Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Debbie Gibson takes the call while half-awake, in mid-multitask, navigating social media just hours before a show in Singapore. Her next task is sound check for a show on her “Newstalgia” tour at the Gateway Theatre, half a world away but still reaching her “Debheads” fanbase.
It’s seems like a lot, but it’s a typical day for the pop star from the late 1980s. And she has more planned for this year, announcing in the dead of summer a Christmas season run at The Strat.
Gibson’s “Winterlicious Holiday and Hits” will run at the Strat Showroom at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 to 20, with a 3 p.m. matinee Dec. 19. Ticket start at $91.56 and are on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at TheStrat.com or the hotel box office (this show was the “Tease this …” feature in Sunday’s column for those keeping track).
Gibson has road-tested the Christmas show around the country for years but held back last year — as a strategy.
“I kind of wanted to build to this. There’s new music, a new show,” Gibson says. “I want you to feel like you’re walking into my Winterlicious Wonderland.”
Debbie Gibson takes the call while half-awake, in mid-multitask, navigating social media just hours before a show in Singapore. Her next task is sound check for a show on her “Newstalgia” tour at the Gateway Theatre, half a world away but still reaching her “Debheads” fanbase.
It’s seems like a lot, but it’s a typical day for the pop star from the late 1980s. And she has more planned for this year, announcing in the dead of summer a Christmas season run at The Strat.
Gibson’s “Winterlicious Holiday and Hits” will run at the Strat Showroom at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 to 20, with a 3 p.m. matinee Dec. 19. Ticket start at $91.56 and are on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at TheStrat.com or the hotel box office (this show was the “Tease this …” feature in Sunday’s column for those keeping track).
Gibson has road-tested the Christmas show around the country for years but held back last year — as a strategy.
“I kind of wanted to build to this. There’s new music, a new show,” Gibson says. “I want you to feel like you’re walking into my Winterlicious Wonderland.”
