American Idol Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken is ready to make a comeback as he prepares to perform his first solo concert in a decade. Tickets are now on sale for Aiken’s upcoming holiday show in The Villages, Florida.
Clay Aiken to Perform New Solo Holiday Concert
Aiken has performed several Christmas tours throughout his career, in addition to releasing two Christmas albums. The most recent, Christmas Bells Are Ringing, was released last year. Aiken has also toured with American Idol Season 2 runner-up Ruben Studdard, including a 20th anniversary tour in 2023.
However, according to EntertainmentNow, Aiken has not performed a solo concert in a decade. That’s about to change, as the singer recently announced an upcoming holiday performance on December 21 in The Villages, Florida.
After touring with Studdard, Aiken told EntertainmentNow, “That’s kind of when I realized, ‘Wait a second, I do kind of miss this. I like this, and I want to do it again.’”
Aiken added that through performing solo shows again, he wants to send “a thank you to people who have continued to follow me and a reminder to those who haven’t that I’m not dead yet!”
Tickets for Aiken’s upcoming holiday show in The Villages are on sale now. Ticket prices for the concert, which will be held at the Savannah Center, start at $45. The show will start at 7 p.m. on December 21 and last for about an hour and a half.
If you can’t make it to the show, you can still stream Aiken’s holiday music all season long. His 2004 album, Merry Christmas with Love, features covers of classic carols such as “O Holy Night” and “Joy to the World.” His 2024 release Christmas Bells Are Ringing features songs such as “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and “Wonderful Christmastime.”
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