David Archuleta to sing with A2SO at Hill Auditorium

Former "American Idol" contestant David Archuleta has announced a concert date at Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, on Friday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.

A2SO subscribers will get an exclusive chance to buy tickets from 10 a.m. Oct. 20-noon on Oct. 24. (Buy A2SO tickets online here.) Tickets for the Archuleta/A2SO concert go on sale to the general public Monday, Oct. 26, in person only at the center court in Briarwood Mall from 3-9 p.m. (times are tentative). Online, telephone and in-person sales begins at noon on Oct. 27.

The concert is part of a Christmas-themed tour. Archuleta has just released a holiday album, "Christmas from the Heart," a collection of mostly tradtional music.

Archuleta, 18, was the runner-up on the 2008 edition of "American Idol," losing out to David Cook.