Hella Mega Tour

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Hella Mega Tour
Tour by Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer
Associated albumFather of All Motherfuckers
Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two
Van Weezer
OK Human
Start dateJuly 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)
End dateJuly 2, 2022 (2022-07-02)
Legs2
No. of shows29
Green Day tour chronology
Revolution Radio Tour
(2016–17)
Hella Mega Tour
(2021–22)
The Saviors Tour
(2024)
Fall Out Boy tour chronology
Mania Tour
(2017–18)
Hella Mega Tour
(2021–22)
So Much For (Tour) Dust
(2023–24)
Weezer tour chronology
Weezer & Pixies Tour
(2018–19)
Hella Mega Tour
(2021–22)
Indie Rock Road Trip
(2023)

The Hella Mega Tour was a concert tour by American rock bands Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer that was announced on September 10, 2019 and originally included dates from March to August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceanic leg was canceled, as well as the sole Canadian date. The rest of the tour was rescheduled to 2021 and 2022.

Background[edit]

On September 10, 2019, all three bands simultaneously announced the tour and new music.[1] On the same day, each band also released a new single: Green Day released "Father of All..." and announced its 13th album, Father of All Motherfuckers; Fall Out Boy released "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" and announced its second compilation album, Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two; and Weezer released "The End of the Game" and announced its fifteenth (fourteenth at the time) album, Van Weezer.[2] Weezer would also go on to release their fourteenth studio album OK Human on January 29, 2021, preceded eight days earlier by the lead single "All My Favorite Songs".[3]

Overview[edit]

All three bands performed at 26 shows across the North American and European legs, excluding the three shows Fall Out Boy missed due to a positive COVID-19 case in their touring group. The venues consisted of outdoor and indoor stadiums as well as outdoor park venues.[4] On February 28, 2020, Green Day announced all nine solo Asian tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On April 23, 2020, it was announced on the social media pages of the Hella Mega Tour that a number of the European dates would be postponed.[6] On May 19, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the North American leg would be postponed to 2021.[7] On July 15, 2020, it was announced that all dates on the Oceania leg would be cancelled and tickets refunded.[8] On February 27, 2022, Green Day announced their solo concert in Moscow prior to the European Hella Mega Tour leg on May 29 would be canceled due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

Set list[edit]

Hella Mega Tour, Vienna, June 19, 2022

This set list is from the concert on July 24, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.[10]

Weezer[edit]

Fall Out Boy[edit]

Green Day[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • During the shows in New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C., Weezer performed a cover of "Sugar, We're Goin Down" after Fall Out Boy wasn't able to perform.[11]
  • For the European leg of the tour, Weezer changed their setlist around some to reflect their newly released EPs; SZNZ: Spring and SZNZ: Summer, as well as their recent cover of "Enter Sandman".
  • Green Day also changed their setlist slightly during the European Leg, removing "Pollyanna", "She", and "Still Breathing" which were replaced with "Waiting", "King For a Day", and their cover of "Shout" by The Isley Brothers.

Tour dates[edit]

List of concerts showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, attendance, and revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening Acts Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 – North America
July 24, 2021 Arlington United States Globe Life Field The Interrupters 37,519 / 37,519 $3,200,000
July 27, 2021 Cumberland Truist Park 32,126 / 32,126 $3,059,313
July 29, 2021 Houston Minute Maid Park 31,182 / 36,785 $2,852,741
July 31, 2021 Jacksonville TIAA Bank Field 28,528 / 30,102 $2,436,181
August 1, 2021 Miami Gardens Hard Rock Stadium 24,102 / 33,803 $2,093,855
August 4, 2021[a] New York City Citi Field 36,157 / 36,157 $4,716,398
August 5, 2021[a] Boston Fenway Park 33,115 / 33,115 $4,244,569
August 8, 2021[a] Washington, D.C. Nationals Park 34,851 / 34,851 $2,904,583
August 10, 2021 Detroit Comerica Park 32,552 / 32,552 $2,920,060
August 13, 2021 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium 29,851 / 29,851 $2,554,434
August 15, 2021 Chicago Wrigley Field 39,729 / 39,729 $4,526,940
August 17, 2021 Columbus Historic Crew Stadium 17,744 / 19,072 $1,622,688
August 19, 2021 Pittsburgh PNC Park 37,492 / 37,492 $3,559,510
August 20, 2021 Philadelphia Citizens Bank Park 38,063 / 38,063 $4,267,247
August 23, 2021 Minneapolis Target Field 36,520 / 36,520 $3,702,376
August 25, 2021 Commerce City Dick's Sporting Goods Park 19,450 / 19,450 $2,774,374
August 27, 2021 San Francisco Oracle Park 35,813 / 35,813 $4,167,015
August 29, 2021 San Diego Petco Park 33,961 / 34,060 $3,378,181
September 1, 2021[b] Milwaukee American Family Insurance Amphitheater KennyHoopla 20,000 / 20,000 $2,041,800
September 3, 2021 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium The Interrupters 41,898 / 41,898 $4,288,716
September 6, 2021 Seattle T-Mobile Park 37,709 / 37,709 $4,000,109
Leg 2 – Europe
June 19, 2022 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion Amyl and The Sniffers
June 21, 2022 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
June 22, 2022 Groningen Netherlands Stadspark 35,000[12]
June 24, 2022 London England London Stadium 72, 000
June 25, 2022 Huddersfield John Smith's Stadium
June 27, 2022 Dublin Ireland Marlay Park
June 29, 2022 Glasgow Scotland Bellahouston Park
July 2, 2022 Paris France Paris La Défense Arena 35, 000
Total

Cancelled shows[edit]

Date City Country Venue Reason
November 8, 2020 Perth Australia Perth Oval COVID-19 pandemic[1][5][13][14][6][15]
November 11, 2020 Melbourne Marvel Stadium
November 14, 2020 Sydney Western Sydney Stadium
November 17, 2020 Brisbane Lang Park
November 20, 2020 Dunedin New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium
November 22, 2020 Auckland Mount Smart Stadium
August 17, 2021[c] Toronto Canada Rogers Centre

Personnel[edit]

Weezer[edit]

Additional musician

  • Dave Eltich – drums (filled in for Wilson in European leg)

Fall Out Boy[edit]

Green Day[edit]

Additional musicians

Promotional performances[edit]

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer arranged performances to promote the tour as follows:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Fall Out Boy was scheduled to perform, but cancelled their appearance due to a positive COVID test in their party
  2. ^ Part of Summerfest 2022.
  3. ^ Originally scheduled for August 24, 2020.

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