In winter 2009, David Archuleta

David Archuleta

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 embarked on a tour to promote his Christmas album Christmas from the Heart, hence the tour name, the Christmas From The Heart Tour. The tour started on November 24, 2009 and went through December 20, 2009. Friend to Archuleta and French singer Benton Paul opened for the tour. For the Boston show, the first opening act was a group called Michael and Marissa from Topsfield, MA.

The month and a half-long tour consisted of mostly small venues such as theatres and performing art centers. All shows took place in the US.

Set list

Archuleta separated his set into two halves. The first half consisted of pop songs, the other being Christmas songs. For the first half he performed in casual dress. At the intermission he changed into a suit and tie as a light show played for the audience. For the first few shows, he performed "What Child Is This". Afterwards, he added it into the setlist whenever a live orchestra was present that certain night. His last song was "Silent Night". The show concluded with an encore. Later on he added "Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad (song)

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" to the set list, making that his last song before the encore.

• Waiting for Yesterday
• A Little Too Not Over You
• My Hands
• The Riddle
• Zero Gravity
• Crush
• Fields of Gold
• Prayer of the Children

• Melodies of Christmas
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Ave Maria
• Pat-A-Pan
• The First Noel
• Riu Riu Chiu
• Silent Night
• Feliz Navidad

Encore

• O Holy Night

Tour dates

Christmas From The Heart Tour

Date	Location	Venue
November 24, 2009	Salt Lake City, UT	Abravanel Hall
November 25, 2009	Salt Lake City, UT	Abravanel Hall
November 27, 2009	Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor Symphony / Hill Auditorium
November 28, 2009	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Theater
November 29, 2009	Santa Rosa, CA	Wells Fargo For The Arts
November 30, 2009	San Francisco, CA	Warfield Theatre
December 2, 2009	Anaheim, CA	The Grove
December 4, 2009	Rexburg, ID	Hart Auditorium at Brigham Young University - Idaho
December 6, 2009	Beaver Creek, CO	Vilar Performing Arts Center
December 8, 2009	Kansas City, MO	Midland Theater
December 9, 2009*	St. Paul, MN*	Fitzgerald Theater*
December 11, 2009	Waukegan, IL	Genesee Theater
December 12, 2009	Cleveland, OH	Playhouse Square
December 13, 2009	Montclair, NJ	The Wellmont Theater
December 15, 2009	Baltimore, MD	Lyric Theater
December 17, 2009*	Mashantucket, CT*	MGM Foxwoods Casino*
December 18, 2009	Stroudsberg, PA	The Sherman Theater
December 19, 2009	Boston, MA	House of Blues
December 20, 2009	Westbury ,NY	Capitol One Bank Theatre

• For the show in Ann Arbor, Archuleta was accompanied by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra throughout the show, where he was technically a guest. He sang "Angels We Have Heard On High" and "To Be With You", which weren't on the original set list.

• The St. Paul, MN show was canceled due to unsafe weather conditions. Refunds were available at point of purchase.

• The Mashantucket, CT show was streamed live and featured on Billboardlive.