DAVID ARCHULETA IS READY TO RING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH EXCLUSIVE NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES LIVE SHOW ENGAGEMENTS
- katykrassner
- Sep 29
- 7 min read
THE “MY ONLY WISH” HOLIDAY EVENTS WILL EACH FEATURE MULTIPLE NIGHTS
AT JOE’S PUB IN NYC ON DECEMBER 12, 13 & 14
AND THE PEPPERMINT CLUB IN LOS ANGELES ON DECEMBER 18TH & 19TH
PRE-SALE BEGINS TODAY HERE AND GENERAL ON-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
AT 12:00 PM LOCAL
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 – David Archuleta is ready to spread some holiday cheer this December with multiple night engagements in New York and Los Angeles. These special event shows are the only holiday performances David will do this coming season. First up will be a three-night stand at Joe’s Pub in NYC on December 12, 13 & 14 followed by a two-night engagement at The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on December 18 & 19.
After wrapping his nationwide “Earthly Delights” tour HERE in mid-October, which has received rave reviews – “For just over an hour, he seamlessly navigated note changes and octave shifts like a card player with an excellent hand. The show was the culmination of Archuleta finally allowing himself to simply be. And because of that, he’s never been better.” Salt Lake Tribune - David will switch gears and share brand new holiday music. Watch this space for more details very soon. In the meantime, get yourself in the spirit with these holiday classics by David HERE.
Ticket sales for the NY and Los Angeles holiday shows begin today with the artist pre-sale // PW:wish starting at 12:00 pm ET. The general on-sale begins Friday, October 3 at 12:00 pm local timezone –HERE
A special VIP package will also be available, offering an official meet & greet with David, an autographed “My Only Wish” holiday card, a VIP-only merch gift, and other onsite benefits for a seamless concert experience. For details visit wearesuper.co/davidarchuleta.
David recently released his Earthly Delights (Deluxe Edition) EP HERE - his first collection of new music in over five years with the deluxe version featuring two brand new tracks - “Fade To Black” (written by David, Michael Cody Dear, Ryan Nealon and Alexander Lewis who also produced the track) HERE & “Inside Out” (written by David, Noah Davis,Ryan Nealon and Michael Blum who also produced the track) HERE as well as acoustic versions of “Crème Brulee” and “Can I Call You.”
David’s most recent releases include:
Dulce Amor - HERE
Can I Call You HERE
Freedom - HERE
Rather Be Lonely - HERE
Hell Together - HERE
Afraid To Love - HERE
I’m Yours - HERE
Faith In Me: HERE
Movin’: HERE
OK, All Right: HERE
Follow David Here:
TikTok 1.2M Followers + 20.8M Likes
Instagram 793K Followers
Facebook 3.4M Followers
YouTube 895k Subscribers
Spotify 2.5M monthly listeners
Twitter 1.1M Followers
Complete Press info including hi-res art here: HERE
ABOUT DAVID ARCHULETA: Since first stepping into the pop spotlight at age 17, David Archuleta has embodied the kind of genuine star power that can’t be manufactured. After years of dazzling audiences with his radiant personality and phenomenal voice—a journey that’s included turning out multiple platinum-selling hits, achieving global acclaim as a captivating live performer, and emerging as an undeniable fixture on the pop-culture scene—the Miami-born singer/songwriter experienced a major personal transformation that radically altered his identity as an artist. As shown on his 2024 compelling single “Hell Together,” Archuleta has dramatically expanded the landscape of his songwriting and devoted himself to making pop music with equal parts uncompromising emotion and exhilarating impact. Since his first single “Crush,” hit singles “Crème Brulée” and “Hell Together” have marked a striking evolution and new chapter for David as an artist and creative entrepreneur while continuing to expand his audience globally.
His latest triumphs include…winning the 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist, being honored by the HRC/Human Rights Campaign in 2025 with their VISIBILITY AWARD and landing a book deal for his forthcoming 2026 memoir, Devout. In Devout via Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, David takes you inside his deeply personal journey as a closeted Mormon teen turned international pop star, torn between faith, fame, and identity. This searing memoir reflects on David’s ventures from dealing with the pressures of being on the hit television show American Idol, a tour with Demi Lovato, and a two-year sabbatical as a missionary in South America, charting his path through heartbreak, estrangement, three engagements, thoughts of suicide, and finally, his courageous decision to leave the Mormon Church in order to live authentically as a queer man. David reveals the emotional abuse and inner turmoil that he says plagued his childhood. Devout is a must-read for fans of pop culture, American Idol, and anyone deconstructing their religious upbringing, or who’s ever wrestled with who they are versus who they’re told to be.
