Straight No Chaser announces Indiana stops on 25th anniversary tour

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana a cappella group Straight No Chaser will have a good time its twenty fifth anniversary with a 62-date fall tour that features two dates in Indianapolis and one other in Bloomington, the place it began.

NOTE: The video accompanying this story is from an look by the group in Bloomington in 2018.

Fashioned through the 1996-1997 college yr at Indiana College, the group has since offered greater than three million albums, garnered greater than a billion streams, and offered greater than 1.5 million live performance tickets worldwide, in keeping with its tour announcement on Monday.

“Once we began Straight No Chaser as school children at Indiana College, we by no means imagined that 25 years later, we’d have two albums licensed gold and tour dates around the globe,” mentioned group member Walter Chase. “What a journey it has been. It has actually been a dream come true.”

The group will swing by Indiana the second week of December, beginning with matinee and night exhibits on the Murat Theatre at Outdated Nationwide Middle in Indianapolis the weekend of Dec. 10-11, adopted by single exhibits in South Bend Dec. 13, Ft. Wayne Dec. 14 and Evansville Dec. 15. They arrive residence to Bloomington’s College Auditorium to carry out Friday evening, Dec. 16.

They are going to kick off their “The twenty fifth Anniversary Celebration” tour on Oct. 20 in Deadwood, South Dakota, and can carry out by New 12 months’s Eve, when the tour wraps up in Portland, Oregon. 

Tickets for many dates go on sale this Friday, Might 6.

Moreover, PBS stations nationwide will air “Straight No Chaser: The twenty fifth Anniversary Celebration,” beginning in June. The live performance was filmed on the Murat Theatre at Outdated Nationwide Middle in Indianapolis in 2019 the place the group has offered out 27 exhibits, and options the 9 group members performing classics like “Proud Mary,” “Lean on Me” and “Twistin,” in addition to pop mash-ups, like “Uptown Funk/Thriller.”

The group additionally plans to launch a bodily model of final yr’s deluxe version of Social Christmasing, which featured an authentic, “Christmas Present,” written by group member Mike Luginbill and “Rejoice Me House,” that includes Kenny Loggins, along with the album’s authentic tracklist which included their signature twist on Christmas classics like “Silver Bells” and “Frosty The Snowman.”  

In commemoration of “The twenty fifth Anniversary Celebration,” Straight No Chaser will launch an unique NFT to mark the event. Particulars can be introduced on Straight No Chaser’s web site and social platforms.