like that [last year] is I thought I’d be kind of sick of Christmas before I got to Christmas, but I never found myself feeling that way,” he explains.
That’s a good thing, because as Nick tells People, his wife Vanessa “will literally put on holiday music starting early October.”
He adds, “We’ve listened to literally everything that’s possibly released during a holiday season by the time it’s all said and done, but she gives a slight edge to Nick Lachey and 98 Degrees’ music.”
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