Archuleta first moved toward the unfiltered truth of his new material with a revelatory writing trip to Toronto in late 2022. “It was a really magical week where I started exploring topics I’d never discussed before in my music, like falling in love with a man and leaving my faith,” says the L.A.-based artist, who came out in 2021. “In a way it was scary, but mostly it was thrilling to do what would have seemed impossible to the person I used to be. I realized I don’t have to hide who I am anymore.” Although he’d displayed a heartfelt candor on previous releases like his eighth album Therapy Sessions (a 2020 album that opened up about his struggles with anxiety), Archuleta ultimately embraced an entirely new element of unbridled creativity in the writing of songs like his euphoric 2023 single “Afraid To Love.”
While Archuleta brought a sublimely dance-ready sound to songs like “Afraid To Love” and “I’m Yours” (a 2023 single whose video earned such illustrious awards as the Best Music Video prize at the Cannes World Film Festival), “Hell Together” centers on a stripped-back and soulful form of piano-driven pop. A gospel-inspired ballad that hit the top five on iTunes the day of its premiere, the heartrending yet triumphant track took shape after a conversation with his mother following the publication of a People magazine article in which he discussed his faith transition. “I didn’t hear from my mom for a few days after the article came out and I was worried she was upset with me, because she was very devout and always saw the church as a place of healing,” he says. “But when we finally talked my mother said that she was stepping away from the church as well. She told me, ‘I don’t want to be somewhere that my children don’t feel loved and welcomed. If you go to Hell, we’re all going to Hell with you. We’re a family and we’ll always be there for each other, in good or in bad! ’”
Not only a powerful example of his newly elevated artistry, “Hell Together” is an unprecedented showcase for the tremendous vocal talents Archuleta has cultivated since childhood. Raised in Utah from the age of six, he first fell in love with music due to the influence of his mother (a salsa singer and dancer) and father (a jazz trumpeter). By his early teens he’d begun writing songs of his own, and in 2008 he gained massive fame as the first runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol. After making his debut with his double-platinum single “Crush,” he released a steady stream of albums and built an adoring following around the world, touring in such far-flung places as Asia and the Middle East. In a truly unexpected and audacious move, Archuleta left the music business in a moment of colossal success and headed to Chile to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years—then returned with a profoundly renewed sense of purpose as he dove back into his music career.
As he continues to unlock new levels of freedom in his music and beyond, Archuleta has found an endless source of inspiration in his growing passion for dancing, raves, and festival culture. “EDM festivals and dancing have been a new way of feeling a sense of community and togetherness that I was worried I would lose,” he says. “Feeling a oneness through music and dancing is so magical and therapeutic—it’s freeing and also creative. It has encouraged me to be more fearless and to not be afraid to express myself in more creative ways.” With his recent live experience including making his musical-theater debut in 2022 as the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat—and joining the likes of Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, Grammy Award-winner Victoria Monet, and Lauv for the 2023 LOVELOUD tour—Archuleta routinely brings that open-heartedness to a high-energy live show that fosters an extraordinarily close connection with the crowd. Over the past few years, he’s also deepened his relationship with his fanbase by bringing his effortless charisma and disarmingly warm presence to social media platforms like TikTok, where he’s now spurred numerous viral videos with millions of views.
Naming such eclectic artists as Tracy Chapman, indie-pop singer/songwriter Maddie Zahm, and Nigerian musician Tems among his current inspirations, Archuleta is continuing to unveil more of his inner life in his songwriting. As witnessed on his brand new Earthly Delights EP – his first new music in five years featuring the worldwide hit single,“Crème Brulée,” reaching #1 in Thailand and surpassing over 7 million streams, David continues to share new sides of himself and has hit a new chord with pop music lovers. David shares about Earthly Delights - “I’m in my indulgence mode when it comes to giving into my sensuality. Something I always villainized before. There’s something sweet about being naughty. And it’s actually helped me to get in touch with more tender vulnerable parts of myself. So Earthly Delights is taking in the pleasures of what I always thought would keep me out of heaven. For the belief I always had of the hell and unhappiness I would experience for giving into my “carnal nature” of sexuality, which is the natural instinct of humans and even what leads to the source of life itself, here’s to a big F you to my old fears and embracing the sensual side and “earthly delights” of how good and rich it feels. It really is the source to life.”
Over the next several months David will reveal more new music, he notes that uncovering his most authentic voice has involved finding self-assurance in unexpected places. “Growing up in the church, I was taught to stand up for my beliefs and share them with the world, which is exactly what I’m trying to do with my music,” he says. “Even though I stand for something else now, I still have that same level of conviction in what I do. I believe in being bold in my vulnerability and speaking the truth of who I am, so that hopefully people can come away from my songs feeling like they understand themselves, or others, or just life in general a little better than they did before.”
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