Hot Girl Summer Tour

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Hot Girl Summer Tour
Tour by Megan Thee Stallion
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Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album Megan
Start dateMay 14, 2024 (2024-05-14)
End dateSeptember 26, 2024 (2024-09-26)
Legs3
No. of shows36
Supporting act(s)
Box office$40.2 million [1]
Website store.megantheestallion.com/pages/tour
Megan Thee Stallion concert chronology
  • Hot Girl Summer Tour
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The Hot Girl Summer Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion in support of her third studio album, Megan , and her entire discography. [2] [3] The tour began on May 14, 2024, in Minneapolis, United States and concluded in New York City on September 26, 2024, at the Athlos Track Meet. It took place across cities in North America and Europe, comprising 36 shows. [4] GloRilla served as the opening act for the North American leg. Ms Banks served as the opening act for the European leg.

Contents

Background

On March 20, 2024, Megan formally announced the tour, with 31 shows across North America and Europe spanning from May through July 2024 which extended to 35 shows due to new dates being added. Tickets went on sale on March 22, 2024, with the artist presale on March 21. [5]

Commercial performance

On March 22, 2024, Megan announced extra dates for Chicago, Atlanta and Houston due to "overwhelming demand". [6] On April 24, 2024, Megan announced a new date for San Francisco would be added to the tour. On June 26, 2024, Megan announced a new date for Atlanta and Charlotte would be added to the tour. With the addition of the third show in Atlanta, Megan made history as the first rapper to headline three shows in the arena during one tour.

Accolades

Awards and nominations for the Hot Girl Summer Tour
YearCeremonyCategoryResultRef.
2024 BET Hip Hop Awards Best Live PerformerNominated [7]
2025 Pollstar Awards Hip Hop Tour of the YearPending [8]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show in Minneapolis, on May 14, 2024. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the North American leg. [9]

  1. "Hiss"
  2. "Ungrateful"
  3. "Thot Shit"
  4. "Freak Nasty"
  5. "Megan's Piano"
  6. "Gift & a Curse"
  7. "Hot Girl"
  8. "Kitty Kat"
  9. "Cobra"
  10. "Plan B"
  11. "Cognac Queen"
  12. "Big Ole Freak"
  13. "Girls in the Hood"
  14. "Boa"
  15. "Sex Talk"
  16. "Eat It"
  17. "What's New"
  18. "Captain Hook"
  19. "Southside Forever Freestyle"
  20. "Ride or Die" (Interlude)
  21. "Pop It"
  22. "Wanna Be" (with GloRilla)
  23. "WAP"
  24. "NDA"
  25. "Don't Stop"
  26. "Stalli Freestyle"
  27. "Cash Shit"
    Encore
  28. "Body"
  29. "Savage"

Notes

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and gross revenue [12]
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
May 14 Minneapolis United States Target Center GloRilla
May 17 Chicago United Center
May 18 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
May 19ChicagoUnited Center
May 21 New York City Madison Square Garden
May 22 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
May 24 [a] Napa Napa Valley Expo—
May 26 [b] Boston Harvard Stadium
May 28 Baltimore CFG Bank Arena GloRilla
May 30 Memphis FedExForum
June 2 [c] Atlanta State Farm Arena
June 3 [d]
June 4 Raleigh PNC Arena
June 6 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
June 8 Tampa Amalie Arena
June 10 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
June 13 Austin Moody Center
June 14 Houston Toyota Center
June 15
June 16 [e] Manchester Great Stage Park —
June 17 Denver Ball Arena GloRilla
June 19 Phoenix Footprint Center
June 21 Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
June 22 Paradise [f] MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 23 San Francisco Chase Center
June 26 [g] Dallas American Airlines Center
July 2AtlantaState Farm Arena
July 3 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
July 7 Paris France Zénith Paris Ms Banks
July 10 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
July 14 [h] Manchester England Co-op Live
July 16 Birmingham Utilita Arena
July 17 London The O2 Arena
July 27 [i] Washington, D.C. United States Audi Field —
August 1 [j] Chicago Grant Park
September 26 [k] New York City Icahn Stadium

Cancelled concerts

List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue and reason
DateCityCountryVenueReason
July 4, 2024 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro Venue construction [14]
July 11, 2024 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena Production issues [15] [16]
July 14, 2024 Dublin Ireland 3Arena

Notes

  1. ↑ This concert is part of BottleRock Napa Valley.
  2. ↑ This concert is part of Boston Calling Music Festival.
  3. ↑ Originally scheduled to take place on May 31, 2024, it was rescheduled for water issues at the venue. [13]
  4. ↑ Originally scheduled to take place on June 1, 2024, it was rescheduled for water issues at the venue.
  5. ↑ This concert is part of Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
  6. ↑ Labeled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
  7. ↑ Originally scheduled for June 11, but was rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the NBA finals.
  8. ↑ Originally scheduled for July 5.
  9. ↑ This concert is part of Broccoli City Festival.
  10. ↑ This concert is part of Lollapalooza.
  11. ↑ This concert is part of Athlos NYC.

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