Straight No Chaser

Look up “holiday music” in the dictionary, and it’s likely that there is a photo of the nine-person a cappella group, Straight No Chaser. For more than two decades, the group has provided the soundtrack of the season, bringing millions of fans to their feet while putting them in the holiday spirit. Year after year, fans anxiously await the moment they can officially hit play on Straight No Chaser favorites. This year is no different, Straight No Chaser is back on tour, serving up an all-you-can-eat buffet of holiday music (with none of the calories) as they cross the U.S. from October through December. 

The nine-man act of Walter Chase, Jerome Collins, Seggie Isho, Michael Luginbill, Steve Morgan, Luke Bob Robinson, Jasper Smith, Tyler Trepp, and Freedom Young recently celebrated their 25th anniversary. Even though the group has been together for a quarter of a century, the thrill of performing holiday songs for new and old fans alike is not lost on them.

“Christmas is so awesome, and we are blessed to get to celebrate with people across the country 60 times over the holiday season,” Morgan says. “Performing at shows where we see people run the gamut of emotions from laughter to tears, and seeing families come together to savor the season, it’s a fantastic gift for us each night!”

Straight No Chaser has sold more than three million albums, more than 1.5 million tickets, earned 100 million+ YouTube views, and racked up over one billion streams. Alongside their successful headlining tours, the group has had dozens of major television performances and collaborated with artists such as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, and Stevie Wonder. Their most recent non-holiday album, Yacht on the Rocks, even included a collaboration with Toto’s David Paich.

Straight No Chaser was originally formed at Indiana University in the mid-’90s. The group reunited and gained new momentum in 2006 when an original member uploaded their 1998 performance of “The 12 Days of Christmas” to YouTube to share some college nostalgia with friends. What happened next was a level of success that few people could have predicted, least of all, the nine members of Straight No Chaser.

For the next decade, audiences watched as the group put a cappella on the map, even before pop culture phenoms like The Sing Off and Pitch Perfect. Their star is constantly on the rise, as Straight No Chaser continues to achieve new milestones with every tour run, EP and album release, and TV performance all the while aiming to keep fans entertained and inspired. There are no cookie-cutter shows. Each concert serves up a healthy dose of banter between the band members, flawless harmonies, and a blend of old and new music.

Throughout the tour, the band’s set list will include mega-successful holiday hits from their previous releases, including Holiday Spirits (2008), Christmas Cheers (2009), Under the Influence: Holiday Edition (2013), I’ll Have Another…Christmas Album (2016), Social Christmasing (2020), Stocking Stuffer (2023), and Holiday Road (2025).

In the midst of a season filled with seemingly endless to-dos, fans are sure to feel a sense of fun and escapism that have consistently served as familiar themes of Straight No Chaser’s music.